I've not been making any SW purchases for a while but...............
I've just returned this Princess Leia pencil case to its original owner after having it for 30+ years!
As a child I acquired various Star Wars goodies from family friends. We had some friends in London with an older child, space for storing toys must have been at a premium as i was given loads of his Star Wars stuff and a skateboard. I recently saw his mum at my mums house and thanked her for all the toys she had given me. I got her sons address and i've just posted his pencil case back to him, it even has his name and school class written on the inside.
I hope he likes it.
As a slightly older child I swapped my play people pirate ship for another friends entire star wars collection. Whenever I saw him as an adult he always told me I got the better end of the deal. I knew that as a child! Anyway for his 40th birthday I got our very own Iain to send him an x wing figther, he absolutely loved it and said it was his best ever present, partly because he always wanted an x wing as a child and never got one. At his party we started talking about our Star Wars toys and I realised that the knackered and very played with Millenium Falcon that I still had must have been his originally, so I've just returned it to his parents house. I found some old play people treasure and weapons & have told him we need to complete our childhood transaction - i just hope he still has some Star Wars weapons.
Luckily as an adult i've been given a far better Millenium Falcon, from another childhood friend who was trying to keep his wife sweet by getting rid of some of his bigger SW items. He knows i've got eyes on the rest of his impressive childhood collection!
Anyway I hope this little tale is of interest, but more importantly I hope the previous owners are happy to be reunited with their childhood SW items.
I've just returned this Princess Leia pencil case to its original owner after having it for 30+ years!
As a child I acquired various Star Wars goodies from family friends. We had some friends in London with an older child, space for storing toys must have been at a premium as i was given loads of his Star Wars stuff and a skateboard. I recently saw his mum at my mums house and thanked her for all the toys she had given me. I got her sons address and i've just posted his pencil case back to him, it even has his name and school class written on the inside.
I hope he likes it.
As a slightly older child I swapped my play people pirate ship for another friends entire star wars collection. Whenever I saw him as an adult he always told me I got the better end of the deal. I knew that as a child! Anyway for his 40th birthday I got our very own Iain to send him an x wing figther, he absolutely loved it and said it was his best ever present, partly because he always wanted an x wing as a child and never got one. At his party we started talking about our Star Wars toys and I realised that the knackered and very played with Millenium Falcon that I still had must have been his originally, so I've just returned it to his parents house. I found some old play people treasure and weapons & have told him we need to complete our childhood transaction - i just hope he still has some Star Wars weapons.
Luckily as an adult i've been given a far better Millenium Falcon, from another childhood friend who was trying to keep his wife sweet by getting rid of some of his bigger SW items. He knows i've got eyes on the rest of his impressive childhood collection!
Anyway I hope this little tale is of interest, but more importantly I hope the previous owners are happy to be reunited with their childhood SW items.
