tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post1349021767929260140..comments2024-03-28T02:00:03.476-05:00Comments on Green Skeleton Gaming Guild: Why didn't they make toys like this when I was a kid?Brutorz Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-17254865436347662932011-04-07T09:33:40.852-05:002011-04-07T09:33:40.852-05:00Hey, add my name to the membership of the Green Sk...Hey, add my name to the membership of the Green Skeleton Lego/Toy Aisle Club!Chris Creelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993487911122629839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-38117086546033846622011-04-06T14:09:23.851-05:002011-04-06T14:09:23.851-05:00I think the reason of the cool toys is that these ...I think the reason of the cool toys is that these days young developers ddesign the games. And they grown up in fantasy and sci-fi milieu.jkovesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13768418889061807398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-42275311652530650952011-04-03T18:41:25.444-05:002011-04-03T18:41:25.444-05:00I went back to school a couple years ago. A few mo...I went back to school a couple years ago. A few months ago I made a smart-ass remark about forming a LEGO club at school to one of my 19 year old friends there. She went ahead and did it. I'm now the oldest member of the college's LEGO club...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-87383821080087900922011-04-03T09:16:45.807-05:002011-04-03T09:16:45.807-05:00Thanks everyone! Good to know that I'm not al...Thanks everyone! Good to know that I'm not alone in my "Grown up that still plays..er..I mean collects toys..I mean action..Oh who am I kidding!" LOL<br />Justin those links rock, gonna have to find a playmobil keg for my growing Playmobil army. : )Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-30546940702851991702011-04-03T07:22:31.656-05:002011-04-03T07:22:31.656-05:00We went through a play ovule phase last year and t...We went through a play ovule phase last year and the medieval fantasy sets are indeed awesome. But we've moved onto Lego and there's no shortage of awesome there. I'm digging it when I get to help my boys build them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-25781593404100422642011-04-03T02:53:11.255-05:002011-04-03T02:53:11.255-05:00I'm lucky in that my wife (we're both late...I'm lucky in that my wife (we're both late 30's) also likes to go through the toy aisles at stores, and we did so even before our son was born.Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-76593026115285884972011-04-02T22:38:49.494-05:002011-04-02T22:38:49.494-05:00I always turned my nose up at Playmobil as a kid, ...I always turned my nose up at Playmobil as a kid, as they were "too cutesy" to go up against my Star Wars and Remco Universal Monsters and Super Powers action figures. And they were too out-of-scale to interact with my Lego men.<br /><br />However, as an adult...I love them to pieces.<br /><br />I've seen mummies and witches and pirates and ghosts and pirate-ghosts, plus a bevy of other awesome pieces.<br /><br />Here's some other great ones:<br /><br />http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/07/the_17_least_appropriate_playmobil_sets_for_childr.php<br /><br />http://www.millionaireplayboy.com/mpb/index.php/essential-7-offbeat-playmobil/<br /><br />The hobo is a personal fave.Justin S. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881276106170920830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-91588212147249008322011-04-02T22:19:12.126-05:002011-04-02T22:19:12.126-05:00I know, right? I'm 36 my wife 38 and my daugh...I know, right? I'm 36 my wife 38 and my daughter is 6. All three of us love to brows the toy aisles, just to see what's cool-looking. I don't give a damn what my birth certificate says about 1974 -- toys are <i>cool</i>, and the day I stop enjoying them is the day that I die.Dr Rotwanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16750632906878388570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-78632015903157889932011-04-02T20:59:57.256-05:002011-04-02T20:59:57.256-05:00Aos, my wife gets me a Toys R Us gift card every y...Aos, my wife gets me a Toys R Us gift card every year for my stocking. ; )<br />Mrs. Whisk, Thanks! I may have to pick up a few more figs, just so my Ghost Knight won't get lonesome at work. LOLBrutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-76068860456867348562011-04-02T20:12:49.707-05:002011-04-02T20:12:49.707-05:00My wife buys me a big Lego set every xmass. I real...My wife buys me a big Lego set every xmass. I really enjoy putting them together, and I have some kind of half assed idea of making a stop motion movie with them. I'll be 45 in a couple months :).Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631348549120355165.post-57241414620074901162011-04-02T20:08:31.069-05:002011-04-02T20:08:31.069-05:00That will look great on your desk. Very cool.That will look great on your desk. Very cool.The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.com