0:00 I lifted it and I saw it and I just started hyperventilating. I was like, >> "That is the most magical ████ thing ever." >> And I just started crying. I just started going >> because like to me that's my dad gave zero indication that he would ever even be close to considering by that cuz you know what I have I have a similar story and I never got it. Welcome back to another episode of the careful boys. >> Hi Anthony. >> Been reminiscing a lot about my parents cuz you know being a dad now myself. >> The le been reminiscing you know thinking about parenting. Um so I was wondering what's something in your childhood that your parents bought for you that honestly they really kind of
0:51 couldn't afford but you didn't realize it until later. >> ████ dude. There's so many things, man. >> Oh, really? They spoiled you. >> Yeah. Well, not even I don't even know how it's all relative, right? Like, we don't know how much we're being spoiled because we don't know what everyone else is doing in families, but this one Christmas I was like begging for uh you remember when Lego used to send you those catalogs and uh you used to you used to be able to see every like Lego set that was available and I would always circle uh the airport shuttle which was like a Montreal system. That's gangster. >> I was so sick. And I would circle it every single like month and and I would just leave the catalog around. My dad would look through and go, "Yeah, right." You know what I mean? Because it's the most expensive item. And I would just circle it all the time like, "Please, please, you don't have to." >> Do you remember how much it was? >> I feel like it was in You know what's
1:41 funny? It's This is like like '8s pricing, but it's probably like 200 something bucks. >> That's like a grand now, though. >> That's just so expensive. >> Oh my gosh. Well, 200 bucks is like a grand or something. >> That was like probably the whole mortgage. Yeah, >> it was it's really expensive. It's like Yeah, I think it was around that if I had to look for the catalog. >> Which which set was this? >> It's the airport shuttle of like Lego City. And it's um or town or something. And it's it's probably the one of the most expensive things you can buy at at Lego at the time. And I and I knew there's no way they're going to get me this thing, but I would be like I would try to bargain. I'd be like, "Okay, what if I don't get presents for two years?" Like, >> whoa, for two years. >> It's that red one. Yeah. This one right here. >> I Yeah, I think they're all the same. No, >> that's Monreal. Same thing. >> Oh, it's that one right there that says ALF >> like right down there. >> Bottom left. >> On the bottom. >> Yeah, bottom left and bottom right
2:31 there. Yeah, that's all it right there. >> But that's just the train. It comes with a whole like all the tracks and the and the two stations. Yeah, it's great. >> And and then you can buy extended tracks to make the track even longer. >> Hey, how much is it on eBay right now? >> 4,800. Hey, if you had that kind of money, would you get it now so you could >> No, I I don't think I I I don't think I would get it now. It's It's just like It's still somewhere in a box at my parents house. >> Wow. >> It's packed up somewhere. Yeah. >> So, you could sell it for 4 grand right now? Pro. Well, I don't know if I could sell it for I don't think I could sell it for 4 grand, but it's it might not be complete, too, because you know that I was a kid when I had this. But then one Christmas, I found it like a a few weeks before Christmas, I found it under their bed >> like two weeks ahead of time and I almost had a childhood heart attack.
3:22 >> I was in there. I I was just I lifted the Lego induced heart. >> I lifted the sheet, you know, like the little like the little skirt to the bed. I lifted it and I saw it >> and I just started hyperventilating. I was like, >> "That is the most magical ████ thing ever." >> And I just started crying. I just started going, >> "Wow." >> By myself in their bedrooms just going, "I can't believe." Because like to me, that's my dad gave zero indication that he would ever even be close to considering by that. He would just laugh at the idea because I had other Lego stuff, but they were never huge sets like that. They were just like, "Oh, here's a little car with a trailer or here's a little like you can make a restaurant out of this." You know, like it it wasn't like that's ████ major league. >> That is cuz you know what? I have I have a similar story and I never got it.
