[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Imagining him singing that in his baritone voice is all the better

Strangely enough, despite buying so many pony toys, my most awkward in store moment was buying a Transformers toy. The cashier was one of those no nonsense old men, so when he asked if I was getting it for someone else, and when I responded "It's for me" he went on a never ending spiel about how I'm an adult and I need to not buy kiddy toys and how I needed to grow up and start being a man.

3 years later and most of my online monikers now include the word "Princess" somewhere. Guess I showed him

Why on Earth would a store cashier deter you from buying toys? It profits their store after all. This is something I can never understand, how store cashiers have so much to say when we're basically contributing to their salaries.

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Originally Posted by KRX

… You're a genius.

Who needs manhood? It just means scowling and no fun.

Eh, adulthood as defined like this is no fun and depressing. If that's what it means to be mature, count me out. Luckily that's not what it really is.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Why on Earth would a store cashier deter you from buying toys? It profits their store after all. This is something I can never understand, how store cashiers have so much to say when we're basically contributing to their salaries.

This guy must be so much fun at Christmas. Berating everyone over the age of 12 if their gifts weren't power tools and planks of wood

[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

This guy must be so much fun at Christmas. Berating everyone over the age of 12 if their gifts weren't power tools and planks of wood

Gosh, how depressing. Where's the fun, the colour?

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Gosh, how depressing. Where's the fun, the colour?

I had an uncle like that. Sucks for my cousin, since he's like me in that he loves toys and games

And I just kind of shrugged him off and left the store. I have no idea why he tried to deter me from buying my transformer

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Strangely enough, despite buying so many pony toys, my most awkward in store moment was buying a Transformers toy. The cashier was one of those no nonsense old men, so when he asked if I was getting it for someone else, and when I responded "It's for me" he went on a never ending spiel about how I'm an adult and I need to not buy kiddy toys and how I needed to grow up and start being a man.

I'm so used to people not giving a crap about my buying habits, that my most awkward toy-buying experience actually came from somebody being too enthusiastic about it.

I was buying a 6inch Mumm-Ra when the woman in front of us was all "OMG! it's Mumm-Ra, he looks great! And he's on clearance too? OMG honey you need to check this out!" "Do you collect Thundercats toys? Do you have Lion-O too? I buy*can't remember the line*"
This went on for 10 minutes, thankfully nobody else was on line.

It was odd.

[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I had an uncle like that. Sucks for my cousin, since he's like me in that he loves toys and games

And I just kind of shrugged him off and left the store. I have no idea why he tried to deter me from buying my transformer

Funny thing is that sometimes people make distinctions. A friend berated me for playing Pokemon and getting some figures (like MLP and Sentai), but yet admires Kamen Rider and SH Figuarts. I told him how hypocritical he was since he watches Kamen Rider and he said it was more mature and for adults or something. Yeah, an adult series has giant toy-like belts.

Another guy online told me about how his friend distinguishes between 2D and 3D animated movies. The CGI ones like How to Train Your Dragon are "mature" while the 2D ones like Princess and the Frog are "for kids" and this is how he justifies watching what he watches.

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Originally Posted by algo448

I'm so used to people not giving a crap about my buying habits, that my most awkward toy-buying experience actually came from somebody being too enthusiastic about it.

I was buying a 6inch Mumm-Ra when the woman in front of us was all "OMG! it's Mumm-Ra, he looks great! And he's on clearance too? OMG honey you need to check this out!" "Do you collect Thundercats toys? Do you have Lion-O too? I buy*can't remember the line*"
This went on for 10 minutes, thankfully nobody else was on line.

It was odd.

I'd actually really appreciate such company. It's always fun to see enthusiastic people.

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Funny thing is that sometimes people make distinctions. A friend berated me for playing Pokemon and getting some figures (like MLP and Sentai), but yet admires Kamen Rider and SH Figuarts. I told him how hypocritical he was since he watches Kamen Rider and he said it was more mature and for adults or something. Yeah, an adult series has giant toy-like belts.

Another guy online told me about how his friend distinguishes between 2D and 3D animated movies. The CGI ones like How to Train Your Dragon are "mature" while the 2D ones like Princess and the Frog are "for kids" and this is how he justifies watching what he watches.

No amount of facepalm can express my feelings.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by algo448

I'm so used to people not giving a crap about my buying habits, that my most awkward toy-buying experience actually came from somebody being too enthusiastic about it.

I was buying a 6inch Mumm-Ra when the woman in front of us was all "OMG! it's Mumm-Ra, he looks great! And he's on clearance too? OMG honey you need to check this out!" "Do you collect Thundercats toys? Do you have Lion-O too? I buy*can't remember the line*"
This went on for 10 minutes, thankfully nobody else was on line.

It was odd.

That reminds me when I bought my TF Prime Knock Out figure when I visited my brother in Georgia.
The cashier actually recommended me to go and pick up one of their He-Man figures because she was aware that the current He-Man line was going for pretty high prices on the secondary market

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

I'd actually really appreciate such company. It's always fun to see enthusiastic people.

It was neato, just that she barely allowed me to talk, and her husband was bored as heck.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

That reminds me when I bought my TF Prime Knock Out figure when I visited my brother in Georgia.
The cashier actually recommended me to go and pick up one of their He-Man figures because she was aware that the current He-Man line was going for pretty high prices on the secondary market

That's good business.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Funny thing is that sometimes people make distinctions. A friend berated me for playing Pokemon and getting some figures (like MLP and Sentai), but yet admires Kamen Rider and SH Figuarts. I told him how hypocritical he was since he watches Kamen Rider and he said it was more mature and for adults or something. Yeah, an adult series has giant toy-like belts.

Another guy online told me about how his friend distinguishes between 2D and 3D animated movies. The CGI ones like How to Train Your Dragon are "mature" while the 2D ones like Princess and the Frog are "for kids" and this is how he justifies watching what he watches.

I had a friend like that before. He refused to believe me when I told him that the reason KR had so many toys was because it's for the 6-12 demographic. He defended his reasoning with "The kids getting into it were just a byproduct. It's actually a more mature franchise."

And that guy sounds hypocritical. 2D actually tends to be more mature than 3D most of the time.