Vintage Star-Wars toys...
Discussion
Anyone here still got their old Star-Wars figures, vehicles etc. ?
I recently retrieved all mine from my old dears loft, bloody tonnes of it..I'll give it all a clean and post some pics if anyone else is interested in this sort of thing.
I'm prepared for a nerd
barrage of abuse and a......
I recently retrieved all mine from my old dears loft, bloody tonnes of it..I'll give it all a clean and post some pics if anyone else is interested in this sort of thing.
I'm prepared for a nerd
barrage of abuse and a......
Mine is still in my parents loft. My wife thinks I am mad buying my boys new stuff when I have some sat there.
What she doesn't realise is that I didn't have many toys so they were cherished. Also I am buying things I didn't have as a kid but wanted.My eldest really likes Star Wars and would look after them, but my youngest destroys toys with a passion just for the sake of it. I got my eldest a Y wing fighter for his birthday and it is in pieces, broken by his little bro.
From memeory I have a millenium falcon, snow speeder, rebel troop transporter, imperial troop transformer and a slave 1, plus various figures.
I assume they are still there. I went into my parents loft to get my Lego castle (375 for Lego fans) out at the weekend to discover a box with a few knights and a few random bricks, they gave all my Lego away decades ago and missed this box. I was gutted as I wanted to build it with my boys, so have been trawling e bay for another.
What she doesn't realise is that I didn't have many toys so they were cherished. Also I am buying things I didn't have as a kid but wanted.My eldest really likes Star Wars and would look after them, but my youngest destroys toys with a passion just for the sake of it. I got my eldest a Y wing fighter for his birthday and it is in pieces, broken by his little bro.
From memeory I have a millenium falcon, snow speeder, rebel troop transporter, imperial troop transformer and a slave 1, plus various figures.
I assume they are still there. I went into my parents loft to get my Lego castle (375 for Lego fans) out at the weekend to discover a box with a few knights and a few random bricks, they gave all my Lego away decades ago and missed this box. I was gutted as I wanted to build it with my boys, so have been trawling e bay for another.
Edited by PH5121 on Wednesday 21st November 16:57
PH5121 said:
Mine is still in my parents loft. My wife thinks I am mad buying my boys new stuff when I have some sat there.
What she doesn't realise is that I didn't have many toys so they were cherished. Also I am buying things I didn't have as a kid but wanted.My eldest really likes Star Wars and would look after them, but my youngest destroys toys with a passion just for the sake of it. I got my eldest a Y wing fighter for his birthday and it is in pieces, broken by his little bro.
From memeory I have a millenium falcon, snow speeder, rebel troop transporter, imperial troop transformer and a slave 1, plus various figures.
I assume they are still there. I went into my parents loft to get my Lego castle (375 for Lego fans) out at the weekend to discover a box with a few knights and a few random bricks, they gave all my Lego away decades ago and missed this box. I was gutted as I wanted to build it with my boys, so have been trawling e bay for another.
It was the same in our house, I looked after them all really well too (always did look after my things, I still do tbh)What she doesn't realise is that I didn't have many toys so they were cherished. Also I am buying things I didn't have as a kid but wanted.My eldest really likes Star Wars and would look after them, but my youngest destroys toys with a passion just for the sake of it. I got my eldest a Y wing fighter for his birthday and it is in pieces, broken by his little bro.
From memeory I have a millenium falcon, snow speeder, rebel troop transporter, imperial troop transformer and a slave 1, plus various figures.
I assume they are still there. I went into my parents loft to get my Lego castle (375 for Lego fans) out at the weekend to discover a box with a few knights and a few random bricks, they gave all my Lego away decades ago and missed this box. I was gutted as I wanted to build it with my boys, so have been trawling e bay for another.
Edited by PH5121 on Wednesday 21st November 16:57
I have a load of the figures, a boxed AT-ST and a Millenium Falcon that's only lost most of it's bits.
None of them are my original kid-years ones, but in around 1992-93 I noticed some for sale in a second-hand
place and I bought a collection bit by bit from them over a number of weeks. Fortunately none of it was quite
as expensive as they are now.
What I did find in my mum's attic about 18 months ago was a Stretch Hulk. Given that there are only about 35
or so documented remaining, it's quite a prize.
