A friend of mine gave me an old issue of Star Wars Galaxy and a Star Wars Technical Journal (one of a series of 6 or so "magazines" with blueprints & technical specs for various star wars stuff. mine is on imperial technology including ships, blasters, etc.) for christmas last year. I know exactly how you feel. I really got a kick out of seeing the old Jawa Trader ads in the middle section of Galaxy. I remember scouring those ads as a kid circling everything i wanted my mom to order from it for my birthday or christmas or whatever was coming next were i thought i might get a present. Ah.... the good old days.
On a similar note, at the "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" exhibit that recently traveled through St. Paul, i bought a second printing issue of the original Star Wars movie theater program. Talk about a time machine. It was like going straight back to '77, even though i wasn't born yet. so much fun & so much cooler than what you get at theaters now (usually nothing!).