My fellow Blogger Muff did a review on the Fisherman of these Blue Box Wild Adventure action figures and it prompted me to remember that I too, had scooped up two of these figures at Tuesday Morning that I had never de-boxed myself. Yesterday was a really foggy, rainy day with very little to do so I delved into my stash of dolls and took out these two.
I had the Deer Hunter and the Fisherman. They were $7.99 at Tuesday Morning and very hard to find. I purchased all that I found, which were two fishermen and one deer hunter. I figured I could give one as gift to one of my friends at Christmas. First up is the Deer Hunter.
On the back of the box they give you all the other ones you can collect, like Bear Hunter, Turkey Hunter, Duck Hunter, and Fisherman, with the one on the box in the middle.
Deer hunter comes with blaze orange vest, binoculars, bow and arrow, and a tree stand as well as the little background.
His clothes are definitely not really made to come off, like Muff found out in her review of the Fisherman guy. I have decided to name my Deer Hunter Butch. I will explain that later...
Next up is the Fisherman...
He comes with cap, knife, fishing rod with bass fish, net to catch it, sunglasses and trophy. His shirt has his sponsors on it. My husband used to tournament bass fish and says he looks like one of the famous guys who used to fish. This guy will be called Bubba.
These figures are not that expensive on Ebay with free shipping if you want them, they run about $15-19 with free shipping. I like them so much I am going to continue to hunt for them but may just buy the other three from ebay.
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My reasons for calling these two figures Butch and Bubba is when I first moved out to King William from the city of Richmond, I had never lived in the country. I was newly married and for the first time, living in a rural area. It was fun, new and exciting. I had not met all of my husband's friends either.
In the first months, I was home one day and got a phone call and it was a friend of my husband, Chris. Can I speak to Chris. Sure I said, who's calling.
This is Bubba.
Can you give me a last name?
Nope, just tell 'him the car's ready. And he hung up.
I thought, that's strange. So that night I said Chris, Bubba called.
And he said...which Bubba?
And I said what do you mean? How many bubbas do you know?
He said I know six...
This was mind boggling...SIX bubbas?
Then he explained...Some he didn't see often, hadn't seen in years...one he used to chase chickens with, one owned the local garage, one inspected the cars, but he was Bubba Larry, etc.
...tHEN I interrupted him and said..'He said the car is ready!
He stopped and smiled and said- Well that's Bubba who owns the garage .''
so...then, Butch called.
I was home again, and the phone rang. Again I asked who was calling. This time, the person said it was Butch. Remembering the Bubba Saga of names, I said can you be more specific? and all Butch said was, 'Tell Chris I want to borrow the chain saw.'
and he hung up.
Well, when Chris came home, I told him BUTCH had called. Again he said-
Which Butch?
Don't tell me you know more than 1 Butch?
Yeah, everybody out here is called Butch or Bubba?
Why???? I asked
Because their parents give them names like Carol, Lynne, or their mother's maid name like Carrington or stupid stuff like that. You know....
'Oh. '
I'll make it easy...what did he want?
This floored me. 'He wanted the chain saw'
'oh I know that was Lynne. '
Why don't you call him that.?
Because he likes Butch better. '
And yes, my husband knows about six Butches too. lol....
I hope you enjoyed the Butch & the Bubba saga , I have always enjoyed telling that story.
I had the Deer Hunter and the Fisherman. They were $7.99 at Tuesday Morning and very hard to find. I purchased all that I found, which were two fishermen and one deer hunter. I figured I could give one as gift to one of my friends at Christmas. First up is the Deer Hunter.
Deer hunter comes with blaze orange vest, binoculars, bow and arrow, and a tree stand as well as the little background.
Next up is the Fisherman...
He comes with cap, knife, fishing rod with bass fish, net to catch it, sunglasses and trophy. His shirt has his sponsors on it. My husband used to tournament bass fish and says he looks like one of the famous guys who used to fish. This guy will be called Bubba.
