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<blockquote data-quote="SublevelStudios" data-source="post: 329663" data-attributes="member: 5051"><p>What a fantastic read!!!</p><p></p><p>Loved it mate, I always enjoy peoples recollections of those days. You were so lucky to have had that growing up <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>When I first started collecting I used to phone around (way before the internet!) all the toy shops to see if they had old SW stock, sometimes it paid off.</p><p>There used to be a general/hardware high street shop in Burslem here in Stoke in the very early 90's, they's sell all sorts of stuff, occasionally toys. It was run by an old husband and wife. I would walk past this shop every other day and would rarely give it a second look, then one day, BOOM, a ROTJ carded DSD and Luke X-Wing - marked at 49p each.</p><p></p><p>I raced in and snapped them up and asked if he had any more, the old fella pointed to 2 large boxes infront of the counter - both filled with figures. They were all ROTJ figures, mostly ESB and SW characters for some reason, I took what I could and asked for a few others to be put to one side.</p><p></p><p>Well, I kept this find to myself, and almost every other day I'd go back and get what I could afford, being 16 at the time, money was not exactly easy to come by. This chap told be he was getting them from a warehouse and there were vehicles there too and he'd get me some.</p><p></p><p>Sure enough, the next time he had shipping cases full of mini rigs in ROTJ boxes and a shipping case of ESB open belly Taun Tauns!</p><p></p><p>In total, I think I bought nearly 100 carded figures from him, and this guy had 4 shipping cases that were double packed in total. The most common figure I remember there being was AT AT Commander, there were bloody loads of him, I also remember a lot of Tri Logo figures, Yoda being one, and the only one of him there was.</p><p></p><p>Ah, them were the days...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SublevelStudios, post: 329663, member: 5051"] What a fantastic read!!! Loved it mate, I always enjoy peoples recollections of those days. You were so lucky to have had that growing up :) When I first started collecting I used to phone around (way before the internet!) all the toy shops to see if they had old SW stock, sometimes it paid off. There used to be a general/hardware high street shop in Burslem here in Stoke in the very early 90's, they's sell all sorts of stuff, occasionally toys. It was run by an old husband and wife. I would walk past this shop every other day and would rarely give it a second look, then one day, BOOM, a ROTJ carded DSD and Luke X-Wing - marked at 49p each. I raced in and snapped them up and asked if he had any more, the old fella pointed to 2 large boxes infront of the counter - both filled with figures. They were all ROTJ figures, mostly ESB and SW characters for some reason, I took what I could and asked for a few others to be put to one side. Well, I kept this find to myself, and almost every other day I'd go back and get what I could afford, being 16 at the time, money was not exactly easy to come by. This chap told be he was getting them from a warehouse and there were vehicles there too and he'd get me some. Sure enough, the next time he had shipping cases full of mini rigs in ROTJ boxes and a shipping case of ESB open belly Taun Tauns! In total, I think I bought nearly 100 carded figures from him, and this guy had 4 shipping cases that were double packed in total. The most common figure I remember there being was AT AT Commander, there were bloody loads of him, I also remember a lot of Tri Logo figures, Yoda being one, and the only one of him there was. Ah, them were the days... [/QUOTE]
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