Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Vintage Star Wars Collecting
Vintage Collecting Chat
What percentage?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="sith-smith" data-source="post: 11808" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>The later ones, things like tri-logo and ROTJ cards are no real suprise. i've regularly heard stories of literally thousands of cards remaining in warehouse unsold as the star wars boom had pretty much died by then, but shop owners had bought loads believing they could be sold.</p><p></p><p>That actually caused a lot of small toy shop owners to go out of business.</p><p></p><p>Some far sighted people like Jim stevenson then paid ridiculously small amounts for this stock and were able to sell them at a big profit.</p><p></p><p>What's more amazing is the number of star wars cards that have survived. I remember reading that some shops would send the old cards back to the suppliers for repackaging onto the latest cards.</p><p></p><p>However there is evidence to show that earlier cards were just sold alongside the newer ones. There is footage of Palitoy ESB cards being sold along side ROTJ ones.</p><p></p><p>I guess many of these earlier cards were left in old stock rooms.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There have also been discoveries of very old stock that never made it to shops. Plus people did (though rarely) buy the stuff back then and never opened it. Some just forgot about it. Take that lady who discovered that complete set of 12 backs for example!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Despite all that though, it's still pretty incredible to think just how many there are out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sith-smith, post: 11808, member: 43"] The later ones, things like tri-logo and ROTJ cards are no real suprise. i've regularly heard stories of literally thousands of cards remaining in warehouse unsold as the star wars boom had pretty much died by then, but shop owners had bought loads believing they could be sold. That actually caused a lot of small toy shop owners to go out of business. Some far sighted people like Jim stevenson then paid ridiculously small amounts for this stock and were able to sell them at a big profit. What's more amazing is the number of star wars cards that have survived. I remember reading that some shops would send the old cards back to the suppliers for repackaging onto the latest cards. However there is evidence to show that earlier cards were just sold alongside the newer ones. There is footage of Palitoy ESB cards being sold along side ROTJ ones. I guess many of these earlier cards were left in old stock rooms. There have also been discoveries of very old stock that never made it to shops. Plus people did (though rarely) buy the stuff back then and never opened it. Some just forgot about it. Take that lady who discovered that complete set of 12 backs for example!! Despite all that though, it's still pretty incredible to think just how many there are out there. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Vintage Star Wars Collecting
Vintage Collecting Chat
What percentage?
Top
Bottom