Then I watched...and man, I think everyone here has that moment. You just get pulled in, and after that, you half lived in the Star Wars universe. I was always Han for some reason, he seemed so cool to me.
At any rate, by the time the '95 faces box came out I already had a ton of figures, an X-wing, TIE fighter, Slave I, etc. So that box set quickly became a part of my collection.
I saw the SE in theatres back to back to back. The theatre had a special thing for it, im sure that wasnt too uncommon. Of course, as a collector, and a completist, I bought the box set, but I think ive only watched them once or twice. All the rest of my viewings, too many to approximate, were the '95 set. I just never got into the changes...
Now...I share the same feelings as so many on this board. Longing for a DVD treatment of the movies that I fell into as a kid, and changed everything about movies for me. Hope. Thats all ive got.
BTW, I popped my SE A New Hope in the other day, just for the sake of comparison, and its almost impossible to watch. The tape has degraded horribly. I adjusted a lot of settings on my tv, and still couldnt seem to get a very clear/bright picture. More's the pitty for the SE, my '95 tapes look great.
Peace, Lethe