New Feature!  The Grumpy Old Toy Collector

THE GRUMPY OLD TOY COLLECTOR: #1
By Darth Zirock (Age: 153)

You know, these kids these days with their Draggin’ Balls and Pukermans and all that stuff have got it too easy! Now, when I was a kid, if we wanted to go buy the newest Star Wars figures, you know what we had to do? We had to go out and get a twig and spray paint it gold and call it “C-3PO,” because there weren’t any Star Wars action figures when the movie first came out! That’s right! Nothing, nada ... zippola! You wanted an “R2-D2,” then you went out and got an empty toilet paper roll and covered it in Liquid Paper and drew on it with a blue Sharpie. That’s what we did, and we were happy. We loved our sticky, golden twigs and crusty, flaking toilet paper rolls!  [more…]