020 - LEGO Mini Figs and Growing Up Geeky

[00:00:00] Speaker A: You. [00:00:00] Speaker B: I'm Scooter. My favorite fruit is pickles. This is episode 20 of Sneaky Geek. [00:00:29] Speaker A: Hi, everybody. Welcome to sneaky geek. My name is Bryce Rankins, and this man right here next to me is Brian. [00:00:35] Speaker C: Yeah, that's me. [00:00:36] Speaker A: Yay. And with us today, we have Scooter. [00:00:42] Speaker B: I'm Scooter. [00:00:43] Speaker A: Hi, Scooter. Hi, Scooter. [00:00:44] Speaker B: What's up, guys? [00:00:45] Speaker A: Do you want us to call you Scooter? [00:00:46] Speaker B: You can call me Scooter. [00:00:47] Speaker A: I always call you Scooter. [00:00:48] Speaker B: It's true. And it's okay. [00:00:51] Speaker A: Cool. So Scooter is with us not to be confused with the famous scooter of the Muppets or confuse them all you want. And today we were going to talk about Lego minifigures. [00:01:03] Speaker C: Or Legos in general. [00:01:04] Speaker A: Or Legos in general. But then we realized that Lego really late. It's also really late. But Legos lead us down very narrow path. A narrow path. I mean, I'm sure there's plenty to talk about with Legos. I'm sure there's somebody out there who's like, you could talk about so much more legos. Remember Bionicle? [00:01:20] Speaker B: I was the Legos guy. [00:01:22] Speaker C: But where did that accent come from for that nerd? Like, stereotypical nerd? [00:01:28] Speaker A: Braces with braces. [00:01:30] Speaker C: Yeah, that weird. Either way, I bet it was big bang theory. [00:01:35] Speaker A: No, actually, I think it was. [00:01:36] Speaker C: I'm going to blame Big Bang theory. [00:01:38] Speaker A: I mean, you can. No one in big bang theory actually talks like that. But when we started talking about Legos, we began to realize that that leads us to a much broader subject, which, I mean, go figure. We start talking about one thing and we go off on another. Never. [00:01:57] Speaker B: I've listened to this podcast every episode, and I've never heard you guys do that, right? [00:02:01] Speaker A: Never. [00:02:02] Speaker C: No, never. What are we talking about? [00:02:04] Speaker A: I don't remember. Oh, thanks for joining us. We'll see you guys next time. Yeah, that's good enough. All right, see you guys. I love Legos anyway. That's right. [00:02:16] Speaker C: Legos. [00:02:17] Speaker A: Legos. That's right. So we were talking about Legos, and we started realizing that Legos, like many things that we liked as a child, were things that we kind of gave up and came back to because we. [00:02:28] Speaker C: Thought they were too childish. [00:02:29] Speaker A: Yeah. Brian gave up magic for a while. I gave up anime for a while. Scooter gave up Legos for a. Everybody. We talked about this a little with the Dave podcast, which one of the first ones when we talked about comic books, where there kind of came a point when people gave up comic books. That's why a lot of those action comics are so beat up, because they were really only purchased by ten 1112 year old kids. And now they're really rare because they've all had, like, mustaches drawn on Lois Lane, and they've been folded up and put in the back of the pocket to ride over to your friend's house and then lend to him. [00:03:03] Speaker C: You'll go by that old guy next door. [00:03:05] Speaker A: Yeah, that old guy. He went and talked to all of your parents and kept going door to door. Said that he had his lawn, had to go to talk to people each time. Said, hi, I'm required by law. [00:03:16] Speaker B: Dicky, when you got them back. [00:03:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:20] Speaker B: Anyways, I'm just nodding a lot. That's not good for podcasting. [00:03:25] Speaker A: Yeah, this is a podcast. Cool. [00:03:27] Speaker C: We've got that out of the way. [00:03:28] Speaker A: Cool. Now that's out of the way. We're going to talk today about putting away your childish things and coming back to your childish things then. But first, actually, I want to talk about your Lego collection because that's pretty impressive. Pretty impressive. [00:03:41] Speaker C: Post a picture a bit. [00:03:42] Speaker A: Yeah. There'll be some stuff on the Instagram. Brian, make sure we handle some stuff on the Instagram. [00:03:46] Speaker B: On it. [00:03:47] Speaker A: Cool. So, Scooter. [00:03:50] Speaker B: Yes? [00:03:50] Speaker A: You have a shitload of Legos. [00:03:52] Speaker B: I do. [00:03:53] Speaker A: You have some of the Lego sets that I've really wanted, like slave one and a Starlords fighter has ran. [00:03:59] Speaker B: Oh, the Milano. [00:04:00] Speaker A: I have two different versions of the Milano. [00:04:03] Speaker B: I don't have the original, but I have the two later ones. Yeah. [00:04:07] Speaker A: Super cool. [00:04:08] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:04:09] Speaker A: They released three then. [00:04:10] Speaker B: Yeah. There was guardians of Galaxy one. [00:04:12] Speaker A: Yes. One. [00:04:12] Speaker B: Right. There's guardians of Galaxy two. [00:04:15] Speaker A: Okay. [00:04:16] Speaker B: And. [00:04:18] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:04:19] Speaker A: Is there one for the infinity war two? Yes. Wow. Well, there's one for the Infinity War. Not for ultimately War II. [00:04:24] Speaker B: No. Right. Yes. I have yet the second and third iteration. [00:04:28] Speaker A: Sweet. Cool. Okay. Cool beans. [00:04:31] Speaker C: But you also have beans. A metric shit ton of minifigures. [00:04:35] Speaker A: Yeah. You have more minifigures than legos, it would seem. [00:04:38] Speaker B: Yeah. I'm more into the minifigs than the actual Lego sets. [00:04:44] Speaker A: Cool. [00:04:44] Speaker B: Just because they're easier to collect. [00:04:46] Speaker A: All right. [00:04:46] Speaker B: And store. That's fair. [00:04:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:49] Speaker B: Cool display. [00:04:51] Speaker A: Yours are displayed on little staircase things, which I've seen pretty often. Did you build the staircase things with the spare legos? [00:04:57] Speaker B: Yes. [00:04:57] Speaker A: That's super cool. [00:04:59] Speaker B: I have a rubbermaid. What? Infinity gallon size full of just standard Walmart. [00:05:07] Speaker A: Infinity section. [00:05:08] Speaker B: Yeah, the infinity section. Everybody knows that section. [00:05:10] Speaker C: Yeah, it's just past the beyond section, which is weird because that's usually with bed, bath and beyond. [00:05:14] Speaker A: But yeah, no, there's a beyond section and Walmart at that point, they end. [00:05:17] Speaker C: Up at almost the same spot right. [00:05:21] Speaker A: Between where you transcend. Like meth addict and white supremacy. That's where you find. In Walmart. In Walmart. Yeah. No, if you're transcend, we're right now in the north part of Bakersfield, where that also is a transcendence of that spot. [00:05:36] Speaker B: True. But I'm on the cusp. [00:05:37] Speaker A: I'll say. [00:05:38] Speaker C: We're just north of that, too. [00:05:39] Speaker B: It's true. I'm not in it. I'm around it. Right? [00:05:42] Speaker A: Yeah, close enough I can look in. [00:05:44] Speaker B: And be like, man, that's not right, but I'm not in it. [00:05:48] Speaker C: Yeah, that's the important. [00:05:49] Speaker A: Which allows you to safely store your Lego minifigs, which you happen to also have a tub for. What's the tub? Tell me about your. [00:05:56] Speaker B: Well, that's just full of the random pieces I will need to make the pedestals to store the minifigs. [00:06:02] Speaker A: I got you. Okay. So when did you start collecting minifigs? [00:06:05] Speaker B: When I started making money. [00:06:09] Speaker A: That's a perfect time to start collecting things. [00:06:11] Speaker B: Why didn't we think all that? [00:06:13] Speaker C: Because we don't make money. [00:06:18] Speaker A: One day. Sorry, mom. [00:06:20] Speaker B: Yes. No. Yeah. I moved out of my parents house with a girl I know, right? [00:06:30] Speaker C: Should marry her or something like that. [00:06:31] Speaker A: Yeah, you should totally marry her for. [00:06:33] Speaker C: Like, a Vegas magic. [00:06:34] Speaker A: You did. [00:06:35] Speaker B: I did. [00:06:36] Speaker A: Oh, dude, that's great. And she still likes the Legos. [00:06:39] Speaker B: I feel like that's something. I should establish that I am a married man who collects legos and my wife doesn't care. [00:06:47] Speaker A: That's because your wife collects skulls. [00:06:49] Speaker B: Yeah, we're into weird stuff. Yeah, not weird stuff. [00:06:53] Speaker C: Human skulls. [00:06:54] Speaker B: Not weird stuff, but weird stuff. Yeah. So she's got the bones and things around, so I got the Legos. [00:07:03] Speaker C: She's basically an archaeologist. [00:07:04] Speaker B: Essentially, yeah, basically. [00:07:08] Speaker A: Anyway, so you moved out with a girl. [00:07:11] Speaker B: Yes. [00:07:12] Speaker A: Which is cool. Moving out with an adult of romantic interests is always a nice thing to be able to do. [00:07:18] Speaker B: Indeed. [00:07:18] Speaker A: And then you. Nice glasses. Adjusting with the. Indeed. So this is a podcast. [00:07:24] Speaker B: Podcast. [00:07:25] Speaker A: Scooter is adjusting his glasses in a highly mature and sophisticated manner. [00:07:32] Speaker B: Well, basically, after moving out and thinking that I was a cool grown up, as we do. [00:07:40] Speaker A: As you do. [00:07:41] Speaker B: One time I went back home and realized all my beloved toys had been just discarded and tossed aside by my younger brothers and my parents. Because I was gone, they needed room, and that crushed me. [00:07:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I get that. [00:07:55] Speaker B: Yeah. So I took what I could, salvaged, salvaged the collection, everything that I could, and just had them away. And then what really started it? I'm remembering now what the catalyst of this all was when I realized that there were different Iron man designs. Yeah. [00:08:12] Speaker A: Like, for each mark. [00:08:13] Speaker B: For each mark, whatever they had, Lego actually released designs. [00:08:20] Speaker A: Right. And after Iron man three, they had plenty to choose. [00:08:23] Speaker B: Yeah. I didn't think I would ever need or want or care. [00:08:26] Speaker A: How many Iron Man's do you have? [00:08:28] Speaker B: I have all Lego Iron man that they've. All but one that they've ever released. [00:08:34] Speaker A: What's the one you're missing? [00:08:36] Speaker B: It's some exclusive toy fair iron. Oh, wow. It's like $1,000. [00:08:41] Speaker C: Oh, we were talking about earlier. [00:08:43] Speaker B: Yeah. It was exclusive for this toy fair. And if you wanted to buy it aftermarket, you better sell your kidney if you're not a millionaire. [00:08:51] Speaker A: Got you. [00:08:52] Speaker B: So I'm not one of those, unfortunately. If I was, then I'd probably have three. [00:08:58] Speaker A: Right. [00:08:59] Speaker B: Naturally, as you do. But once I noticed or realized that they had different designs, I had to have them. Okay. And I'm somewhat of a completist where if they release different iterations of a thing, you need must have them. [00:09:22] Speaker A: Collectors. Yes, I get that collector itch, for sure. Oh, yeah. [00:09:28] Speaker B: There's one minifigure specifically that I spent way too much on, and I'm not going to go into specifics. [00:09:35] Speaker C: Which one was it, though? [00:09:37] Speaker A: Which minifigure was it? [00:09:38] Speaker B: It was an Iron man. It was the Silva Centurion. Centurion? [00:09:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:09:42] Speaker B: How do you say that? It's supposed to come free when you ordered