pizzathehutt
Sith Lord
Hello to all!
i never new there was such a great little site like this until i found it a few days ago and ive been very impressed with the amount of figure knowledge of you regulars on here, anyway....
As its my first post i thought we could talk about where it all began and what memories you have from the days when the figures and playsets were in the shops at the time of the films being released.
i was very fortunate to just catch return of the jedi when it came out as i was 5yrs old at the time and after that i had caught the bug for it, the first two figures i bought with my pocket money were leia boushh and chief chirpa (not exactly rareties but at the time what mattered more to me was the more accessories the figure had, the better!)
Shortly after that i was given a bag of old toys from my older brothers mate, inside was yoda, small head han solo, chewbacca, darth vader and obi wan kenobi (all without weapons), nice!
So my figure collecting had just begun, i went on to pick up from a few cornershops and a model shop which were klaatu, weequay, logray, squid head and prune face.
My parents bought me for xmas that year jabba the hutt playset, ewok glider and catapolt, speeder bike and two mini rigs which were the small isp shuttle and that weird tool box thing with spanners in for chewbacca, (plus a load of other figures including transformers and he-man) anyway i was thrilled to bits and through jabba i would find a small catalogue that showed that there was a whole lot more to get!
"but still no sign of power of the force stuff?"
i gradually picked more and more stuff up at car boots mostly all loose missing bits but i didnt care that much at the time, these included a yellow looking millenium falcon(from a smokers home no doubt) dagobah playset, a battle damamaged x-wing and a whole bunch of run of the mill figures + a lando general, sweet!
Me and my dad were in a big sweetshop not far from where i live in harrow and up on a high shelf was a rebel transport, it had a big sticker with the price on it £70! i begged and cried my dad for it but he wouldnt budge "no no no im not paying that for that bit of plastic!"
After that my collecting of star wars figures went quiet, i never ever saw any power of the force figures, even the big stores in london like hamleys i dont remember seeing them for sale?
it all got shoved in the loft for a long time collecting dust and about two years ago i got it all down and ive begun collecting again.......
so lets hear some of your star wars figure memories?
also do you remember seeing much power of the force figures in the shops?
were there any figures or playsets that at the time that you remember seeing but you didnt buy and your now kicking yourself for not? (like a yakface)
cheers!
i never new there was such a great little site like this until i found it a few days ago and ive been very impressed with the amount of figure knowledge of you regulars on here, anyway....
As its my first post i thought we could talk about where it all began and what memories you have from the days when the figures and playsets were in the shops at the time of the films being released.
i was very fortunate to just catch return of the jedi when it came out as i was 5yrs old at the time and after that i had caught the bug for it, the first two figures i bought with my pocket money were leia boushh and chief chirpa (not exactly rareties but at the time what mattered more to me was the more accessories the figure had, the better!)
Shortly after that i was given a bag of old toys from my older brothers mate, inside was yoda, small head han solo, chewbacca, darth vader and obi wan kenobi (all without weapons), nice!
So my figure collecting had just begun, i went on to pick up from a few cornershops and a model shop which were klaatu, weequay, logray, squid head and prune face.
My parents bought me for xmas that year jabba the hutt playset, ewok glider and catapolt, speeder bike and two mini rigs which were the small isp shuttle and that weird tool box thing with spanners in for chewbacca, (plus a load of other figures including transformers and he-man) anyway i was thrilled to bits and through jabba i would find a small catalogue that showed that there was a whole lot more to get!
"but still no sign of power of the force stuff?"
i gradually picked more and more stuff up at car boots mostly all loose missing bits but i didnt care that much at the time, these included a yellow looking millenium falcon(from a smokers home no doubt) dagobah playset, a battle damamaged x-wing and a whole bunch of run of the mill figures + a lando general, sweet!
Me and my dad were in a big sweetshop not far from where i live in harrow and up on a high shelf was a rebel transport, it had a big sticker with the price on it £70! i begged and cried my dad for it but he wouldnt budge "no no no im not paying that for that bit of plastic!"
After that my collecting of star wars figures went quiet, i never ever saw any power of the force figures, even the big stores in london like hamleys i dont remember seeing them for sale?
it all got shoved in the loft for a long time collecting dust and about two years ago i got it all down and ive begun collecting again.......
so lets hear some of your star wars figure memories?
also do you remember seeing much power of the force figures in the shops?
were there any figures or playsets that at the time that you remember seeing but you didnt buy and your now kicking yourself for not? (like a yakface)
cheers!
