Toy Stories
Yesterday Peter and I took Caroline to see Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3-D. She wanted to see them when she first found out that they were going to be in the movie theater. I wanted to take her because it was going to be one of the few opportunities she would ever have to see them on the big screen. It was a chunk of my Saturday but it was well worth it. The show sold out and every seat had someone sitting in it. We lucked out with three seats in a front row that allowed Caroline an unobstructed view of the screen. 5 minutes later and we might not have been able to sit together.
She enjoyed both films. I enjoyed seeing both back on the big screen. It is point out that I had seen the second film more than the first because there were bits in the first that I didn’t remember. There is 15 minutes of trivia and footage that is shown between the two films.
Smartest move I made was taking Caroline, who had to go potty, out during the credits of the first film. We only had to wait for two stalls to open up. Once we were out of the stalls, the line was out the door and down the hall. Only one sink was working which slowed things down because you have little kids washing their hands which takes a little longer.
The first film has plot holes you could lose a semi in but it is still delightful. The second got me to thinking especially with the collectors mentality that seems to pervade toy stores these days not to mention e-bay and the local comic book shops. Woody is a valuable collectible to some and a precious plaything to others. Caroline has shocked people by playing with toys that were given to her because those toys are collectible. She has a lot of beanie babies that go for some money on E-bay if they have the tag and all the rest that she inherited from her sisters and her sisters’ friends. She pulls off the tag once the toy is officially hers. She doesn’t like the tags but she loved the toys and creates complex stories using them as characters in her dramas. Peter has gotten her the Superhero Ponies from SDCC every year. She pulls them out of the box and plays with them rather vigorously. They are, to her, toys that are meant to be played with and loved.
She does take after Mommy in that regard. I did open up all my Muppet toys and played with them. I have a lot of toys that are out of their boxes and in the open that cause some collectors to scream. But I don’t think of them as collectable, I think of them as toys to be played with. Besides collectable is a very relative term these days. For the producers of collectables, it can be like printing money but for the buyers it can be a blow when what they bought isn’t worth as much as they thought it would be in the future. But as they say, past performance doesn’t guarantee future returns.
I am grateful for the toys that do get played with.
She enjoyed both films. I enjoyed seeing both back on the big screen. It is point out that I had seen the second film more than the first because there were bits in the first that I didn’t remember. There is 15 minutes of trivia and footage that is shown between the two films.
Smartest move I made was taking Caroline, who had to go potty, out during the credits of the first film. We only had to wait for two stalls to open up. Once we were out of the stalls, the line was out the door and down the hall. Only one sink was working which slowed things down because you have little kids washing their hands which takes a little longer.
The first film has plot holes you could lose a semi in but it is still delightful. The second got me to thinking especially with the collectors mentality that seems to pervade toy stores these days not to mention e-bay and the local comic book shops. Woody is a valuable collectible to some and a precious plaything to others. Caroline has shocked people by playing with toys that were given to her because those toys are collectible. She has a lot of beanie babies that go for some money on E-bay if they have the tag and all the rest that she inherited from her sisters and her sisters’ friends. She pulls off the tag once the toy is officially hers. She doesn’t like the tags but she loved the toys and creates complex stories using them as characters in her dramas. Peter has gotten her the Superhero Ponies from SDCC every year. She pulls them out of the box and plays with them rather vigorously. They are, to her, toys that are meant to be played with and loved.
She does take after Mommy in that regard. I did open up all my Muppet toys and played with them. I have a lot of toys that are out of their boxes and in the open that cause some collectors to scream. But I don’t think of them as collectable, I think of them as toys to be played with. Besides collectable is a very relative term these days. For the producers of collectables, it can be like printing money but for the buyers it can be a blow when what they bought isn’t worth as much as they thought it would be in the future. But as they say, past performance doesn’t guarantee future returns.
I am grateful for the toys that do get played with.