the. [00:09:46] Speaker A: Is it a centurion? [00:09:48] Speaker B: Centurion? Yeah. Silver Centurion. I can't say the word right now. It was supposed to come free when you preordered a Lego Marvel game. [00:09:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:09:57] Speaker B: From GameStop. And I could care less about video games. Couldn't care. Could care. Couldn't care less. [00:10:03] Speaker A: You couldn't care less. Yeah. [00:10:05] Speaker B: I don't play video games ever. But I wanted that. I wanted it and needed it. So instead of preordering the video game and getting it, I thought, get it. Well, after much searching and pining and just wanting and wishing and hoping, I found one for half the price that it was normally going for, which is still too much. It was still very much, way more than I should have paid for it. But I swooped it and I got it, and I'm a very happy man. [00:10:38] Speaker A: Good. [00:10:39] Speaker B: Awesome. [00:10:39] Speaker A: Okay, so you have a craplit of Iron Mans. You have all the Iron Mans. Yes, except for one. And then you went on to collect several other sets. Do you have all the Simpsons? [00:10:47] Speaker B: I do. [00:10:48] Speaker A: You have all the Simpsons figures you have every time I die, yeah, you made those. [00:10:54] Speaker B: That's how far my obsession has gone, is I have a favorite band, and just from random pieces I've collected or found, I've assembled the band. [00:11:05] Speaker C: The band, which is pretty spot on. Yeah, I'm a big fan of the band, too. He actually got me into them and, yeah, he handed me the guitar. So I kind of freaked because I'm like, oh, my God, this is perfect. [00:11:14] Speaker A: So you actually have gone beyond just purchasing the sets and are now, like. [00:11:21] Speaker B: My habit has gone aftermarket. There's a website I don't know if I should promote or can. [00:11:26] Speaker A: We'll talk about it. It's there. [00:11:28] Speaker B: It's bricklink.com. You can buy individual pieces if you're into actually constructing. Was it like, sets of your own or you want to customize things customized? But you can go there and you can buy minifigures. You can buy sets. You can buy pieces, whatever. [00:11:46] Speaker A: That's cool. [00:11:46] Speaker B: I'll go there every now and then and spend, see what they got and, yeah, too much money. [00:11:51] Speaker A: Right on. When did we move from the purchasable minifigures into the. I'll take this hobby into a creative zone. Is that pretty far into it? [00:12:03] Speaker B: Not really. It wasn't too far because, well, once I found out that the website existed and I didn't have to buy the sets anymore to go to specific minifigures, because half of the time I'd spend, I'd buy a $50 set just for the one, two pieces. [00:12:18] Speaker A: Yeah, right. [00:12:18] Speaker B: For the minifigure. Like, there was, you know, I have all the Avengers. [00:12:23] Speaker A: But you didn't have to necessarily buy Avengers tower. [00:12:25] Speaker B: Yeah, well, there were times when I would have to buy a full set to get two of the avengers. [00:12:31] Speaker A: Right. [00:12:32] Speaker B: And then once I found this site, I was like, oh, what do you do? [00:12:36] Speaker A: Yeah, that would have been really nice. [00:12:38] Speaker B: I only have to spend maybe $5 on a minifig instead of 25 for the whole set, taking up all this space. And at that point, once I got to an abundance of spare parts, I was like, oh, I can just create this because there's people all over the Internet that are way more creative than I am and way more into it than I am. And I'm like, I must have that. And there's no way to actually buy a figure without paying an arm and a leg for the one little thing. Like there's a website where you can buy customized bricks. Oh, wow. And they're way overpriced. I mean, I understand that they're priced accordingly to what they've done. They've actually printed on them and they've done what they want to do. [00:13:25] Speaker A: I understand that here they're, like, doing as legit as it can be. [00:13:29] Speaker B: Yeah, it's very well done, but I'm not going to pay money for that. That I don't need to. Right. So with the preexisting pieces they have, I'll just pick and choose and buy that and assemble it on my own for a lot. [00:13:44] Speaker A: Yeah. I remember when I was a kid, I got the land speeder, and I think it came with Luke, and I think it also came with Obiwan. But I would have had to buy one expensive ass set for Chewy and Han. I didn't need chewy and Hans. I didn't need the millennium Falcon. I would have loved to have a millennium falcon, but there was no way my parents are going to go spend that money on. But little $10, $15 land speeder that Luke drives on Tatooine, that's something they could do. It's cool that there's that option because Internet, which is something that we didn't have, weirdly, we didn't have as children, it's not weird for us to say that, but it's weird for me because I work with young people. They're kids who have had the Internet their entire life, who've had access to things like this their entire life. And so many of them have no idea even still how special, not just how special it is, but also that there's more to it than just, like, the four social media sites they live on. [00:14:44] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:14:44] Speaker A: It's like the entirety of human knowledge and creativity is, like, at your fingertips, which is such an incredible resource, which I think is one of the big reasons why geek culture has been so accessible as adults, which kind of ties. [00:15:01] Speaker C: Back in what we were talking about, where we didn't really have that as kids. So our geekdom was very much on the down low. [00:15:08] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, we all hit it, I think, for multiple reasons, especially with just the stigma against it socially. [00:15:14] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:15] Speaker A: But I think there was a longer period than necessary for keeping it on the DL. We've talked about this plenty of times on the podcast, where it's also because the community surrounding it that was within our immediate vicinity was not what we wanted to associate with. I left anime from high school because the community of the people I kept running into who were into it in college were weirdos. And I was like, yeah, I'm not about this. You're, like, too intense. And that's that weird accidental gatekeeping. I've never really run into anybody in the Lego community who's a pretentious douche, which is really nice. [00:15:56] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:56] Speaker A: Anytime I see people looking at the Lego minifigures at cons and stuff, because there's always tons of them at cons. [00:16:02] Speaker C: Yeah, they're super helpful and they're really helpful. [00:16:04] Speaker A: And people are into them and they're like, oh, did you see that one? It's really cool. Or someone really. [00:16:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:16:09] Speaker A: And it's never like, well, that's not real, that's not authentic because of this. There's a lot of that. [00:16:16] Speaker C: Very encouraging. [00:16:19] Speaker A: So I don't know, I feel like some communities have really healthy appreciation and then others can be just a little bit too. This is mine, and I'm holding a tight thing on it. But I think with Lego Star wars fandom, Star wars this last month, year, and then months forever after last, Jedi. Anyway, that's another podcast. That is another podcast. But I feel like. I think that maybe the Lego community is coming from a place of like, this was exclusively for play, and because of the time that they left it at, they haven't created this weird, toxic. This is the version I remember kind of thing. I watched the beginning of a video on YouTube the other day. This guy had posted an entire video for why he hated the remake of Secret of Mana. And Secret of Mana was a Super Nintendo game that's been recently rereleased on PS Four with new graphics and new translations. Shout out to my friend Paula, who may or may not had something to do with that, but he was complaining about all these problems with it. And then some people got on there and were like, those problems were always there with that game. They were always there. So he released like, a 1015 minutes video about like, hey, I was wrong about secret of Mana because I had all these ideas of what it was in my head from childhood. But we see things through a weird lens when we're kids. Oh, definitely. Our imaginations go further in our memory. And everything you ever remember isn't actually a memory of the actual event. It's a memory of the last time you remembered it. And so things get distorted. And I think with Legos, the only thing you really can remember is like, this was fun. [00:17:50] Speaker C: They were fun. [00:17:51] Speaker A: Bionicle was weird. The bionicle community as children was super weird. And those people might have that gatekeepy thing that we're talking about. [00:18:00] Speaker C: None of my friends are into it, so we didn't have. [00:18:02] Speaker A: Yeah. So it was never an issue. [00:18:03] Speaker B: But my younger brother was the one that was into that, and I always thought he was weird. [00:18:09] Speaker A: But the Lego movie encapsulates perfectly. [00:18:12] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:18:13] Speaker A: There's basically two types of Lego fans. Don't touch this and make whatever you want. [00:18:16] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:18:17] Speaker A: And both of them can appreciate making know because it's like, oh, yeah, I want this cool figure of this character that doesn't actually exist. A Lego collector can be like, yeah, that's super cool to go on my shelf, but when you get home, no one cares what you do with it. I feel like I should keep a figure in a box, like an action figure or something like that. But at the same time, part of me is like, but I want you to stand on my desk, and I. [00:18:43] Speaker C: Want to put you in different poses. [00:18:44] Speaker A: And, like, I want to put. [00:18:47] Speaker C: Bryce was over the other day, and we're sitting there talking, and he gets. [00:18:51] Speaker B: Up and he looks. [00:18:51] Speaker C: And I have a nice tv stand. I'll switch figures on there every once in a while because I got so many figures. As you do with your minifigs. [00:18:59] Speaker B: Yes, indeed. [00:19:00] Speaker C: And so recently, I put Loki and Groot and Asoka and Han and Chewy. [00:19:06] Speaker A: Spider Gwen. [00:19:06] Speaker C: Spider Gwen's up there. I found an x 23 in X Force gear, black and gray costume from the ghost run, which you haven't read, so it's okay. [00:19:17] Speaker B: I don't know what they're talking about. [00:19:19] Speaker C: It's all right. So we were just sitting there talking. Bryce is up, checking them out, and then they go in the kitchen, grab some water, come out. He's got the two figures in his hand. He's like, putting in the pose and doing like, okay, whatever. And then he sets it down, and it's this twelve inch group. [00:19:34] Speaker A: I know. [00:19:34] Speaker C: I think it's like the eight inch figure. [00:19:36] Speaker A: He's huge. Yeah. [00:19:37] Speaker C: And he's a solid figure. [00:19:38] Speaker A: He's heavy, too. Yeah. [00:19:40] Speaker C: And I have the legends. Loki from Thor, Ragnarok. And he's got him lifting him up. [00:19:45] Speaker A: He's like, got him in an arm bar. Holding him with one arm. Yeah. [00:19:48] Speaker C: Oh, that's staying like that. [00:19:50] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:50] Speaker A: No, I came back a week later, still holding