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 Post subject: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:12 pm 
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I was out of town for a long holiday weekend at my folks cottage the last few days. The cottage is a good 4 hour drive from where I live. Since I have family in that part of the country, I have been visiting there pretty much my whole life. When I was a kid, we would drive down 3-4 times per year for the major holidays and summer vacation. Now, I'm happy to get there once a year, usually for a few days. Anyway, one of the places I usually make time to visit is a small toy store in the nearby town. Since it is off the beaten path, I usually find some older stuff there and I have found some pretty nice surprises over the years.

On Saturday, I walked into the store and went around the store. When I got to the small action figure aisle, I thought I was seeing things. There they were, sitting on the shelf, vintage Cobra Accessory Packs (1986) and Vehicle Weapons Packs (1987). I had to walk out of the aisle and walk back in to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. They were all marked down to 1$ each. I grabbed them all. I'm not sure what I'll do with them, aside from pegging a couple to my wall, but it was awesome to find 28 year old products on shelves.

The Vehicles Packs are beat up and the bubble is coming off the card in most places. The Accessory Packs are pretty much as mint as can be hoped for considering they were probably forgotten in the back store for almost three decades.

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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:23 pm 
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That is all kinds of awesome...

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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:47 pm 
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I have dreams like this occasionally. For you to have it actually happen... you lucky jerk. ;)


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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:13 pm 
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Incredible.


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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:33 pm 
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Very cool.

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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:09 pm 
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That sir, is indeed awesome!
Those are the stories myths are made of!

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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:13 pm 
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That's super exciting... I mean, they're "just" accessory packs, but I think I might actually cry if I stumbled across all those on the pegs for a dollar each.

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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:19 pm 
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You just lived every gi joe related dream I've ever had!

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:59 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:20 pm 
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Yeah, that's extremely cool. I also have those sorts of dreams. Vehicle/Weapons packs or no, it really is incredible to find items from our childhood still lurking in a retail store. Congratulations!


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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:33 pm 
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This makes me so weirdly happy.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:39 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: My Surprise Haul
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:33 pm 
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Location: Canada, eh?
It definitely felt like something out of a dream. It was almost like my brain could not process what I was seeing. Next time, maybe they'll find a lost Defiant in their backstore :lol:

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What a trip.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:28 am 
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Nice! Those accessory packs were awesome and a cheap way to stockpile weapons PM (Pre-Marauder).

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