A Vintage Toy In A Charity Shop, For Once.

[PGowdy]

Ok it's not Star Wars but i don't think i've ever actually seen a vintage toy in a charity shop before. Bar maybe Lego. So it made a nice change to see this today...
Anyone know what line it's from?? :wink:

 

[tiefighterboy]

Looks like he had a chest plate. Something from the 80's...but I have no clue....one of those Centurions guys???

 

[Michael Sith]

They were called Visionaries


Visionaries
toy line spawning from yet another cartoon, but it could have been a show based on the figures. Does it really matter? These guys featured the mysterious and 'NEW' marketing strategy of the 80′s: Holograms! Oh, boy were holograms the biggest thing since the wheel for the 80′s. That **** was on everything once all of the companies had their collective hands in the communal pool. So… they had holograms. And, possibly, holographs.

 

[tiefighterboy]

I knew it was something like that.

 

[PGowdy]

Michael's got it. Visionaries (1987). I had them back in the day and watched the cartoon. And i have 3 carded examples today. Cool to see one in a charity shop. Even tho it had seen better days.

 

[Michael Sith]

Post pics of the carded ones ...love to see them....as long as its not against the rules...don't want Todd banning me :lol:

 

[x-pack]

When my step dad retired he started working in a charity shop (quite a well known branch). They do get Star Wars things in quite often but it's usually books and comics. He keeps a look out for me. The other week i got a vintage ESB film book and ROTJ summer special comic. Apparently there's a sorting room and they get work placement guys from the DSS. A lot of choice stuff goes missing in there by the sound of it...

 

[poncho]

i never see vintage stuff in charity shops of any 1980's toyline infact, i always have a quick look if i pass a charity shop, there really expensive charity shops these days ive noticed, i suppose that signs of the times with shop rents going up and what not. i have a loose visoinary somewhere he has a grey beard lol

 

[theslider]

I've never seen any vintage Star Wars in a charity shop ever, although I did pick up a vintage Crossbows and Catapults once.

I think most people think "oh Star Wars, that's gotta be worth something", so they stick it on eBay or in the old days in Loot or car boot sale.

 

[Stormtrooper37]

To find a rare MOC priced up for a fiver in a local charity shop would be anyone on here Christmases come all at once............we can dream though

 

[Michael Sith]

That's part of the pull for me the hope of spotting a diamond in a box on a car boot...

Not from a charity shop but picked up on a stall at a SW day today for £1

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94132256@N07/8713136187/

Not a world shaker but I smiled at a quid