him up. [00:19:53] Speaker B: Awesome. [00:19:54] Speaker A: But anyways. [00:19:54] Speaker B: Yeah, but I definitely straddle that line where growing up as a kid, I would get the Lego sets, I would build them, and you don't touch them. As a kid, I was a very lame kid. Oh, yeah. But now I guess I'm more on the customized side. Like, oh, I can take a piece from this set and move this set here, make this guy over here. Oh, this is so much cooler than this. And if there's pieces that come standard with a set, I'll be like, you know what? That doesn't work. I'm going to change it to this. [00:20:27] Speaker C: Is there like another color? [00:20:29] Speaker B: Like a different color or something? I've seen people change the hair on the new captain America, and as a kid, I wouldn't touch that. But now it's like, this hair is way better than that one. So I'm going to change it. It matches better. [00:20:43] Speaker A: I feel like I always started in that vein. [00:20:46] Speaker C: You built it as is. [00:20:48] Speaker A: I'm going to build it as is. I'm going to have my figures as is. And then there came a point where suddenly you stop noticing that it's there on your desk, and that's the point where you're like, crunch, and you just tear it all, throw it into the box, and then it's anybody's game. Then suddenly you have new paint to play with. And so I remember when I got my western set, because that western set that run that they had was just fantastic. But the best part about the western set was the faces. All the faces were really unique and really new. All of mad lights. [00:21:17] Speaker C: I think that was one of the first sets where they really. [00:21:22] Speaker A: Cool, because all of the figures of the space corps with the big green bee on their chest and the knights, for the most part, all had really generic faces. Occasionally, lipstick would be on the women. [00:21:37] Speaker B: With eyelashes or something super. [00:21:40] Speaker A: Yeah. And you couldn't necessarily swap those out as much as you wanted, rather you could, and nobody would really notice. But it was the western set and then the super intense scuba diving set where they had really dope submarines. I feel like I kind of looked up to some of these scuba guys. I thought they were the coolest dudes. Like, you got a submarine, you got a cool beard. [00:22:04] Speaker B: You got, like a harpoon gun. Yeah. Going after sharks and going after sharks. [00:22:09] Speaker A: And now I have, like, three extra sharks because I only had one before, but now they're coming in sets in droves. Octopus. Yes. Super cool. And so once that happened, then it was like, okay, you stay this way. And then eventually you got bored and you were like, your beard is going on. This nice. [00:22:26] Speaker B: Beard going down. [00:22:28] Speaker A: Yeah. I feel like, because so many of those characters were customizable it made for so much more. There's that. I feel much more now that if I build a set, because I got a set. I got two sets for Christmas, like, two years ago. And every Christmas I shake the box, and every time I go, I go, it's Legos. [00:22:53] Speaker C: Even if I still get that same feeling. [00:22:57] Speaker A: You guys know what we're talking about. But I'll shake a video game box and go, is it Legos? [00:23:01] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:23:01] Speaker C: And you're still half joking, but you're still, like, hoping on the inside. [00:23:05] Speaker A: I had done it for, like, three years. And then two years ago, I shook it and I went, holy shit, it's really Legos. [00:23:11] Speaker B: No, that happened. [00:23:12] Speaker C: I was for Christmas right after Force Awakens came out. I got this big old box from my dad for Christmas. I'm like, oh, it looks about the size of, like, briefcase. [00:23:22] Speaker B: Clothing. [00:23:22] Speaker A: Clothes. [00:23:23] Speaker C: And I pick it up. It's kind of heavy and it makes a noise. [00:23:25] Speaker A: Unless you're like, that little bag with holes in it is inside. Yeah, I shook it around a little bit. [00:23:30] Speaker C: It's like, it's Legos. And it was the big old tie fighter. Oh, that tie fighter awakens with the red. [00:23:39] Speaker A: Yeah, that first order tie fighter. [00:23:41] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [00:23:41] Speaker B: I registered for Legos on my wedding register. [00:23:44] Speaker C: I got you guys Legos for your weding. [00:23:47] Speaker B: Were you the only one? Yeah, that's why I registered. And my wife was like, yeah, duh. Do that. [00:23:59] Speaker C: Which is funny, because of all our friends. Of all our friends in general, I assumed multiple people would get you guys. [00:24:06] Speaker B: But no, they're not as good. [00:24:08] Speaker C: You heard that people. [00:24:09] Speaker B: Friends. [00:24:10] Speaker A: Tell you what. Anyway, so I feel like those two camps aren't at war with each other. Not like I like solo of each other's. Yeah, you do with it what you want because there's plenty to go around. [00:24:24] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:24:25] Speaker A: Comic books. It's like you've read it how many times you took it out of the plastic. More than know you have the. [00:24:32] Speaker C: Or you read Marvel or you read superhero books. [00:24:36] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:24:36] Speaker A: Or, like, you watch superhero movies or you like the new Star wars, or you don't. Expanded universe. There's so many reasons to divide so many fandoms. And I don't think that Lego really has had. That's, you know, thank God. It's been really nice. But, Brian, what are, like, two or three things that you absolutely just dumped because you were growing up, quote unquote growing up. [00:25:03] Speaker C: Anime, sort of. I started getting into it, and then I just kind of fell out of it for a little bit. [00:25:11] Speaker A: Pokemon the game, the card game. [00:25:14] Speaker C: All of the above. [00:25:15] Speaker A: Okay, I get you. [00:25:15] Speaker C: Yeah. And I'm not sure because I've always been kind of nerdy. That's what I've been kind of known for. But I was definitely on a down low with it for a bit, especially through the high school years. I mean, I was still, like, the weird dude, but I ended up doing a whole bunch of stuff in high school, so I didn't really get a chance to be super nerdy. But I took my Star wars books to school. I may have busted them out all the time, but they were always with. [00:25:38] Speaker A: Me reading novels and stuff. [00:25:40] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:40] Speaker C: And then maybe even comic books. Not really that I got old for them. Like, oh, they're for kids. But just like, I just kind of fell out of it and then found them again later on. [00:25:49] Speaker A: Yeah. Magic. [00:25:50] Speaker B: Magic. Similar. [00:25:51] Speaker C: Yeah, we were pretty much hiding in the library, playing. There was a good. [00:25:55] Speaker A: In high school. [00:25:56] Speaker C: Yeah, there was a good seven to eight of us. And then a few of the guys got kind of rowdy and loud when they lost and we got kicked out. We're like, well, we can't play anywhere anymore because we can't play outside. [00:26:07] Speaker A: There's people. Okay, that's fair. [00:26:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:26:14] Speaker B: Maybe just toys in general. I was like, oh, I'm too cool now. I'm old. I like girls, and girls aren't going to be into a guy that has toys still. [00:26:24] Speaker A: Yeah. Right. [00:26:25] Speaker B: So probably just. [00:26:27] Speaker A: We talked about your horses a little bit. [00:26:28] Speaker B: Oh, thank you. [00:26:29] Speaker A: Sorry. You have this really cool collection of brindle horses. [00:26:34] Speaker B: Get briar. [00:26:35] Speaker A: Briar. Briar horses. [00:26:36] Speaker B: Get it right. [00:26:37] Speaker A: No, sorry. Briar horses. [00:26:39] Speaker B: Briar horses. Yeah. I got into one from the earliest I can remember. I've loved horses. [00:26:47] Speaker A: They're seriously, like, the manliest animal. [00:26:49] Speaker B: They're the best animal. And there's that picture of a tweet that's going around. I don't know if you've seen it, but it's the one that says, if you pass a horse and you don't say horse, you're a psychopath. And that's the most true statement I've. [00:27:04] Speaker C: Seen with a cow. And I'm like, well, that there's other animals. [00:27:09] Speaker B: Horse is true. [00:27:09] Speaker A: But, yeah, everyone grew up around cows. We're not surprised. If I see a field full of cows, I will roll down my window and go. [00:27:18] Speaker B: Yeah. So I don't know. I just love horses. [00:27:20] Speaker A: I marked stables in college. I get it. [00:27:22] Speaker B: Yeah. I grew up with a friend who had them, so I was around them. That's cool. And I supposedly had one. My dad grew up on a ranch working for a guy. And every time, well, once I was born and all my brothers, once we were born, he quote unquote, gave us a horse. So anytime we visited, he'd be like, oh, yeah, that's your, that's your horse over there. Yeah. So there was that, which was great as a kid, but obviously it probably meant nothing. But, yeah, since I was a young lad, a weaving lad, I just loved toy horses. [00:27:58] Speaker A: I did too, actually. Weirdly, I never had any of my own. I mean, I guess I probably had a few that came with cowboys or something like that. [00:28:04] Speaker B: Yeah, I wanted to be a cowboy, dude. [00:28:07] Speaker A: That was what I wanted to be when I grew up. [00:28:08] Speaker B: Yeah, I've always wanted to and I still do. [00:28:10] Speaker A: There was a cowboy who came in to the construction company that my grandmother worked for. And I thought he was the coolest guy ever. And I thought he was so cool that my sweet, wonderful grandmother Macy, rest in peace, got me an autograph of this guy roping a cattle. Oh, do I, like, went to him and was like, hey, my grandson thinks you're the friggin'bee's. [00:28:31] Speaker B: Knees. [00:28:32] Speaker A: And I'm sure she didn't say it exactly like that. Probably neither of those phrases were words that she was grandma frickin or bee's knees. Both. [00:28:40] Speaker B: Not freaking bee's knees, for sure. [00:28:42] Speaker A: Yeah. Anyway, she's like, yo, you're the cat's pajamas dog. And I'm really confusing my. I hung it on my wall. It sat next to me on my bunk bed. Like, there's the cool cowboy that thinks I'm nice. I am the greatest six, seven year old I don't remember. Time is fleeting. But cowboys were super cool. I get it. Totally. [00:29:06] Speaker B: Absolutely. Yeah. I always wanted to be one and still do. And even now I just went to my youngest brother's graduation and they were talking about kids who actually did like four h and FfA and these kids who rode and cattle rustled. And I was like, you're so much cooler and more of a man than I am. And you're just graduating high school, dude. [00:29:30] Speaker A: At your brother's high school, they have spring fling. Like, spring fling happens and then they have ffa week. [00:29:37] Speaker B: Wow. [00:29:37] Speaker A: Which is spring fling, but entirely ffa themed. [00:29:40] Speaker B: That's crazy. [00:29:41] Speaker A: Like, instead of doing your usual, like, oh, today's food sale, like, yeah, okay, we did that last week. Now it's ffa week. So it's food sale day, but it's all like, the kids who were in. [00:29:50] Speaker B: The agriculture class milked the cows and it's like, oh, cool. [00:29:55] Speaker A: Last week we had like a rock band come out and play. Well, this week we have a petting zoo and it's all of their animals. They go so hardcore at that school and it's really, really cool. But