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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtrooper37" data-source="post: 329715" data-attributes="member: 3010"><p>Great post and thanks for one of the best reads on here.</p><p></p><p>For me and probably quite a few others on here your post sums up why we collect and treasure our collections today - nostalgia and the thrill of the hunt of tracking down the toys of our youth.</p><p></p><p>I had been on the hunt for Ben Kenobi for nearly 2 years back in the early 80's and nearly every Saturday I would ring round (with my parents permission of course) the local toy shops asking if they had him and everytime the answer would be no sorry until one day I rang the usual shops and a man came back on the phone after checking the pegs and casually said 'yeah we got a couple of Ben Kenobi's' :shock: :!: :!: :!: :!: well to say I was gobsmacked and at the same time so excited was an understatement. I asked if he would put one by for me and later that day I was the happiest kid in the world <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Funny can't believe you never had any Klaatu's in stock. As I remember he wasn't exactly a peg warmer unlike Madine, the two Bespin Guards (they were ****ing everywhere) and Ree Yees which no one wanted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormtrooper37, post: 329715, member: 3010"] Great post and thanks for one of the best reads on here. For me and probably quite a few others on here your post sums up why we collect and treasure our collections today - nostalgia and the thrill of the hunt of tracking down the toys of our youth. I had been on the hunt for Ben Kenobi for nearly 2 years back in the early 80's and nearly every Saturday I would ring round (with my parents permission of course) the local toy shops asking if they had him and everytime the answer would be no sorry until one day I rang the usual shops and a man came back on the phone after checking the pegs and casually said 'yeah we got a couple of Ben Kenobi's' :shock: :!: :!: :!: :!: well to say I was gobsmacked and at the same time so excited was an understatement. I asked if he would put one by for me and later that day I was the happiest kid in the world :D Funny can't believe you never had any Klaatu's in stock. As I remember he wasn't exactly a peg warmer unlike Madine, the two Bespin Guards (they were ****ing everywhere) and Ree Yees which no one wanted. [/QUOTE]
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