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[dolari]

Remember that thing I asked for a few months back? About some Star Wars figures I wanted to get, but were only at Celebration IV? Well, starwars.com finally decided to sell them through the website...so I picked them up:



I then took off the outer packaging....



Followed by ripping the front bubble off the cardback and poking the figures out of their safely housed nest....



Where they now sit, displayed in front of my monitor.



That's right. I broke the seals and opened the packages. I don't like keeping them carded and boxed up. No no no....

I PLAY WITH MY TOYS. :)

I once made a geek cry by buying a set of Jawa action figures and (After much whining and crying that he wanted them because they were rare mint on the box) ripping the package violently in front of him to get to the toys. He was bitter about it...but toys should be played with. Sure, even if you keep them in the packages to admire them, that's fine. But when you're buying toys to just hoard them (and then whining about it for the entire shopping trip)....I'll rip the packaging up in front of you. :D

If you're wondering why R2 and 3PO look wierd - check out http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/

Comments

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

Hey, all you're doing is protecting the investments of the "serious" collectors by making their perfectly packaged pristine playthings all the rarer. It's practically a public service : )

[hemlock-martini.livejournal.com]

I'd probably keep them in their packaging, but then again I might just get two; one to save and one to display. Proto-Threepio and Artoo would be neat to have around.

[jazonbladen.livejournal.com]

I've got Zero, Megaman X, Vile and Axl sitting in front of my monitor. It was a gift from one of my friends for Christmas.

[says-simon.livejournal.com]

Wow! I have the exact same attitude! I'm a doll collector (when I have disposable income--don't know when that will happen again), and a lot of doll collectors do not play with their dolls, I suppose mainly Barbie, which I do NOT collect. Anyway, if I buy a doll, I'm gonna fucking PLAY with it.