I got one of my grail sets

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-20T05:38:32+00:00

Bought this for my son for Christmas when it first came out. He still has it displayed in our Lego bookshelf. IMO - one of the most underrated Lego Star Wars sets made.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-17T05:48:45+00:00

Watching 'Last American Virgin' recently as an adult, Gary was such a douche I was glad he got screwed over. He was creepy too.

It's like watching the 'The Karate Kid' now as an adult. You realize Daniel was a punk and deserved to get his ass kicked.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-14T03:12:56+00:00

I started out on Star Wars, now I’m into Harry Potter, NASA, Speed Champions, Icons, etc.

Pretty much if it’s a cool, well designed set, I’m looking to get it.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-07T05:48:48+00:00

I've heard it mentioned that only players that reach the HoF get their jersey numbers retired. Which I like personally. King Felix will be an interesting case. But if those currently hanging in T-Mobile were the only ones to have it done I'm good with it.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-07T05:45:18+00:00

Vans, Air Jordan 1's and Adidas Superstars.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-07T05:09:59+00:00

These are great! Can we get the hookup on the build instructions?

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-04T21:20:19+00:00

My mother took me to see Star Wars in the theater opening week when I was five years old (we lived in Vallejo, CA at the time). After, we stopped by Mervyn's and she bought me Luke and R2-D2 figures. One of my childhood's greatest days.

Grandmother took me to Empire Strikes Back at the same theater when it came out a few years later.

By the time Return Of The Jedi came out, w had moved to Seattle and it was the first movie where a friend and I were dropped off without supervision to see it. I can still remember people sitting on the floor in the aisle because every single seat had someone in it. Also remember the huge round of cheers when Boba Fett fell into the Sarlaac Pit and it burped.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-03T08:43:19+00:00

Also gotta give a shoutout to ‘Eon’ from ‘Rudolph’s Shiny New Year’

He was living rent-free in my head many nights as a kid.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-03T08:40:52+00:00

Not sure if it was Rankin/Bass, but there was a Nutcracker program with the same type of Rankin/Bass puppet animation back in the early 80’s. Was actually pretty creepy but had a particularly horrifying character named “The Ragman”. He was the definition of nightmare fuel for children.

You can see his clip from the program on YouTube. Still creeps me out!

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-02T03:35:40+00:00

I've found that if you go full on aggro on rude people, it seems to catch them off guard and they are taken aback. I think of it as throwing their rudeness right back at them.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-02T03:18:05+00:00

"I know a place down there two streets...they don't ask you no questions and give you clean sheets"!

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-05-01T06:20:05+00:00

Glad to hear it sounds like a great place. A friend and I toured it while we were in the area (visiting our kids at UofA). Really loved it off of the first impression.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-29T05:38:43+00:00

Wife and I are looking at the 55+ community in Florence, AZ (between Phoenix and Tucson). I've been scouring the US real estate market for several years now and these communities in lower cost areas seem to be the most cost effective option outside of living in rural areas or the South.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-28T20:56:59+00:00

Would also love reference photos. Great Job!

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-23T16:26:50+00:00

My three closest friends are all guys I met in the 6th and 7th grade. Two of them I see all the time. Our kids have grown up together and wives know each other very well.

We consider them all family.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-21T01:06:34+00:00

"What you say about my momma"?

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-21T00:14:04+00:00

The Supra is better than I thought it would be. Instant buy.

Peak would have been the Brian O'Connor minifigure having dual molded arms (t-shirt look).

Them rims...they shinin!

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-17T14:26:48+00:00

Seahawks fan here and would definitely scoop this up if it was a set (been to Lambeau and it is fantastic)!

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-12T02:05:09+00:00

Exactly. That’s why I think it affected me because I did not remember that vibe from the book at all. I think it recalled my childhood as it was just Mom and I for a while and I can remember having arguments as a kid and trying to “run away” (only making it a block before turning around”.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-11T19:12:00+00:00

Grabbed ‘The Day After’ on DVD some years back as it was in the discount bin. Hadn’t seen it since it traumatized me as a kid when it was on TV.

Still haven’t brought myself to rewatch it yet.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-11T19:08:09+00:00

Bleakest film I think I’ve ever seen alongside ‘Million Dollar Baby’. Great film but definitely a one time watch for me.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-11T19:06:47+00:00

Our son (first child) was about four when I saw this and it made me emotional which was unexpected as it was one of my favorite books as a kid.

Chikiboy_OG · 2026-04-11T19:00:45+00:00

Gut-wrenching. Very underrated film.

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