davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2023

[davidd]

Any decluttering services in your vicinity?  Professional organizers?

I'm not gonna pay someone to paw through my stuff and to tell me what I already know: toss it, already!  

And... I am not exactly living in a bustling hub of sophisticated urban yuppiness, so finding a Marie Kondo nearby is not realistic.  

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13 June - A Doll A Day 2023:

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Second World War Action Figure

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Dragon Models
No. 70030
World War II Moscow Campaign
Wehrmacht Infantry (Feldwebel) NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer)
Circa 2000 release

Not every toy, doll, or action figure that is kept "mint in box" appreciates in value. This military figure, released by Dragon Models over twenty years, ago is an example. I purchased this figure via eBay last year... or it mighta been two years ago... when I was looking for a few bits and pieces to complete a quasi-military action figure project on which I was working. It was less eensive (at the time - postage prices have since increased – yet again) to purchase a complete figure than to individually purchase some of the equipment and accessories loose.

The figure has been sitting around in my storage shed for over a year, or maybe two, with the box taking up a lot of space. Today I finally opened the package. The transparent plastic portions of the packaging have turned a deep amber color from age, and have become brittle. Some of the plastic elements of the figure have become brittle as well. One of the wrist joints broke while I was removing the figure from the packaging. I was able to find parts scattered among my piles of clutter to repair the wrist joint, so after nearly a quarter century, this little plastic soldier has been released from solitary confinement and declared fit and ready for duty.

Oh... the figure includes a very nicely made long trench coat, or greatcoat, which is one of the parts I was looking for when I purchased it.

13 June - A Doll A Day 2023