The Great Mighty Poo
I don't like you either.
- Feb 21, 2020
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Neat, grow a sense of humor, take a jab and dont take friendly ribbing on the internet so f***ing seriously. Lighten the hell up.@FriendlyGhost92 nailed it on both counts. Speaking as someone who does collect Red Wings sports memorabilia, it's a one of a kind item. Like I got a lot of sticks and a few autographed jersey's, but this thing is more unique than even things like my Yzerman 60th goal stick from 1989.
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Al Sobotka is absolutely beloved to many Wings fans from that era, and Al the Octopus was an icon for when the team in its most recent glory eras, and we are at the perfect 25ish year mark for nostalgia.
As for the price, well yes, it's a giant plastic octopus that probably cost like a few hundred bucks to make. In the grand scheme of things it is ridiculously stupid to spend on this (amongst a whole host of things people spend way too much money on...).
In fact, take a look at the hockey cards topics on HF and how much people spend on these cards (not that I mind, I made out like a bandit selling my Gretzky OPC rookie card amongst other "rare" pieces of cardboard all creased up and all during the covid boom thanks SUCKERS lol)
But the price isn't the biggest issue (it's really not that much in terms of sports memorabilia, again take a look at how much some cards go for, far less material costs involved there). It's the space it would take up and the impracticality of it all in most houses.
Detroit is one of the great American cities historically and still does have incredibly wealthy suburbs even if they've also declined from a materialistic wealth standpoint in the past 30 years. I can assure you that as someone who lives in one of more gilded areas in terms of housing prices, I'd love to move back to Detroit, this place is complete garbage compared to it
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