You know, it seems that we were more attached to our toys than kids are today. I'm not sure if that's good or bad. I mean, the experience we had as kids in the 80's isn't exactly the norm historically speaking. Things are just diffent now. Contradicting what I just said, I can't remember when I actually got joes, I'm sure some were Christmas gifts. For some reason, the ones I remember getting were mostly on family vacations to Tennessee to visit relatives.