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Greetings beautiful people!!!

Been away then was back and got caught up in life and sort of forgot about stuff here...then after being away didn't know how to return. Just read about the wonderful K Dubious and his packing away of all things great in our scale. I too am amazed at the time and energy I have poured into this line. The thrill is gone, not dead but not what it was. That said, I am still in it. Looking for some new stuff this year to go with the collection (boxed as well).

That Bloomberg news article was a good read from Mudd. Sad that toys and toy stores are dying. The lower quality and increased prices sure didn't help either. The constant barrage of a film each year, in my opinion, hurt the most though.

At least now the Star Wars stuff is just all bundled together and the 6" Marvel stuff (old habit, I should just say Marvel stuff as there isn't a 3.75" line anymore) is just released in waves in the same packaging. We all remember the Iron Man, Avenger, Thor and Cap figure lines that clogged the pegs. The more of the same in rapid succession inevitably helped end the movie tie in for our scale. Lessons learned and implemented now by Hasbro.

Maybe it needed to die. Either to be reborn or simply laid to rest. It pains me that it isn't still.a.thing and I have recently seen the SkittlePool party pack on eBay only to laugh and then I felt sad. That crap little box was our swqn song, our Grande Finale and it and me feel empty about the whole thing. Gone is the distain for Stahl and company and also gone is the passion. My lad just turned 12 two weeks ago but asked to get the Marvels (as we call the plastic tubs that house our once most coveted possessions) out this weekend. I usually only get the SOME of the figures out. This weekend I am going whole hog though! Playsets, vehicles, the large BAF stuff you name it, I'm dragging it out. I mean, how many more "plays" are they gonna get? Those days are numbered.

With instagram and his PS VR winning most of his time now, girls will be around the corner and good bye childhood. So I will cherish what time with the wonderful world of Marvel 3.75" I have left. I will will give it a proper ending and a worthy farewell in my house! I am waking up at 6 am Saturday and will spend 3 hours setting it ALL up all over the kitchen and living room. Even if it is just played with for an hour then I spend four hours bagging and tagging....It will be worth it.

I will post more often my friends. I will not be a stranger. It is funny in that if you take a break here it is hard to come back. I am glad that I did and I have a lot of reading to catch up on! Good to see you my friends!