{"id":1164,"date":"2009-08-18T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2012-06-13T17:28:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T22:28:59","slug":"mr-rant-asks-what-would-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=1164","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Rant asks
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We\u2019re going to do something a little different today. Usually, I write my articles about something that frustrates, annoys, or upsets me. Since a lot of things in this world fit into those three categories, I\u2019m never without something to talk about. But, every great once in a while, something happens in life and I don\u2019t quite know how to react. This is one of those times…<\/p>\n

Last Friday, the ItsAllTrue Crew headed up to Kansas City for the 2009 G.I. Joe Convention. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Even I had a pretty good time, except for one thing: the parachute drop.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, the parachute drop itself was very interesting. I\u2019ve never seen seven hundred toys thrown from a forty-story building before. As the Crimson Guard soldiers floated down to the waiting crowd, I had flashbacks in my mind of the opening sequence of G.I. Joe: The Movie. It was very cool. My friend, and fellow colleague on this site, Adventure Vault, was lucky enough to catch a Crimson Guard. This is something he had been talking about for a couple weeks before the con. He really wanted one of the Crimson Guards.<\/p>\n

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In a perfect world, you lucky readers would have had as extra review to read this week. You could feast your eyes on a twelve inch Crimson Guard review with some wonderful close up pictures and probably a funny line or two. But, as we all know, this isn\u2019t a perfect world. I watched as Vault\u2019s prize floated straight to him, he reached out his hand and grasped the strings of its chute. I was standing near him, and the first thing he did was turn towards me with a ridiculously huge smile on his face. Before I could even congratulate him though, a nearby Hasbro employee barked at Vault to give the toy he had caught to a kid nearby. <\/p>\n

Keep in mind that all of this took place in a matter of seconds, and AdventureVault isn\u2019t the type of person to argue about something like this. If I would’ve realized what was happening sooner, I would’ve argued in his stead. But I didn\u2019t, and Vault turned and handed his Crimson Guard to the ten year old next to him. The Hasbro Employee was walking off by then, without even a thank you for Vault\u2019s generous, but unnecessary act. None of the remaining Crimson Guards came anywhere near for either of us to even try for. The wind had changed and our luck with it. Talking with him about it later on, Vault said he was disappointed to not get one, but he was glad it went to a kid at least.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s my problem, and maybe my intelligent readers can help me out, I don\u2019t know how to feel about this. On one hand, some kid was given the chance to own an awesome toy. On the other hand, I feel like the Hasbro Designer overstepped his bounds when he felt it necessary to try and force my friend to give up something he rightfully caught. All around us, many adults were running around with their 12\u201d prize. They weren\u2019t asked to give theirs up. Not to mention all the adults who were outside with us waiting for the drop and didn\u2019t even have passes to the Con. I even saw a few people walking away with more than one paratrooper. No Hasbro staff interfered with them either.<\/p>\n

So, dear readers, what is your opinion? Does Hasbro have the right to tell us who gets to \u201ccatch\u201d their free figures? Or do the fans have the right to say no, and walk away, clutching their prize?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re going to do something a little different today. Usually, I write my articles about something that frustrates, annoys, or upsets me. Since a lot of things in this world fit into those three categories, I\u2019m never without something to talk about. 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