Thought this was a thing of the past!

[Stuart Skinner]

Today I've had the best day in a long time. I thought the days of finding vintage Star Wars toys in charity shops/boot fairs/jumble sales etc were a thing of the past.

But today I was working in Herne Bay in Kent before the shops opened and I noticed through the window of a charity shop what looked like a millennium falcon sticking out from a cardboard box under a rail of clothes. Excited I went about my work and returned to the shop at 9am when they opened, to my astonishment in the box wasn't one millennium falcon but two. One was basically just a shell but the second was in good nick only missing little items like the chess board and training ball. I took them both to the till and was only charged a £1 for both of them, couldn't believe my luck, I did donate an extra fiver as it was a charity shop but I'm still in shock at my find.

Has anyone else found any vintage Star Wars toys in recent years at any places like this?

 

[Grant_C]

Not for years

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Great find mate

Charity shops search online the wealth of rare stuff now especially oxfam so its harder and harder to find Vintage SW

 

[starshipriot]

Wow! I thought those days were long gone! I don't think I have ever found star wars toys in a charity shop. My town has 9 charity shops in it, and I have tomorrow free, so I know what I'm gonna be doing now, with my restored faith that a vintage star wars bargain can be found!

 

[rob71]

Great find ... although they now have policies of finding out the value of items, I guess like any other job its down to how thorough the person doing the task is, so there's always the chance of something slipping through the net.

 

[Rebel_Runner]

You lucky bugger!

 

[Michael Sith]

Great find,

 

[edd_jedi]

It definitely does happen! I once saw a boxed AT-ST through the window of an Oxfam while it was closed. Sadly when I went back the next day it had already gone

 

[TC-14]

That's a real shame, Edd. But, that's got to be a dream that most of us, if not all on this forum, secretly harbour... congratulations on a superb find. Keep those eagle-eyes peeled for future charity shop purchases, my friend!

 

[rob71]

Look on the bright side Ed, being Oxfam they probably wanted £200 for it

 

[JuniorChubb]

Awesome mate

Been having a bad time on another forum and this thread turned my evening around and brought a smile back to my face. Like SWFUK always does.

It will probably make me trawl my local charity shops tomorrow too :lol: :lol:

 

[TC-14]

Awesome mate

Been having a bad time on another forum and this thread turned my evening around and brought a smile back to my face. Like SWFUK always does.

It will probably make me trawl my local charity shops tomorrow too :lol: :lol:

Good hunting, pal- be lucky :wink:

 

[db94]

One of the guys I work with does part time work in a charity shop so I asked (begged) him nicely to keep a look out - being a good guy he's spread the word out to all the local charity shops so with any luck, but he says in all the years he's been there he's only seen a pack of SW playing cards but hey you never know :wink:

 

[x-pack]

One of the guys I work with does part time work in a charity shop so I asked (begged) him nicely to keep a look out - being a good guy he's spread the word out to all the local charity shops so with any luck, but he says in all the years he's been there he's only seen a pack of SW playing cards but hey you never know :wink:

Same here. My step dad works in one and he grabs me stuff now and then. Mostly books/comics

 

[Stuart Skinner]

Good with the bad, although I had this great find yesterday and I'm still beami about it, late last night when I took the box with the two of them in out to my man cave (converted garage) I broke my toe, although in agony I still couldn't stop smiling which my wife thought was strange.