4:13 >> Which one was it? >> It was the pirate ship. Look it up. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The pirate ship's crazy with the black sails. That one? >> Yeah. That That's also really expensive. >> I got I got a ship, but it was the smaller one with the It was the It was It was the red one. Oh, is so It's not the one on the left that you wanted. Uh, >> no, no, no, no. The the black one with the black stripe. >> Oh, you wanted the stripe one? >> Yeah, that one. >> That's the one you wanted. >> 1993. >> That skull and crossbones. >> Yeah. Yeah, dude. >> Yeah, man. >> Well, I'm going to get it now for 580. I'll just get it now. I don't think my parents had any business buying that set for me, but my dad uh I think if I were to ask him how they got it, I'd know the answer. I think my dad did extra uh overtime. >> Yeah. >> And that's >> I thought you said they sold the house
5:03 or some ████ >> No, I my I know for a fact >> I did a cash out cash out refi to get a ████ Lego set. >> I just checked up. Yeah, like that that would have been like like about 500 bucks back then. >> Yeah, he he must have done like I know for a fact he probably just did extra overtime at the hospital and just like grinded to afford it. >> Golly. No, it's always the Legos, huh? Like that was like >> that was high ticket though. >> That was kid crack. Kid crack. Yeah, for sure. Now it's Pokemon cards. >> Mine would have for sure either been it's I don't know if it's the the Millennium Falcon or the Death Star. It's hard for me to say which >> your parents bought it. >> No, which one I I was dreaming of and for sure would never get. >> What about your toy store uncle? They couldn't give it to you. >> That's so expensive. >> How much was it back then? I don't know
5:53 cuz that's just like 900 bucks today. Damn. >> Do you guys have you When's the last time you played with Legos and I actually built >> I actually just built one like while uh cuz maybe a month or two ago because uh Lana was born so we were just at home. So I got the I got the Charles No, I got the uh >> Charles Barkley Charles in charge. Charles in charge Lego set. >> The Prince Charles. >> Is it the shoe marker? Yeah, the F1 F1 Lego. The old Ferrari. Hey, when you guys see like a geek, right, that's like >> I got the F1 Ferrari. It's ████ cool. I built it. >> One that's like like uh to scale like it's like 118. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's really cool. >> Shoe marker. >> When you guys see those geeks that show their rooms and like this like they have their ████ everything is displayed sick. >> I hella respect them. >> I Dude, me too. I I'm hella jealous. I'm
6:45 like, "Not only do you have the dopest ████ but you even like have a whole entire room dedicated like a museum." >> Yeah. Smack was asking me about that recently. She was like, "How come whenever they do like house tours of guys who don't live with women, they always have a game room?" >> And I told her, I was like, "I want that ████ too." >> That's the ████ funnest thing in the world. How can girls not enjoy a game room? Yeah, >> cuz she said that like you know the reality shows that she watches and if it's a single guy and he gives this tour of his home, there's always a room with nothing but like old nostalgic ████ just on all these shelves and I'm like that's the man's dream >> cuz the girl version is like a whole walk-in closet with >> walking closet >> cuz like that that's probably like Tiff's dream. >> Yeah. You know what I mean? All the bags, all the shoes, >> light up purses, all your Birkkins in a
7:35 row. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I told him I'm like that's insanely common. >> I'm like the only people that don't have that is just can't do it. >> Yeah. >> And and 100% that that gaming room has to have a a golf simulator for me. Just got to have one of those. >> Yeah. >> What what's the thing your parents bought for you? Because I feel like that you probably have a good one because you guys were struggling for money the whole time. Like >> I would say in hindsight and we mentioned this yesterday, but uh I would say it was just letting me do Taekwond do >> and just letting me keep going like and and it was like all the extracurriculars that were like all the bonuses to to go cuz I also wanted to do the demo team which uh was doing >> the guys that kicked the boards. >> Yeah. So I was doing that so it was extra extra classes. Yeah. I was doing that. So, I was doing like I was doing like flips and ████ when I was a kid and then uh >> Do you know anything about how much it cost to be in this?
8:25 >> No, but I do remember it was maybe like just to do the regular techno. I think it was like 160 bucks a month or something >> for sure >> at that time. >> It's like the base price. >> Everything else is add-ons. >> But then you also have to pay for tests and which also has to pay for the certificate in the belt. And then if you get up to different like like the second you get to black belt is when you get to buy the Adidas uniforms. Once you get the Adidas uniforms, if you keep going and you really and you're part of the demo team, there's a demo team package where you get the duffel bags and all the equipment and the gear. They get you good. >> If you want to do like kendo and you buy the sword and you have to buy the ████ like dress type like pants and the >> You do kendo sword too >> just so they could sell you the gear >> for taekwond do. >> Yes. It kept on That's why this Korean dude who was running was just I I think now I look back and I'm like this Korean guy man, >> dude. He was he was upcharging every >> and everything. And I remember there was times where my dad would just be in that
9:16 office kind of like trying to figure like a payment plan and I'd be like, "Please, please, I really want to do this." And there was probably twice where he's like, "We he I think he explicitly was like, "Man, the guy just tried to take my money." >> How many years How many years total were you in Taco Hill? >> Probably at least like seven. >> Seven straight years. Unbroken. Seven years. Damn. >> You ████ paid this guy's rent, dude. >> Wait. And then they had to also drive you to and from, right? >> Mhm. I mean, luckily it was really close to my my actual house. >> No, no, but I was I was that young that I needed a ride every single time. >> Damn, dude. >> You weren't driving. >> You couldn't use your taekwond do against the kidnappers. >> Jump kick your way home >> once you back flip home. >> Just keep spamming jump kick. >> I'm all like, >> WHY DO I WHY DO I have to take you home for your safety when you're learning how to be a lethal weapon? It's not for
