[scarecrow]

This is the big one for me, the one that ALWAYS pops into my head everytime a thread like this turns up. I hate thinking about it, but I figure maybe talking about it will eventually let me get over it.

So I remember the Marvel Legends Icons too well, specifically the Iron Man one. Now there were two versions, one where the gold was just your typical yellow paint and then a special variant where it was gold. I remember finding the variant around Christmas time and for some reason not having the cash on my though I had a shit load at the time.

My then-girlfriend convinced me she would pick it up as a gift... Of course she didn't. I don't know if it was because she never went back(which is well within her bounds) or if the numerous figures just got snatched up. Ever since then I've regretted not finding a way right back to the Wal-Mart I was at. That period of time was the height of my Iron Man obsession, but it always stings a bit in the back of my head when I think of it.