Do you still collect?

[Blackbeard]

Are you actively adding to your collection, your collection is complete or are you thinking about selling it?

 

[Alisdairmac]

Still collecting but significantly more selective

 

[jedi_masters]

Only thing I collect now Star Wars wise is the novels. Lost the bug for collecting everything else Star Wars a few years ago.

My main passion now is retro gaming. Loved it for years but putting more effort into it lately.

 

[Capetown]

I'm still collecting, but the few items I still want are tough to find in the condition I want them in.

 

[Hod10]

I'm still actively looking but very selective about items I'd like to add. Haven't bought anything in ages.

 

[welshwookie]

Always on the lookout, but have not had much luck over the last year /18 months. Plus we had been keeping money as my youngest was learning to drive, which due to work and Kayaking ,we don`t have a car -only vans, so his own car finally arrived in September (only 6 months late)
Plus the insurance, as he`s passed last week. You were seeing really nice Tri`s on Vectis and ebay, and seeing £1400 + bids on them, and thinking, No !! , that`s a good chunk of his insurance there.

 

[Snaketibe]

Yes, still looking and still collecting. Always trying to upgrade items for better condition ones or add items I'm currently missing.

 

[Gadders]

I'm still collecting and still buying fairly regularly.
I've branched out in my collecting, focussing more on paperwork items and specific cardbacks as my vintage figure related toy collection only requires 2 items to "complete" - MOC Yak and MOC Imperial Sniper, both of which aren't easy to find and are currently out of my price range. Theres always something new out there to buy, and i'm still getting cool new items for my collection. Saying that, prices of everything are rising and sooner or later i can see myself refusing to pay the "going rate".

Whilst I am still buying vintage SW stuff, I've been getting back into gaming on the Amiga recently so not been as active within the vintage sw world

 

[James1977]

I recently sold my collection as needed the money. I hadn't actively collected for about 20years prior as I couldn't justify the expense. I still enjoy looking but can't say I'm likely to get back into it

 

[Vintage40]

No longer collecting, received an email this morning which reminded me of this forum and that I need to pull my finger out and find a new home for my childhood collection.

 

[welshwookie]

I'm still collecting and still buying fairly regularly.
I've branched out in my collecting, focussing more on paperwork items and specific cardbacks as my vintage figure related toy collection only requires 2 items to "complete" - MOC Yak and MOC Imperial Sniper, both of which aren't easy to find and are currently out of my price range. Theres always something new out there to buy, and i'm still getting cool new items for my collection. Saying that, prices of everything are rising and sooner or later i can see myself refusing to pay the "going rate".

Whilst I am still buying vintage SW stuff, I've been getting back into gaming on the Amiga recently so not been as active within the vintage sw world

You`re not interested in the £8,800 odd yak on ebay ?
I appreciate it`s got decent grades, and everyone wants their price when selling, but seeing prices like these or best offer isn`t helping the hobby.
There`s a lot of inflated prices atm.

 

[_Lee_]

I pick things up now and again, not collecting like I used to though. I've started collecting other things from my childhood, especially Panini Football stickers and TOMY wind up games.

I will always love Star Wars but to me the ST and the pathetic hype it had really irked me. It was too commercialised and even felt different to when the PT was released which I have fond memories of. We are now saturated with tons of Star Wars crap that nobody wanted.

 

[Pomse2001]

I am still looking but more for childhood lots with weapons, cardbacks or boxes in them and then cardbacks or boxes with danish price stickers. I do not buy much because prices are crazy.

 

[db94]

I stopped collecting vintage a few years ago and started chasing prop pieces instead. Funnily enough just this last month I've taken a look at my collection as I'm very happy with what I have and pretty much thought it was complete and only really wanted a few random pieces.

I've picked up a few bits that I never had as a kid and genuinely thought I wanted until I had them in my hands - with no childhood memories attached to them they just did absolutely nothing for me. It's that childhood magical memories that make SW vintage collecting special for me so I'm lucky that I won't be spending time and money looking for hard to find bits.

I will be spending the next two years tracking down a boxed B Wing before Christmas 2024 though

While I was moving some bits around in my room I took a few loose figures that I had stored away and put them on a shelf, couldn't believe how much they made me smile - you honestly can't beat setting up a few figs with accessories.

So yeah, still collecting but in a very laid back enjoyable way, not going to spend money grabbing something over priced, just enjoy the hobby and the things I have.

