# My Ebay wins and my son. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433 "2003-06-17T12:32:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/1 "2003-06-17T12:32:33Z")
Recently I’ve been bidding on a bunch of stuff on Ebay, and I’ve almost always been outbid. Well, yesterday I won not one, but two auctions. I got the Ultra and 4-lane Cliff Hangers racetracks. Add that to the Nite-Glow Cliff Hangers I won before and now I have about 100 or so feet of track to put together. I won’t lie to you by saying that I was only interested in getting this for my son, but that’s part of it. I figured after I got the first one (the Nite-Glow one) that I got for my own entertainment that I could make a gigantic track and Aaron and I could have a blast together, as if I had gotten an HO railroad or something. You know, that father-son bonding thing. I look forward to getting the stuff and putting it together so that I can see the look of pure joy on his face, just like the look I had when I was a kid and got racetracks for Christmas. 🙂 Now I have a look of pure joy on MY face. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/2 "2003-06-17T13:04:39Z")
Cool! I hope both of you have fun playing with your racetracks. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/3 "2003-06-17T13:11:07Z")
Airman, this is why we have children. So that we may buy the toys that our parents didn’t for us and regress back to childhood, if only momentarily. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/4 "2003-06-17T13:14:04Z")
Just don’t make the mistake i did and try and use girlfriends the same way: “But honey, i bought that _Hello Kitty_ Dreamcast for you…” ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/5 "2003-06-17T13:14:22Z")
The only bad thing about having a son is that I can’t do the same, unless he wants an Easy Bake oven. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/6 "2003-06-17T13:20:26Z")
My brother was _insanely jealous_ of my ez bake oven. Finally, I just let him have it. I didn’t like it anyway. Well…when I said that I let him have it, I mean that I got all of his Halloween and easter candy for three years. I’ve always driven a hard bargain. And hey, he had a blast trying to melt all his plastic army men and farm animals. Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/7 "2003-06-17T13:20:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\*Airman, this is why we have children. So that we may buy the toys that our parents didn’t for us and regress back to childhood, if only momentarily. \*\* Regress, hell. I never grew up to begin with. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/8 "2003-06-17T13:25:17Z")
Matthew loved my neice’s Easy Bake oven. She gave it to him. We made many little cakes and cookies. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/9 "2003-06-17T17:04:50Z")
I was the kid who had the easy-bake oven thingy in our house, FWIW. My father and I had great fun two winters ago collecting boatloads (well, not quite, but a lot) of marx toys. A Happy Thing[sup]TM[/sup] from when he was a wee one. I think we were eventually able to put together a collection of at least one of everything he wanted. Including accessories. Sometimes mint in box. This winter (we ended up not being able to last winter) we’ll sell a few (ha) of them online (because really, who needs 5 of the same $600 doll?) and make a royal killing. It will probably be enough to buy a car. New, even, depending on the model and how things go online. And then we’ll start again. Our little Marx Encyclopedia, which is how we figured out what was a good buy and what was not, in addition to drooling over rare figures both in picture and in person, is getting rather worn. My father initially bought it for me so I could see what-all there was to the whole system. We ended up using it as a reference point for every auction, even the ones we watched. We won’t keep everything we bought (see previous), but we will keep at leat one of everything we got. A complete collection, or as much of one as we want. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/10 "2003-06-17T17:21:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > **I won’t lie to you by saying that I was only interested in getting this for my son, but that’s part of it. I figured after I got the first one (the Nite-Glow one) that I got for my own entertainment that I could make a gigantic track and Aaron and I could have a blast together, as if I had gotten an HO railroad or something.** I don’t know if I should mention this but did you know that you could integrate slot cars & HO trains? [link](http://www.happyhobby.com/hobb_html/tycoslot.htm) (part #6727) ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/11 "2003-06-17T17:38:07Z")
**Jeff** , honey, please don’t encourage him. 😉 Robin ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/12 "2003-06-17T17:49:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*I don’t know if I should mention this but did you know that you could integrate slot cars & HO trains? [link](http://www.happyhobby.com/hobb_html/tycoslot.htm) (part #6727) \*\* _splort_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/13 "2003-06-17T18:16:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > **Jeff, honey, please don’t encourage him. 😉** This is why I hesitated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/14 "2003-06-17T19:41:34Z")
EZ Bake ovens: Who knew baking by light bulbs could be so much fun! As for only girls, that is a big negatory there. A very good friend of ours ran away with his sister when they were tykes. On the wagon loaded with toys was an EZ Bake just incase they needed to eat. They just forget the extention cord. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/15 "2003-06-17T19:47:44Z")
I think kids generally like to cook, though. I think that when Aaron gets older, he’s gonna want to break the eggs and mix the hamburger meat just like I did when I was little. It’s fun, and how else can you get dirty and not risk Mom’s disapproval? 🙂 Robin ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/16 "2003-06-17T20:13:49Z")
'Course, now there’s the [Queasy Bake](http://www.hasbro.com/queasybake/) oven too. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/17 "2003-06-17T20:59:36Z")
My son is 3. I can’t wait until he get’s into the cool toys. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/18 "2003-06-17T21:17:30Z")
Is there a part that integrates an EZ Bake Oven with slot cars? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/19 "2003-06-17T23:39:01Z")
I don’t know about this-someday, when I have kids, I’ll have to keep all my dolls locked up-they’re not play with kind of dolls… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ebay-wins-and-my-son/182433/20 "2003-06-17T23:59:27Z")
Just do what my father’s family did, **Guin**. Keep them on increasingly high shelves in display cases. The more valuable/whatever, the higher up. With restraints, if necessary. Any company you have over might be a little more than curious about why you had dolls tied up, though;)