that is something that they're allowed to have and is nurtured and is encouraged, which is really cool. And I guarantee you, if any of them have toys of their animals, they're probably still not going to have complete acceptance by their friends. [00:30:18] Speaker B: Oh, probably not. I mean, they probably have trophies of. [00:30:21] Speaker A: Their animals and that's probably, they all. [00:30:24] Speaker C: Probably just been showed them at the fair. [00:30:28] Speaker A: I had about 180 students at that school. In every single classroom I had, of the five, there were FFA students in it. So, yeah, that school's really, really into it. But it's cool when there's something that actually nurtures that. Like, when I was in high school, I was in anime club. I helped create anime club. I was one of the first 20 signatures for that club. And what's cool is that club still exists at that school today. Oh, yeah. And Dave is actually the advisor for. [00:30:54] Speaker C: Oh, is he? [00:30:55] Speaker A: Yeah, he couldn't when I was there because he was doing a bunch of stuff. He was in forensics and Spencer had just popped out and we ended up going with the spanish teacher. But in the second or third year of its existence, I became the president of Anime club. I was all up in it. And I had gotten into anime after kind of actually going through that phase of like, no, we're done with this. WB was not on dish. At least I'm not on my parents particular channel circulation. And so I went from being able to see Batman beyond Pokemon, mega man, all those shows, to not being able to see them at all. And so once they were all taken away from me and I wasn't really on cartoon Network, I wasn't really into the tsunami thing just yet, I was like, all right, I'm moving forward now I'm in middle school. I'm moving forward. [00:31:43] Speaker C: We're mature adult, basically. [00:31:45] Speaker A: And then Charles was like, I made some joke about Dragon Ball Z being dumb. And he was like, have you ever watched Dragon Ball Z? This is the first time I think. [00:31:53] Speaker C: I did some similar intentions. [00:31:54] Speaker A: And I was like, sat me down. [00:31:55] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:31:56] Speaker A: No, actually, I've only ever seen the commercials, but they're always just screaming. And he's like, come over to my house. We're going to watch Dragon Ball Z. And my poor brother, because every day I went home on the bus, I was like, I got to get home. New DBZ out today. My programs are on. And I ran home to watch the next DBZ, and then I started watching them at Charles'house. And then I mentioned it to my budy Jared, who actually started the anime club. Like, he actually was the president when it first started. He and Richard. [00:32:21] Speaker C: Oh, okay. [00:32:21] Speaker A: Yeah, he and Richard McNulty started it together. But I told him, and he was like, dude, dragon Ball Z. Like, low level stuff you got to see, like, trigun, angel sanctuary. And so I went from the super, like, americanized to being like, you watching that in English? [00:32:40] Speaker C: Really, man? [00:32:41] Speaker A: Like, the subs versus dubs, I was all on the subside except for fully Cooley, which is coming out with new ones this summer. We'll talk more anime on another podcast. But Fulikuli and cowboy Bebop are the only two that could be in English. But I went full forced into it. And by the end of my senior year, I'd seen so much. My best friends were all traveling off to Japan to go to the sister city, and I spoke some Japanese, and I was just in the trenches. And then I've always been kind of a video gamer. And I played with action figures for way too long because I'm a late bloomer. I think I played with action figures until I was like 14 years old. [00:33:22] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:33:22] Speaker A: I also went from, like, we're making. This is just how we're playing to like. And then this happens in my story. I started writing. Oh, wow. And then that went into drawing and comic books and all that. So I wrote comics in high school, so I really had it. But as soon as I went to college, I got my first college girlfriend. Because my first girlfriend in high school, my first fishwood, she was super weaboo. And all of my cowboy bebop soundtracks came from her. Half the anime I saw was because she introduced me to it. But when college came along, I'm like, no. And I got a girlfriend, and she was super cute, and I was really proud. And I was walking on eggshells the entire time because I'm going to lose this shit. [00:34:05] Speaker B: She can never know. [00:34:06] Speaker A: And so one day I click on clicking through channels and full metal alchemist was on, and I stop it, and I not even thinking, oh, she's here. And we watch probably like seven minutes of it. And then I finally go and I realize, I turn my head quickly and I realize she's right there. And I'm like, oh, God. So I changed the channel. She goes, hey, I was watching that. That's when I realized I did not know anything about this girl and I was not qualified to be dating her. But I started throwing those parties and that's when Brian and I became friends and I was into Harry Potter. [00:34:37] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:34:38] Speaker C: That's where we kind of, like, first started hanging out. [00:34:40] Speaker A: Yeah, I kind of was into Pokemon a little bit. No, I knew a lot about Pokemon from when I was a kid, but I wasn't still into it. And it was weird because the coolest people I knew were still playing. You know, like my budy John or. No, the video game. John plays Pokemon to this day as much as you do. [00:34:57] Speaker B: Hell, yeah. [00:34:58] Speaker A: They're so fun. But he's only playing like red, blue and yellow. Like he's playing on his OG game Boy. He doesn't have like a DS or anything like that, so it's really weird. But college was when I absolutely started hiding it. And then I was dating a girl and one day she was like, I have something I have to tell you. I like anime. And I went, what? We were like two and a half years in. And I'm like, she's like, I love Sailor Moon. I love Pokemon. I love hello Kitty, I love Japan. And I haven't said a word about it this entire time. And I'm like, I was president of the anime club. She's like, what? And we did we just become best friends? That's, I think, when it all came flooding back. [00:35:38] Speaker B: Nice. [00:35:39] Speaker A: But I never got into magic because by the time I had friends who were playing card, like, competitive card games, I was like, stuff's lame. I'm an adult and I'm into mature. [00:35:50] Speaker B: Anime, having girlfriends and things. Because only cool guys have girlfriends. Yeah, I never got into that. It's funny, I look back at that, all those sorts of Pokemon and card games. I probably never got into those because it was discouraged because he grew up poor as hell, dude. So my parents were like, no, those are lame. Just because they couldn't afford those things. [00:36:15] Speaker A: To buy shit, I don't need to be paying for those expansions. [00:36:17] Speaker B: I'm not going to buy a know set of cards. [00:36:21] Speaker A: Thankfully, my dad was a gamer, so we got around to the whole, that's lame because we had our first super Nintendo when I was seven. Wow. [00:36:29] Speaker C: Because he wanted. [00:36:30] Speaker A: Because, yeah, his dad wanted a super Nintendo. Actually, I think I was like five. Brett Bear was like seven. [00:36:34] Speaker B: Right. [00:36:34] Speaker A: Okay, so what brought you back? Because, I mean, I explained what brought me back. Basically a girl who was like, no, seriously, like a freak flag fly, Brian. [00:36:43] Speaker C: Just nerdy stuff in general. I kind of just stopped giving a shit. I'm like, I like this stuff. I still like the stuff. [00:36:49] Speaker A: No, you know what? [00:36:50] Speaker C: It really was? It was Tate, dude. [00:36:53] Speaker A: I love that, man. [00:36:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:36:54] Speaker C: Because Tate has always been. [00:36:56] Speaker A: Tate is unabashedly a geek. Always. Why? [00:36:59] Speaker C: I love that guy. [00:37:00] Speaker B: That's awesome. [00:37:01] Speaker C: And so meanwhile, here's me trying to do all sports and be the bro jock dude, which never, ever worked to begin with because I still like the nerdy stuff, and I didn't care enough about the sporty stuff. [00:37:12] Speaker A: And what's fun is how many jock friends of yours have been like, can I borrow some comic books? [00:37:16] Speaker B: Oh, totally. Yeah. [00:37:17] Speaker A: They're all like, can you let me in, man? Can you let me in? What is going to kids club? Because we're actually all faking it. [00:37:24] Speaker C: Tay kept going with all this stuff, and we'd hang out, and he'd just kind of, like, update me on what was going on. And then I kind of got back into comics and then started playing a little more video games and then got a little more into anime, sort of, but then dropped out again because all other stuff was coming out, like Game of Thrones and all the Marvel movies. But then also around that same time, it started being cool to be a geek, and I'm like, where was this when I was growing up? Getting picked on and bullied about? [00:37:56] Speaker A: And I got to say, the one thing that's made this the strongest has been you and this podcast, because I've been really, like, it's always been kind of backburnery. I was a rock climbing instructor. I wanted to travel. I was going into acting, so I was reading acting books and stuff, so I really wasn't making time for this. And this podcast kind of made this sort of a part time job. There's a certain expectations for being up there that and Tommy Isbell mentioning civil war in a barbershop and me telling you, you were like, oh, here, let me let you read some comics. And I got my stack, and each time, the stack grew bigger because I kept going, wait, who's that? Yeah, wait, do you have any books? What happens, character? What happens when he leaves? And suddenly I'm getting a half box every single time until about three years ago when I slowed down again. But now with this podcast, it's like, oh, I got to remember what's going on in anime right now. And so I started watching current anime, and when I go to now instead of like, I deleted Facebook because when I go to bed, I either read a book, read a comic, or play a video game or watch a show. I will consume some sort of media before I go to bed, which may or may not be healthy, I don't know, but it helps me because it's a nice way to wind down, but also I get to catch up on stuff. And so I've made a better concentrated effort to being on task again with this nonsensical thing. [00:39:35] Speaker B: But, Scooter, what got me back into it? Well, I don't know. Just realizing, oh, I am a grown up now. I can do what I do, and. [00:39:45] Speaker A: I have the money to do having money, right? [00:39:48] Speaker B: We talked about that. Now I have the capital and no children, so I'm my own kid. Yeah, so that's always fun. [00:39:55] Speaker A: My brother, when he was about to have a son, they had not even gotten pregnant yet. Tmi. But my brother's like, I need to have a son because I want an excuse to buy legos and play with them again. [00:40:10] Speaker C: So many people say that it's, how. [00:40:11] Speaker A: About I just go buy legos? [00:40:14] Speaker B: And that's the same. I'm in, I just buy legos, play with them. I don't play with them, but you. [00:40:20] Speaker C: Build and you put them together. [00:40:21] Speaker B: You're like, I have it now. And it's like I told my wife is like, if we have kids, I'm getting two of everything. One for me to have and keep