[StuartGreen2019]

I'm only saying this once: Personally, this Coronavirus pandemic is affecting me and my family very hard as we all have personal health issues I'd rather not discuss and we've always gotten sick very easily. It's not as bad in my city (yet), but I have friends here who have loved ones sick and/or died from, or have caught themselves, the Coronavirus. One of my uncles was quarantined on his birthday with my aunt with symptoms of the virus. The last time I left my house was about two weeks ago to pick up a prescription and I saw a large group of people standing in line outside of a shooting range (some of which were standing close together and coughing heavily), a line wrapped around (twice) of a Chick-Fil-A drive-thru, and a Wal-Mart parking lot full of people when I was going to the pharmacy, and I nearly lost my mind. I haven't been out of the house since.

I honestly don't see why this is a surprise that non-essentials like toys are not being sold now. Sorry, but this pandemic is a big deal to me. I don't see why people need to order toys during a pandemic, especially since Amazon workers and drivers themselves have gotten the Coronavirus. People need food, water and medicine. That's essential. A piece of painted plastic is not. My family and I finally got paper towels, Kleenex and certain cereals and canned goods delivered to our home from our local grocery store for the first time in nearly two or three weeks because items like those are always sold out in my area.

Please keep in mind I'm not trying to put down or be rude to anyone who has bought toys during this. Yes, it's nice to have a distraction and, yes, it's fun to buy something to pass the time and that makes you happy. I'm glad people were able to find certain figures and items they wanted while they could. But personally, I can't buy anything but essentials since money's very, very tight now. Even if I could, I'm not buying any toys during this time because I don't want to remember I bought (X) awesome figure at a point in time when my family and I were quarantined at home during a pandemic.

When this is all over, I look forward to saving up and buying all of the awesome Marvel figures that Hasbro has to offer. I'm especially excited to see what the retro/vintage Spider-Man figures for Electro and the Green Goblin look like, and I plan to buy at least two of that beautifully-repainted Mysterio when I get extra money saved up. (Fingers crossed he'll have at least a new alternate head of Quentin Beck since it's rumored all retro Spider-Man figures will have an alternate head included.) Until then, I'll just do my best to stay put, try to save up some extra cash, and make the best of things. I hope you all are doing well and have a wonderful day. Stay safe, everyone.