You musta had more money than me as a kid cuz I was scrounging to get figures all the time. Sure, X-Mas and birthday was when I got the most but man, I remember saving up my whopping $3. Which is why I always had more figures than vehicles cuz it was easier to buy a figure than a $10 vehicle. And imagine how much $20 was to me back then! lol

So the answer was, yes. I had to pretend I had EELs running around.