These figures are not that expensive on Ebay with free shipping if you want them, they run about $15-19 with free shipping. I like them so much I am going to continue to hunt for them but may just buy the other three from ebay.
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My reasons for calling these two figures Butch and Bubba is when I first moved out to King William from the city of Richmond, I had never lived in the country. I was newly married and for the first time, living in a rural area. It was fun, new and exciting. I had not met all of my husband's friends either.
In the first months, I was home one day and got a phone call and it was a friend of my husband, Chris. Can I speak to Chris. Sure I said, who's calling.
This is Bubba.
Can you give me a last name?
Nope, just tell 'him the car's ready. And he hung up.
I thought, that's strange. So that night I said Chris, Bubba called.
And he said...which Bubba?
And I said what do you mean? How many bubbas do you know?
He said I know six...
This was mind boggling...SIX bubbas?
Then he explained...Some he didn't see often, hadn't seen in years...one he used to chase chickens with, one owned the local garage, one inspected the cars, but he was Bubba Larry, etc.
...tHEN I interrupted him and said..'He said the car is ready!
He stopped and smiled and said- Well that's Bubba who owns the garage .''
so...then, Butch called.
I was home again, and the phone rang. Again I asked who was calling. This time, the person said it was Butch. Remembering the Bubba Saga of names, I said can you be more specific? and all Butch said was, 'Tell Chris I want to borrow the chain saw.'
and he hung up.
Well, when Chris came home, I told him BUTCH had called. Again he said-
Which Butch?
Don't tell me you know more than 1 Butch?
Yeah, everybody out here is called Butch or Bubba?
Why???? I asked
Because their parents give them names like Carol, Lynne, or their mother's maid name like Carrington or stupid stuff like that. You know....
'Oh. '
I'll make it easy...what did he want?
This floored me. 'He wanted the chain saw'
'oh I know that was Lynne. '
Why don't you call him that.?
Because he likes Butch better. '
And yes, my husband knows about six Butches too. lol....
I hope you enjoyed the Butch & the Bubba saga , I have always enjoyed telling that story.
4 comments:
LOL, I'm from the country and know a few Butch's and Bubba's and quite a few Uncle Charlie's.
These guys really have some nice accessories.
LOL..It was so amazing and funny to me when I first moved out to the country and found out how MANY my husband knew. I asked him if their families actually named them that and he said, no, they just LIKED being called that because they didn't like their given birth names- which was usually something unusual and not that 'catchy' or easy to call someone. Many of the Butches had feminine sounding names- Leslie, Lynne, Carol, Brook, if you can believe it, or names that sounded like their mother gave them their maiden name as a first name. Being from the south, I sometimes wonder if it is something we have just cursed our kids with. And then there is always the odd 'Cooter' and 'Pickle' thrown in there too, LOL.
I enjoyed the Bubba-Butch story, Lisa! I've never met a Bubba," but a cousin used "Butch" as his nickname. He was a junior. I have to look among my dolls and see if any could bear the names Bubba or Butch.
Thanks for sharing these two figures. The fisherman is slightly more to my taste. I like that he has a caught fish. I'm relieved that the hunter doesn't have a dead deer. Although I did think adding one would have been fun. Then again, naaahhhh. I'm too sissy for that ;-)
D7ana, glad you enjoyed my funny story. :) I have more about moving out to the country, that are kind of hilarious, to be honest. I was a party girl marrying my husband and what was funny I had always wanted to live in the country but your expectations are always different. My mother's family andfather's family were from the country so I wasn't entirely clueless. It was the nuances of the natives.
I don't think the other figures come with dead livestock either- for instance, I don't think the bear hunter comes with a dead bear, lol. My husband thinks they were promotional action figures made for stores like Bass Pro shop and Gander Mountain. He likes the Fisherman too as he used to tournament bass fish, and that figure looked familar to him.
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