as pristine as I want it to be or utilize however I want, and then one for the kid to just put up his nose or whatever. As kids do, everything goes up the nose or in the mouth, right? [00:40:49] Speaker A: There's remarks there, but I guess we're. [00:40:50] Speaker B: Talking about maybe we'll leave family friendly anyway. But I just established that that's going to be the case. I don't know, just being able to do it. And the other habit I had, not a bad one, just became a little more expensive. I became obsessed with playing. I started playing guitar. [00:41:11] Speaker A: Yeah, right. [00:41:12] Speaker B: And those are expensive. Yeah, that got pretty deep. I started. [00:41:17] Speaker C: You got a decent amount in there. [00:41:19] Speaker B: I didn't realize I got a good amount. [00:41:20] Speaker A: Yeah, you do. [00:41:21] Speaker B: Too many. I can't play them all at once. [00:41:24] Speaker A: You got like an 8th of guitar center sitting in your room over there. [00:41:27] Speaker B: I wish it was an eight. [00:41:30] Speaker C: It's a lot better than one bass, one guitar, one drums that I have. [00:41:33] Speaker B: It's a lot. [00:41:34] Speaker A: The one yamaha I have. [00:41:35] Speaker B: Yeah, it got to where I was making my own guitars. I don't want that to be braggy. No, not at all bad. No, they're super cool. [00:41:48] Speaker A: This is a podcast, and he has some seriously sick looking guitars on there. [00:41:53] Speaker C: And that he built, put together himself. [00:41:55] Speaker B: But Lego are a lot more affordable. [00:41:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:41:58] Speaker B: And again, like I said, with the Iron man being different, each iron man that I noticed being a different sort of design, different suit, I had to have those. And then from there it's like, well, I can't just have Iron man. There's different caps. I have to have all the different. Captain America, I have to have all the different. Hawkeye, I have to have the different. [00:42:21] Speaker A: And a lot of times those sets. [00:42:22] Speaker C: Will come with like a couple different characters. But you're like, oh, I like this character. What else does he have? [00:42:26] Speaker B: Exactly. Yeah. So since they're different, so that brought it back up. So that's really what just started. Like, I don't care. I'm going to buy what I want, when I want, where I want, who I want. No, not really. [00:42:40] Speaker C: Almost. [00:42:41] Speaker B: Yeah. That's just what started it up again. [00:42:43] Speaker A: I think that's the essence of being a geek. Like really and truly most geekness, when you quote unquote, geek out about something, it is mild obsession, freedom with completionism and the freedom to play with unabashedly and unashamed. Yeah. And excitedly. There was a quote we were talking about earlier by c. S. Lewis, and it was when I was ten. I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been doing so. Now that I'm 50, I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. That's such a great phrasing, too, because grown up is like the most childish way to say, I'm an adult, I'm a grown up. I'm a grown up. And I think that this time is so, we're so freaking lucky because so many people who are two, three generations above us still, I think, have that kind of know, like, you need to grow up. You don't need to like these things anymore. More like, when I was a kid, my dad got the Nintendo and we were really excited. Sure. I was 30 years old and my dad went, oh, I'm going to be your favorite person today. And I was like, why? And he's like, I got us all far cry five. And he got us all a copy of far cry five so that we could go play together. And then I come home, anytime I come home, he's like, so today, I was in such and such region, and I was fighting this bear, and we're just shooting the shit about this. And it's seriously, one of my favorite things in the world right now is to be able to just chat with my dad about video games. And that's what bonded my brothers and I together. It's what bonded my sister and I together. My sister and I just bought, like, three different super cheap ip video games, like Star Trek and Iron man and Captain America. They're like, seven, $8. But we've been blitzing through those, and it's one of those things that, as a family, we've all had together, so we've all been able to appreciate and like those things unabashedly. My sister will kick my ass on Madden anytime I ever try. Brianna, she is so damn good at that game and can definitely give me a run for my money. But my whole family, we have a box on top of a cabinet that is full of every game that we ever owned, quote, as a family. And anytime somebody wants one, they go to my parents house, and they'll be like, hey, I'm coming. Stealing Mickey Mania and Kong country. Yeah, we're basically just going to our tiny personal blockbuster. And I brought home the Star Trek game, and I said, hey, I got you. No, I got us the Star Trek game. And she looks and she's like, are you kirk or are you Spock? And I'm like, I'm taking Spock. She goes, sweet. This is something that I'm really lucky to have siblings who kind of push that. But I think that the reason this has gotten so popular, and, I mean, you guys can disagree or agree or comment, whatever, but I think the reason that this has become so mainstream is because now that there's such open communication through everyone and everyone's feeling Internet. On the Internet, there's a community for everything. There's a Lego community on Reddit. There's a Steven universe community. There's a Steven universe community that doesn't take Steven universe so seriously. There's sects within those communities. There's the Marvel community. There's the Marvel Cinematic universe community. If you don't like talking about the comics, or if you're one of those people who's like, well, it wasn't true to the comics, which isn't a whole lot in the Marvel universe anymore. If you're one of those, then you can go to that community instead. And so finding your group of geeks to hang out with, finding your corner of the library, is doable? Oh, yeah, absolutely. I'm just really lucky that I have it in my family. And, Brian. [00:46:28] Speaker B: That'S a lot of the way I relate to my youngest brother because there's a 13 year gap between me and my youngest brother, and about the time that he was getting into or about to get out of things, get to that point where it's like, oh, I'm older now. I'm going to get out of it. No, dude, trust me. You're going to wish you kept all this stuff. And we would relate. Like, we'll watch cartoons together still and we'll talk about Lego and all this stuff. That's how I relate to my youngest, because otherwise, he's 18 and I'm almost 32, so it's like, who is this kid? [00:47:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:47:05] Speaker B: So it's cool that we have that commonality and there's a way to relate. [00:47:09] Speaker A: Because otherwise there's weird, and you can do that with just about anything. I geek out about wine and cheese with my older sister, Brooke, but I also geek out about Game of Thrones and high fantasy with her as, like, those are the two things that I think we probably talk about. The books, most of the really intense books that I've read, if they didn't come from Brian, they came from. [00:47:35] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:47:35] Speaker A: I don't know. It's great. [00:47:38] Speaker B: I would say I'm close, obviously, I'm close to all my siblings, but I'm probably closer to the one that's closest to me in age just because we've been together the longest and we have a lot more in common. So we'll do random things together, but have those tiny little things that we can geek out on with the other ones. I have music with my second brother and then cartoons and toys with my third brother. It's awesome that we can just connect on those things and know that it's like, oh, yeah, we do like each other. [00:48:12] Speaker A: Yeah, we have this thing. We have this thing that we can bond over. Do you ever find yourself geeking out about something and then checking yourself, that's not something you grew up with? Like, I recently got into magic, the gathering, and I'm still pretty low key about that, despite the fact that I bought two booster packs and a random pack. Today, we have a problem. But I feel like there's certain things. [00:48:41] Speaker C: There'S certain animals that are, like, too geeky. [00:48:43] Speaker A: Well, even now, like, stuff that was super mainstream for a hot second and then died. Like, pokemon go. Oh, yeah, I love Pokemon go. [00:48:51] Speaker C: I still play it. [00:48:52] Speaker B: I've never. [00:48:53] Speaker A: I love Pokemon go. And I enjoy walking with it. Brian and I, we go walking, Dave. [00:48:58] Speaker C: And I go, how I get my exercise since I've been sick. Yeah, I can't really exercise too strenuously. Don't get mono. [00:49:06] Speaker B: It shit sucks. [00:49:07] Speaker C: But, yeah, walking around with Pokemon go kind of gets me out and about a little bit. [00:49:10] Speaker A: But right after Pokemon go had all those glitchy problems, and everybody was finally like, well, forget this game. Suddenly it was like, not just not cool anymore, but like, lame. And there was this period that it was really. [00:49:23] Speaker C: Yeah, I didn't play for a good 810 months. [00:49:26] Speaker A: Yeah, well, I mean, don't get me wrong, the game had a lot of problems. There was a lot of reason not to go back for a second. But it was one of those things where, like, the other day I got stopped by security guard while I was at a fountain, because it was one in the morning, and I was on my way home and I saw that there was an empty gym and I was going to take it over, but the guy walks over and he's like, what are you doing here? And I looked at him and I looked at my phone, and I looked back at him and I said, you're going to judge me? And he goes, I have to ask. And I go, I'm taking over this gym. He goes, I mean, it's that or you're taking a picture of the gym. It's usually only those two things. And I'm like, oh, good, this is a regular problem. [00:50:02] Speaker C: Yeah, he knows. [00:50:03] Speaker A: But for a long time, I wouldn't open it in front of people. When I walked in a park, I'd kind of hide the screen, knew what it was because everybody had. I mean, that first month that it came out that summer, everyone lost ten pounds. [00:50:18] Speaker C: Oh, it's huge. [00:50:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:50:19] Speaker A: Parks were packed until one in the morning, and then they still had people there till four people were playing till the sun came out. [00:50:25] Speaker B: That's insane. Yeah. I remember the videos of the russian central park. I never got into Pokemon in any way, just from the way you're talking about the exercise. I wish, because with my obsessive sort of completionist sort of thing, got to catch them all. I would be up at three in the morning in someplace. I have a friend, we have a friend that got so into it and had the free time that he went from Bakersfield to somewhere in LA because he found out that there was a nest, something. Yeah. Who's that manual. [00:50:57] Speaker C: He did call me and really upset. [00:50:59] Speaker B: He would walk around a park in town at two, three, four in the morning, just like, oh, there's this. [00:51:08] Speaker A: When it first came out, there were people who had kind of hacked the code and had figured out where things were dropping based on other people's info, which they eventually stopped down. But their tracking system was such bS at the time that everyone was like, it's justified. I want to know where it is. And so Trevor and