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Mordiganne · 09-12-2018, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MUfan97

Um, his then young daughter, actually(according to a wiki entry anyway). Thanks for starting me on the trail, though. Can you lead me to something that legit shows him being upset about that, though? Even if it's vague, anything helps on the research trail.

I meant to put sister in quotes because of the figures, but yeah, that's the one. And unfortunately no, this was back before the days of people recording everything with phones. It was at a Joe convention and a bunch of us were in one of the hotel rooms when he rolled through with a few folks (he was on the Joe design team back then). Not knowing the actual father/daughter connection at the time a bunch of guys were calling the figure Boobstrike incessantly and he got so upset that another collector asked it to stop because it was bothering him so much (after another Hasbro guy mentioned that it was bothering Dwight). So, take it for what it's worth, but I was there and saw it. Again, I'd hope that's not a factor in his continuing dislike for the scale though. It was a minor event and it's hard for me to imagine he'd still be carrying that around. But...stranger things have happened.

Edit: If I'm remembering right it was the convention where the designer Richie gave us a tutorial on how to take apart the ME figures for customizing. So that would have been around 2008 at the Dallas convention.

09-12-2018, 04:56 PM	#35541
Mordiganne Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 947	Quote: Originally Posted by MUfan97 Um, his then young daughter, actually(according to a wiki entry anyway). Thanks for starting me on the trail, though. Can you lead me to something that legit shows him being upset about that, though? Even if it's vague, anything helps on the research trail. I meant to put sister in quotes because of the figures, but yeah, that's the one. And unfortunately no, this was back before the days of people recording everything with phones. It was at a Joe convention and a bunch of us were in one of the hotel rooms when he rolled through with a few folks (he was on the Joe design team back then). Not knowing the actual father/daughter connection at the time a bunch of guys were calling the figure Boobstrike incessantly and he got so upset that another collector asked it to stop because it was bothering him so much (after another Hasbro guy mentioned that it was bothering Dwight). So, take it for what it's worth, but I was there and saw it. Again, I'd hope that's not a factor in his continuing dislike for the scale though. It was a minor event and it's hard for me to imagine he'd still be carrying that around. But...stranger things have happened. Edit: If I'm remembering right it was the convention where the designer Richie gave us a tutorial on how to take apart the ME figures for customizing. So that would have been around 2008 at the Dallas convention. Last edited by Mordiganne; 09-12-2018 at 05:02 PM..