>Toy Story fucked me up for life as a little kid>100% convinced toys were alive til late teenage years>100% of my toy play as a kid was imagining and preparing my toys for getting attacked by neighbors' toys>toy military training camp under my bed for DECADES. cult-like and vicious like League of Shadows/Ra's Al Ghul with a focus on stealth. >literally had a total defense/battle plan depending on which area of my house was attacked, and by what type of toys, memorized to this day. >hid spy toys in friends and neighbors' houses, like lego men with the mini walkie talkie thing. would find them years later when visiting them again and do a little heroes welcome party with my other toys. >toy collection gradually became just the most powerful characters possible >now in my 30s i still keep a brief but absurdly overpowered toy collection it's honestly fucking awesome and if you don't think in this way you should give it a try
>>11241532You sound extremely autistic but based, kept it well
>>11241534>autisticthis is a toy collecting board. to the rest of the world everyone here is tastefully autistic
>>11241532Please give us more stories. I want to hear more about your defense strategies and also who the strongest toys in your army were.
>>11241542(1/2)I always have 2 strategies depending on what turns out to be real: 1) If the toys' superpowers, guns, character abilities all work or 2) if it's like Toy Story where it's just a physical figure that can move. In case of Toy Story rules, where they can only move:>nails of various lengths like 9-inch nails for spears/bo staffs, shorter nails to use as swords>training camp under bed included stockpiles of these nearby in case of an invasion>more articulate figures in each unit, had their roles planned out for them. movement, speed, agility, this type of stuff is counterintuitively more important than physical bulky size especially since the longer weapons like 9 inch nail spears can make up for any reach disadvantage.>had several ambushes setup around my room and house. For example, the kitchen, living room and hallway floors were likely entry points but i had toys positioned on countertops that had the high ground, and various 9-inch nail spears hidden near them, so they can basically bombard enemies with spears or maybe pour hot water on them>mouse traps and fly paper around my room that my parents thought were for mice/bugs>studied the type of battle formations and tactics of Alexander the Great and generals with primitive weapons in case of a full frontal assault>all toys trained in stealth, martial arts, gymnastics, parkour, etc>would feed local squirrels and birds w/ peanuts and bird feed so frequently that squirrels and birds would stop by my window (first floor bedroom) several times a day. The threat of squirrels and birds presence make it harder for enemy toys plan a direct attack on my bedroom window. And it forms an alliance so the birds and squirrels can come to my aid like the tree monsters in Lord of the Rings.>built a little dogsled/horse wagon/charriot thing, but instead of dogs/horses, it was hotwheels/matchbox cars pulling it while a toy flailing a 9-inch nail rode in backcontinued...
>>11241791(2/2)In case the toys' superpowers, guns, tech, character abilities all worked exactly like in their canon, the strategy was so much simpler>early on it was simple sharpshooter/gunner toy units, strategic positioning around the room, dominating the high ground etc>as i learned more about Goku, Thanos, Superman, and other absurdly overpowered characters everything changed>i studied the most powerful characters in major franchises.>for example in 2005 i got the diamond select thanos w/ infinity gauntlet, way before MCU even existed>collection gradually became mostly supervillains>fantasized about my toys hijacking an 18-wheeler truck filled with literally 20,000 Marvel Universe 3.75-inch Thanos w/ Infinity Gauntlet figures, then taking over entire galaxies IRLto give you an idea of my level of autism i was 100% convinced in 2012 that my half-dozen Thanos w/ Infinity Gauntlet figures caused the NY Giants to win the Super Bowl because i had them all in a circle raising their arms up in the air lending Eli Manning their powerthis was my relationship with toys for 30 years and still ongoing in some form
>>11241532>>11241791>>11241815You probably had more fun with toys than me and most of this board probably ever did. Never lose that spark.
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>OP is a reincarnated military commanderBased.
