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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 505647" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>I agree interest will remain high for quite a while since, as has been pointed out, whilst collecting vintage Star Wars spans generations, it's certainly true to say that the majority of collectors seem to be people (like me!) now in their forties who owned the toys when they were children.</p><p></p><p>However there is another factor that could seriously impact prices in the longer term, since this is basically a supply and demand situation, where currently the latter seriously outstrips the former for many items, especially mint ones. What I am thinking of is the degradation of the items themselves; figures that start to yellow and discolour, bubbles that turn yellow and become brittle and crack, bubbles that start to come away from their cardbacks, etc.</p><p></p><p>My collection has been as well looked after as any, with no sunlight, cigarette smoke or other harmful factors coming anywhere near them for decades, and yet my crystal clear bubbled POTF Romba careful packed away for years in cool, dark, dry storage, came out of said storage with a bubble that was almost brown. A mint loose Prune Face sat undisturbed in a display cabinet for years, yet when I took it out a couple of years ago the chest had turned yellow beneath his cloak.</p><p></p><p>These were toys and they weren't built to last. Plastic can, and often does, degrade, leaving vintage owners with once-mint toys that no longer are. This in turn places a higher premium on those remaining examples which are still in mint condition.</p><p></p><p>As time goes by, plastic degradation, glue and tape failure, plus simple accidents, all chip away at the finite global supply of these items. Add to that new Star Wars films and TV shows drumming up continued and new interest in all things Star Wars, especially in those of us with the nostalgic drive to 'recapture our childhoods' through the toys we used to own, and I can see prices continuing to rise for some time to come.</p><p></p><p>Give it 30-40 years when we all start kicking the bucket, and interest in vintage will presumably nosedive like it has for Dinky and Corgi, etc., but I think the hobby has got pretty good legs for the time being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 505647, member: 7379"] I agree interest will remain high for quite a while since, as has been pointed out, whilst collecting vintage Star Wars spans generations, it's certainly true to say that the majority of collectors seem to be people (like me!) now in their forties who owned the toys when they were children. However there is another factor that could seriously impact prices in the longer term, since this is basically a supply and demand situation, where currently the latter seriously outstrips the former for many items, especially mint ones. What I am thinking of is the degradation of the items themselves; figures that start to yellow and discolour, bubbles that turn yellow and become brittle and crack, bubbles that start to come away from their cardbacks, etc. My collection has been as well looked after as any, with no sunlight, cigarette smoke or other harmful factors coming anywhere near them for decades, and yet my crystal clear bubbled POTF Romba careful packed away for years in cool, dark, dry storage, came out of said storage with a bubble that was almost brown. A mint loose Prune Face sat undisturbed in a display cabinet for years, yet when I took it out a couple of years ago the chest had turned yellow beneath his cloak. These were toys and they weren't built to last. Plastic can, and often does, degrade, leaving vintage owners with once-mint toys that no longer are. This in turn places a higher premium on those remaining examples which are still in mint condition. As time goes by, plastic degradation, glue and tape failure, plus simple accidents, all chip away at the finite global supply of these items. Add to that new Star Wars films and TV shows drumming up continued and new interest in all things Star Wars, especially in those of us with the nostalgic drive to 'recapture our childhoods' through the toys we used to own, and I can see prices continuing to rise for some time to come. Give it 30-40 years when we all start kicking the bucket, and interest in vintage will presumably nosedive like it has for Dinky and Corgi, etc., but I think the hobby has got pretty good legs for the time being. [/QUOTE]
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