I would be hanging out, my budy Trevor would be hanging out, and he would have it on his computer, and when something would pop up, he'd be like, oh, shit, there's a Lapras at the river. Get in the car. We'd run to the car, drive to the river, catch the Lapras, come back and then continue doing whatever we were doing. [00:51:43] Speaker B: He would go up and down. Our friend Emmanuel, he'd go up and down from LA and Vancosville before he moved down there, and he would go out of his way to whatever location before he got home. [00:51:57] Speaker C: I do that on my way to work sometimes, although I work 10 miles away from my house, so there's a little bit of distance to cover and like, oh, and I'll check whatever website. Oh, there's a ghastly nest halfway to work. [00:52:07] Speaker A: Score. I'll stop there. Yeah. We found out there was a ghastly ness in Tahatchby, and we discussed going to drive. Yeah, it is a bit of a drive, but we got friends there too, so that's not too bad. But now the most I do is I'll be walking around my neighborhood and I'll be like, oh, there's that stop over there. I guess I'll go stop. And honestly, I welcome the brief workout that I'm going to get for choosing to walk a little bit further. And so I don't think it's super unhealthy for me to have this. I think that's what's justified it. But if it was something that was really getting in the way, obviously I would have to stop it. If it was, like, burning me financially in some regard, I would like to think that I would be able to do that. I mean, I don't buy a ton of magic cards, but I think there's still stigma against a lot of these things that we almost put on ourselves. [00:53:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:53:03] Speaker A: Oh, for sure. [00:53:04] Speaker B: Oh, it's definitely internal pressure, more so than external. [00:53:09] Speaker A: And I work for a high school part time, and so the whole am I cool? Pressure weirdly seeps into your subconscious if you're not careful because you're around all these people who are regularly judging everything, including you. And I, thankfully, have kind of gotten to a point with the high school. It took me about a year and a half to get back to it because there was a point where I was really concerned, like, can I wear this shirt? Am I going to look cool? [00:53:37] Speaker B: Am I going to be awesome? [00:53:38] Speaker A: Because I want to be the cool guy? Am I the cool sub? And there came a point where I finally realized the kids I actually want to be cool with the most don't care. They're the ones who appreciate the geekiness. Oh, yeah. And I can look a kid. And there's something weirdly, innately cool about looking a kid in the eye and being like, yeah, I do play pokemon go on the weekends. You don't. And it's awesome. And you're missing out. I hope you enjoy sitting. [00:54:04] Speaker B: I know, right? Guess what sitting's gonna be smoking, kid. Yeah, I get to do this all the time. [00:54:10] Speaker A: You know what I did? I drove there with my car that I own. How's that? [00:54:14] Speaker B: Seriously, guess what? You can do this, too. When you're a big person. [00:54:19] Speaker A: When you're a big person, would you say big up? Were you meant to say, I don't. [00:54:22] Speaker B: Know what I was going to say. I'm a big up and I want that erase now. Yeah, no, that's the coolest thing, too. It's like, as a quote unquote adult, you can just look at the people that are looking up to you and be like, hey, guess what? You can still do the things that you like now, whenever you want, when you're responsible. Yeah. Because that's the coolest thing about that. [00:54:45] Speaker A: Yeah, well, and that's the other thing is I don't think anybody tells kids, none of those adults know what they're doing. No, they're not ready. None of them think they're ready. None of them think they're there yet. [00:54:54] Speaker B: That's the biggest revelation. [00:54:55] Speaker A: That 35 year old still is wondering what he's going to do when he grows up. Yeah, that's the biggest revelation. [00:54:59] Speaker B: You find out once you've left college or whatever it is, or you're working and you're like, oh, hey, nobody knows anything. Yeah, everybody's guessing and hoping they don't die. [00:55:12] Speaker A: Yeah, I was talking to my brother about this earlier today. I was like, I hope that people aren't bothered by the fact that I regularly will call them out of the blue. Like, hey, haven't talked to you in two years, but I got a question about a thing. I know you happen to be good, mean it could be anything from legal counsel from Jordan to like, can I please get an explanation of what happened in this particular show that I know you were obsessed with in high school? And sometimes I'll get, dude, I haven't thought about that in, like, five years. And I'll be like, okay, cool. But other times they'll be like, dude, yeah. And then they load me up with info, and I'm like, you know what I could have done? I could have gone to google. And then when I had a follow up question, had to search through more crap on, like, why not make this a human connection? Like, I think there's something really dope about the fact that. And I did exactly that. Tommy told me a thing, and I was like, I don't want to have to go searching through Google to find out whether this is true or not. One, because I'll get spoilers, and two, because that's a lot to have to sift through. Yeah. You know who knows about this? Brian. Because I know that dude reads comic books. And then I asked him, and now we have a podcast. High five. [00:56:22] Speaker B: Yeah, he's my go to anytime. I'm like, wait, I don't have to do this. I could just easily just ask Brian. I can ask Romero, and he'll give me what I need to know. [00:56:34] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:56:34] Speaker B: And it's simple. I had a roommate that I hadn't spoken to in, at least on the phone. At least I text him every now and then, but I haven't spoken to him on the phone. I don't know. I don't even know how long. And I had an issue, and I knew he was in it now, so I was like, I'm going to call Scott. Yep. He's going to help me. Let me know if I'm sol or if this is fixable. And boom. He's like, oh, yeah. Like, there was no time passed. It was awesome. [00:57:01] Speaker A: I mean, that's how we've gotten half of our hosts, like, our guests. I mean, you're here. I mean, obviously, we were also coming over to barbecue and stuff, but we were like, dude, let's get Scooter on. Heck, yeah, scooter's great. But, like, Dave, anytime we have something historical regarding comic books or with Doctor who, I mean, if we're ever going to talk about the reason he's on the podcast at all is because we're like, oh, you know, who actually knows a shitload about that? We're like, hey, we're going to talk about retro games. Oh, you know, who knows a shitload about, you know, oh, we're gonna talk about ewoks. Like, you know, who knows a shit ton about ewoks, Stephanie, anytime we have one of those things. So if we know somebody with a specialty that is geek related, that's why this happens. [00:57:43] Speaker B: Just like when I heard the podcast where you were talking about toys and you mentioned me, and I freaked out a little bit, because that was awesome. Here I am. What do you know? [00:57:54] Speaker A: Episode 20. [00:57:55] Speaker B: Episode 20. [00:57:57] Speaker A: Cool. Brian, you got anything else to add? [00:57:59] Speaker C: I don't. [00:58:00] Speaker A: We kind of covered the whole, like, why it's great to be a geek thing. Yeah, it's great to be a geek. It is great. [00:58:05] Speaker B: Especially because you don't have to be a geek in the typical geek things to be. [00:58:11] Speaker A: My sister's a major stranger things geek. [00:58:13] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm a guitar and Lego and action figure geek. [00:58:17] Speaker A: I don't want to make my list right now. [00:58:18] Speaker B: Marvel movies, and that's it. I'd never read comics. Anytime a movie is about to come out, I'm like, you know what? I need to look up this specific hero and what he's all about. And I get so overwhelmed. I'm like, screw this. Never again. [00:58:35] Speaker A: We've all gotten lost in tvtropes.com or Wikipedia. When you get into the Wikipedia hole. [00:58:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:58:41] Speaker A: I loved Beast wars when I was a kid. Oh, yes. Freaking loved Beast wars. [00:58:45] Speaker B: Loved it. [00:58:45] Speaker A: And somebody popped up in the Transformers movie, and I. No, it wasn't even. Was it? I don't remember how it was. But I eventually landed on Transformers in Wikipedia, and by the end of that night, I knew so much random crap about 80s Transformers, which I didn't even watch. 1980s Transformers. [00:59:03] Speaker B: I watched these were barely alive. [00:59:05] Speaker A: Well, yeah, there was that. But I also was weirdly aware of a ton of other 80s shows because my brother was born in 84 and my sister was born in 79. I have two people who are old enough to control the remote to say. [00:59:19] Speaker B: No, we're watching ninja trucks. [00:59:21] Speaker A: Guess what? We're watching X Men. I don't think five year old, six year old me would have cared about the X Men show that much. Well, I don't know that I would have necessarily gone to it, because I was still very much in under the umbrella tree and the fraggle rock and that kind of stuff, which was also early ninety s and rugrats. But Barrett was like, no, dude, this is the thing. This is it. And I'm like, four, five, six, whatever. Let's see, 92. So I guess that's five. That's what got me into it. So there's no reason for me to gotten down into this Transformers hole, but you can fall down those holes so quickly just looking and with X Men cards or all these other things. So it's like, there in your. But, like, why not just ask? Like, that's why I asked Brian. That's why I would come to any of the friends. Like, if I have a movie cinematic analysis that I'll do, I'm pretty much going to go either to Logan or to Devin and Logan and Devin critique film in a very different way, which I really appreciate. [01:00:24] Speaker B: Interesting. [01:00:25] Speaker A: But that's where I go for that sort of thing. So it's really nice. I can talk about the more intricate cinema stuff because of that, but I have a person, and I think everyone should have their thing, and we should all celebrate everybody else's thing. Like, I don't have to be that huge into guitars to appreciate how much you love guitars. I don't necessarily need to be into the stuff that the champ is into to appreciate how much he's into it. I will never understand somebody who's obsessed with football. I get that you're into it. Congratulations. I still don't get it. Just not your thing. But it's not my thing, and I'm not going to be like, whatever, if somebody around me really loves something and I am able to give it a proper shot with them. That's how I wound up screaming with my brother at two different Blackhawks games and refound my love of hockey again because I was around that sort of thing, but I didn't have to be. [01:01:25] Speaker C: Sometimes you find those things a little bit later. [01:01:26] Speaker B: You do? [01:01:27] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:01:27] Speaker B: You come back. [01:01:28] Speaker A: You come back or you come to it late. Yeah, I was late to the game with comics. I was late to the game with magic. I love them both. [01:01:34] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. [01:01:35] Speaker A: Which is expensive. [01:01:37] Speaker B: Very. [01:01:39] Speaker A: Shout out to our collectibles. Oh, and x wing shit. All right, so, Scooter, what are