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ID	Post Type	Posted By	Comment	Title	Posted On

2029	Article	Vaporman87	My experience with "military kids" is next to nothing. Now, I knew lots of kids whose fathers spent many years in the military. In fact, my best friend's dad fought in Viet Nam also, and so did the father of a friend that lived next door to me. Both fathers were gruff, a bit odd, and hard to judge. Especially the father of my neighborhood friend. His dad was actually pretty weird. He was big into computers, and like to dole out lessons to his son and the oddest times. I recall one time while we were downstairs pretending to wrestle (using pillows as opponents) when his dad came down and yelled at us for it. Yet, we had done that many times before and he had never said a word about it. Another kid in my school whose father was in the military in years past was actually our scout leader in Cub Scouts. He was very military in nature, but not as gruff as the others. My best friend's dad has mellowed out over the years. He mostly sits in his recliner and watches Nascar, football, and whatever else is on TV. He also fishes in tournaments. But there was a time when he was an alcoholic and made my friend's life miserable. Water under the bridge now.		Feb 21, 2015
2031	Article	Vaporman87	First of all, I have bad news. Sonic figures are still made to be broken within minutes. Jazzwares didn't learn any lessons from Resaurus when it comes to toy manufacturing. My kids have broken so many Sonic figures I could have 3 whole collections of them if they were all in tact. And I agree that rubber band hips were just a terrible and lazy idea. Unfortunately G.I. Joe wasn't the only popular figure out there sporting rubber hips. He-Man did as well. Lazy articulation is what I call that (though in Mattel and Hasbro's defense, the kind of articulation you see today just wasn't around then, and likely would have been so cost prohibitive that you would have never had the opportunity to own the figures period).	Toy Annihilation	Feb 21, 2015
2037	Article	Vaporman87	Like, how expensive?		Feb 22, 2015
2038	Article	Vaporman87	That's rough mass. To imagine such an existence coming from my own upbringing of growing up and living in the same area all my life, with the same friends all my life, it seems very difficult. But like you said, you adapt. You're made to grow up a little faster than others. Maybe you can provide a different upbringing for your own children.	Military Kids	Feb 22, 2015
2050	Article	Vaporman87	You know, one has to wonder... was Paul acting out because he knew the show was ending, and he figured he needed to break away from his alter ego in order to get a different range of parts? I thought he did really well in Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the movie, not the atrocious television series). Cool fun facts Hoju. Thanks for sharing a few from the book.	Pee-wee Herman Fun Facts	Feb 25, 2015
2051	Article	Vaporman87	If their pizza is any indication, then the pasta was likely quite tasty.	Yesterdays 1: Foods Long Gone	Feb 25, 2015
2052	Article	Vaporman87	I'm the same way. I always have a difficult time adjusting to new avatars all the time. I prefer it when they are limited to a select few that make people easily identifiable. Of course, not everybody feels that way.	Remembering RetroJunk	Feb 25, 2015
2053	Article	Vaporman87	I was saddened to find out that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Beattie">Siren committed suicide</a> in 2008. R.I.P.	American Gladiators	Feb 25, 2015
2061	Article	Vaporman87	I love this type of promotional material. Sometimes you are given glimpses of products that never made it to the final stages. Perhaps interest fell off before the stuff could make out of the manufacturing facility, or some legal issue popped up. I know Trendmasters put out a promo book prior to them folding with images of what was supposed to come. I was particularly interested in the Godzilla: Doom Island line that saw limited distribution overseas but never made it to final worldwide distribution.	Kenner Action Toy Guide '91	Mar 06, 2015
2073	Article	Vaporman87	I think that would be something very memorable, to have the same music playing at all these dances. Almost like a school's own personal soundtrack. LOL. Though, something new would have been nice once in a while. LOL.	Play Something Newer	Mar 12, 2015