Whenever I watch Eric Forman ( from The 70s Show) playing with his faux vintage Star Wars action figures, he reminds me of me when I played with those so-called dolls back in the 80's.
Ah, how I keep hearing Red Forman yelling at Eric. He'd scream,"Stop playing with those dolls!". And Eric would yell back, "They're action figures. Action figures!". And I quietly say,"Way to go, Eric. You tell that bald headed nincompoop." My dad would not have screamed at me like Red did. Only because I went out to play sports once in a while rather than play with those 'action figures' all day long. But I knew he didn't approve of me playing with dolls. Albeit dolls with lightsabers and guns.
What prompted this ridiculously self-indulgent trip through memory lane? What made a grown man think back to those wonderfull time playing with Luke, Han and Leia in the Millenium Falcon?
Well, lately I've been surfing eBay a lot. I saw how much a Star Wars 1977 Luke Skywalker action figure, Mint-on-card (MOC), graded by the Action Figure Authority (AFA) as 85 is going for. $2,750 a pop. $2 grand for a 3 3/4 inch of plastic. Wow!
And to think I played with mine. Burrying it in the sand. Ramming it with a radio controlled car. Running over it with a bicycle. And it only cost me RM3.50 back then. I hate myself now.
Ah, how I keep hearing Red Forman yelling at Eric. He'd scream,"Stop playing with those dolls!". And Eric would yell back, "They're action figures. Action figures!". And I quietly say,"Way to go, Eric. You tell that bald headed nincompoop." My dad would not have screamed at me like Red did. Only because I went out to play sports once in a while rather than play with those 'action figures' all day long. But I knew he didn't approve of me playing with dolls. Albeit dolls with lightsabers and guns.
What prompted this ridiculously self-indulgent trip through memory lane? What made a grown man think back to those wonderfull time playing with Luke, Han and Leia in the Millenium Falcon?
Well, lately I've been surfing eBay a lot. I saw how much a Star Wars 1977 Luke Skywalker action figure, Mint-on-card (MOC), graded by the Action Figure Authority (AFA) as 85 is going for. $2,750 a pop. $2 grand for a 3 3/4 inch of plastic. Wow!
And to think I played with mine. Burrying it in the sand. Ramming it with a radio controlled car. Running over it with a bicycle. And it only cost me RM3.50 back then. I hate myself now.
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