THE CRUCIAL CAVE....part 1

Although I was planning on talking about overproduced HC vs the dirty, unpolished variety Ive decided to spotlight the hidden gem of north syracuse.. the crucial cave. The crucial cave was the recording house for such syracuse hardcore classics such as the HIT THE LIGHTS demo and the 1st BLACK SS demo. Dan Johnson of BLOOD RUNS BLACK, THE LAST SEASON and UNHOLY fame took care of recording duties (between smoke and pizza breaks) and HALO 1 was the video game of choice while people were doing there shit down in the cave.
These days the CAVE houses an impressive figure collection, if i do say so myself. Im getting to the point these days where I want to simplify my life a bit and thus Ive decided to disband my collection via ebay. But before I do, I present the CRUCIAL CAVE in all its nerdery!!

THE ROCKY WALL:





Although I was a little late in the game on ROCKY figures, I was able to obtain all but series one (I did get the MEAT and ADRIAN) figures. I love ALL the ROCKY movies and these figures by JAKKS are pretty crucial. I especially like the battle damage figures. After they released the ROCKY BALBOA figures JAKKS decided to further empty my pockets by releasing 2 series of BEST OF's. A 3rd was planned but they decided to discontinue, allowing me to get the hook up on alot of figures at half off. I was also able to get the ROCKY 6 pack which Ill probably never part with as its my favorite piece of the collection. Did I mention Im almost 31? Moving on...

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE COMMEMORATIVE RE-ISSUES:



Although not very rare (you can still get these pretty cheap on ebay), these fuckers are a lot of fun to look at. MOTU was my favorite cartoon growing up and luckily always came in on our tv on saturday mornings. No cable tv in my household, no no no... you want clarity? Move the antenna. Thats how we rolled growing up. Watching WWF superstars at noon on channel 9 was always a gamble...but of course it was the gamble I was willing to take. ANYWAYS, he-man was my jam back in the day and I still remember my mom taking me to KMART on grant blvd in auburn on my birthday to get some figures. I pretty much had them all and can still remember the smell of MOSS MAN stinking up my shit.

So on a random WALMART trip back in 2000 I hit up the toy isle and much to my suprise they reissued all the classics. I quickly sent my girlfriend to get a cart as I guarded the treasure I had just stumbled upon. This was a bad week for me as I had just gotten laid off from my job and really wasnt into looking for another so this brought instant happiness to a relatively gloomy ass week. So armed with that info, how was I to pay for these classics? I did what most unemployed fellas did at the time..I PUT THEM ON LAYAWAY. Yes I did. It took about 2 months but they were eventually mine! Sick. I later found the skeletor/panthor at FLYING TURTLE. Although this collection is far from complete, they are really an ill and exciting part of the cave.

PART 2 will dive in to the wrestling figure heaven that I have amassed.

QUICK SHOUTS: N SYRACUSE BASKETBALL KREW, BUCKLES NEW RIDE, OREO-SPIT SANDWICHES AND GTA 4. ITS HUUUUUUUUGE...
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