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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Tracy on October 25, 2005, 03:01 PM
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I just wanted to share this. My son just turned 4 and has been a Star Wars fan for a while. He loves the OT -- doesn't care too much for the PT. He especially loves John Williams' score. After I put the kids down for their naps today I came back upstairs to check on them. I heard something in his room so I listened by the door. I realized he was singing the IMPERIAL MARCH! This went on for about 10 minutes. He always asks me to "sing Star Wars mommy." He usually sings "Jesus Loves Me" or "Twinkle, Twinkle" before he goes to sleep. This blew me away! Makes a mother proud! :) So I was wondering -- has anyone else had any great SW moments with their kids/nieces/nephews/Godchildren/etc.?
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No
(of course, but I don't talk about it...sheesh!)
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My nephew's also 4 and he loves Star Wars. I was talking to him on the phone Saturday, and he said to me, "I don't think I can come over tomorrow Uncle Matt." I kind of knew that since he lives in NY and I'm currently stationed in Wyoming/Colorado.
I told him it was too bad because I had all my Star Wars toys out and we could play all day with them, he immediately called for his dad saying, "Dad! Uncle Matt has Star Wars toys and we could play ALL DAY!"
He's probably still bugging his parents to come for a visit. ;D
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I could probably tell a dozen stories. ;)
Last month my daughter received a clock for her birthday (a pink flower one - very cool of course). She already had a Snoopy one, so she offered it to me for my Star Wars room (since I've been known to lose track of time down there while setting it up ;)).
Then when she was "helping" me set up my Burger King SW toy collection, I realized I had an extra Darth Maul. She asked if she could have it and we'd call it a trade for the clock. :D
No
(of course, but I don't talk about it...sheesh!)
You never cease to confuse the hell out of me Jon.
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I could probably tell a dozen stories. ;)
No
(of course, but I don't talk about it...sheesh!)
You never cease to confuse the hell out of me Jon.
Whew -- I'm glad its not just me. After that post I thought "was I just being the annoying/bragging mom? Maybe it wasn't of interest to the serious collector types :-[" Then I was glad to see that others had little stories to share :)
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I'm sure it was just Jon's wacky sense of humour, right Jon? ;)
Besides, we need more "annoying/bragging mom"s around here. :P
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Besides, we need more "annoying/bragging mom"s around here. :P
Thanks Jesse :)
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Jesse,
I hope you left her a good feedback in the trade forum. That snoopy stuff can be worth quite a bit! :D
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Good idea! :D
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Jesse,
I hope you left her a good feedback in the trade forum. That snoopy stuff can be worth quite a bit! :D
Uhhhhh, I don't get it ???
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I'm sure it was just Jon's wacky sense of humour, right Jon? ;)
Besides, we need more "annoying/bragging mom"s around here. :P
Whateva....I have an assload of stories about SW and my kids
but I'm not bragging about 'em here. Wacky? Yeah, good call Jesse..but let me know when I get to Morbie's level so I can retire :-*
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I think the ribbing and teasing that goes on at JD is great -- I've been known to throw in a few smartass comments myself -- all in good fun. :P I didn't expect these kind of comments though. I didn't feel like I posted anything controversial or that deserved judgment. I felt like you guys were an extended family and that this was something that I could share. I thought the title of Watto's Junkyard was "This is YOUR community! Discuss everything and have fun..." Not so fun :( Is the deal here that you are taken seriously as a member only if you are a collector/customizer? I didn't get that impression when I joined.
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My girlfriend's kids have made me laugh several times just recently about Star Wars...
The first time almost brought a tear to my eye. The kids got the Clone 3-pack at Wal-Mart, got it home, and realized they couldn't pose them. They threw them down and decried, "These guys suck, you can't move them!", and their mother taped the packs up and took them back to the store. It just reinforced every belief I've had about this hobby.
Then at ROTS as we left the theater they were just wound up beyond belief asking me everything and anything they could think of about Star Wars... When their mother got them sabers they were outside playing with their friend smacking each other around with the sabers. I gotta get them the electronic ones soon.
Then they were with me on a toy run once and asked me which figures I wanted and helped me look. That just made me laught really, but it was nice nonetheless.
The latest one though was when I was looking at the Hoth Wave pictures down at my gf's house, the boys were over my shoulder looking... The funny comments included:
-"That Clone in the snow suit sucks because you can't move him" (gotta love that).
-"I want that Boba Fett!" (Fett could suck, they just want one irregardless of how poseable he is)
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-"Why don't they make their knees move?" (regarding the Veers and Derlin figures I was sorts frustrated about). The boys then went on to say "Well that's dumb of them". :) Hah!
Oh yeah and they actually asked me why there was a Vader coming out when "Wal-Mart has so many of them already", haha. Kids are more astute than people give them credit for sometimes. And this was with NO coaxing on my part, they just offered these "opinions". Had me laughing.
