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To Be A Winner ...

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To Be A Winner... I seriously can't get the damn theme song out of my head.For the last week or so It's been on replay. I've found myself scouring ,these last couple of days,for 1988 Starting Lineup figures,loose or MOC.I think It's the fact that alot of these figures just weren't available to me as a kid due to them being sold based on team location.For instance,I grew up In Upstate NY so we got tons of Mets and Yankees players. I think this would change in later years as I remember a lot of  other teams being readily available and on the pegs from 1989 and on. You know you're in trouble when you start marking figures off on a checklist.This was done with paint on the cpu ,I didn't want to write on the card backs.It's a little hard to see but the ones I currently own have the box next to them filled In.As you can see I have a looong way to go. Here are my newest acquisitions. From Left to Right - Ozzie Smith,Ozzie Guillen(just realiz

My New Obsession!

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Before I start gushing over childhood Kenner Starting Lineup memories,give this video  a click.Is It not the most 80's sounding thing ever!?!This could have easily been a G.I. Joe theme song. Isn't It great!In fact ,all of their commercials were pretty damn epic.And now,on to the post... Kenner 1988 Starting Lineup MOC /1990 Bo Jackson Loose The first line of Kenner Starting Lineups came out In 1988.At that time,I was still into G.I. Joe but transitioning into baseball fandom.Baseball was kind of Ideal for me as I was able to watch real,live heroes play out in front of me on my television screen.Each with their own super power! Jose Canseco(my favorite player at the time)  could hit a baseball a country mile. Bo Jackson had a cannon for an arm and guys like Dwight Gooden and Nolan Ryan were masters of deception, every time they went out on the mound and racked up strikeouts.I was already into action figures so In my world ,the stars had definitely aligned