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<blockquote data-quote="sith-smith" data-source="post: 499981" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>For me it was initially finding and reading non-stop the Heir to the Empire book in 1992. That re-awoke my obsession/passion for Star Wars - and luckily I had kept al my childhood toys. Later that same year my then girlfriend bought me a handful of imperial figures she found at a carboot sale and from that point on, having realised I could get loads more quite easily I went to every carboot sale I could till around summer 94 when Star Wars had almost dried up there and was now considered a collectible item so the prices of what I could find were by those days' standards really high.</p><p></p><p>I stopped at that point thinking it was all over. Girlfriend bought me the Sansweet Book with all the toys that were released pictured in it and I saw all the items I never knew existed (RC sandcrawler, dewback etc) plus the remaining last 17 figures I hadn't found at a carboot sale. I was keen to get at least the remaining figures but had no idea how until I stumbled across a collectors shop, probably around 97. Bought a few things over the years there but prices were high compared to what I'd seen at carboot sales so I wasn't really that willing to spend that sort of money.</p><p></p><p>By 99 I'd discovered my first toy show at Cheshunt, quickly followed by Memorabilia at the NEC.</p><p></p><p>Not long after that came Various forums (Imperial Outpost and Rebelscum. And then eBay!</p><p></p><p>By that point I was fully determined to buy the pieces I didn't have so had a definite focus and was more willing to spend the money. From then it just continued</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sith-smith, post: 499981, member: 43"] For me it was initially finding and reading non-stop the Heir to the Empire book in 1992. That re-awoke my obsession/passion for Star Wars - and luckily I had kept al my childhood toys. Later that same year my then girlfriend bought me a handful of imperial figures she found at a carboot sale and from that point on, having realised I could get loads more quite easily I went to every carboot sale I could till around summer 94 when Star Wars had almost dried up there and was now considered a collectible item so the prices of what I could find were by those days' standards really high. I stopped at that point thinking it was all over. Girlfriend bought me the Sansweet Book with all the toys that were released pictured in it and I saw all the items I never knew existed (RC sandcrawler, dewback etc) plus the remaining last 17 figures I hadn't found at a carboot sale. I was keen to get at least the remaining figures but had no idea how until I stumbled across a collectors shop, probably around 97. Bought a few things over the years there but prices were high compared to what I'd seen at carboot sales so I wasn't really that willing to spend that sort of money. By 99 I'd discovered my first toy show at Cheshunt, quickly followed by Memorabilia at the NEC. Not long after that came Various forums (Imperial Outpost and Rebelscum. And then eBay! By that point I was fully determined to buy the pieces I didn't have so had a definite focus and was more willing to spend the money. From then it just continued [/QUOTE]
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