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Is the deal here that you are taken seriously as a member only if you are a collector/customizer?
Absolutely not. We welcome everyone at JD who likes to participate in a Star Wars forum with a "more mature" yet fun setting. So, please, feel comfortable here. :)
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Is the deal here that you are taken seriously as a member only if you are a collector/customizer?
Absolutely not. We welcome everyone at JD who likes to participate in a Star Wars forum with a "more mature" yet fun setting. So, please, feel comfortable here. :)
It doesn't bother me at all either. Just don't take Slothus and all his " ::)" smilies too seriously. ;)
While I don't have any kids of my own, and hopefully that is still a good 10-15 years away... I've got a couple pretty funny stories from the toy eisles at TRU Target and Wal-Mart. One little kid wanted an R2-D2 and he was explaining to his grandpa who he was, and when he could only find nemoidian gunners he got really disappointed. There are more too but that one was the most recent.
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Just ignore Slothus, Tracy. He obviously doesn't speak for the rest of the gang here, so don't sweat it, and continue on with all the SW stories (or otherwise) about your kids!! :D
As for us, no kids, so no stories.
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Thanks for the positive feedback and IM's guys -- it's much appreciated. :) I'm glad to see that the JD family is exactly what I thought it was :)
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Those are great stories. My daughters are still a bit too young for any good stories. Our oldest, now almost 2, eats from her Star Wars bowls and cups (from an AOTC cereal premium) daily, and can identify Yoda on the cup, but most of the time she's more concerned with what's in the cup rather than on it. Also, a few months back I bought her the Darth Tater with visions in my head of her playing with it for hours and hours. It must be those bulbous staring eyes on that thing, but she won't go near it and it has to face away from her. :-\ I think I'll wait a few months then maybe introduce one of those plush buddies to get her interested again.
Here, take your Star Wars toy, play with it and enjoy it before you hurt daddy's feelings. ;)
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I think the ribbing and teasing that goes on at JD is great -- I've been known to throw in a few smartass comments myself -- all in good fun. :P I didn't expect these kind of comments though. I didn't feel like I posted anything controversial or that deserved judgment. I felt like you guys were an extended family and that this was something that I could share. I thought the title of Watto's Junkyard was "This is YOUR community! Discuss everything and have fun..." Not so fun :( Is the deal here that you are taken seriously as a member only if you are a collector/customizer? I didn't get that impression when I joined.
Not me, I don't ever expect to be taken serious...or taken anywhere else...
NOT have fun?? ? ? what's that?
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As for us, no kids, so no stories.
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Yet.
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Whew -- I'm glad its not just me. After that post I thought "was I just being the annoying/bragging mom? Maybe it wasn't of interest to the serious serious collector types :-["
"Serious collector types"? Pfffft. These guys are all a bunch of softies at heart. :-*
No kids here, although I do enjoy reading the stories. I don't have any nephews/nieces/younger-cousins anecdotes either, since I'm an only child and all but two of my cousins are older than me. I have witnessed some interesting or funny stuff in the SW aisles though.
So I'm at Target ogling the various items, pondering my options, when a mom and her small sons come to look over the figures. This was the last day of the 10% off sale and the Bly wave stuff was out. The littler son grabs the White Grievous Bodyguard and makes some comment along the lines of, "Look, they have the white one!" This kid was probably 4 or 5 (I suck at judging kids' ages) so I'd hope he was way too young to be reading online to keep track of the variants. ;) More than likely he simply recognized the white version of the character from one of the reference guides, but it seemed a little odd that he recognized the figure as a variant and almost seemed like he'd been hoping to find one. So maybe he's got a much older sibling who's a collector, or something.
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I don't have any kids, but do enjoy the stories. I hope one day to share these timeless movies with my own kids, just as I was shown when I was young. :)
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None of my own but I indoctrinate my sisters' kids like they're mine.
A few times while babysitting one niece when she was around 6 or 7, she would get my Millenium Falcon, raise it over her head, and fly it around the living room, with her own sound effects and all. Wish I took pictures.
When my nephews were around 1, I showed them the rancor. Scared the crap out of one. The second thought it was a chew toy and started gnawing on the claws.
About the same time, I brought out the naboo fighter. One of them lifted it with both hands as best as he could, made a whirring sound, and moved it back and forth. This surprised me since he had never seen TPM but he knew it was meant to fly.
When the boys were around 3-4, I let them borrow my lightsabers. They took it to my mom's, who babysat them while their parents were at work. I stopped by and my mom was immediately on my case. Something about her displays getting attacked by the boys. But hearing her rant about it paled in comparison to seeing it.