None of them are my original kid-years ones, but in around 1992-93 I noticed some for sale in a second-hand
place and I bought a collection bit by bit from them over a number of weeks. Fortunately none of it was quite
as expensive as they are now.
What I did find in my mum's attic about 18 months ago was a Stretch Hulk. Given that there are only about 35
or so documented remaining, it's quite a prize.
Eighteeteewhy said:
Got a boxed Boba Fett by any chance?
One sold recently on eBay for £1300!
No, not boxed he isn't....... but I do have two of these little vinyl cap wearing fellasOne sold recently on eBay for £1300!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-1977-V...
Bought a job lot of 6kg Lego on Ebay for £50 last week , in the bundle was this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Star-Wars-7191-Fighte...
The fighter is short of just 3 small parts to complete and unfortunately no box or instructions
Not bad eh
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Star-Wars-7191-Fighte...
The fighter is short of just 3 small parts to complete and unfortunately no box or instructions
Not bad eh
I love the Lego Star Wars stuff. Been getting them on and off as gifts the last few years and now part of my Christmas day ritual is putting together what ever set I have got for xmas while letting my xmas dinner go down.
Most of what I have is smallish, X-Wing, TIE fighters, AT-ST and stuff but a few years back my wife got me the lego figure compatible Star Destroyer set. It is huge and took me ages to build. It was taken apart and went back in it's box shortly after due to the size and tendancy to fall apart if moved.
As for original figures, I had about a third of the figures from the original run and still have them in varying conditions, some still have weapons. Never had the ships growing up.
Made up for that in the late ninties when they re-released them and have an AT-AT, AT-ST, the Falcon and an X-wing now as well as lots of stormtroopers - you can never have too many stormtroopers!
Most of what I have is smallish, X-Wing, TIE fighters, AT-ST and stuff but a few years back my wife got me the lego figure compatible Star Destroyer set. It is huge and took me ages to build. It was taken apart and went back in it's box shortly after due to the size and tendancy to fall apart if moved.
As for original figures, I had about a third of the figures from the original run and still have them in varying conditions, some still have weapons. Never had the ships growing up.
Made up for that in the late ninties when they re-released them and have an AT-AT, AT-ST, the Falcon and an X-wing now as well as lots of stormtroopers - you can never have too many stormtroopers!
Would love to see them! Huge Star Wars fan and collector parents "made me" keep my stuff from a kid, which was pretty smart. Its still in there loft and at somepoint will display if.
If you decide to sell anything, drop us a PM as I am always adding to my collection and to my nephews who is mad on it-he is 4.
If you decide to sell anything, drop us a PM as I am always adding to my collection and to my nephews who is mad on it-he is 4.
rhinochopig said:
rsv gone! said:
As a kid, I would have killed for the Star Wars toys - my cousin had pretty much all of them, the fecker - but my parents' couldn't afford them.
Same here. A mate seemed to have them all - AT-AT, Falcon, X wing, Snow speeder, etc. I loved playing at his house.1). Had loads of Starwars
2). Had a richer friend who had lots of Starwars, but you had none.
I was category 2!
king sWe sold all of mine + my brothers when we were about 14. Got offered £100 for it unseen so we jumped at the chance.
Thinking about it now they might well have gotten a bargain. not boxed, but complete.. bits I can remember
Millenium Falcon
AT-AT
AT-ST
X-Wing
B-Wing
Y-Wing
Couple of speeder bikes
one of those anti-tank cannons from the battle of hoth
Goodness knows how many figures..
Thinking about it now they might well have gotten a bargain. not boxed, but complete.. bits I can remember
Millenium Falcon
AT-AT
AT-ST
X-Wing
B-Wing
Y-Wing
Couple of speeder bikes
one of those anti-tank cannons from the battle of hoth
Goodness knows how many figures..
Hi Guys. Star Wars Collector in piece here.
Great thread with so many great stories!
If anyone would like to limelight their collecions and join a Star wars Forum may I point you in the dfirection of
http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/
The best forum on the net
Thanks!
Liam
Great thread with so many great stories!
If anyone would like to limelight their collecions and join a Star wars Forum may I point you in the dfirection of
http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/
The best forum on the net
Thanks!
Liam
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