Hello,
I'm Stephen, I'm based in Newcastle Upon Tyne and I joined this forum late last year but haven't until now had the chance to post anything. To get to the point, I'm not a collector but have a fairly substantial childhood collection of Star Wars toys which had been in storage at my parent's home. I was a big Star Wars fan as a kid and looked after my toys, for example carefully keeping all of the original weapons for the figures etc. All of the vehicles and play-sets are boxed. In the next few months I intend to sell the entire collection and have started by posting my 1977 Death Star on Ebay, listed as "Rare Star Wars Death Star Palitoy Play Set Original 1977". My girlfriend actually listed it because she's very accustomed to selling on there. The next item I'll list is probably the Millennium Falcon, complete and boxed - again, in really good condition with all of the plastic parts intact including the chess table and the Jedi training ball on the thread. I sometimes wonder whether I'm doing the right thing in selling this stuff as it's great but "needs must" as they say and I need the space.
I know the members of this forum are dedicated and knowledgeable collectors so thought it would be a good idea to join this forum to give those who are really appreciative of these toys a chance to get hold of some items in good condition. I hope in approaching the forum in this way I haven't breached its etiquette and apologies if I've posted in the wrong thread or whatever. Please feel free to move my post to the appropriate place. If anyone replies or contacts me via a private message please be patient for a reply, as I was saying I'm new to this whole on-line forum business but appreciate any interest or enquiries and will try to answer fully and promptly.
Cheers,
Stephen
I'm Stephen, I'm based in Newcastle Upon Tyne and I joined this forum late last year but haven't until now had the chance to post anything. To get to the point, I'm not a collector but have a fairly substantial childhood collection of Star Wars toys which had been in storage at my parent's home. I was a big Star Wars fan as a kid and looked after my toys, for example carefully keeping all of the original weapons for the figures etc. All of the vehicles and play-sets are boxed. In the next few months I intend to sell the entire collection and have started by posting my 1977 Death Star on Ebay, listed as "Rare Star Wars Death Star Palitoy Play Set Original 1977". My girlfriend actually listed it because she's very accustomed to selling on there. The next item I'll list is probably the Millennium Falcon, complete and boxed - again, in really good condition with all of the plastic parts intact including the chess table and the Jedi training ball on the thread. I sometimes wonder whether I'm doing the right thing in selling this stuff as it's great but "needs must" as they say and I need the space.
I know the members of this forum are dedicated and knowledgeable collectors so thought it would be a good idea to join this forum to give those who are really appreciative of these toys a chance to get hold of some items in good condition. I hope in approaching the forum in this way I haven't breached its etiquette and apologies if I've posted in the wrong thread or whatever. Please feel free to move my post to the appropriate place. If anyone replies or contacts me via a private message please be patient for a reply, as I was saying I'm new to this whole on-line forum business but appreciate any interest or enquiries and will try to answer fully and promptly.
Cheers,
Stephen
