What's this? Another set of doll boots?
Yes, it's another pair of doll boots, or action figure boots, and these cost even more than the other ones I purchased recently, nearly twice as much, in fact.
These DiD brand (that's an action figure manufacturing company) cavalry boots are, however, more than twice as nice as the plastic boots pictured a few days ago, and feature genuine-ish leather-like material and detailed laces with metal grommets and straps with buckles and a cloth lining.
The problem is... because I always look at the glass as being half empty no matter how full it is... that I don't actually need these boots anymore; or at least not right now. I purchased the boots to go with an ill-advised set of action figure clothing I bought a while back that was intended to go on the figure that ended up wearing the Flash Gordon costume.
If I don't need these boots, why did I buy them would be a logical question. My somewhat less than logical explanation is that I purchased the clothing set which the boots will compliment from an online seller before I won the eBay auction for the Flash Gordon uniform, not knowing I would run across the Flash Gordon outfit, and not knowing at the time that I would need to purchase better boots for that set. These boots turned up for sale after I won the Flash Gordon set, and boots like this are somewhat uncommon and usually cost more than what I paid for these, so I elected to purchase them to maybe someday eventually use with the clothing set that I no longer have a corresponding figure for.
Installing the figure body in the Flash Gordon costume required considerable effort, and some of the parts might not come off again without a high chance of damage, so I am unlikely to be switching outfits on that particular figure.
I know, I know, what's the point of playing with dolls if you can't change their clothes? What else is there to do with dolls? Stand them on a shelf to creep out your friends?
The problem is a minor problem. I am not experiencing the same level of Existential Angst I did after buying the expensive cheap plastic boots. These are nice boots, and they look good outside the door of the surf shack -- yeah, like anybody is going to take twenty minutes to unlace their cavalry boots before going inside a surf shack. Despite my best intentions (that is, weak at best), I'm likely to end up with another action figure in the not too distant future who will need some riding boots. Action figures always seem to need boots.
Yes, it's another pair of doll boots, or action figure boots, and these cost even more than the other ones I purchased recently, nearly twice as much, in fact.
These DiD brand (that's an action figure manufacturing company) cavalry boots are, however, more than twice as nice as the plastic boots pictured a few days ago, and feature genuine-ish leather-like material and detailed laces with metal grommets and straps with buckles and a cloth lining.
The problem is... because I always look at the glass as being half empty no matter how full it is... that I don't actually need these boots anymore; or at least not right now. I purchased the boots to go with an ill-advised set of action figure clothing I bought a while back that was intended to go on the figure that ended up wearing the Flash Gordon costume.
If I don't need these boots, why did I buy them would be a logical question. My somewhat less than logical explanation is that I purchased the clothing set which the boots will compliment from an online seller before I won the eBay auction for the Flash Gordon uniform, not knowing I would run across the Flash Gordon outfit, and not knowing at the time that I would need to purchase better boots for that set. These boots turned up for sale after I won the Flash Gordon set, and boots like this are somewhat uncommon and usually cost more than what I paid for these, so I elected to purchase them to maybe someday eventually use with the clothing set that I no longer have a corresponding figure for.
Installing the figure body in the Flash Gordon costume required considerable effort, and some of the parts might not come off again without a high chance of damage, so I am unlikely to be switching outfits on that particular figure.
I know, I know, what's the point of playing with dolls if you can't change their clothes? What else is there to do with dolls? Stand them on a shelf to creep out your friends?
The problem is a minor problem. I am not experiencing the same level of Existential Angst I did after buying the expensive cheap plastic boots. These are nice boots, and they look good outside the door of the surf shack -- yeah, like anybody is going to take twenty minutes to unlace their cavalry boots before going inside a surf shack. Despite my best intentions (that is, weak at best), I'm likely to end up with another action figure in the not too distant future who will need some riding boots. Action figures always seem to need boots.
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