>>11241532While I can't say I went as full on schizo as to actually arm my toys with real life weapons in case of an antagonistic toy army attack, I did craft a nearly 30 year history for my toys based on my playing with them. In that time there was even a near decade stretch where a single figure organized the entire collection into a single invading army force to use whenever I went over to my sister's house to babysit my nephews (who raised their own armies in defense). Between visits my figures would "train" and practice and grow stronger, as their figures should've been doing as well. Then when the time came I would assemble strike forces to travel with me and attack their collections. But even after the wars ended (aka, they grew out of toys) my collection's story continue to grow and change. The main army split into smaller factions and a general civil war erupted. That eventually led to the destruction of their "old world" and forced everyone to move to a new land (I got my own apartment). There, after a massive first battle that wiped out much of the old collection and left a literal wasteland at the site of the conflict, a tentative peace treaty was signed between the factions and a specialized group of figures was assembled to maintain that peace. That aspect of the story lasted for a good three years, but since then their history has been frozen in a state of limbo as the majority of the collection was stored away. Eventually they'll find a new home where they can finally spread out, claim new lands and roam free once more (I need to renovate my basement). But for now, the factions are scattered, the conflict lays dormant and their story remains a mere memory. Pic related is the only remaining image I have from the time after the great wars, after the great move and the beginning of the age of the Truce. It was taken well over a decade ago, a distant time, a more innocent time.
>>11241532Counterpoint: Slop Wars is fucking gay.
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>>11243504Anonsroomania was lorded over by the McDonald's Beast Machines Megatron from his office atop Dresser Tower. A ragtag group of freedom fighters led by Snake Eyes V10 and Next Mutation Raphael fought for freedom for years before finally forcing ol' Megatron into the underworld(basement storage). I've been wanting to bring this world back for about six years now, and it's why I got back into toy collecting as hard as I have.Now, you see, there were various factions that made up the population of my toys' world and, in fact, my friends and I had a whole universe where each of our homes was a different planet. The factions on my world were the corporate lapdogs of Megatron, the Freedom Fighters, the Star Warsians(I had a pretty sizable 90'sPOTF collection, including three AT-ATs, every ship, and a huge custom wooden Death Star corner shelf) and those Bandai America Gundams who were both neutral parties in the war due to the sheer number of them I had.
I want to watch an anime of your life, except you were right and now you have to lead the good toys to stop the world's evil toys from doing their Saturday morning cartoon horseshit. I want black ops missions to return a local kids report card after a Joker figure steals it, and I want the Joes stopping Cobra from setting off real nuclear missiles, and I want your fatass in the mission control chair taking both of them as seriously as each other. What a fucking king.
>>11244296>>11243504OP here. this is completely fucking based. what i like is you directly confront your changing tastes within your own macro collection, by forming little civil conflicts. the way i've added "plot armor" to my lifelong toy lore is that the physical toys have "imagination souls" and when i'm done with a certain group of toys, their "imagination souls" are extracted and go into other new toys. Similar to Transformers/Beast Wars "sparks" finding new vehicles/animals (and i was a big Beast Wars 90s kid). other toys can go into "cryo" states where they kinda zone out for years -- i arrived at this because honestly it's a natural ability a toy would need if they were truly sentient. these mechanisms have allowed me to be more fluid in my collection throughout the years without fear of internal conflict. I had also considered this internal conflict and jealousy, and guilt of toys being discarded/thrown away, and basically built up this rationale as a coping mechanism
>>11244680OP here. this post made dozens of "episodes" burst into my memory>sent my toys on missions to mess with bosses, job interviewers, after college>sent my toys on a black ops mission to break into my gf's house while she slept, put a vibrator on her clit and a sharpie in her asshole so she'd subconsciously orgasm during anal stimulation and make her wanna do anal with me more (kinda like the pinky trick). this unit was a few 3.75in GI Joe's with gas masks because her panties probably smelled nasty esp if you were sticking things in the pipes>a recurring play episode was my toys invading our mean neighbor's house through the pipes, sabotaging their septic tank, and causing piss/shit water to flood their house.>loved fantasizing about my toys capturing like a real-life freight ship or container with tens of thousands of units of a specific toy, like literally 20,000+ Marvel Universe 3.75-inch Thanos w/ Infinity Gauntlet. or what would happen if 20,000 Thanoses with Infinity Gauntlets went rogue and because i felt i had the strongest toy collection in the world, i'd be the only one to stop it. this caused me to add a few characters stronger than IG Thanos to my collection, who have pre-emptive measures for such an occurrence. I even sent my toy collection on missions to lobby against toy companies to not produce too many toys stronger than my collections' characters. >similar to the above, imagined my toys catching wind of a Chinese toy factory, whose boss was assassinated and controlled by a group of rogue toys, and was planning the mass production of millions of toys more powerful than mine that would be enough to take over universes. My toys had to sabotage their operations. >had my half-dozen variations of Thanos w/ Infinity Gauntlet manipulate sports outcomes
>>11241532This brings back memories. Back when I was a kid, I used my dozens of 2-inch miniature plastic dinosaurs (the generic random-brand ones usually bulk-sold in those clear, foot-long tubes) to spin tales of epic sentient dinosaur adventure, focused on a tightly-knit band of carnivores going full Indiana Jones in distant, uncharted lands, led by a charismatic but jaded tyrannosaur. They had a salvaged pirate ship that served as their mobile base of operations, and eventually they ditched the masts and sails because they figured that they could just use a magical artifact they found (a shiny glass gem I superglued into the cargo hold) to propel the ship instead.
