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The chilling trials of a Han Solo figure....
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<blockquote data-quote="Mwak73" data-source="post: 550003" data-attributes="member: 13334"><p>Just a daft memory that popped into my head just now.</p><p>I usually preface my posts, by stating that I don't collect the old toys now, but that my interest on here, lies mainly in reminiscing about having them, back when they came out, as a kid.</p><p>And today's memory is this -</p><p>It's not something I've ever discussed with anyone before, so I'm genuinely interested to know -</p><p>As a child of about eight years old, I would take one of the bubbles I'd kept from a cardback of mine, and lay poor old Han in it, fill it with water, and bung the whole thing in the freezer.</p><p>Ready to emerge, hours later, as a do it yourself carbonite block, to play with.</p><p>I wouldn't have bothered with all of that faff.... Not to mention cold fingers... But this was in the days long before any official carbonite figure was released to buy, so imaginative inspiration, had to come into things.</p><p>And its got me wondering - I'll bet money it wasn't just me who did it. I'll bet it was a fairly widespread thing.</p><p>And if so, it makes me smile. Because of one thing - we'll all have independently done that - without being told to... Without seeing it in a magazine.... Or a TV show... Or YouTube (twenty odd years before it's invention)... Or anything.</p><p>We just did it for ourselves, because the places a child's imagination, can take to them to, within themselves, is always a brilliant thing.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😊" title="Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png" data-shortname=":blush:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mwak73, post: 550003, member: 13334"] Just a daft memory that popped into my head just now. I usually preface my posts, by stating that I don't collect the old toys now, but that my interest on here, lies mainly in reminiscing about having them, back when they came out, as a kid. And today's memory is this - It's not something I've ever discussed with anyone before, so I'm genuinely interested to know - As a child of about eight years old, I would take one of the bubbles I'd kept from a cardback of mine, and lay poor old Han in it, fill it with water, and bung the whole thing in the freezer. Ready to emerge, hours later, as a do it yourself carbonite block, to play with. I wouldn't have bothered with all of that faff.... Not to mention cold fingers... But this was in the days long before any official carbonite figure was released to buy, so imaginative inspiration, had to come into things. And its got me wondering - I'll bet money it wasn't just me who did it. I'll bet it was a fairly widespread thing. And if so, it makes me smile. Because of one thing - we'll all have independently done that - without being told to... Without seeing it in a magazine.... Or a TV show... Or YouTube (twenty odd years before it's invention)... Or anything. We just did it for ourselves, because the places a child's imagination, can take to them to, within themselves, is always a brilliant thing.😊 [/QUOTE]
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