I’ve long since lost interest in the mighty Marvel machine, and you can tell just how long from my appreciation only for callbacks to bygone days
and connections I make to them on my own, as with the new Lego Daily Bugle set, which there’s no denying is a masterpiece for the franchise (the Firestar minifigure alone is worth it to me—as yet another early breakthrough for my interracial insecurity
) but the real draw is as a reminder of this favorite toy:
Inflation calculator says that it would still come in at under a tenth of the price for all that plastic, but when single cardboard character cutouts eBay for up to $65 apiece (amazing they kept them from fraying for almost 50 years) and the “collectors” market is flooded with junky Mego replicas, why can’t there be an alternative for kids with big imaginations and parents without budgets to match?
and connections I make to them on my own, as with the new Lego Daily Bugle set, which there’s no denying is a masterpiece for the franchise (the Firestar minifigure alone is worth it to me—as yet another early breakthrough for my interracial insecurity) but the real draw is as a reminder of this favorite toy:Inflation calculator says that it would still come in at under a tenth of the price for all that plastic, but when single cardboard character cutouts eBay for up to $65 apiece (amazing they kept them from fraying for almost 50 years) and the “collectors” market is flooded with junky Mego replicas, why can’t there be an alternative for kids with big imaginations and parents without budgets to match?Update: I was right!
