{"id":7684,"date":"2013-04-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2013\/04\/24\/plaid-stallions-7th-anniversary-specia\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:14:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:14:59","slug":"plaid-stallions-7th-anniversary-specia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/plaid-stallions-7th-anniversary-specia\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaid Stallions 7th Anniversary Special &#038; Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/images\/seventh.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m happy to announce that today marks the 7th Anniversary of the Plaid Stallions blog, mostly because I remembered it before hand.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;A lot has gone on since I first logged on that quiet Saturday afternoon and honestly, this whole thing has changed my life, entirely for the better.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I thought it would be fun to the run down some of my favourites of this past year, as it&#8217;s been one of the best.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Top Seven Reasons I love doing this followed by a contest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<a name='more'><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/images\/kenneralientradingcard.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>7) Making Trading Cards<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">As much as I would love to collect every toy I blog about, it&#8217;s just not going to happen (unless I win the lottery, then i&#8217;d just become a monster), so it&#8217;s really fun and somewhat therapeutic to crank out some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/tradingcards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vintage toy trading cards<\/a> when I can afford to do so.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I give them away at shows and always throw a pile in with orders at the store. It&#8217;s kind of awesome that some folks collect these.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkbH7uTQ6GA\" width=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">6) <b>I made an action figure and people bought it.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Seriously, I made a doll based on a character I goofed around with and someone other than my wife bought it. When I was told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/store\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brick dolls<\/a> were first coming in from China, I would not have been upset if the cargo got lost. Mostly because I worried that they&#8217;d just sit in my garage and I&#8217;d be crouching in my shower, forever washing off the stink of failure.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">However, I couldn&#8217;t have been more wrong, lots of people had Mantooth fever and only some are sitting in my garage. Total win!&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150267172903077.351116.27626183076&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As an added bonus people share with me all the funky things they do with Brick and I post them on Facebook<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/marvel\/carshowhulk.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>5) The Submissions<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Every time&nbsp;I check my email I get something new, a photo, leads or information on &nbsp;rare toys, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/marvel\/marvel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vintage superhero mall appearance photos<\/a> all mixed in with the 3500 messages about some folding garden hose (seriously you called it &#8220;Pocket Hose&#8221; with no irony?). I love surprises and all the cool information I get is like Christmas to me, sharing truly is caring.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/racktoys\/lincoln\/victimad.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>4) Toy Discoveries<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m an information junkie and I love finding out new things. So, networking with other collectors is often the next best thing to getting parcels in the mail. Also, less expensive. Since I started this site, a few major toy mysteries have been solved, minor to many but they kept me up at night.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/podcast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/podcast\/podstallionslogo.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>3) The Pod Cast<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">For years, I&#8217;d get off the phone with my pal Jason and thought &#8220;We should have taped that and called it a <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pod-stallions\/id626005350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pod Cas<\/a>t&#8221; and now we&#8217;re doing it. We&#8217;re still in our infancy with it but we really do appreciate the support it&#8217;s&nbsp;received. &nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;ll be cranking out a new one every month for the same reason we do anything around here, because it&#8217;s fun.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PodStallions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Like Pod Stallions on Facebook.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0991692209\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0991692209&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=plaidstalli0d-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/racktoysbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/racktoysarrived-225x300.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>2) I wrote a book because of it<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>Seriously, without this blog I&#8217;d have never even attempted to write, design and publish <a href=\"http:\/\/racktoysbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rack Toys<\/a>. Going to night school to get my certificate opened up a new world to me and it&#8217;s helped me in my personal and professional life.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Publishing my first book was exhausting and completely addictive that I&#8217;m quietly working on my second book (a close cousin to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0991692209\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0991692209&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=plaidstalli0d-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rack Toys)<\/a>. I had my hand held by some close friends during production but also, I put out a call for this book and you people stormed in with some epic contributions. &nbsp;It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll never forget.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/images\/fm\/underwearparty.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>1) The Vibe<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I can honestly say this has been the most rewarding thing I&#8217;ve done outside of the whole &#8220;marriage\/family&#8221; thing. The outpouring of support from you , the people is just unreal, I&#8217;ve made real life friends and been helped and supported the entire way. Whether it&#8217;s with photo contributions, emails, buying something or just saying &#8220;hi&#8221;, it&#8217;s &nbsp;been fantastic, uplifting and rewarding.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Thank you for not only liking my mad ideas but enabling and sharing them, I promise you more and always look for your ideas.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><b><u>The 7th Anniversary &#8220;Mom Logic&#8221; Contest<\/u><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><u><br \/><\/u><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I like contests, you like contests, let&#8217;s do this!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">One of the things that seem to haunt me as an adult collector are not the toys I had but<i> the ones I wasn&#8217;t allowed to have<\/i>. God, they feel like forbidden fruit, like me buying a Calibos figure is somehow a big deal thirty years after the fact.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;I want to hear your best Toy Denial story and your mother&#8217;s reasoning for refusing you said toy, here&#8217;s my example:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/images\/drsteelcard.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>I vividly remember the commercial for Doctor Steel coming on while I was watching &#8220;Space:1999&#8221; one Saturday afternoon. &#8220;Big Jim&#8217;s greatest challenge&#8221; &nbsp;had me the moment he came out of that tall grass. My mother however, was not fond the good Doctor for two reasons a) He&#8217;s bald and b) he has a tattoo. I persisted but never managed to snag him, the best I got was Torpedo Fist.<\/p>\n<p>To this day, I&#8217;m not sure how a one eyed man with a wooden arm and a tattoo is somehow more socially acceptable but he was.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>I would like to point that despite my enjoyment of Dr Steel, at 42 I have a full head of hair and am totally tattoo free, mission accomplished mom&#8230;.<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><a href=\"mailto:brick@plaidstallions.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Send your stories to this email <\/a>and I&#8217;ll announce contest winners in Two Weeks time. (Submissions close Friday May 3rd)<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/ebay\/mantoothwoolco.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/>1st Prize- An exclusive &#8220;Woolco Carded&#8221; Brick Mantooth Figure.<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>2nd Prize- A copy of Rack Toys: Cheap Crazed Playthings<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>3rd Prize- A set of PlaidStallions Trading Cards<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>4-7 runners up- A prize pack of items.<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m happy to announce that today marks the 7th Anniversary of the Plaid Stallions blog, mostly because I remembered it before hand. &nbsp;A lot has gone on since I first logged on that quiet Saturday afternoon and honestly, this whole thing has changed my life, entirely for the better. 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