davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

Cloetta looks like she just came home from her own wild night to find the place in shambles.

And she's wondering if she would have had more fun if she had stayed at home!

I think your sets and props look great. I know I could never construct anything like those at all.

Sure you could! Save up a few pizza and breakfast cereal boxes (good excuse to order out for pizza and eat Froot Loops), then grab a pair of scissors and a hot-melt glue gun and go to it!

It's not chaos, it's organic decor! Cloetta doesn't seem to be the least bit fazed by it.

... so I'm just going to send you virtual pat on the head and hot cocoa to cheer you up.

Thank you. The cocoa is much appreciated on this cold, snowy morning.

"Organic decor!" I like that! I must remember that excuse ex-planation!

Colette does not look impressed - who had a party and forgot to invite her?

And do they really think she's going to clean up after them? That ain't happenin'!

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12 March – Bob is thinking he'd much rather be golfing in Palm Springs

Hasbro GI Joe Hollywood Heroes Series No. 1: Bob Hope, USO Entertainer

Released in 1998, this figure is easy to find on the secondary market (eBay). Since the recent increase in postage prices, the cost for shipping (~$15 USD) is usually more than the asking price for a mint-in-mint-box figure.

I am under the impression that the guys... it was mostly guys... who collected 1:6 scale GI Joe figures are getting older or dying off, and their collections are coming on to the market. Most of the "collectible" range of figures from the late '90s are fairly common and not particularly valuable. Perhaps, too, newer figures with the highly detailed faces and accessories are more appealing to the few remaining collectors, despite the much higher prices. And then, of course, collectors today no longer have a connection with celebrities from an earlier era like Bob Hope.