Vintage Star Wars Collectors Under the age of 30

[JuniorChubb]

Great thread TFB, some great posts too, all good reading.

What I wonder is if the value of vintage star wars figures will come crashing down once us over 30's (that watched the films and bought the figures first time round) pass away. Will there still be such a massive market for them, or will we have millions of figures but only a handful of collectors?

Its nice to see the under 30's doing there bit to keep things going, its a credit to the quality of the lines produced that more modern toys have been shunned in favour of Vintage star Wars.

My son has a pretty big modern collection (thanks to Grandad) but he seems to have shunned this recently for Top Gear stuff and cars. He still loves a vintage figure though and looks out for them at car boot sales. Its nice when he fishes through a box of modern figures and picks out the vintage ones to ask how much they are, he is seven now. Hopefully when he reaches his thirties he might have the same urge to finish his collection most of us have had.

 

[.Q.]

This feels like an opening line from a "Collectors Anonymous Meeting"

I'm David and I collect vintage Star Wars toys - the first step is admitting it!

As a grown-up (ha!) approaching 40 too damn fast, I'm an 'old-school' SW fan - i.e. seeing the movies and collecting the toys as a kid and remember being very taken with how cool the toys were. I'm preaching to the choir here of course but SW is a modern but timeless myth with widespread and lasting cultural influence, and as mentioned above, has now passed down the generations, as has a shared enthusiasm for the mechandise.

Having looked round this fine forum a bit, I see many here of approx my age also share my love for other stuff from the original SW era - arcade and home computer games, music, tv, football etc... it was somewhat of an epochal time to grow up I reckon, coinciding with the original release of the SW movies.
A buddy of mine is Transformers mad, he's 28 and building a superb set of those vintage robots and, rightly, says the new ones just don't have the same appeal. My Mrs. is 31 but loves punk and early 80s electronica, much as I love Led Zeppelin, Bowie and The Rolling Stones. Maybe it's the stuff that we were just a little to young to fully appreciate at the time.

Great art fires the imagination. In Alien you hardly see the monster for most of the film, rendering it all the more menacing, much like the dark recesses of the Cantina or Jabbas Palace. Or Sensible Soccer with its mighty total of about 4 frames of animation - it didn't matter as your mind filled in the gaps. I first encountered Hitch-Hikers Guide as a book, then radio programme, same applies.

Vintage SW toys may not be the most sophisticated but by crikey are they awesome to look at and enjoy.

In short, you can't beat a classic in any format, whether it's direct nostalgia or not. Vintage SW toys are most stylish and a fun and affordable collectible.

 

[tiefighterboy]

Once in a while I start a Star War related thread. I will be 43 in October.........so hanging with the young ones is fun.

 

[Grant_C]

:shock:
43!

You were like freakin 18! when Roger Rabbit came out! :shock:

:lol:

 

[Josh]

Older :lol:

 

[poncho]

i wonder what the average age of the current members are on here?

 

[BlueDog]

Average- 32

Intellectually speaking - 12 :lol: :lol:

 

[e30318is]

Name: Ed
Age: 26

Why do I collect vintage? My mum has always been an antiques dealer and so I spent my childhood weekends going to carboots and flea markets. (Mid 90s) I used to see loads of figures for sale at £1 each and I managed to get about 40 odd beaters (and one complete Logray!)
There used to be a cracking antiques center in Glocester that had two toy shops- one selling vintage diecast and another selling sci fi. I can still remeber seeing a gorgeous boxed Sy Snootles tri logo sat for sale (£20 at the time was waaay to much for me! :roll

I used to pore over the Millers collectables books too, they always had three or four pages of SW stuff, my grail was always a Luke Stromtrooper.... always thought that was a cool figure!!

My first exposure to Star Wars was in 1995 when they rereleased the films at the cinema. My dads best friend took me and his son to see it. Awesome times 8)

 

[weasel]

Average- 32

Intellectually speaking - 12 :lol: :lol:

Twelve!? :shock:
You think it's that high!?

 

[BlueDog]

Average- 32

Intellectually speaking - 12 :lol: :lol:

Twelve!? :shock:
You think it's that high!?

Sorry it was my 12yr old intellect typing. :lol:

 

[tiefighterboy]

:shock:
43!

You were like freakin 18! when Roger Rabbit came out! :shock:

:lol:

Seen it in the theatre extremely drunk. :lol:

 

[poncho]

:shock:
43!

You were like freakin 18! when Roger Rabbit came out! :shock:

:lol:

Seen it in the theatre extremely drunk. :lol:

i saw roger rabbit in the cinema i remember they had a few short roger rabbit cartoons included in the trailers on the build upto the showing! great film

 

[jedi_masters]

I was born in '84 so I'm 28 in August. I started collecting when my dad bought home a box of loose figures and mini rigs, haven't got a clue where he got them from. Since then I have loved the toys and over the years changed my collection focus which is now MOC. The thing is I can't tell or explain why I love Star Wars so much even though I was wasn't around when they first came out. I just do!!!