I grew up with my fair share of toys.  Some were destroyed due to my being an overly sugar-fortified young boy, but a lot of my toys were lost to the constant moving we did.  My Dad, being a teacher, moved sometimes on a yearly basis (we moved twice in 1969, great…).  So as we would load up boxes, my Dad would come along and go “I’m renting the smaller U-Haul truck, this won’t fit,” and he proceeded to thin out each of our “treasures”.  But, I lost all of my childhood toys to a huge flood in 1972.  Amongst the toys I wish I had today was my “Lost In Space Switch-N-Go” set that goes on eBay for $2000 – $3000 dollars.  I even had the rare Sears version… cha-ching!  But, after the flood, which was mostly sewer water, my Dad went to my basement room and tossed out all my models (an original lighted AMT Star Trek Enterprise kit… original…) and my toys.  ARGH! I could have retired on those damn things today as most were original models from Aurora that most people today pay premium prices for.

So, I feel for Bud having to sell his prized processions.  But, as a parent, I heartily agree with Mrs. Chambers too.  You need $14 Grand?  Sell your shit, then talk to me…  I’m a model parent… ask my sons!

So, the mother who not only spawned Bud, but also gave us at least one daughter who’s Centerfold of the Year material, the nameless Mrs. Chambers has resurfaced in today’s comic.  I’ve also noticed that all my “old” characters wear reading glasses.  Heh, that’s one way to make them look old.

I’ve featured songs from “Toys In The Attic” before, and the title track just grabs you and pulls you into a fantastic classic rock album.  Not a bad song on the album and they’ve never had a similarly consistent album since.  Aerosmith rocks, but never like they did on this album.

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