Ostensibly, it's for the kids, but since they've expressed no interest in He-Man cartoons before (and still don't care), we know why daddy - who was a kid in the 80's - was really keen on spending all that money at once.
The 80's replica toys aren't exactly like they were - the figures are more poseable, the castle has some tiny changes, and Ram Man doesn't "jump" nearly as well as I remembered him doing. Also, most things seem to be using a softer plastic. Only marginally matters to me though - kids were crazy excited.
Apparently the castle's nose needed cleaning.
The box was a huge hit!
Kids loved playing with the first batch of toys so much, I went and got another batch about 10 days later.
And something more directly for myself:
Ordered this after seeing someone mention it in another thread. Haven't had much time to mess with it, and some things don't run as well as I would have hoped (see Dreamcast emulation above), but it's pretty nice overall. The format isn't quite suited to my adult-sized hands though, and even though I initially thought it would look awful, I now kind of regret not getting the wood grain shell.
I don't see myself playing too many action games on it, but it should be well suited to jrpgs and similar low-intensity games.
If you can track down the PAL versions of Dreamcast games, they tend to run better since they cap at 50 fps instead of 60. I've gotten Soul Calibur and Marvel vs Capcom 2 running acceptably on mine. Happy accident that my two favorite games on the system also happen to be easy to emulate. Most every other DC game I've tried runs like garbage.
Ooh, is that the RG351v? I got that a few weeks ago and love it. Have been mostly playing game boy games so far, which it feels just perfect for.
I also got the wood grain color, which looks surprisingly good in person
There's been a decent bit of chatter over on the emulation thread about dedicated emulation handhelds like that Anbernic RG351V if people are interested.
That's also where I give a fuller rundown of my own dumb purchase of the month, which is a lightly-used Chuwi Larkbox Pro (pictured with an 8bitdo Pro 2 controller for scale) which I'm turning into a dedicated emulation box. So far it's handling up to Gamecube pretty nicely.
Ostensibly, it's for the kids...
I wasn't allowed to play w/He-Man as a kid (too much magic and magic is The Devil's work; GI Joe is good ol' USA violence, so go all out!), but I bought my wife that Skeletor in your post last week as a joke.
She was stuck on this Zoom training (I don't care what anyone says about hybrid, online trainings are AWFUL) and one of her classmates ran off camera to find his old 80's He-Man/Skeletor to make them "fight" on-camera to illustrate a point. She's not a nerd, much less a collector, so after she got some laughs from her colleagues it's now gone to the kids.
And I have to get a He-Man for our daughter to balance out the fun since our son has commandeered ol' Skeletor.
Some children had blankies and others had teddybears. According to my mother, 3 year old me had my toy Skeletor that I took everywhere and wouldn't go to sleep without.
Nothing like going to bed with your cuddly Skeletor plushie (which apparently exists!):
Nothing like going to bed with your cuddly Skeletor plushie (which apparently exists!):
All I can see is this
And yesterday, Aug 7, was the 35th anniversary of the Masters of the Universe movie
I don't know if this qualifies, bought a Bosch router 1.5 years ago, never used it. Bought the Rockler router table kit last week and an easy on/off switch for it and put it together.
My inflatable tandem kayak went to kayak heaven when it popped a seam. Last summer I got my 8 year old her own sit-on-top kayak, so now I have no way to go play on the water with her.
Sooooo, happy new job to me, I bought meself a present:
It's inaugural outing had me and the girl on it, bobbing around on Lake Washington watching the Blue Angels fly 100 foot overhead.
Wife and I started kayaking during pandummer. This year she got a paddle board. HOW DO YOU STAY ON IT?
That's the neat part....
Wife and I started kayaking during pandummer. This year she got a paddle board. HOW DO YOU STAY ON IT?
With practice?
I bought Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider as I always liked the idea of them as a kid. Cable because it looks cool here and I for some reason his super in the Marvel Vs Capcom games is stuck in my head. I think he'd click his fingers and say 'Birdy! With me!' ...
... I've just checked and I think it was Sabretooth who said that in MvC. Me mymories have lied to mi.
Another gem for the collection:
Occurs to me that the title of this thread assumes I made only one silly purchase this month.
Occurs to me that the title of this thread assumes I made only one silly purchase this month.
I dunno. "Silly Purchase of the Month" could just be your SILLIEST purchase of the month. Like employee of the month.
EverythingsTentative wrote:Wife and I started kayaking during pandummer. This year she got a paddle board. HOW DO YOU STAY ON IT?
With practice?
Practice yes, but also a wide stance, loose but firm ankles (hard concept to explain, but you need to be able to flex and absorb some bobbing, but not let go of control of your ankles completely), and relax. Relaxing the rest of your body is the biggest key to anything like that. The more you fight it and tense up and use big movements, the harder it is. Learn to recognize when you are tensing up in your core, legs, arms, even seemingly unrelated things like your face and jaw which probably mean you are tensing up other things too, and find a technique to calm/relax. A deep breath with a good shoulder dropping exhale works for me. I was actually just watching some mountain bikers talk about how they don't ride well if they are trying too hard, but rather they can post the best race times when they're just having fun.
And if you are struggling at full standing, start by getting used to paddling the board on your knees.
As a novice, the biggest sticking point seems to be getting up to standing. Once I'm up, I'm OK, if a bit wobbly. Can handle a fair bit of chop (my local lake tends to get windy in the afternoon/evenings), largely by staying relaxed - for me I focus on relaxing the knees, making sure I've got a slight bend in them. Definitely started out with a lot of kneeling and sitting while paddling (again, choppy lake), and that gave me a better feel for how the board moves.
Caveat - I have no real idea what I'm doing beyond what Youtube has taught me.
I feel like Jon is burying the lede with the fact that his local lake is out his front door.
Out my front door, down to the bottom of my dead-end street, turn left and go 11 blocks, to be precise.
But it's Lake Washington, the entirety of it's ~50 mile shore is heavily built up cos Seattle.
This is looking out from my front deck. That's how close the lake is.
It could have been his back door with waterfront property, but that's pretty dang close. A bit too far to drag a paddleboard unassisted, but close.
It could have been his back door with waterfront property, but that's pretty dang close. A bit too far to drag a paddleboard unassisted, but close.
And that's why the paddleboard deflates and is packed into a backpack!
Real talk though - actual lake access is significantly further because all the lake shore 11 blocks from my place is multi-millionaire homes for a mile+ in either direction. Again, because Seattle.
Final flight sim acquisition for a while. My favorite jet fighter sim:
Nice. That's super cool. Red Baron is the one of those that I got a nice copy of to keep. The manual is so good with gorgeous pictures of all the WWI planes.
So these might be some of the nerdiest things I've ever bought: geeky challenge coins.
Wing Commander:
DS9:
I got a couple more but I don't wanna muck up the thread with all these images.
Nice
(The supersac not the grandkid.)
Nice sack!
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