youbastards Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) ***This might get sappy, so turn away now if that isn't your thing.*** A package arrived yesterday, out of the blue, with a familiar return address from Indiana. Before I start to open the box, I say out loud "What did you do?", and my wife gives me a weird look, like why is this idiot standing in the kitchen talking to a box. Inside the unremarkable brown box is a very remarkable gift, one of my "grails" of which I have been searching for almost 10 years, an ADV Otaku Bar with the Minimate still in the soap. I can't stress enough how bittersweet this gift is to me. It represents years of searching for something that I thought was truly important to me, while at the same time acting as a physical symbol of the profound loss that this forum/hobby has suffered with groundhog7s' departure. I sent Joshua an email with a more personal thank you, but I wanted to share this story with everyone here. This place isn't just an internet forum about Minimates and pop culture, it's a place where real friendships can form, from nothing more than a similar interest in 2" or 3" pieces of plastic. Edited December 20, 2013 by youbastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 You'd have more friends if you use the soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 You'd have more friends if you use the soap. Thank you for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I should have told you before now, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 I should have told you before now, One more thing to cross off the bucket list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Mate Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 both of you guys crack me up! that's so nice! but at first, I was like, I don't remember sending him anything?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I should have told you before now, One more thing to cross off the bucket list. You have a bucket.....you have soap......any hot water ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 You have a bucket.....you have soap......any hot water ?What a douche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexion_Armando Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 If you want, I can whittle you a minimate out a soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 If you want, I can whittle you a minimate out a soap. Thanks for the offer, but after reading about Bob Harris' Secret Santa address, I'm not so sure it would turn out as a Minimate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Oddly enough I received something similar in the post this afternoon.......a bar of Rudolph Soap . Anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 I got nothing, care to elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar17 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 OK, you started it with the sappy crap. Don't say I didn't warn you. J, I am extremely happy that you got such an amazing gift! That's one helluva terrific Christmas wish! Now for the sappy junk.... It is things like this (& quite possibly the holidays approaching) that makes me miss my Bro around the boards. Sure, we exchange emails now & again, but it's not the same. But you're right, this forum is every synonym of awesome (& then some). Merry Christmas/Happy Kwanzaa/Happy Chanukah to you all!! Now excuse me while I go cry like the girl I am. (I'm only partially kidding.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Wow. I've never seen an unopened Soap-Mate appear on eBay, or sold through the forum. I was on the lookout to assist Rob for the longest time, and ultimately did once see one out of the soap, and slightly dinged, but that was pretty much it. Great gift from a great guy. Also, as a public service, Andy Kaufman once made a little video to help guys like you Justin: http://youtu.be/H05-k9fdYpw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 OK, you started it with the sappy crap. Don't say I didn't warn you. J, I am extremely happy that you got such an amazing gift! That's one helluva terrific Christmas wish! Now for the sappy junk.... It is things like this (& quite possibly the holidays approaching) that makes me miss my Bro around the boards. Sure, we exchange emails now & again, but it's not the same. But you're right, this forum is every synonym of awesome (& then some). Merry Christmas/Happy Kwanzaa/Happy Chanukah to you all!! Now excuse me while I go cry like the girl I am. (I'm only partially kidding.) Wow. I've never seen an unopened Soap-Mate appear on eBay, or sold through the forum. I was on the lookout to assist Rob for the longest time, and ultimately did once see one out of the soap, and slightly dinged, but that was pretty much it. Great gift from a great guy. I missed out on one on eBay last year I think, that didn't go for a lot, but it ended at bad time. Also, as a public service, Andy Kaufman once made a little video to help guys like you Justin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 *tsk* Such a dirty thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Had a few tonight .....forgive me.... Rudolph Soap............100% Rendered slain deer The Soap-mate that I saw on ebay last year (quote yb... sort of )..... went to me........then to where (?) ...where it is now is where it was destined to be. Work it out. Karamazov = superstar .....knows too much. Shanester = similar ......led me to my precious 'Soap' All comes to he who waits & deservedly so. F*cking miss that 'hog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I think the problem with the ADV Soap mate and finding one in soap is that the soap is known to liquify. Several of us have stories about opening boxes of minimates in storage only to find goop everywhere. I wonder if this is what groundhog meant by making a clean break of it? T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I always tell people this is one of the nicest forums I've ever been to. Everybody I've ever gotten into a heated debate with? All the nicest people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Wow - that is a serous grail to be able to tick off your list, and a very kind act from one of our own. It's this stuff that makes this the best group of man-children (and women-children) on the interwebs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Harris Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 If you want, I can whittle you a minimate out a soap. Thanks for the offer, but after reading about Bob Harris' Secret Santa address, I'm not so sure it would turn out as a Minimate... Touché. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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