I am going to make a couple assumptions for this thread.
1. Most of us were sent $1400.00 by the IRS. (PLEASE no political discussion about the funds/origins/distribution.)
2. Many of us didn't need the money for anything vital like food or rent.
That leaves us with the interesting question of what we each did with the money.
Here's what I spent mine on:
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FRANKENSTEIN - Squirt Gun - 4.5 in. - Azrak-Hamway Int'l - (AHI) - No. 6209 - 1974
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Wow! A GRAIL! Congrats! :)
I don't expect everybody to blow their whole wad on a single item. More likely, collectors will decide to buy the whole line of NECA Universal Monsters, etc.
Have you made any plans on how you hope to spend some of your $1400.00? Anything you've put off that now seems doable?
Now THAT item is cool!!
I used mine, plus more, to level out the concrete in my breezeway. My wife is using hers for new patio furniture, a new door, and supplies for a new wooden deck. I was really hoping to buy a really good comic with mine, but unfortunately adult life had to happen.
Quote from: BigShadow on March 22, 2021, 05:28:54 AM
I used mine, plus more, to level out the concrete in my breezeway. My wife is using hers for new patio furniture, a new door, and supplies for a new wooden deck. I was really hoping to buy a really good comic with mine, but unfortunately adult life had to happen.
Man. Growing up must really suck.
Quote from: BigShadow on March 22, 2021, 05:28:54 AM
I used mine, plus more, to level out the concrete in my breezeway.
How did it get unlevel and how did you fix it?
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on March 22, 2021, 01:29:12 AM
Have you made any plans on how you hope to spend some of your $1400.00?
I was thinking of getting all of the 1950s Universal sci-fi/horror blu-rays that I don't have, but that would only be a couple of hundred. Haven't got the money, yet.
I'm going to get a new MTB- with suspension this time! They didn't have that stuff back in the 80's, last time a bought a bike. Just to add insult to injury my loving ex-wife told me she makes too much money to get a check.... Ah the mistakes we make in life... lol
RF
This is screaming "BUY ME" right now...
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Quote from: Monsters For Sale on March 21, 2021, 09:44:00 PM
I am going to make a couple assumptions for this thread.
1. Most of us were sent $1400.00 by the IRS. (PLEASE no political discussion about the funds/origins/distribution.)
2. Many of us didn't need the money for anything vital like food or rent.
That leaves us with the interesting question of what we each did with the money.
Here's what I spent mine on:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51060526468_abd9626abc_b.jpg)
FRANKENSTEIN - Squirt Gun - 4.5 in. - Azrak-Hamway Int'l - (AHI) - No. 6209 - 1974
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51060526403_219490252b_b.jpg)
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Beautiful
Quote from: Mike Scott on March 22, 2021, 02:36:42 PM
How did it get unlevel and how did you fix it?
A portion of the slab cracked due to the surface on one side sinking about an inch. I found a nearby company that will cut a small hole into the concrete and pump a mixture under the slab to level it. It's pretty neat to see.
https://www.a1concrete.com/art-and-science-of-concrete-repair (https://www.a1concrete.com/art-and-science-of-concrete-repair)
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on March 22, 2021, 06:47:19 AMMan. Growing up must really suck.
Which is why I avoid doing so.
;)
Quote from: BigShadow on March 24, 2021, 05:29:53 AM
I found a nearby company that will cut a small hole into the concrete and pump a mixture under the slab to level it.
Cool! Never heard of that method. :)
Yea, the raising the concrete is Mud Jacking and is pretty common if you don't have the funds for replacement. My $1400. Goes right back to uncle scam. Been on disability and forgot to pay last years taxes.
I was lucky. I got to recirculate my $1400 back into the economy.
Someone asked me if I didn't feel foolish blowing all that money on an old plastic toy. Nope. It wasn't money that I had to earn or needed to feed a family.
I'd rather show them my stoopid little squirt gun and tell them, "Look what the government bought me!"
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on April 04, 2021, 04:18:49 PM
I'd rather show them my stoopid little squirt gun and tell them, "Look what the government bought me!"
Stimulus Approved! Congratulations on the purchase, MFS. However, the government didn't buy it for you, taxpayers including yourself did.