Saturday, February 20, 2010

Colossus falls down

I own a lot of action figures, mostly related to comic books. I used to display them all at once on every available shelf space in my apartment, but eventually it got to be too much to keep up with, so now I just display a few and every once in a while I rotate them out and display a few others.

A few weeks ago I removed a large, heavy figure of Colossus from the back room and set him up on top of one of the bookcases, but every few days I come home to this:

fallen colossus

That's not a bookcase. That's the floor. He doesn't always land the same way, but he keeps toppling from his perch, and I'm starting to think I might need to move him. In the meantime, though, I just keep standing him back up, and when I did it today after I got home from the grocery store I suddenly felt like taking pictures.

standing colossus

He doesn't look like he should fall down, right?

Jean Grey doesn't fall down:

phoenix

Ozymandias doesn't fall down:

ozymandias

Starman doesn't fall down:

Starman

The Human Torch doesn't fall down:

the human torch

Aquaman doesn't fall down:

aquaman (1)

but he does get this, "Get that camera out of my face!" look if you catch him in dim light:

aquaman (2)

Colossus, though... he falls down.

Maybe he just doesn't like heights.

5 comments:

Skald said...

Maybe he falls down cause he wants your attention. Just leave him on the floor next time to show him he can't play you like that.

leonor said...

I agree with the above comment.

Teach him a lesson!

Suzanne said...

Hi Joel,
It's Suzanne Stambaugh here. I have joined the blogging world! I hope you are able to solve the Colossus mystery soon. I hope you will also consider becoming a "follower" of my blog. :)

Skald said...

::looks at the above comment:: Wha? Where did you come from random lady?

Unknown said...

I'm glad to have met someone nerdier than me. I have a display of action figures (not dolls, Leonor, thanks) and I get filled with rage when I come home to an action-figure avalanche. The way I have them displayed -- in tiers -- helps with the unfortunate domino effect. E-mail me for a dorky photo of my New Frontier figures, including a custom Aquaman in that style.