>>11241532>hid spy toys in friends and neighbors' houses, like lego men with the mini walkie talkie thing. would find them years later when visiting them again and do a little heroes welcome party with my other toys.Where did you hide them so they couldn't be found? I did stuff like this with my toys as a kid/teen but I didn't actually believe they were literally alive or anything, just pretended.>>11244717>sent my toys on a black ops mission to break into my gf's houseThis autistic psycho got a gf but I didn't, wtf......
>>11241532this is so fucking based
>>11244736based imagination maxxing with minimal resources. a skill for only the most based.>>11244845OP here. by far my favorite autism story from this:>neighbor kid's house had a huge alcohol display case in a secluded attic room that was renovated into some nice study>top shelf had several very expensive bottles in these little wooden boxes.>supposedly they belonged to his grandpa>i had my green army men i would bring to his house, so while he was taking a shit or something i climbed up on a chair and hid the little radio comms army man in one of the boxes. >thought i'd come back for him in a few days but totally forgot about him>fastfoward like 8 years later, high school, at a house party at this neighbor's house>had a few beers in me>wandered upstairs alone, found the little third floor attic/study room and instantly remembered the fucking army guy i put there years before>the alcohol box was still there>said "pappy van winkle" something reserve in this lord of the rings looking text>opened it up, my fucking radio guy was still in there tucked behind the little paper shaving things the bottle rested in>i fucking hollered in excitement i was overcome with emotion, i actually shed a little tear because it was like i was reminded of my childhood, saw how much older i became and how much has changed, but also at the same time still actively had a toy collection and drunkenly "telekinesis radio'ed in" to my collection at home and pretended to hear them all cheering in the background>drank some of the fucking pappy bourbon. didnt realize exactly how expensive it was but honestly i dont feel bad at all because i fucking dare someone to tell me a cooler occasion to drink this formy theory as to why it was there so long is maybe someone did open it and saw it, but the grandpa was a WW2 veteran and the toy is actually a WW2 soldier so maybe someone thought the grandpa left it there
So much of my daydreaming is my toys going on Toy Story-type adventures. When I'm out and about I take note of things that are toy-sized they would utilize, like places to hide from the rain or from humans until it's dark.I also collect lots of monster toys so I imagine they're like the "bodyguards" of my room. He-Man and my MOTUs are the main ones I imagine going on adventures though, enlisting the help of my imports.
>>11247666Smart of you to focus on He-Man/MOTU for this. The Mattel figures are typically sturdier than Figuarts or other fancier toys, while still having solid articulationThere's also something about the sword-and-sorcery mindset of the He-Man/MOTU characters that just feels more equipped for a Toy Story style reality, where they can't use powers/guns/gadgets, but rely more on their hand to hand combat.
>>11241532Similar, but different:>would arrange all my good guys on 13 Dead End Drive>would arrange all my bad guys on Heroquest>would arrange all my magic users on Ask ZandarAnd yeah, I would buy the strongest versions of characters I could find.
