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I was just thinking the other day, am I alone in the type of place I used to buy figures between 1982 and 1984,
I have mentioned this on other threads but never really heard of anyone who had a similar experience as me. Most of the hype of the films was over and I found that my local hardware / market shop stocked Star Wars goodies out the back of the shop in a shed like extension,(must have been mostly over stock from the buying warehouses / wholesalers ), I remember boxes of playsets all around the shelves, which I could not afford even at the reduced prices, but what I used to concentrate on were the rows of boxes at the bottom which were packed with Jedi carded figures.
I and others used to flick through these in a similar way that you flicked through comics in long boxes , got got got need etc, most were the left over usual Jabbers goons but occasionally you would get a jem, maybe a storm trooper or endor trooper, as new boxes arrived for army building.
As a 13 year old it never once occurred to me to collect these on card, (most were defiantly not mint, well thumbed), and at 50p each were within my pocket money range, many were purchased and immediately ripped of the card to make up the numbers in garden dioramas.
I think the cards were in there original shipping boxes and only remember them being kenner at that time. I also remember seeing fett's etc and thinking don't want them already got that if only you could go back in time.
In about 1992 I had an epiphany and was starting to get into Star Wars again, boot sales etc, I thought i'll go back to that shop and just ask (you know have you anything left out the back )
To my absolute surprise never happened since I was sold an Empire slave 1 £5 and three Jedi at st, £5 each, all that they had left hidden behind some rubbish out the back
Just wondered if any of the other member's of a certain age had similar memories as I love to hear these tales
I have mentioned this on other threads but never really heard of anyone who had a similar experience as me. Most of the hype of the films was over and I found that my local hardware / market shop stocked Star Wars goodies out the back of the shop in a shed like extension,(must have been mostly over stock from the buying warehouses / wholesalers ), I remember boxes of playsets all around the shelves, which I could not afford even at the reduced prices, but what I used to concentrate on were the rows of boxes at the bottom which were packed with Jedi carded figures.
I and others used to flick through these in a similar way that you flicked through comics in long boxes , got got got need etc, most were the left over usual Jabbers goons but occasionally you would get a jem, maybe a storm trooper or endor trooper, as new boxes arrived for army building.
As a 13 year old it never once occurred to me to collect these on card, (most were defiantly not mint, well thumbed), and at 50p each were within my pocket money range, many were purchased and immediately ripped of the card to make up the numbers in garden dioramas.
I think the cards were in there original shipping boxes and only remember them being kenner at that time. I also remember seeing fett's etc and thinking don't want them already got that if only you could go back in time.
In about 1992 I had an epiphany and was starting to get into Star Wars again, boot sales etc, I thought i'll go back to that shop and just ask (you know have you anything left out the back )
To my absolute surprise never happened since I was sold an Empire slave 1 £5 and three Jedi at st, £5 each, all that they had left hidden behind some rubbish out the back
Just wondered if any of the other member's of a certain age had similar memories as I love to hear these tales