I have a ton of these which came out in the 90s. I'm seriously considering just selling them on eBay or someting.
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
Wow, that is a fantastic collection, Bullitt! And a bunch of rare and carded figures too. If you ever decide to sell them, you'll probably be able to make a lot of money. Not that I'd ever want to sell a collection like that if I had it...
Blue Snaggletooth for the win! And I spy the McQuarrie Portfolio, probably the very first SW item I ever owned.
Very nice display. The Kenner mailers and the Newspaper comic promos are very cool to see.
Where were you in '77?
I have all 100 of them but I started collecting in the 00s.
And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.
I had all the figures. doubles for characters like the sand people and the Imperial guard and dozens of imperial troops.
I had the X-Wing and all the die-casts, I had the large Luke figure. I used to set them up in scenes like Jabba's Palace or the Death Star docking bay.
You can probably tell by the past tense here that it didn't end well.
My mum gave them to my toy killer cousins.
Last I saw of Boba Fett he was flying out of their bedroom window with a firework strapped to his back :-(
Is one or both of them named Sid? ;)
Seriously though, I always thought toy destroying kids have issues I can't even fathom.
Where were you in '77?
Bingowings said:
I had all the figures. doubles for characters like the sand people and the Imperial guard and dozens of imperial troops.
I had the X-Wing and all the die-casts, I had the large Luke figure. I used to set them up in scenes like Jabba's Palace or the Death Star docking bay.
You can probably tell by the past tense here that it didn't end well.
My mum gave them to my toy killer cousins.
Take your revenge and tell her how much some of these are worth nowadays.
Bingowings said:
Last I saw of Boba Fett he was flying out of their bedroom window with a firework strapped to his back :-(
Savages.
SilverWook said:
Is one or both of them named Sid? ;)
Seriously though, I always thought toy destroying kids have issues I can't even fathom.
A huge part of the problem are probably parenting issues. I never destroyed my toys because I was made aware that a) these things cost money and that doesn't grow on trees; b) I'm not getting another one if I destroy a toy; c) if I got something cool (and basically a toy = something cool) it didn't even cross my mind to break it. A good parent will teach you to behave, be appreciative of what you have and to be responsible for your stuff (not to mention actions). A shitty (or just inexperienced and/or utterly clueless) parent will indulge a kid's every whim without even considering the consequences.
SilverWook said:
Is one or both of them named Sid? ;)
LOL. The same thoughts pretty much came to my mind as well.