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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, Mancake and Beef Boss got me started. Now I have… too many.

Last three I got were DJ Yonder, Atlantean Fishstick, and Rabbit Raider. Yonder and Raider are in the Costco five-pack with Beef Boss and two borings.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 5h

Over/under on how many tiny plastic ice cubes Parner finds on the floor when she gets home despite my thorough attempt to retrieve all the spilled ones:

Five.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a good set except for that thing where everyone who makes breakaway tables thinks they have to break when you breathe on them heavy.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 7h

RNG Vault 172/739 from 6/29/23 and is the rare gotchapic that doesn’t get composited into a BG - the gotcha IS the BG, the AEW commentary table accessory set.

The TVs are facing front because it used to be about showing the toy instead of elbowing your own butt.

#toyphotography
#actionfigures

Taz, Excalubur, and Tony Schiavone sit at the AEW announce desk, all wearing headsets, their monitors facing forward to show the AEW action scenes stickered onto each one.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 8h

One fun component of the Current Mess is how it’s always easier to look past one more thing than it is to admit to how many things you’ve already looked past

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 9h

Oh hey look at those texts Politico posted…

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 6d

It’ll always be a bit sad and pathetic to me that a significant fraction of All This is the result of a deep-seated resentment at being asked to veil people’s violent racism behind a tissue-paper sheet of implausible deniability for maybe two decades tops.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 10h

Imagine thinking RFJ Jr. had ever eaten a lentil in his entire goddamned life.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 12h

Ha I didn’t know they’d ever done one in the first place.

I mean, never underestimate Hasbro’s ability to reissue and redo shit but even if they did I’d (probably) have to tap out on it ‘cause I don’t want it bad enough to justify the cost and especially the space.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 12h

They’re doing some reissues of the old Legendary line - I’ve seen pics of a five-pack from Costco and now this.

Of course I just got almost all the weirdos I want off eBay but with luck a Brat reissue is in the cards.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 14h

GOT: Black Series Sandtrooper!

It’s odd, with Hasbro having a fantastic Stormtrooper body with double joints, that they’d do this one with deep single joints, but they work well.

This pic features my old Power of the Force scale Dewback.

#toyphotography
#actionfigures

In the entryway between sliding doors at a K-Mart, a Sandtrooper (Black Series) sits atop a small Dewback (Power of the Force 3.75” scale) mounted on a coin operated ride base that says “SPACE PATROL”.

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Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 14h

Gotta keep telling myself that the whole point of the Pile of Loot system is exchanging delayed gratification for simplified shipping that’s how it’s meant to work SHUMA GORATH SHUMA GORATH SHUMA GORATH.

Oldnerd @youaredumb.bsky.social · 15h

Probably breaking the strict definition of #VintageToyTuesday but keeping the spirit:

To add to my late 90’s Famous Covers and other 8-9” dolls, around 15 years ago I picked up these Venture Bros dolls. Or at least the first few. I’m sure Hank is in the house somewhere but he’s not with the others.