As I sit here and type this, I’m watching one of my favorite movies of all-time, Red Dawn. Not necessarily one of the best movies, but it’s steeped in nostalgia for me. It’s one of the first movies I remember seeing in theaters. It has snow warfare, which I love. It has a ton of my favorite actors. But, the biggest connection I have is that it was filmed in my home town while I lived there. A town I returned to for my first degree. Seeing the stores, knowing what they added just for the movie, but most importantly remembering the buzz at the time, even though I was a pretty young kid. See, nostalgia can easily be remembering something small and insignificant. A lot of times people glom onto anything to rationalize a connection. However, when it hits on so many notes, it’s truly nostalgic.
Is there anything today you see as being truly nostalgic for kids 20-30 years from now? We are getting figures exactly as we remember them with the new Empire Strikes Back Retro Collection. They’re even striking the nostalgia feels with the box for the $600 Snake Mountain that’s literally too big almost everyone’s collection. Speaking of toys too big for your collections that strikes the feels, Unicron got an update. Probably the “biggest” news was the “confirmation” of Joe Classified, the new Black Series-style line for G.I. Joe.
Wolverines…Slick
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Dear OYT,
Here’s an update from my previous letter to you guys about MP 3rd party combiners. Last night I decided to pickup:
* ZetaToys ZA-06 Bruticon (Bruticus)
* ZetaToys ZB-06 Superitron (Superion)
Yep, both box sets in one night. Another Baller move by AliasAngelAlias! 😀
The only MP giant combiner left is Menasor. Time will tell which I will purchase.
On with my questions for the show. I decided to give each one of you a direct question this time.
Rock – Life or Death situation, You must open an entire line of your vintage Mint-in-Box/Card toys, Which line would you pick in your collection?
Lotus – If Lotus ever purchase toys again where money is not an issue, which one “toy line” will you COMPLETE during 2020?
Jason – If your spouse “requires” you to completely STOP collecting 1 of the greatest out of the 4 franchises TODAY, Which of the four properties will you STOP collecting for the rest of your life from here on? Would it be GI Joe, MOTU, Star Wars or Transformers? Think hard!
Shane Montroy – Which toys will you purchase next; where you can insert a pilot into the cockpit of a robot? and your answer cannot be any of Takara Tomy Diaclone products. (Haha Trying to get your listeners to write in)
Looking forward to hearing fun discussion about those hypothetical questions.
Is that time again, Open Your Toys!
Cheers,
AliasAngelAlias
Love the new episode! Thanks. Listened to it while drawing aka work.