I don’t buy action figures. When I feel compelled to spend money on manchild hobbies (which is often), I usually go for electronics.
But sometimes, an action figure comes along that has a particular resonance with the past, and dropping the six or seven bucks for it doesn’t seem like a big deal.
And then you can’t find it anywhere, because it’s a limited run or something, and so you go to a shady Hong Kong Ebay merchant and you order it there. A few weeks go by, and a nondescript package arrives. Inside, the action figure is wrapped in a ziploc bag that probably should be holding pot, surrounded by packing peanuts.
I give you the bootleg-or-at-the-very-least-stolen-from-a-cargo-crate Kyle Katarn action figure:
Action shot:
Artistic shot with WTF cat judging me in the background:
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#1 by Dylan`W on January 6, 2010 - 7:34 pm
I kinda want one.
That’s coming from me, Mr. “action figures are inherently futile because I only have so much space and you can’t actually *do* anything with them.”
#2 by Fuzz on January 6, 2010 - 9:35 pm
Don’t you mean Mr. “I am almost 30 and still actively play with my action figures?”
There’s also a Dark Forces Kyle Katarn action figure, as I recall. That is your next mission!
#3 by Drake Lake on January 7, 2010 - 2:41 am
I saw some of those at the store where they still have a few. They come with some Yuuhzhan Vong fellow, I believe.
#4 by tofu on January 7, 2010 - 4:22 am
One time I used my Star Wars action figures in a school project