I wasn't there long before one of the boys grabbed a saber, extended it, raced to the cabinets, and just slashed away, left and right. Busted curio pieces were just flying. The sight of this little boy trying to control the saber that was longer than he was tall, and laughing hysterically, still makes me laugh.
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I've got TONS of cute stories but just yesterday I picked up the Clone DVD set. Junior wouldn't take his nap unless I let him sleep with it, and of course, I let him!
:D
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No kids yet, but my nephew loves Star Wars, and my best friend's little 3-year old thinks she is a Wookiee. It's hilarious.
:P
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C'mon C! all that time stayin' awake and you couldn't get your star freak on yet, your sith apocolypse? No underlings yet chewie? ???
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C'mon C! all that time stayin' awake and you couldn't get your star freak on yet, your sith apocolypse? No underlings yet chewie? ???
On behalf of everyone...
What?
Kevin
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C'mon C! all that time stayin' awake and you couldn't get your star freak on yet, your sith apocolypse? No underlings yet chewie? ???
On behalf of everyone...
What?
Kevin
Not everyone, just you. As ****** up and disjointed as that is, I understand it just fine.
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I understand what he said, just not what would compel him to say it.
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Sorry I'm late Tracy... was in Houston... okay, I can relate... I think it's somewhere on here about the time my son (at around 3 years old) threatened a guy stocking the meats at Wal-Mart with a "You'll be dead!"...
and how until around a year ago, when I asked him what the name of the Millenium Falcon was he would always answer "a piece of junk!"...
he used to go to sleep with a "buddy" Wampa, and now it's the Darth Mickey Sharon sent me...
Opening toys I warned him he would be upset with the AOTC Super Battle Droid- since it just falls apart- he didn't believe me until he opened it and saw... now he goes through the cards and says "Mommy, does this one fall apart?" before he'll choose it...
And, of course, you are a Star Wars Mom or Dad when something gets lost under the couch, or under the bed and your first thoughts are "Hand me that lightsaber"... and it's to retrieve a clone trooper- or in the last case Lando's- head...
or, the best... when his teacher asked him things about his mommy to write down for Mother's Day- the question was "My Mommy's really smart, she even knows..." and he answered "all about Star Wars"... :)
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when his teacher asked him things about his mommy to write down for Mother's Day- the question was "My Mommy's really smart, she even knows..." and he answered "all about Star Wars"... :)
Now that's a great story. 8)
I've got to add another quick story myself. My local Zellers broke the street date for the April 2 release of the ROTS toys and it was the first time they'd carried something new since the 2003 SAGA figures. So I was a tad excited when I came across them with my daughter. I bought about 40 figures that day - almost 2 of each (carded and loose - the start of my disease ;)).
Anyway, my daughter was riding in the cart and I was trying to fit all of those figures in with her, but didn't have nearly enough room. Usually, once she's in the cart, she's too stubborn to get out (even when grocery shopping - she gets a kick out of stacking the cereal boxes on her). But when I asked her to hop out to make room for daddy's SW toys, she was more than happy too. It put an even bigger smile on my face. ;D
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when his teacher asked him things about his mommy to write down for Mother's Day- the question was "My Mommy's really smart, she even knows..." and he answered "all about Star Wars"... :)
Now that's a great story. 8)
I've got to add another quick story myself. My local Zellers broke the street date for the April 2 release of the ROTS toys and it was the first time they'd carried something new since the 2003 SAGA figures. So I was a tad excited when I came across them with my daughter. I bought about 40 figures that day - almost 2 of each (carded and loose - the start of my disease ;)).
Anyway, my daughter was riding in the cart and I was trying to fit all of those figures in with her, but didn't have nearly enough room. Usually, once she's in the cart, she's too stubborn to get out (even when grocery shopping - she gets a kick out of stacking the cereal boxes on her). But when I asked her to hop out to make room for daddy's SW toys, she was more than happy too. It put an even bigger smile on my face. ;D
Good to see she took one for the team...it would have been a shame if there wasn't any room in the car and she had to walk home :P
(just kidding of course)
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Is that supposed to be against my post?
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Kids were with me on a toy run tonight and had an interesting debate in the back of the car as to why the older boy thinks Legos are better and the younger boy wants the figures.
I'm still not sure who won, or really if the older boy isn't being contrary just to spite the younger... Typical older brother stuff. The argument was things like "Well you can't do much with the figures, but Legos move and things", which I found odd. I think he likes that vehicles are a choice fo rhim with the Legos, I know that actually, but the younger boy sorta likes the figures because he knows I do... I think he tags along in a way and gets stuff...
Weird debate on the way to the store though.
And of course in the grand scheme they both would drop this in a heartbeat for new video games. That obsession never dies.
