Current Mood : Feelin' lucky !
More big fun
! We found a great new desk for Dearest Son’s computer – it’s much better than
the one he’s using now…which used to be my old sewing table, which was a really
old surplus student desk. We’ve both outgrown it, and here’s this great one on
the curb ! Lucky ! Especially since the old desk/table has to remain here, I gave
it to FIL years ago. Well, more accurately, I put it curbside during a move,
and he claimed it. He already can’t wait to use it, but right now, there’s no
space for it !
Made an Aldi’s
grocery run, which is always a treat. I’m hoping we still do that after we
move, although it’ll be a bit of a drive. Maybe once a month…
The new MH ‘Create A Monster’ packs – the ones
that don’t use water decals for facial details – are beginning to surface in
California. It’s so funny sometimes, when you read fan boards. Seems as though
the chief problem many people had with the original CAM sets is that it came
with two sets of heads, hands, and lower arms and legs but only one torso and
one set of upper arms and legs. Of course, the colors of the not-quite-two
monsters were too diverse for much hopeful blending. Mattel’s getting much
praise right now, because the eBay photos of the cat/witch (girl) and
gargoyle/vampire (boy) packs show two complete sets – in the right colors ! –
of everything in the package. Half the boards are singing, “Two torsos ! TWO
Torsoooos !!!’.
But the same
ones singing in that thread are the same ones still complaining about glue in
the first run – the 2010 dolls, mostly – inside the heads, and eyes not being
perfectly centered and placed. Yes, these are valid complaints, but after two
years, ya may wanna let go. I got five Frankies. Pretty much all of ‘em have a
slightly larger green eye. I honestly thought it was part of the character
design (‘stitched with love’, ya know !), and I don’t even really notice it.
But some of us are still nearly affronted by a slight mistake in a toy line two
years ago. These two threads were a bit less than eight hours apart. There are
times I really feel sorry for Mattel…
Oh, and a
little note. The two that sold on eBay got $120. plus shipping. I wouldn’t be
surprised if the new CAM prices start at $25. at retail level, instead of last
year’s $20. After all, there’s a lot more in the package now !
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