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I just wanted to say that I first of all I think that the site Toyark is pretty cool. Here you get to share a lot of appreciation for things you collection that other people may not understand.

Case in point I just brought the Marvel Legends Wolverine action figure and I finally found the Red Ranger Legacy collection from Walmart (as seen in the attached thumbnails) and these particular figures make the point of why I got into collecting in the first place.



In these two thumbnails are a comparison. What you see there are two figures I actually owned when they came out: The first Toybiz Wolverine action figure and the first red power ranger (when you press a button the head flips around).

Back then, I wasn't too fond of these figures, but its all I had growing up. Fast forward to today and now look at these figures... they are so detailed and the articulation is SOOO much better it's amazing. I suppose its a long winded way of saying these are the action figures that I always wanted as a kind but took 20+ years for us to get to this point.

So I think in some way, I am fulfilling a duty for my inner child, lol. It is like now that I can afford it, I wanted to buy some things I would have loved as a kid growing up and then I look at some of these figures knowing I will pass this on to my kids some day.

Well anyway as a comparison it just makes me understand how far toys have come since I had them when I was a kid. I was curious, or wondering what were some of the reasons some of you got into collecting action figures?