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Originally posted by: shanep
The missed opportunities I had to buy a ton of those figures carded......4 for $1.00 at Grand Central in 1979! I still remember that and only bought a couple......played with them until their arms went wobbly.
At least you had fun with them. I have a set of the 1995 action figures, and I remember eagerly opening each one as I got it, then setting aside the backing so that my mom could cut out the little character bio (my mom cut a lot neater than I did back then, I was only 10 at that). I used those figures so much, and yet I was really careful with them, so they're all still in great shape, along with their accessories (except for one of Luke's lightsabers, the hilt of which my sister broke...though I did patch it up with Scotch tape microsurgery, so I still have it). I also have the card bios, as well. Other people would look at me and say I should have kept them boxed up, but they're toys, and they did what toys are supposed to do, though nowadays, I wouldn't mind hunting down just a few figures still in their packaging, but just for personal value.
Yeah, I know the 1995 figures are different from the 1977 figures, but the mid-nineties were when I was old enough to have my first Star Wars memories. Kind of sad, especially since my dad had a 1977 C-3PO and a '77 R2 in my family's toybox, and though I still have the 3PO, I think I destroyed poor little R2 when I was two and didn't know any better. To this day, I still curse myself for not having the foresight to spare R2.
