Man, this thread is making me realize something about my life as a fringe speculative fiction fan. I have always been very interested in the genre and everything that goes along with it, but I was always late on the trends and never had the right friends for long enough. I read about you guys playing Star Wars and Thundercats...the friends in my neighborhood had just moved in from Minnesota and their grandpa owned a semi, so when we played let's pretend it was pick your favorite Milwaukee Brewer and then we'd bust out the toy trucks and go truckin'. As Brewers. I never knew anything about the Brewers, so I picked Paul Molitor (3B, now retired) and stayed with him, I think because of his name. It reminded me of monitor lizards and Komodo dragons. In a wierd way it made me proud many years later when Paul had a record-breaking hitting streak. I felt a part of it. But I digress. So anyways, I don't mean to whine, but I wish I had had friends that wanted play Thundercats.
I have to give some post-mother's-day thanks to my mom, though. When I was six and we lived south of San Francisco she drove me all the way across the bay to Oakland so I could see Godzilla vs. the Monster from Planet X. Even though nobody else we knew was aware that the movie even existed, she supported me.