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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2023 18:27:39 GMT -5
Like when people used to play with toys rather than leaving them "mint in box." “Play?” What is this “play” you speak of? You of all people should know that "The play is the thing!"  -M |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 19, 2023 19:48:32 GMT -5
As an example to future generations of a time when people actually read their comics, instead of storing them for investment purposes or just "to have." Like when people used to play with toys rather than leaving them "mint in box." My kids would often play with the box more than with the toy it contained! Until the cat occupied it, of course. |
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Post by impulse on Feb 19, 2023 21:12:44 GMT -5
As an example to future generations of a time when people actually read their comics, instead of storing them for investment purposes or just "to have." Like when people used to play with toys rather than leaving them "mint in box." I just ordered a Funko Pop of a rare tie-in. It's got a small run. I otherwise could not care less about Funkpops. The moment I get it, I'm taking it out of the box and putting it in my office. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 19, 2023 23:14:38 GMT -5
Like when people used to play with toys rather than leaving them "mint in box." My kids would often play with the box more than with the toy it contained! Until the cat occupied it, of course. Best toys for kids: 1) Boxes 2) Sticks 3) Dirt/ Sand 4) Water 5) 3 + 4 = Mud |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 20, 2023 3:46:10 GMT -5
Best toys for kids: 1) Boxes 2) Sticks 3) Dirt/ Sand 4) Water 5) 3 + 4 = Mud All true (mud in particular). I would add (since my dad was for a time a self-employed tool & die maker):
6) any tools I could sneak out of his shop (favorites: hammers and pliers)
7) broken drill bits
8) discarded pieces of wire and/or metal shavings
and the cousin of dirt and sand
9) rocks (not so much to throw, but to crack in half with the borrowed hammer to see what they looked like inside...)
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 20, 2023 6:26:09 GMT -5
Best toys for kids: 1) Boxes 2) Sticks 3) Dirt/ Sand 4) Water 5) 3 + 4 = Mud All true (mud in particular). I would add (since my dad was for a time a self-employed tool & die maker):
6) any tools I could sneak out of his shop (favorites: hammers and pliers)
7) broken drill bits
8) discarded pieces of wire and/or metal shavings
and the cousin of dirt and sand
9) rocks (not so much to throw, but to crack in half with the borrowed hammer to see what they looked like inside...)
My 4 year old grandson was outside with me in the back yard and just wanted to dig holes with a small shovel. The simple things are always better. |
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Post by MDG on Feb 20, 2023 10:40:46 GMT -5
My kids would often play with the box more than with the toy it contained! Until the cat occupied it, of course. Best toys for kids: 1) Boxes 2) Sticks 3) Dirt/ Sand 4) Water 5) 3 + 4 = Mud I believe the Toy Hall of Fame has both box and stick in it, since they try to balance Brand Name toys and games with more generic things. "Dirt" may be a hard get for them, but I'm going to nominate it.
I've been able to break the attraction to "lookin' at" toys made for collectors, since I've got more than enough now. But I've got a friend who only needs to know that something like...
...exists to must have it.
I get by on pinup girl bar glasses and related stuff to scratch my collector itch.
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Post by dbutler69 on Feb 20, 2023 16:16:44 GMT -5
Best toys for kids: 1) Boxes 2) Sticks 3) Dirt/ Sand 4) Water 5) 3 + 4 = Mud I believe the Toy Hall of Fame has both box and stick in it, since they try to balance Brand Name toys and games with more generic things. "Dirt" may be a hard get for them, but I'm going to nominate it.
I've been able to break the attraction to "lookin' at" toys made for collectors, since I've got more than enough now. But I've got a friend who only needs to know that something like...
...exists to must have it.
I get by on pinup girl bar glasses and related stuff to scratch my collector itch.
I've been to the Toy Hall of Fame! It's in my home town. Lots of fun for kids big and small.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2023 16:20:08 GMT -5
Like when people used to play with toys rather than leaving them "mint in box." My kids would often play with the box more than with the toy it contained! Until the cat occupied it, of course.For truth...I actually have a few Amazon boxes that my cats have "claimed" (I'm not making this up), our fault for letting them sit on the floor empty for more than 15 seconds. |
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Post by tonebone on Feb 21, 2023 9:54:08 GMT -5
Best toys for kids: 1) Boxes 2) Sticks 3) Dirt/ Sand 4) Water 5) 3 + 4 = Mud All true (mud in particular). I would add (since my dad was for a time a self-employed tool & die maker):
6) any tools I could sneak out of his shop (favorites: hammers and pliers)
7) broken drill bits
8) discarded pieces of wire and/or metal shavings
and the cousin of dirt and sand
9) rocks (not so much to throw, but to crack in half with the borrowed hammer to see what they looked like inside...)
When they are old enough, I would add KNIFE to this list. I had a pocket knife at about age 9, and spent countless hours cutting up cardboard boxes and making stuff out of them. My son did the same thing. He's a mechanical engineer, now. |
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Post by zaku on Mar 12, 2023 8:04:11 GMT -5
You know what I really, really hate about super-hero comics books? (well, the old one at least). When they talk during a fight. For example.  If you try to read all the balloons aloud, the time taken is AT LEAST 30 seconds. The leap probably lasted less than 1 second. Modern comics, probably more influenced by cinema and manga, don't do it that often anymore, but when I re-read an old book and see scenes like this it gets on my nerves. |
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Post by commond on Mar 12, 2023 8:10:12 GMT -5
Maybe it's the way I read comics, but I don't feel as though the dialogue and the action are taking place simultaneously.
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Post by zaku on Mar 12, 2023 8:16:41 GMT -5
Maybe it's the way I read comics, but I don't feel as though the dialogue and the action are taking place simultaneously. Well, in this particular scene it's obvious that they are happening simultaneously, but I could find dozens of other examples where is even more evident. |
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Post by commond on Mar 12, 2023 8:35:54 GMT -5
You're only seeing a single frame of the action, though, so in my brain I either read the dialogue first and then look at the image or vice versa and play the scene out in my mind. I never look at a panel and feel like this depicts a single second in time. That's not to say that the page isn't overwritten, or that there isn't too much dialogue commentating over a simple leap action, but it doesn't bug me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2023 9:18:37 GMT -5
Maybe it's the way I read comics, but I don't feel as though the dialogue and the action are taking place simultaneously. I’m with you on that. It’s never been a problem for me. |
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