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My nephew surprised everyone in the family and wants to be Vader for Halloween. They are surprised since he has never seen any of the movies. Of course his mom is afraid to let him watch the movies because "they might scare him". That and I think she is a little creeped out by his uncle's collection and devotion to the series :)
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I think it's somewhere on here about the time my son (at around 3 years old) threatened a guy stocking the meats at Wal-Mart with a "You'll be dead!"...
This has been one of my favorite kid SW stories since the first time you wrote about it. :)
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Sorry I'm late Tracy... was in Houston... okay, I can relate... I think it's somewhere on here about the time my son (at around 3 years old) threatened a guy stocking the meats at Wal-Mart with a "You'll be dead!"...
I gotta find that story -- it sounds hilarious :)
or, the best... when his teacher asked him things about his mommy to write down for Mother's Day- the question was "My Mommy's really smart, she even knows..." and he answered "all about Star Wars"... :)
That's great! You gotta frame that and display it with your SW collection ;D
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Two of my younger cousins came to visit a while back. The youngest (3) was excited to see so many toys and began to get some figures to play with. The eldest (7) however, took a glance and decided she was more interseted in playing the videogame Grand Theft Auto ::). My younger cousin began to make a family out of my figures. Episode I Padme was "the mom", Qui Gon "the Dad", Anakin the "son," and Palpatine the "Grandpa". They also had a pet Massif. The family lived in the Naboo Royal Starship and had the Ep.1 jedi council as guests. Then they were attacked by a Wampa ice creature, but Qui Gon took care of him. Then she made Padme (mom) kiss Qui Gon (dad) and they went in to attend to their guests. :) It's nice to see the kids faces light up when they see the figs and ships, and to see the play value my figs have instead of them sitting on shelves all day. Even if I have to pick up the mess afterwards. ;)
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OK...
So I have a good one about my gf's youngest son (8) who got a Neimodian Commander the other night at Wal-Mart, and this also has a tie-in to a bad habit I have that's also kind of amusing to kids... No it's not farting on command.
I do a lot of different voice impersonations, for no reason. Laugh all you want but I've managed to perfect some mimics and it's been quite useful in wooing the ladies! No, seriously... Stop laughing.
Anyway, so my gf's daughter whines like Napolean Dynamite did, which if you saw that you know what I mean. So the kids know/like that movie and when I hear her I'll kind of mimic her but in a ND voice... OK, the boys laugh hysterically and the daughter gets pissed off which makes everyone in the car laugh but the girls.
Well my gf's son gets a Neimodian the other night... He comes downstairs with it and gets me and his mom's attention and starts in with his own impersonations... But this time it's "Neimodian Dynamite". Yes, an 8 year old came up with Nemodian Dynamite all by himself and that's funny ****. And at the same time he's going "God, that Vader guy sucks!" and "Hey Vader, I bet you take that TIE fighter off some sweet jumps."
His mother was even laughing and she secretly loathes my hobby and that they ask for stuff when we're out looking for me. :) I wouldn't have given him that much credit but man, Neimodian Dynamite sounds like a web strip waiting to happen.
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That's brilliant -- it's amazing what kids will come up with on their own -- sounds like he's got quite the wit! :)
After my son got out of timeout last night we had a little discussion about what went wrong. I pointed out that he made some bad choices. I said "You know what happens when you make bad choices don't you?" he said "Yeah, if you make bad choices like Anakin you'll turn into Darth Vader and you won't be a nice daddy"
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hehehehe... won't be a nice daddy...
classic...
until he's stopped the Emperor from killing you, and then gives you a nice little goodbye speech while he's dying about how right you were...
Ah, another story from the front... my son took his Galactic Heroes Battle Droid to the zoo with us one time (again 3 something) and lost it there. He wanted to go find it. Last time I saw it was near the monkey cages, so we went by them, but there was no way to backtrack the whole zoo.... we didn't find it, so Aidan was crying where's my battle droid?!?!?!?! so, in frustration, I told him I didn't know, the monkeys probably have it... yeah, well, we all have breakdowns... so now, he mentions going to the zoo and getting his battle droid back from the monkeys... "the monkeys have my battle droid"... followed with a big pout...
:'(
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Episode I Padme was "the mom", Qui Gon "the Dad", Anakin the "son," and Palpatine the "Grandpa". [...] Then she made Padme (mom) kiss Qui Gon (dad) and they went in to attend to their guests. :)
Man, and we thought that bunch had relationship issues already. ;) Paging Dr. Freud ... paging Dr. Freud.... (http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/54.gif)
But seriously, that's a great story. :)
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The monkeys have my battledroid...
There's a signature waiting to happen.
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I'm already one step ahead of you.
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(Great minds etc. etc. ;))
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Well....I hope you corrected him and told him that if that broad Amidala would have LISTENED to ANAKIN and LET him help her that he WOULD have been a good dad :P