10:06 safety. It's for ████ distance. >> Takes some his little legs can't make it. He does this. get he didn't get the growth spurt yet. >> But that's a lot of money for you guys for sure. >> 7 years. >> Especially it's not it's not even like an investment your dad can look at like don't worry the money will come back once you earn money through Taekwondo. Like that'll never come. >> It's not like being a plumber. >> Yeah. Exactly. I will always attribute specifically taekwondo and video games to my ability to like learn choreography and understand like stuff like that timing and movement mechanics. >> Oh yeah. Cuz like specifically taekwondo, you have to just do forms all the damn time. >> Your dance kind of looks like you're doing forms. >> Yeah, exactly. It honestly does. >> But yeah, >> that's pretty that's pretty substantial. Taekwondo for seven years. That ████ cost like how many of my Lego sets would
10:56 that be? >> Yep. My parents couldn't stick with anything. They just ran out of money. They're like, "You're not taking classes no more." That was the same thing for me for karate cuz I remember there was a time where we had to stop doing karate and then they just saw me dive into a deep depression as a young child. >> Damn, you got depressed me. >> Well, they just knew I was ████ super sad >> cuz you were meant for karate. >> I was meant for ████ the ghee, bro. The ghee lifestyle and ████ >> You was meant for the karate. >> Like, how come you're not in karate no? >> Well, it wasn't kind of like it wasn't like that. It was just more like I couldn't go, you know? So, and then and then when I when I went back, I was just ████ so hyped, you know? But then all but then there would be days where uh Friday nights were kata nights and that was where you have to practice forms and I'd be like I DON'T WANT TO GO TO katana nights. I don't want to go and my mom was like you're ████ we're
11:46 paying for this. You're going out every night you're ████ going. I was like I ain't got enough. >> What was the other night? Sparring. It was like sparring. You do other cool ████ >> Katu night. >> Yeah. Katu night. Tokatu night. That was Mondays. Monday night. >> Is it like kata night? >> Yeah, kata night was Friday and it would be like nobody would show up. So >> why? Cuz everyone hated it. >> Well, cuz you know Friday night classes are always a little bit like emptier, you know. >> Oh, it's a dead night. >> It's a dead night, you know. No, like only the hardcores are in the gym and so it's like not everyone's there and then >> you have to practice formul >> cuz spar night was Thursday nights and that was fun. That was >> that's tight. >> That was the best. It was so, you know, even to complain about thinking about it, like it was so fun to just have a spot like that's like your spot. >> Yeah. Yeah. And that was the And for me as a kid, that was the only that was
12:36 like the only thing I'd like, >> you know? So, it was like it was like a jerking it. >> Yeah. That and jerking it. >> Jerking it around. >> Got a dojo for those guys. >> I could do that by myself. I don't need money for >> I don't want to go to jerking night. The another big one though was the first time I got a iPod video. You remember those? >> You got a iPod, >> dude. I was I was super lucky. >> Well, cuz we were ████ adults by that point. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was in high school, I think. >> Getting them for free. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was in high school. I remember cuz it was so premium. It was so cool cuz I would always have a CD player and stuff or like >> Were you like the only kid in high school that had that? >> No. A lot of kids had >> Oh, yeah. You went to ████ Pasadena. >> Well, like a lot of so many kids stole it. like that was going around a lot. But yeah, me getting an iPod was crazy cuz I I never thought I'd get one cuz they were so expensive.
13:26 >> They they were really anything iPod back then was so expensive. >> Even Even the iPod was expensive. >> I didn't I wasn't even able to buy one. Somebody had to get one for me. >> It still works too. It's such a good piece. The one with the little spin wheel. >> Yeah. I actually You know what? Their engineering back then they were they were about it back. >> It still holds up now if you could use it. >> No planned obsolescence at the time of like, "Oh, this is going to break for sure." What did you just say to me? >> I said some words. I don't know. >> You know, I can't understand that, dude. >> Hey, you know what's one thing that like kids or like adults like us like take for granted that really did set our parents back? If you had this in the '9s, especially braces. >> Yeah, bro. >> Braces are really expensive. And the fact that you see kids with braces back then, that's a pretty big sacrifice your parents made. >> Dude, when my sisters would lose their retainers, it was a ████ problem, dude. >> Was a ████ problem.
14:16 >> Yeah. No, that's the problem. You go through braces and then you don't wear your retainers and then your teeth get ████ up over time and you're like, "Hey, thanks for that investment, brother." >> Yeah. And I that's why I never it never hit me. I never understood cuz my we never talked about money. So like the fact that they weren't telling me how expensive braces were. That's why I ████ around so much and I had to have them on longer so I had to pay more. >> ████ >> Cuz you know you don't wear your rubber bands, you don't wear your bite plate or whatever. It's going to take longer to shift. >> So you feel like if you knew as a kid you wouldn't have been ████ around. I think if I knew the value of money as a kid at all, I wouldn't have ████ around in many other ways. >> Teaching, >> I wouldn't have broke things around the house as much, too. >> You know, you should teach that. If I didn't know how much it cost to fix a to patch a drywall, I would have never socked it. >> Yeah. >> And make you work those hours. >> Yeah. >> Like, like, you know much it cost probably to fix the graffiti you made in
15:06 the garage. Like that ████ That probably cost a s███████ of money. >> That's so crazy. >> Unless the new buyer likes it. You know what? Leave it up. >> Hey, uh the buyer is immortal technique. He loves it.
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