Comments on: Show and Tell > Custom M-Wrestling Ring by Newton Gimmick http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html A blog about action figures and the toy industry in general by writer and collector Poe Ghostal. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Newton Gimmick http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10148 Newton Gimmick Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:02:12 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10148 Thanks for all the kind comments, glad you guys liked it. I certainly enjoyed reminiscing about it. Thanks for all the kind comments, glad you guys liked it. I certainly enjoyed reminiscing about it.

]]> By: Fengschwing http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10128 Fengschwing Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:12:44 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10128 Best show and tell yet, brought back memories for me too, making elaborate Echo Bases out of blue blankets over sofas in Gran's front room. Buying my 'last' Transformer at 16 (Snapdragon if I remember right) and putting away my childish things, or worse, selling them, and then allowing yourself to collect again. That's the great thing about being a 'grown-up' you get to eat a pint of ice cream at midnight and spend upwards of $100 on toys with no one to have a pop at you. Well, except for the wife... Best show and tell yet, brought back memories for me too, making elaborate Echo Bases out of blue blankets over sofas in Gran's front room. Buying my 'last' Transformer at 16 (Snapdragon if I remember right) and putting away my childish things, or worse, selling them, and then allowing yourself to collect again.

That's the great thing about being a 'grown-up' you get to eat a pint of ice cream at midnight and spend upwards of $100 on toys with no one to have a pop at you.

Well, except for the wife…

]]> By: Paul http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10109 Paul Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:41:30 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10109 "For starters, no monsters. Everyone had to be human. " Lol Newt, you guys were racist against monster wrestlers. Or was it speciesicst? Anyway, that's really rad. "For starters, no monsters. Everyone had to be human. "

Lol Newt, you guys were racist against monster wrestlers. Or was it speciesicst?

Anyway, that's really rad.

]]> By: PrfktTear http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10108 PrfktTear Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:19:59 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10108 Thats pretty sweet! It reminds me of how I built my own technodrome when I was a kid before I got the real thing. I took a short/wide box and painted it purple for whatever reason, and it became my technodrome! -x Thats pretty sweet! It reminds me of how I built my own technodrome when I was a kid before I got the real thing. I took a short/wide box and painted it purple for whatever reason, and it became my technodrome!

-x

]]> By: Esbat http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10105 Esbat Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:46 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10105 That was a great share, man. Honestly, I'm a bit jealous as I never had non-school friends and even then I never got to play with my school friends outside of school. So it was always me alone in a room I shared with my little sister staging battles and plotlines that made no sense whatsoever. This would explain why I love to write in my spare time. That was a great share, man. Honestly, I'm a bit jealous as I never had non-school friends and even then I never got to play with my school friends outside of school. So it was always me alone in a room I shared with my little sister staging battles and plotlines that made no sense whatsoever. This would explain why I love to write in my spare time.

]]> By: Mark http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10099 Mark Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:31:07 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10099 Wrestling rules...fair enough it depends on who your watching, there is a lot of crap wrestlers out there like John Cena etc. Wrestling rules…fair enough it depends on who your watching, there is a lot of crap wrestlers out there like John Cena etc.

]]> By: Motorthing http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10090 Motorthing Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:09:19 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10090 Nice article - and I hate wrestling! Nice article – and I hate wrestling!

]]> By: Nightboomfer http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10087 Nightboomfer Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:12:52 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10087 This is awesome! I recall doing something similar as a kid. Some crates and boxes turned on their side and filled with printouts and toy furniture suddenly became the best evil lair in the world. Everyone from Starscream (I didn't have Megatron) to Skeletor and even Bebop and Rocksteady hung out there and caused trouble for my heroes. This is awesome! I recall doing something similar as a kid. Some crates and boxes turned on their side and filled with printouts and toy furniture suddenly became the best evil lair in the world. Everyone from Starscream (I didn't have Megatron) to Skeletor and even Bebop and Rocksteady hung out there and caused trouble for my heroes.

]]> By: jestergoblin http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10086 jestergoblin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:06:07 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10086 My hat's off to you Newton. When I was younger it was always a challenge to convince my parents to get me anything more than an action figure so I was often left with an eclectic assortment of figures that would result in some very, very odd team-ups and cross over. Most terrifying: Slash from TMNT wearing a jester's cap and cloth cape (from the Hunchback of Notredame I think...) teamed up with Carnage from Spider-Man TAS line driving around in a pink dune buggy my little sister owned which some some unknown reason was in 6-inch scale. I also used to have a wicker rocking chair that was gray that I would tip over to be my Technodrome. I miss those days. My hat's off to you Newton.

When I was younger it was always a challenge to convince my parents to get me anything more than an action figure so I was often left with an eclectic assortment of figures that would result in some very, very odd team-ups and cross over.

Most terrifying: Slash from TMNT wearing a jester's cap and cloth cape (from the Hunchback of Notredame I think…) teamed up with Carnage from Spider-Man TAS line driving around in a pink dune buggy my little sister owned which some some unknown reason was in 6-inch scale.

I also used to have a wicker rocking chair that was gray that I would tip over to be my Technodrome.

I miss those days.

]]> By: Newton Gimmick http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/06/show-and-tell-custom-m-wrestling-ring-by-newton-gimmick.html#comment-10080 Newton Gimmick Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:25:25 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=5976#comment-10080 Wow, I went on a bit there... Good times. My GF saw some of these old guys I had dug up for this article and started giving them names of her own. Like Diaperman. Needless to say I quickly shuffled these toys back to their dusty cellar house to hide them from the ridicule. Wow, I went on a bit there… Good times.

My GF saw some of these old guys I had dug up for this article and started giving them names of her own. Like Diaperman. Needless to say I quickly shuffled these toys back to their dusty cellar house to hide them from the ridicule.

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