{"id":7821,"date":"2012-11-02T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2012\/11\/02\/rack-toy-memories-contes\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:14:14","slug":"rack-toy-memories-contes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/rack-toy-memories-contes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rack Toy Memories Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe month of Halloween combined with getting the book to press has really done a number on me creatively. So, instead of a catalog update this Friday,  I\u2019m just going to run a contest and lay down on this love seat for a while. <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nIt\u2019s a fun one and anybody can join, so check it out after the jump.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nHow to Enter:<\/b> Share with me your favourite Memory of a Rack
\nToy in your childhood. It can be about how you pissed your parents off begging
\nfor one, or how you broke one immediately, felt disappointed,  it really doesn’t matter. <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nHere\u2019s a personal example:<\/b> As a kid, I was babysat at my
\nGrandparents shoe store in a busy mall on Saturdays. My Grandmother was always
\ngood for a $2 bill (which is a real thing in Canada) so I blew it on an AHI Bat plane, pictured below:<\/i><\/span>
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\nUpon it\u2019s purchase, my doting Grandmother BEGGED me not to
\nuse it indoors. Which is, exactly what I did and with a click of the trigger, the plane disappeared into a
\nsea of people in the mall. It\u2019s the first time I saw my grandmother angry. The most recent
\ntime was when I picked up the check at a restaurant. <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nAnyway, tell me any memory relating to rack toys, be it
\npositive, negative, humourous or sad, it doesn’t matter. You\u2019re in. Send them to me using this email along with your address and you\u2019re entered!<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nFirst Prize:<\/b> An advance copy of Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings<\/a>. In about
\nthree weeks I should receive a small box of advance copies of my book. These
\nwill go to family members, editors, distributors, the media and YOU!<\/span><\/div>\n


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\nSecond Prize:<\/b> A Brick Mantooth Action Figure<\/a>,  an 8\u201d
\nrepresentation of our fabulous spokesmodel character in his mego green and
\nbrown glory.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThird prize:<\/b> Ten runners up will get a set of Rack Toy<\/a>
\npromotional post cards including some PS trading cards and other fun stuff.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nBe sure to visit our new Rack Toys Website<\/a> and Facebook page<\/a>
\nfor details on the book.  <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nContest Closes on November 9th at 11 PM (EST) and I’ll announce the winners on November 23rd.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nSpeaking of Toys<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nI\u2019ll be setting up this Sunday at the Canadian Toy Con in Burlington Ontario<\/a> along with Rack Toys contributor  MonsterMatt <\/a>Patterson. <\/span>
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\nSo take advantage of day light savings, stop by and say hi, buy some toys and sample my world famous cornbread. You’ll be glad you did.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

http:\/\/www.toycon.ca\/<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Rack Toy Memories Contest<\/a><\/blockquote>