 

[sith-smith]

I'm still very much collecting. I now have a display room, (Been 10+ years without one) so it's great to have at least some of my collection back on display. Always looking to add to it when I can

 

[Darkest_Logic]

I do have around 10 mocs or so that I really want to add to my collection and basically that's my checklist done. but as I have learnt in the past. Once you get everything you want. You discover that you like to add something else and it just keeps going and going so my answer is that I will keep on adding and adding to the collection

 

[Pomse2001]

I do have around 10 mocs or so that I really want to add to my collection and basically that's my checklist done. but as I have learnt in the past. Once you get everything you want. You discover that you like to add something else and it just keeps going and going so my answer is that I will keep on adding and adding to the collection

so you do hunt a tri-logo boba cardback anymore

 

[Darkest_Logic]

so you do hunt a tri-logo boba cardback anymore

hahahahahahaha, you know I do but this person called Owen Lars wont sell me his. Not sure if you have heard of him??

 

[Michael Sith]

Still collecting but house move recently has slowed things down

 

[Cazza]

Not really collecting SW, or anything else at the mo. Have lost the bug and also run out of space in my small room. Would like to complete my Action Force Series 1 run at some stage and get hold of the ESB Atari game. Maybe some boxed Palitoy ships and playsets, such as Cloud Car and Dagobah.

 

[Pomse2001]

hahahahahahaha, you know I do but this person called Owen Lars wont sell me his. Not sure if you have heard of him??

No never heard about him, who is he ?

 

[grinchy]

I would love to say still collecting vintage, but the way prices have gone, its just not feasible, i have my loose run, no where near complete, but i have them on display in my room, i was collecting minirigs, have a few of then now, they to are on display, along with a load of modern, i do still pick up the odd piece, but the way things are going with windowless packaging, i don't see me continuing that, i collect boxed and if i can't see the figure i don't see the point, i'm happy with my collection, and i do get pleasure from sitting in my star wars room

 

[Darkest_Logic]

No never heard about him, who is he ?

hahahahahahahaha, I have to tell you about him one day

 

[naughtyjedi]

Are you actively adding to your collection, your collection is complete or are you thinking about selling it?

Oh yes. Still scouring the world for tat. Having modern and vintage habits means I can have a number of watch outs at events. Amidala, rey, slave Leia, empire, carbon freeze chamber, random topps sets, allows me to rummage.

I also love a bit of retro gaming. Got my c64 souped up and playing a load of games. Now need to get the amiga the same. The relaunch of zzap64 has helped fuel that.

 

[edd_jedi]

I still collect, but just rarely find things I want or need. I've focused on video games for the last few years which I've really enjoyed. I haven't really considered selling up because I know that if I did now, I would never be able to buy them back again, unless there was a huge crash in prices.

 

[theforceuk]

Yes I'm certainly adding to the MOC run this year, already added 2 so far but all the ones I need are on the expensive side of expensive! So that will be it for the first quarter of this year, hope to add another 2 or 3 later in the year. I'm running out of space, so I'm going for quality over quantity from now on.

 

[Pomse2001]

Yes I'm certainly adding to the MOC run this year, already added 2 so far but all the ones I need are on the expensive side of expensive! So that will be it for the first quarter of this year, hope to add another 2 or 3 later in the year. I'm running out of space, so I'm going for quality over quantity from now on.

The same problem here, I also need space. But then again I also have a lot of spare parts that I maybe should think about selling so I can get more space and I could use the money to buy some of the things I need or maybe I should try to trade some of it Great to read you still collect

 

[Blackbeard]

I still collect, but just rarely find things I want or need. I've focused on video games for the last few years which I've really enjoyed. I haven't really considered selling up because I know that if I did now, I would never be able to buy them back again, unless there was a huge crash in prices.

I've been feeling nostalgic for the older Nintendo games and even Pokemon. I'd love to get back into those as well.
For the life of me, I can't go back to the Nintendo Empire Strikes back.

 

[theforceuk]

I have started saying to myself if you collect stuff and you really want a particular item space should be no obstacle. Saying you have no space is just a lazy excuse! My new take on collecting is until you have stuff falling out of the front door then you have the space!

 

[sith-smith]

I certainly don't have space to display what I have, even after selling off loads of stuff. But what I don't have room to display I make sure I find the room to store safely. The main thing limiting me is opportunity to buy the things I'm looking for.