"Welcome Back..."

...your dreams were your...ticket out...

Huh?

Don't mind me. Just humming a few bars of the theme song to one of my favourite shows, "Welcome Back Kotter"! Why, you ask? Well, as of this week, Toys 'R' Us has finally...and I mean finally...released the new toys for the upcoming megamonster "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen"! I say finally because they are out just about everywhere else except for here in Dallas/Ft Worth! What gives? I thought we were this great economic Mecca of opportunity and we can't get this stuff until everyone else has it? Ah well. I have been given the go-ahead to pick up a couple of things next Friday (which I'm sure I will showcase), so for now I present to you: The Toys R Us store in North Richland Hills and how they have set up their display for the upcoming movie:









Pretty neat yes? The store near our house did a pretty good job back in 2007 and I'm glad someone else has kept up with the tradition. Onward and upward I say.

I remember the first time I saw the cartoon Transformers. The year was 1984. I was 9 and it came on at 7:30 in the morning. I had to leave for school at 7:45 so I would see half of it and someone else would fill me in on the other half at some point during the school day. I would look at the different cars and wonder...wonder if there was more to them then meets the eye. Of course, there never was, and my utter disappointment built up week after week until I outgrew them some point around 1989. Then, in 1994, in a strange twist of fate, I grew back into them and haven't looked back. In 1998 my roommate and I went down to his parent's house at Lake Whitney for the weekend. On the way, we stopped at an outlet mall and found the KBToys store. they had rows of Transformers, some of which I had never seen. I think I spent $100 or so on them. We spent the weekend playing with them and his parents were like "What are you guys, 9?" Well, I sure felt like I was at that time. And ya know what? It was pretty cool. Never let go of your inner child. There's more to him (or her) then meets the eye *wink*.