you into right now? What are you reading? What are you collecting? What's your white whale? Give me something that's been kind of your current minor obsession. [01:01:53] Speaker B: Well, legos have still been. I'll be surprised when I give up on that, honestly. But my white whale right now is actually the quicksilver minifig because. From Avengers. Okay. [01:02:08] Speaker A: Oh, cool. [01:02:08] Speaker B: And I haven't been able to find it for a price that I'm willing to pay. [01:02:12] Speaker A: Yeah, fair. What set did it come with? [01:02:14] Speaker B: Yeah, it was a set that had the Hulk and cap. Baron. [01:02:19] Speaker A: Baron. [01:02:20] Speaker B: Struck? No. Struck? No. [01:02:23] Speaker A: What struck. Really? [01:02:24] Speaker B: Because he was civil war. [01:02:26] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:02:27] Speaker B: Zemo. Right. [01:02:27] Speaker A: Zemo was civil war. [01:02:28] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:02:29] Speaker B: So I've been trying to find that guy. [01:02:31] Speaker A: Wait, von Strucker. [01:02:32] Speaker C: The guy with the monocle was Ultron. [01:02:36] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:02:36] Speaker B: Ultron. [01:02:37] Speaker A: That's right. They just took him out super fast. I forgot. [01:02:39] Speaker B: Exactly. [01:02:39] Speaker C: And then his son had a fairly large role on. [01:02:46] Speaker B: Trying to think, which. [01:02:47] Speaker A: Season was that, two or three. That's the one with Ward as Hydra. [01:02:51] Speaker B: I stopped watching agents after season one. Well, it was. [01:02:55] Speaker A: A lot of people did, but it got. A lot of people did, and that was their mistake. They should have started on season two. [01:02:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:02:59] Speaker C: Anyway, tv shows. You mentioned you and Jenny were rewatching Game of Thrones. [01:03:03] Speaker B: Yeah. We're doing that ever so slowly because when season one. We started it after season two. [01:03:08] Speaker A: Okay. You came in season three. [01:03:11] Speaker B: Well, no. [01:03:12] Speaker C: You started watching, but it was around then. [01:03:14] Speaker B: Yes. [01:03:14] Speaker A: Okay. [01:03:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:03:15] Speaker A: You started it late. [01:03:17] Speaker B: We started really late. That's right. We were very late to the game because didn't have HBO. We were on our own. Poor. [01:03:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:03:22] Speaker B: And I didn't know how to do anything. I don't know how to do anything ever. But she was in know, going through college, and I had nothing to do other know. To watch her do homework. [01:03:35] Speaker A: Yeah. Lame. [01:03:36] Speaker B: Yeah. So I watched Game of Thrones, and she did homework, and she was vaguely paying attention. [01:03:42] Speaker A: She's like, they killed that guy. [01:03:46] Speaker B: What? Boobs. Oh, penis. Who's that guy? Why is he dead now? Okay. Who cares? But she would be doing that. And then she got done with school, and she's like, can we revisit the. [01:03:58] Speaker A: Boobs, penis, and death again? [01:03:59] Speaker B: Yeah, I know, right? So she started watching after that, getting into it, and she's realized, like, I don't know who half of these people are, even though they're all good news. [01:04:09] Speaker A: By season four, I don't think a lot of people know who a lot of people are, even if they've been watching. [01:04:13] Speaker B: That's true. And I told her that it doesn't. [01:04:17] Speaker A: Matter in the books. It's ten times worse. [01:04:19] Speaker B: I never read them. I've had friends that read the first. [01:04:22] Speaker A: Book and a half, and I'm halfway through the third one, and I have been for ten years. [01:04:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I can't. [01:04:28] Speaker A: And I read maybe 20 to 70 pages, and then I don't pick it. [01:04:32] Speaker B: Up for another year. Anybody that I come into contact with or we talk about anybody's, like, oh, I've never seen Game of Thrones. Should I watch it? I tell them no. [01:04:45] Speaker A: Really? [01:04:46] Speaker B: Yes. Because I tell them if you've ever wanted to be frustrated or angry at a tv show that's fake, because obviously all tv is fake, but you want to get so invested and then have your heart ripped out multiple times every season. [01:05:04] Speaker A: I'm only on season three. Then I'm about to start season four. [01:05:08] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:05:09] Speaker A: And apparently I'm in for some heartache. [01:05:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:05:13] Speaker A: Because I just finished the red wedding. It's like, red wedding. And then the dumb episode about Danorus. I say dumb episode? Everyone's like, that episode is so great. I'm like, yeah, it's also, like, the fourth danorous chapter in the book. It's not even that big of a deal. It's cool. It's really cool. But it wasn't a cool way to end the season, and it was not the relief I needed after watching all of that shit go down in the red. [01:05:40] Speaker B: Crushing. [01:05:41] Speaker A: Yeah. But, yeah, I almost gave up. [01:05:43] Speaker B: I don't know how many times a season will end. I'm like, I'm never watching this again. [01:05:47] Speaker A: You've heard me for the last time, George R. R. Martin. [01:05:50] Speaker B: I've cursed his name so many times. [01:05:53] Speaker A: You and many others. [01:05:55] Speaker B: Yeah, but I've really liked. And this, I don't know if it's sacrilege or not, but I like the direction they go once he's out of the picture. Out of the picture. [01:06:06] Speaker A: Yeah. That's fair. Brian, are you reading anything right now? [01:06:10] Speaker B: Anything new? [01:06:10] Speaker A: What are you talking about right now? Or collecting? [01:06:14] Speaker C: I just picked up the art of Han Solo book. I typically get all the art of Star wars books because I love that stuff. [01:06:21] Speaker A: You get a lot of really good gems for potential expanded universe stuff, too. [01:06:26] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, yeah. Like they say, like, oh, we got this idea from this old expanded universe legends story, or we use these leftover designs from the Force Awakens. Or, like, oh, we went through this and it went through this many iterations before we left with whatever ship that's on screen, really cool behind the scenes stuff. [01:06:46] Speaker B: That's cool. [01:06:47] Speaker A: Or, like, a piece of artwork that's, like, in the background that you can't really get a good look at. This mosaic on the floor in Last Jedi is a half light side, half dark side, perfectly balanced Jedi in, like, a meditative pose. And there's very never a good, solid shot. Solid shot of it, but the image is in the book. Oh, that's awesome. So art of Han Solo book. [01:07:15] Speaker C: Art of Han Solo, and then just keeping up with a few comics lately. X men wise, kitty pride and Colossus are finally getting married. [01:07:23] Speaker A: Finally. [01:07:24] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:07:24] Speaker B: Finally. [01:07:25] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:07:26] Speaker A: I was a big fan of her and Starlord. [01:07:27] Speaker C: Starlord. [01:07:28] Speaker A: Oh, that was good. I also want Colossus to have love. [01:07:32] Speaker B: Yeah. He deserves it. [01:07:33] Speaker A: Yeah, he's a good guy. Till Enfields by dragging his own tractor. That's a reference to a 2007. [01:07:41] Speaker B: Com. [01:07:42] Speaker C: I think that's about it for me. What about you, Bryce? [01:07:44] Speaker A: So Battlebond just came out for Magic the gathering. [01:07:47] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:07:47] Speaker A: And every time we've played magic, we've always talked about how we wish we could play with two extra players and do that and big old team. [01:07:55] Speaker C: Two versus two. [01:07:55] Speaker A: Two versus two. [01:07:56] Speaker C: Or even like a one versus one versus one versus bun. [01:07:59] Speaker A: Something like that. [01:07:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:07:59] Speaker A: Just something to kind of expand the game just a little further because I like one on one games. They're really nice because sometimes you just can't get a group together. But I used to have game night all the time. [01:08:08] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, same. [01:08:09] Speaker A: I really miss that multiplayer. I miss multiplayer, and I miss cooperative multiplayer. I grew up on split screen stuff, so I really want that more often. So battle Bond is this new expansion for magic the gathering that really encourages you to play with two versus two. Like, there's things where your partner can help pay for things and pay the mana cost and stuff. And then I'm still reading american gods. Oh, I'm finishing Jessica Jones, the tv show Jessica Jones. Oh, and you know what? I just finished, and I loved it. Lost in space. Oh. [01:08:46] Speaker B: Halfway through it, two or three episodes in, I just got distracted by other. [01:08:52] Speaker A: Things I started watching, and I was like, I love lost in space. I watched the original lost in space when it was on tv land and a nick at night, and I watched the lost in space remake with Matt LeBlanc over and over and over again. [01:09:06] Speaker B: Weirdly tried to rewatch that not too long ago and couldn't make. [01:09:10] Speaker A: Oh, dude, I loved it. I love it. [01:09:12] Speaker B: Oh, I loved it. Know, back in the day, I had. [01:09:15] Speaker A: Action figures from that movie. [01:09:17] Speaker B: I still have Will Smith. He's in. [01:09:20] Speaker A: Do you have adult Will Smith, who is played by actual adult Will Smith? Will Roberts. Not Will Smith. Do you have adult Will Robinson or child Will Robinson? [01:09:32] Speaker B: Will Robinson. Okay. [01:09:33] Speaker C: I really want to rewatch that movie. [01:09:34] Speaker A: What's cool is, I mean, there was so much about that movie that was so neat. And I get that the CGI is dated. [01:09:43] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Bad. [01:09:45] Speaker A: But the comedy is decent. It's not, like, cringy. [01:09:48] Speaker B: No. [01:09:48] Speaker A: Let's see that. [01:09:49] Speaker C: Gary Oldman. [01:09:49] Speaker A: And Gary Oldman's phenomenal. [01:09:51] Speaker C: You can't go wrong. [01:09:54] Speaker A: We'll not go into that. But as an actor, Gary Oldman is really great. [01:09:59] Speaker B: He's okay. [01:10:00] Speaker A: And I think his Winston Churchill won some awards. But I guess that's just me. Perfect. You're hired. Let's make a movie. Anyway, so I was watching Lost in space, but when I started it, I was like, you know, I'm not sure. I feel like you've taken Dr. Smith and made her straight up just, like, chaotic evil. It's like having the joker. And I always felt like Dr. Smith wants to be good. Doesn't know how. Can't help but be a coward and screw people over. But Loki wants the chaos because he enjoys it. [01:10:37] Speaker B: That's true. [01:10:38] Speaker A: Yeah. This iteration with Parker Posey was fantastic because Parker Posey always has that secret smile, like, you know, she's just having a fucking ball when she's acting. But Parker Posey's. Dr. Smith is very much, like, a problem. She is there to wreck shit. It's really frustrating. But then you start to realize as the show progresses that she's not possibly good, but she's also not as chaotic as you think. You start to figure out what her plan is, and you're, oh, no, no, this is not good. But I described it to Steven, who's in our Black Panther