She's wearing a flower behind her ear.įawn Creek Middle might be small, but it has its tightly knit groups-the self-proclaimed "God Squad," the jocks, the outsiders-just like anyplace else. Orchid-who was born in New York City but just moved to Fawn Creek from Paris-seems to float. When Orchid Mason arrives and slips gracefully into Renni's chair, the other seventh graders don't know what to think. Renni's desk is empty, but Renni still knows their secrets is still pulling their strings. That's because Renni Dean's father got a promotion, and the family moved to Grand Saintlodge, the nearest big town. There are thirteen desks in the seventh-grade classroom. And in this small factory town where everyone knows everything about everyone, that's not necessarily a great thing. There are twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek Middle School. From Erin Entrada Kelly, the winner of the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, this contemporary school story set in small-town Louisiana is about friendship, family, deception, and being true to yourself and your dreams. "A raw, real exploration of belonging that's also sweetly hopeful."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)Įvery day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same-until Orchid Mason arrives. "An emotionally resonant story about authenticity and belonging."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Let me know what you think of these in the comments section below, I know this is sort of taboo in the action figure collecting community but I feel it’s worth a look if only for research and educational purposes."A powerful and thought-provoking story."-Shelf Awareness (starred review) I’ll be updating the blog once I get the kit and have it assembled. If you’re interested in these repro cards, here is the Ebay seller link for you- beggars_canyon you’ll notice that he also has lots of Stars Wars and some other miscellaneous cards for sale along with other GI Joe cards. I’m curios to see just how well these are done. Curiosity finally got the better of me and I purchased the kit for 13$. That’s the only difference, a small hard to read “Reproduction Packaging” disclaimer. See it? Right underneath the “Made & Printed in Hong Kong” print. Can you spot any differences? yeah I can’t either. Picture 1 is the repro card that I purchased and Picture 2 is the original vintage card. Just how convincing are these card kits? Take a look: Third, carded vintage figures run into the hundreds of dollars and obviously having a complete vintage carded collection is unrealistic unless I were to win the lotto and since that isn’t going to happen, these are a cheap alternative. Will these look awesome? exactly how identical are they? Second, I LOVE GI Joe card art and having a chance to own an untarnished pristine card is an opportunity I can’t pass up. So the question then becomes “why do I want these?” A couple of reasons, the first being sheer curiosity. I’ve been VERY tempted from the very beginning to get this kit but before we go any further, let say this – I DO NOT intend to sell my Joes. The card looks so good that you’d have to be an authority to tell the difference. The kit includes a brand new, un-punched card, and a bubble to put the figure in and then attach to the card. Months ago while searching Ebay I stumbled upon an auction for a near identical GI Joe card restoration kit.
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