Biggest 'collecting' regret.

[palitoyjunky]

At my local Cheshunt fair many moons ago (pre AFA era) I was looking at a Kenner LP first issue near mint factory sealed X-Wing, Tie Fighter and Land Speeder priced at £150, £150 & £100. I took the X-Wing and Land Speeder but left the Tie Fighter because I already had a sealed one. My example was 2nd issue 'Imperial Tie Fighter' in much worse condition and the example at Cheshunt was allegedly owned by Gary Kurtz along with the X-Wing and Land Speeder :!:

Bugger :?

 

[ZippyNL]

Many years ago now (I think about 2004/2005) I was bidding on a fantastic Palitoy 20 Back Luke X Wing that the seller had unwisely decided to end on a Tuesday lunchtime. The starting bid was 100 quid, and 15 minutes before the end I got a notification email at work that I had been outbid, just as I was pulled into a meeting. I thought to myself, "oh well, it will go for much higher anyway...". Went for 105 quid.

 

[Kayor]

Only thing on my mind for the past 20 years or so is that once my mom took me to a toy shop, and they were selling out all the star wars toys they had left .... I remember seeing lots of stuff going at like -70/80% Crazy! They had the ewok village i always wanted (for almost nothing!), the falcon, other big boxes, lots of carded figs, .....for crazy prices! We just should have bought it all!!!

Even though i really tried, my mum didnt give in... To this day, i remind her of the deal she walked away from dreaming about how my childhood collection could be twice as large for close to nothing!
70% off....ffs..... Unbelievable!

Still haunts me...

 

[steve obi wan]

There are several, the one I regret from a couple of years ago was a VCJ , could have got it for £200 , thought is was steep and passed :shock:

 

[Hooch]

For me I don't have any real regrets but the items I miss the most is my old UHU Teebo and a Rotj 2pk short mouth Biker Scout/Bib Fortuna with weapon

 

[Cazza]

Yeah I can't compete with some of these either. Think my biggest regret is not sticking with collecting vintage over the past 20 years as an adult collector. There was a point where I collected everything that had a SW logo not just toys and it was silly. I did buy vintage but I didn't actively go looking for it, when I could have got some great stuff as it was long before ebay etc. I got pissed off with the modern line around 2003/4 as I couldn't keep track of the amount of stuff coming out and they started rehashing the same figs. If I had spent the same amount of cash through the years on vintage I'd have an awesome vintage collection. Oh well :roll:

20 years ago I remember thinking (about vintage carded figs) 'too expensive, I can't justify that. I'll just leave it' . The folly of youth!

I know most people aren't fans of the modern line on here but it had a positive in the early days. Being able to go into Woolies rummaging through figs looking for a new character was great and gave me the same feeling as a child in stores looking through the vintage line. I've still got a soft spot for the mid-90s line because of this. They were 3 quid or something at the time. It went hyper after that and the prequels well and truly killed it for me.

Rather than going for quantity and buying everything I should have focused my collecting, saved money for better pieces and went for quality. That thinking alone would have kept me on the vintage track. :idea:

What is it they say, hindsight's always 20:20?

This /\/\/\ word for word!

 

[mumbo]

Wow some of you have had some gut wrenching items moved on, the sort you'd probably sell a kidney for to get back.

None so far in my limited collecting period of about 4 years. Biggest regret though is not taking control and looking after mine and Jr Chubbs childhood collection as it was given away (TO A BLOODY NURSERY!!!!!) by the evil step-mother :evil: If only it had been kept in a more secure place and not in the garage where it was discovered by her and then given away

 

[stratpack]

Wow some of you have had some gut wrenching items moved on, the sort you'd probably sell a kidney for to get back.

None so far in my limited collecting period of about 4 years. Biggest regret though is not taking control and looking after mine and Jr Chubbs childhood collection as it was given away (TO A BLOODY NURSERY!!!!!) by the evil step-mother :evil: If only it had been kept in a more secure place and not in the garage where it was discovered by her and then given away

Yeah I had a 'family issue' with my childhood collection as well. :roll:

http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3797&start=4230 (scroll down a bit)

I'm not bitter (much) :lol:

 

[mumbo]

Wow some of you have had some gut wrenching items moved on, the sort you'd probably sell a kidney for to get back.

None so far in my limited collecting period of about 4 years. Biggest regret though is not taking control and looking after mine and Jr Chubbs childhood collection as it was given away (TO A BLOODY NURSERY!!!!!) by the evil step-mother :evil: If only it had been kept in a more secure place and not in the garage where it was discovered by her and then given away

Yeah I had a 'family issue' with my childhood collection as well. :roll:

http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3797&start=4230 (scroll down a bit)

I'm not bitter (much) :lol:

Ouch, I feel your pain. Glad to hear there is still some brotherly love

 

[jedisearcher]

Mine is not buying an AFA 85 Palitoy Leia at Vectis about 2 years ago. The winner got it for £1,200 which looks like a bargain now, and I know if I'd gone higher I might still not have won it, but I regret not carrying on.

To make things worse in that auction I bought a Kenner Greedo that had a litho tear stuck down, and Toytoni Luke Bespin and GG's (before the drama broke out). Of the 4 things I bought, 3 were duff.

Great auction :lol:

As for selling regrets I have none cos I find it so difficult to sell anything ... which based on other peoples stories is probably a blessing in disguise.

 

[walkie]

Taking a 3 year break between 2008 and 2011 ;(

 

[x-pack]

When I met a woman and moved to London in 2003 I was convinced the right thing to do would be to downscale the collection. So I did. Big regret mainly due to selling a lot of my shop old stock finds and one piece in particular - a mint boxed ESB x-wing.

 

[SublevelStudios]

Taking a 3 year break between 2008 and 2011 ;(

Mine was a bit longer, 18 years!

 

[bobbybobs]

I regret buying my Toy Tonis! Then again I was about to pull the trigger on a pretty expensive one just as the scandal hit so it could have been worse....

I do regret not buying a trilogo Luke Stormie a couple of years ago on here and now they have soared in price. Also regret not getting a couple of Luke first shots that were't too expensive over the past couple of years but now would make me cry to buy.

Patience.....

I regret the period where I spent too much time on FB compared to forums (when I used to be only on forums) but since C7 I've been slowly corrected that.

 

[Grant]

Typical life of a collector...Regretting selling stuff or not buying stuff. Timing is either everything or nothing. In this game we've all been winners and losers at times I'm sure.

 

[x-pack]

More than anything I regret not spending every single penny I had as a kid on Star Wars toys and keeping them all mint in box :wink: All those boxes of 50p Jedi figures ...and I had the money! :roll: