i was in from the beginning as well. At the time i was collecting 6 inch figures and had lots of them, alot of fantasy stuff plus some others. I enjoyed it but was frustrated at the lack of military items (although i did have a 1/12 scale hawker typhoon, which was an r/c model).
In early october of 2000 i was in a 5km relay race (each person runs 5k over the course of a marathon). As luck would have it, my leg ended right beside a TRU. I went in and saw the xd stuff, again; i'd seen it a couple of times before but felt the figures were too small, so didn't get any.
I took the subway back to my car and by the time i got there had decided to drive back to the TRU and pick up the panther. Which i did.
And the rest is history.....well, my history...
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