episode, which should be coming up pretty soon, hopefully. I like lost in space because it completely changes the overall story of Lost in space while still maintaining the spirit of each individual character and their relationships with each other. [01:11:28] Speaker C: True. [01:11:29] Speaker A: Dr. Smith still has a weird relationship with Will, where you're like, will, you shouldn't trust this woman. But he kind of knows that he can't. But he also knows that Dr. Smith is more helpful than you would think. Penny and Judy are both very smart. They both have their own. Everyone's in the same vein, but they've really changed dawn to be more than just a cocky space hero guy. I haven't gotten too far. He's kind of a smuggler, but he's, like, worse about it. And his relationship with Judy's really, really cool. They also have done some really neat stuff to create tension within the family in a way that with the parents. [01:12:07] Speaker B: I didn't, but they do all that. [01:12:10] Speaker A: And then add in a fuckload more people. [01:12:13] Speaker C: I really like how they keep finding survivors. [01:12:15] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:12:16] Speaker A: And then the show goes through when you get to the 13th episode or whatever, and honestly, I thought it was going to end at eight. And then I was like, what? We're still going? What? We're still going? And it kept going because I didn't know how long it was going to be because a lot of these shows. [01:12:28] Speaker C: Only go eight or ten. [01:12:30] Speaker A: So it goes to a certain point. And when it got to the last episode, I remember watching and being like, oh, this is where they're going. And then something happened, and I went, whoa, this is where they're going. And then you just start to settle in, and then, bam, you're like, something else. They're doing what? And by the end of it, I was watching it at my family's house, and my brother runs upstairs and goes, did you just sneeze or what just happened? And I was like, dude, holy shit, this show. He was like, are you serious right now? And they were like, what did you just scream about? I'm like, I just finished lost in space. And my mom, who watched it first, was, I get you. I know. [01:13:09] Speaker B: Wow. [01:13:11] Speaker A: I watched the whole thing. Actually, anytime I visited my parents, that was when I decided to watch it. So I'm about to finish Jessica Jones. I'm enjoying that. And that's my little rant on lost in space, everybody. You should watch lost in space. It's fantastic. Check it out. And you should get an art of Star wars book and check them out. [01:13:29] Speaker B: Yeah. I was going to say, I don't know if this matters, but I'm collecting briars again. [01:13:36] Speaker A: Are you really? [01:13:36] Speaker B: Yeah. I found a little antique store that is selling both large and small ones for a fraction. [01:13:43] Speaker A: What makes a briar horse? A briar horse? [01:13:45] Speaker B: Briar. It's a brand. [01:13:47] Speaker A: It's just a specific brand of toy. [01:13:49] Speaker B: Yes. [01:13:50] Speaker A: That makes these horses. Are they made from a particular material? Is there a way to verify that they are briar? [01:13:56] Speaker B: Yes, they're all stamped. Nice. They're accurate. They're anatomically accurate. I don't like cartoony things other than Lego. Yeah. [01:14:03] Speaker A: Right. [01:14:04] Speaker B: My favorite thing is miniature versions of real life, larger things and briar. [01:14:12] Speaker C: That's perfect. [01:14:14] Speaker B: That gets me. [01:14:15] Speaker A: It gets you? [01:14:16] Speaker B: Gets me there. [01:14:18] Speaker A: And you got that mini. You got that mini, man. [01:14:21] Speaker B: Yeah. Is it anatomically correct? Does it look like it was shrunk down like, honey, I shrunk the kids. [01:14:28] Speaker A: So the question of, would you rather fight 100 duck size horses or one horse size duck? You know what it's like to face a bunch of horse size or duck size horses? [01:14:40] Speaker B: Oh, I would love them. I wouldn't fight them. I would love them till they were mine and they loved me. [01:14:48] Speaker C: They'd be your army. [01:14:49] Speaker B: Yeah. And then that's my dream. You remember that old direct tv commercial where that russian guy kisses the tiny giraffe. [01:14:57] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:14:58] Speaker B: That's my biggest dream in the world. I want that more than scientists, listeners. [01:15:04] Speaker A: Genetically engineer a tiny giraffe for scooters together, please. [01:15:08] Speaker B: So, yeah, I did that. Plus today, I'm not too nerdy on it, but we have a triple crown winner for all you horse people out there. [01:15:16] Speaker A: What? [01:15:17] Speaker B: It happened. The Triple Crown was won today by justify, so no way. I'm so stoked on getting a justify briar. You have no idea. [01:15:27] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [01:15:28] Speaker B: That's crazy. [01:15:28] Speaker A: We were just talking about that at John's house or John's parents house, like two weeks ago. [01:15:33] Speaker B: Yeah. So I'm excited. It happened. [01:15:35] Speaker A: Hasn't happened. And I watched, like, this. [01:15:37] Speaker B: 2015. [01:15:38] Speaker A: Oh, was it 2015? Okay. Before that, it was a long time. [01:15:40] Speaker B: It was a long time. [01:15:41] Speaker A: It's a very rare thing for that because there's just so many factors. [01:15:44] Speaker B: Yes, absolutely. Okay. But, yeah, it was crazy. The owner, trainer, same guy as 2015. So he's like, he's a machine. [01:15:53] Speaker A: He's rolling in it right now. He's getting calls out, the laws, an agent for sure. [01:15:58] Speaker B: He's got several. I'm sure. But, yeah, I'm very excited about that. And I'm collecting those again because I. [01:16:05] Speaker A: Can and I will. You can and you want to, and no one's going to tell you. No. [01:16:09] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:16:09] Speaker A: And if they do, they can suck butt. [01:16:11] Speaker B: Exactly. Suck all the butt. And watching rest development and Kimmy Schmidt. [01:16:18] Speaker A: Just came out in the last two weeks. [01:16:19] Speaker B: Already finished them. [01:16:20] Speaker A: How were they, guys? [01:16:21] Speaker B: They're pretty good. Yeah, they're pretty good. [01:16:23] Speaker A: Was Kimmy Schmidt better fourth season than third season? Third season was the first. Jackie Lynn against the Redskins. [01:16:32] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it was. I want to say that it was. I've only seen it once, and I have a real bad habit lately of not fully paying attention because I'm addicted to my. Yeah. So I want to rewatch them, and it's short because for Kimmy Schmidt, they're breaking it, like, in half. There's only six episodes. [01:16:53] Speaker A: Oh, really? That's super easy. [01:16:55] Speaker B: And I guess the rest, whether it's another six or a movie, I guess it's yet to be determined from what I said. [01:17:01] Speaker C: There's going to be one more, though. [01:17:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:17:02] Speaker A: Okay. [01:17:03] Speaker B: There's at least a finale coming. Yeah. [01:17:05] Speaker A: Gotcha. Everyone's favorite mole woman. [01:17:07] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. I liked know Titus Andromedon. [01:17:12] Speaker A: Titus andromedon. Titus andromedon. [01:17:15] Speaker B: Pinot noir. [01:17:17] Speaker A: Pinot noir. Caviar. Mid sized car. Myanmar. You don't have to be popular. [01:17:26] Speaker B: No, he's the best. So that was a good watch. And then rest development was. I mean, it was cool that we got it. [01:17:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:17:33] Speaker B: But I don't know. [01:17:35] Speaker A: It feels kind of derivative. [01:17:37] Speaker B: Maybe the best thing I read was that the premises was far fetched, but the individual lines and scenes, they handled it well. Were good. The one liners that you'll be able to quote and all that stuff. [01:17:52] Speaker A: Cool. [01:17:53] Speaker B: Yeah, cool. [01:17:55] Speaker C: We'll probably get around to those soon here. [01:17:57] Speaker A: Right on. Well, this has been enlightening. Those are all the things we're into. You be into anything that you want to, and that's all there is to it. It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood. Beautiful day for a neighbor. [01:18:10] Speaker C: That documentary is out. [01:18:11] Speaker A: Yeah, it is. I can't wait to watch it. Oh, my gosh. [01:18:14] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:18:15] Speaker A: Okay, now for real. I'm actually going to close it. [01:18:17] Speaker B: Bye. Hey, everybody, this is Scooter. No, damn it. This is going to be too. Okay. [01:19:26] Speaker A: There's too much pressure. There's too much pressure. It is longtime fan, first time caller. [01:19:32] Speaker B: True. It's true. It's very true. When do I do it? Right now. [01:19:36] Speaker A: Literally, anytime you want. I've been recording. [01:19:38] Speaker B: Oh, good. You got to keep this whole thing. No. Yeah. Oh, shit. Oh, sorry. Hey, everybody. [01:19:50] Speaker A: This is a family podcast. Christian server. [01:19:53] Speaker B: What was I going to say again? [01:19:55] Speaker A: You're going to say, my name is Scooter. My favorite fruit is pickles, and you're listening to episode 20. [01:20:00] Speaker B: This is Scooter. My favorite fruit is pickles, and you're isn't in. Isn't it? [01:20:07] Speaker A: Isn't in love. [01:20:09] Speaker B: Episode 20 of Geeky Sneak. [01:20:13] Speaker A: Try again. Nailed it. [01:20:14] Speaker B: I know, right? This is Scooter, and you're listening. [01:20:19] Speaker C: We're goofy. [01:20:20] Speaker B: Why? [01:20:21] Speaker C: Because it was better when you did a goofy. [01:20:23] Speaker A: No, you got to stop worrying about being cool. [01:20:25] Speaker B: No. What? I'm not trying to be cool. I just don't want to sound stupid. [01:20:31] Speaker A: Trust me, buddy, you're long past that. [01:20:34] Speaker B: Thank you. [01:20:35] Speaker A: We all sound stupid regularly. [01:20:36] Speaker B: All the time. [01:20:37] Speaker A: Yeah. Do you know many how times I just looked at Brian and go, wait, what? [01:20:40] Speaker B: What? [01:20:40] Speaker A: After he said something, and I'm like, everything I thought I knew was a lie. Yeah, it happens a lot. [01:20:49] Speaker B: I'm Scooter. My favorite fruit is pickles. This is episode 20 of Sneaky Geek. [01:20:54] Speaker A: You should say that again. But really articulate fruit. [01:20:59] Speaker B: I'm Scooter. My favorite fruit is pickles. This is episode 20 of Sneaky Geek. [01:21:06] Speaker A: We'll fix it post. Yeah, we'll fix it post. [01:21:08] Speaker B: I don't know what. Fruit. [01:21:11] Speaker A: No, it sounded like you said food. [01:21:13] Speaker B: My favorite fruit. I'm sorry, I'm just giving you options. [01:21:18] Speaker C: Fruit. [01:21:19] Speaker A: My favorite fruit. [01:21:19] Speaker B: Fruit. [01:21:20] Speaker A: Fruit, fruit, fruit. [01:21:25] Speaker B: My favorite fruit is pickles. Pickles. [01:21:33] Speaker A: Pickles. [01:21:35] Speaker B: Okay, I think we're good. You want me to do one more time? [01:21:38] Speaker A: One more time? Just did. Fruit, fruit, fruit, fruit. [01:21:44] Speaker B: Fruit, fruit. [01:21:48] Speaker A: Fruit. [01:21:51] Speaker B: I've already ruined this pot. [01:21:52] Speaker A: Vegetables. [01:21:53] Speaker B: Oh, fuck. [01:21:54] Speaker A: I ruined it. Oh, God. Soil it. Soil that. [01:21:59] Speaker B: No. Yeah. [01:22:01] Speaker A: Up until you have this really cool collection. Fuck it. We'll just keep the original. There you go.