On my wedding anniversary in 2011, I was surfing the interwebz and did a craigslist search for GI Joe...found this in South eastern Maryland. Called the guy up said I'm really interested and I would drive 2.5 hours to come get it immediately. It's in the exact condition that I dreamed of finding one - open box, sealed contents, slight damage to the box = I'm not really opening a sealed box which isn't in the best shape, but I get to pull the parts off the sprues.
This was my Holy Grail as a kid. My parents couldn't afford one, but they used the price to help me understand the cost of stuff (gotta fix the car - 2 USS Flaggs, etc.).
My 5 year old twins are really into playing GI Joes and I've showed them the pictures and commercials and they are always asking about the size of it (is it longer than the couch? would it fit in their bed? etc.).
This year they both wanted a Nintendo DS, which I have told them repeatedly I'm not getting them because they don't need a game in their hands all the time (we limit games to a couple of hours only on weekends). So with DSs in hand for Christmas morning, I'm debating on having Santa show up with this...they both asked for it so we can play together and that I'd have one too they said).
So question - with the magic of Santa firmly in place for this year (thank you Mario and Luigi), what should I do?
This was my Holy Grail as a kid. My parents couldn't afford one, but they used the price to help me understand the cost of stuff (gotta fix the car - 2 USS Flaggs, etc.).
My 5 year old twins are really into playing GI Joes and I've showed them the pictures and commercials and they are always asking about the size of it (is it longer than the couch? would it fit in their bed? etc.).
This year they both wanted a Nintendo DS, which I have told them repeatedly I'm not getting them because they don't need a game in their hands all the time (we limit games to a couple of hours only on weekends). So with DSs in hand for Christmas morning, I'm debating on having Santa show up with this...they both asked for it so we can play together and that I'd have one too they said).
So question - with the magic of Santa firmly in place for this year (thank you Mario and Luigi), what should I do?
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