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All vintage is crazy now though, you could probably get a boxed DS for the same price as a carded last 17 r2d2.

Did you find anything up there? Most cities don't really cater for vintage SW these days.

I think you've got all the elements of a blockbuster film here :P I never had one as a kid and never seen one in the flesh either, but still yearned for one well into adulthood and ended up paying ££ to get one - it was well worth the expenditure 8)

Nice one. I suppose the best comparison would be the Action Force headquarters but that was pure fiction unlike the Deathstar which is out there somewhere 8)

I must compare my palitoy and kenner sets to see if the stickers are different, since I never realised that.

It used to be cheaper buying a beat up kenner droid factory from the states to acquire our 3 legged friend, that's what I did anyway. They're much tighter on customs these days though, so perhaps today, that's not financially viable.

Yer but that doesn't detract from the fact that the DS is a thing of beauty and perfect for reenacting loads of famous scenes. I wouldn't of let my mates near my DS if I was one of the rich boys who was fortunate enough to own one.

Oh, you'll never get a bargain at Vectis! I've just put some silly low bids in and the website tells you you've bid too low and also tells you what price you need to bid to be the highest bidder and some of the items have already exceeded the estimates and there's still a month to go! I...

I can't believe there's no love for the cardboard Death Star, it's the ultimate playset from the 1977-85 line.

I wonder why sellers are using Vectis over ebay. If a buyer is not happy can they return them like ebay allows?

I've always wondered where all the vintage SW has gone - Vectis has got it all!

How long has it taken you to amass this glorious collection?

I loved to display my figures more than actually play with them, so official cardboard playsets were amazing in my eyes. I never had a playset as a kid either but that picture of the DS on the back of a 20 back card would always fire my imagination. I only started collecting SW in around 1982...

Your right, location was Roma, managed to find the completed listing in ebay. He says the cellotape had dried and so he decided to don some gloves and check the contents - I think curiosity would get the better of me too! Still, alot of dosh for something which you're never likely to set...

It's far better than the boxed version I've got...think I'll have a little cry. I seem to remember that those sealed examples only sold for a fraction of the final price here too, although this looks to be a stateside auction and the yanks seem to have unlimited funds.

I would stick it on ebay and watch it fly. A factory sealed example has to be worth £500+ My guess would be that a Palitoy badged one would be worth more than the Kenner version.

Stating the obvious a bit, but what also helped was the fact that the films themselves were unbelievably brilliant and you just had to try and recreate as many of the scenes as possible 8) Point proven by the fact that, to this day, I never get tired of watching the first 3 films.

Yes, when the first Jedi range came out it literally blew my mind. My interest was starting to wain with SW with distractions like Action Force and He-man but when I seen the back of the Jedi 65 card and all those exotic cloth capes I was instantly hooked again :D

Shame the stormtrooper came with a fixed head since it would be great to make my own Han stormie from a beat up Han small head and stormie. I don't fancy doing it from a beat up luke Stormie which I'd have to probably pay £30 + for.. When I read the opening comment here I immediately thought...

Yer looks superb, a landspeeder would be cool too about 2 inches off the ground. I just wish I had a spare room which I could use as a 'hang my loosies from the ceiling'.