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Thank heavens that old Joes were built tough!!

08-23-2007, 07:44 AM	#1
General Jones Veteran Offline --> Posts: 345 --> Join Date: Jan 2007	Thank heavens that old Joes were built tough!! My wife and I went on vacation to visit her folks in Moab Utah for the weekend. My wife asked her sister to water her garden for her while we were away. Left on Friday and came back Monday night. While I was looking through my Joes for the TR next Tuesday, I found Blowtorch and Knockdown still posed, but hunkered over like they had the flu. Checked more closely and found that Knockdowns T hook was broken and Blowtorch's new o-ring was broken. Apparently my sister-in-law brought her 5 kids with her to play the game cube while she watered the garden, and Joseph (the oldest at age 9) who has been labeled autistic, can't speak at all, and has no fine motor skills at all, slipped into the back room while his mother was busy, grabbed those two Joes, and tested his own strength by pulling the legs and head apart. Then after they were broken, he put them back together and left them. I'm just thankful that Hasbro made the G.I. Joe line so sturdy that none of the limbs gave out before the T hook and the O ring. __________________ Chuck Norris doesn't Tea Bag. He Potato Sacks.

08-23-2007, 07:52 AM	#2
General Scarlett Hell hath no fury.... Offline --> Posts: 7,646 --> Join Date: Dec 2006	Ouch!!! That's not pretty, I've seen kids ripping Joes apart before and it's all I can do to not tackle them and rip the Joes from their hands!!! At least you could make the repairs and get them back into action!!! __________________ Non illigitamus carborundum~Vos mos non effrego mihi Coming soon: 'JoeSpecialOps'

08-23-2007, 08:02 AM	#3
lehsreh G.I. Smurf Offline --> Posts: 3,446 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	last time kids crept into my joes i ended up with a night viper V1 broken at the arm, a missing buzzer V1 and missing iron grenadier V1. the night viper could not be fixed and the others are still MIA.

08-23-2007, 09:24 AM	#4
gung ho sexually frustrated Offline --> Posts: 1,821 --> Join Date: May 2006	ouch! i always tell kids that go in my room to leave my sh!t alone and don't touch anything that also goes for my brother __________________ "For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced: for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace."

08-23-2007, 11:48 AM	#5
gogorobo 181st fighter pilot Offline --> Posts: 1,250 --> Join Date: Jun 2007	yeah bad enough when it's kids who sometimes don't know any better but i constantly have to tell my wife to leave my joes alone..she's always trying to play with them or move them around from where i have them set up __________________ got to get tough JOHIO!!!!!!

08-23-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by gogorobo

yeah bad enough when it's kids who sometimes don't know any better but i constantly have to tell my wife to leave my joes alone..she's always trying to play with them or move them around from where i have them set up

Oh that has got to be fustrating... I had an ex gf that would make all the guys dance together... I tried to impart the knowlegde that only Boy/girl dancing was to take place... She thought I was funny...

I have also decided to move my joe room to a place called Fort Knox.. I feel that they will be safe there from any unattended children...

08-23-2007, 05:14 PM	#7
Flatline THEY ARE NOT DOLLS!!! Offline --> Posts: 16,465 --> Join Date: Jun 2007	OUCH THAT SUCKS!!!!! I HAVE 3 LIL KIDS 8, 6, AND 4. AND I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD NOT TO MESS WITH MY STUFF. IT'S WHEN OTHER KIDS COME OVER THAT I HAVE TO HOVER OVER THEM LIKE A HAWK.. BUT MY 6YEAR OLD USUALLY TELLS THEM WHAT NOT TO DO BEFORE I HAVE TOO __________________ MY FLICKR PAGE......

08-23-2007, 10:42 PM	#8
Outrider It's been a great ride! Offline --> Posts: 14,302 --> Join Date: Jun 2005	Ouch, I feel for you man. That hurts just reading it! I don't have kids myself, but when my sister's kids were younger there were a few close calls! One of the worst thing that ever happened to me Joe-wise was ages ago when I painted the gun station seats from the Rolling Thunder and left them outside to dry. I came back out a little later to find my dog, who was only a puppy then, had jumped up on the table and chewed them all up! __________________ "The future's uncertain and the end is always near." - The Doors "Roadhouse Blues".

08-24-2007, 02:59 PM	#9
Agent Viper Legendary Offline --> Posts: 2,220 --> Join Date: Aug 2007	Well, My Evil cousin Ryan came over to my house. I had a awesome set set up involving Blowtorch and a single pack night creeper. i went out to check out the set after I went to get their weapons and i caught the little turd BURNING THEM!!! All I had left was blowtorch's left arm. i can't stand having little kids around my joes and my ROOM. I have a bunch more of horror stories involving kids and joes.

08-24-2007, 07:24 PM	#10
lehsreh G.I. Smurf Offline --> Posts: 3,446 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	burning them??? ToneGunsRevisited, your name wouldnt be ryan would it???