{"id":1629,"date":"2009-02-23T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2009-02-23T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T16:19:28","slug":"rearranging-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=1629","title":{"rendered":"Rearranging Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been possessed by a crazy cleanliness and neatness streak at work, and this morning, with my boss out of the office and a quiet few minutes, it finally spilled over to the arrangement of my various desk toys. <\/p>\n<p>I have a relatively random assortment of toys scattered around my desk; most of them made their way to this office from previous offices, and a few have been more recent additions. Here&#8217;s what I finally settled on, basically two staging areas:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alertnerd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img00312.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG00312\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"277\" alt=\"IMG00312\" src=\"http:\/\/alertnerd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img00312-thumb.jpg\" width=\"368\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Staging Area One is my poor man&#8217;s shrine to the Giffen\/DeMatteis\/Maguire era of Justice League, consisting mostly of DC MiniMates (Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Power Girl, Dr. Fate, blue\/gold Batman, Superman, and the Blue Beetle\/Booster Gold team) and a few JLU figures (Elongated Man, Rocket Red, Mr. Miracle). <\/p>\n<p>When this obsession first hit full-scale, I became so fixated that I bought random figs just to create my own custom Maxwell Lord. He&#8217;s the guy on the right in the back row, complete with stogie in his hand. Next to him is a crappy &#8220;custom&#8221; Oberon that needs a lot of work. <\/p>\n<p>Just sorta &#8220;hanging out&#8221; are my X-Wing, BSG new-era Viper, and 1989 Batmobile; you can see part of my Snoopy typing statue, and next to that but off-camera is my 1966 Batmobile, an Xmas gift from a pal here at work. To the far left, off-camera and just in random spots, are my old Super Powers Batman and a 7&#8221; Iron Giant. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alertnerd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img00313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG00313\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"276\" alt=\"IMG00313\" src=\"http:\/\/alertnerd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/img00313-thumb.jpg\" width=\"366\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is Staging Area Two, and looking at it now, I&#8217;m less satisfied with it; it seems cramped. It&#8217;s mostly my collection of Star Wars Bust-Ups, another brief obsession that I actually hope to return to someday, as I think they&#8217;re really cool and relatively inexpensive. My favorite is the Obi-Wan animated, even though it&#8217;s not from my favorite Star Wars era; I also have one at a different spot on my desk that&#8217;s OT Han in his classic &#8220;holding blaster, looking badass&#8221; pose from that famous promo still of him and Chewie. Standing guard over them is the current JLU Superman and Bats, with a foppish Han holding his medal from A New Hope between them. <\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;I&#8217;m thinking about doing some actual work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been possessed by a crazy cleanliness and neatness streak at work, and this morning, with my boss out of the office and a quiet few minutes, it finally spilled over to the arrangement of my various desk toys. 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