I was about 10 years old, had a bunch of GI Joes, but the great white ninja eluded me. Finally he turned up at a local grocery store. I had enough money, purchased him and counted the seconds until I got home and could face him against Snake-Eyes, Roadblock, and the rest of the Joes.
I sat at my dining room table, opened up the package and began attaching all of Storm Shadow's cool accessories. His quiver, his swords in the quiver, everything. Then I thought it would be cool to see him holding his bow. It was a tight fit squeezing into his hand but it looked so cool!
Okay enough of that let's see him holding a sword. Just need to get the bow out of his hand first. Hmm, not coming right out, let's pull a little harder, but carefully, just a little--SNAP, NOOOOOOO!!!!!! The bow "string" was split in two.
I hadn't even played with him for five minutes. So I sat there like a baby and cried for however long until I got over it and just pretended that the bow was still intact whenever he'd use it in the future.
But even now, when I open a SS figure and start monkeying with the accessories (or most recently trying to re-attach Darth Maul's gloves), I get a little bit of a knot in my stomach and have flashbacks of Cobra's white clad ninja.
I sat at my dining room table, opened up the package and began attaching all of Storm Shadow's cool accessories. His quiver, his swords in the quiver, everything. Then I thought it would be cool to see him holding his bow. It was a tight fit squeezing into his hand but it looked so cool!
Okay enough of that let's see him holding a sword. Just need to get the bow out of his hand first. Hmm, not coming right out, let's pull a little harder, but carefully, just a little--SNAP, NOOOOOOO!!!!!! The bow "string" was split in two.
I hadn't even played with him for five minutes. So I sat there like a baby and cried for however long until I got over it and just pretended that the bow was still intact whenever he'd use it in the future.
But even now, when I open a SS figure and start monkeying with the accessories (or most recently trying to re-attach Darth Maul's gloves), I get a little bit of a knot in my stomach and have flashbacks of Cobra's white clad ninja.