What's the age range of vintage collectors?

[kieatky]

Fast approaching the big 40 :roll: , born in 75 so a little too young when ANH came out but remember going to see all 3 films with my dad at a special movie marathon screening at Unit 4 in Wigan when Jedi was released. Stopped playing with the toys and progressed onto Action Force / GI Joe as I got a little older but always loved Star Wars figures, especially as they were so readily available at the local car boots.

 

[talldroid77]

41 born in 73. Can still remember my dad taking me to see ANH and shitting myself at Darth Vader - I hid under the seat lol.I was only 4 or 5 my mother would not have approved but am glad he took me if only so I can say I saw the original release as I cant remember much of it. ESB and the toys when I was a bit older was cool as.

Looks like most of us were born in the 70's - they weren't just toys but like designer toys - a must have lol n I guess thats stuck for me anyways. The fact that a lot of us have a bit of cash now and the ongoing franchise keeping interest alive has a lot to do with the collectability (is that a word lol?) I reckon. Recapturing childhood a bit also maybes. I collected stamps as a nipper - still got my Stanley Gibbons album

 

[TheGent]

I was a 1975 early bird on 3rd of january, so I'm riding the big 40!

 

[SublevelStudios]

Forty bloody two

I have clear memories of playing with a die cast Tie Fighter, X Wing and Landspeeder when I was about 5 and having no idea what they were from.

I also clearly remember buying the R2 D2 writing set (Letraset) from the newsagents at the top of the road.

I never really stopped collecting stuff but started getting really into it in 1989 and started going to car boot sales. Then I stopped in 1994 and didn't get back into vintage stuff until nearly 3 years ago! More passionate about it now than I was back then.

 

[hellhippie]

im 43 I was around during the good years

 

[Cazza]

42. Star Wars played a massive part in my childhood. I didn't have that many figures, but really treasured what I had. By far my favourite toys. Also loved my Inpro dinosaurs (when I was little), Action Man, Action Force and Scalextric 8)

Really was the golden years!

 

[timbo72]

Almost 43 so I was just turning 5 when star wars came out. Didn't watch it on release but watched it plenty of times before Empire came out

 

[Woolyniner]

I'm 42 and have some very vague memories of seeing ANH. My first toy was a R2-D2 (the only one I've lost sob!) and I remember pushing it along the silver rails in Boots following my Mum on the day I bought it. I was fan collecting the figures all the way through to near the end of the ROTJ run when transformers raised its head. The transformers have since been binned (oops) and the star wars returned to display in my bedroom.

 

[lejackal]

That's a great Star Wars memory, playing with your speeder bike under the table I wouldn't say this of all kids but it seems like imagination has been lost somewhat.

I know what you mean but I've every intention of bringing my boy up to love toys and playing over PS4 ect, he's 19 months old and gave him some beater figures (no weapons for those of a health and safety disposition) and he went straight to trying to move them around together at the table. Really was a joy to watch. Anyway, slightly off topic so 34 and remember buying toys in Leicester city until I was around 10 then discovered a market store that had what must've been the whole Starcom line and got distracted.

 

[x-pack]

That's a great Star Wars memory, playing with your speeder bike under the table I wouldn't say this of all kids but it seems like imagination has been lost somewhat.

I know what you mean but I've every intention of bringing my boy up to love toys and playing over PS4 ect, he's 19 months old and gave him some beater figures (no weapons for those of a health and safety disposition) and he went straight to trying to move them around together at the table. Really was a joy to watch. Anyway, slightly off topic so 34 and remember buying toys in Leicester city until I was around 10 then discovered a market store that had what must've been the whole Starcom line and got distracted.

Consoles mate. I know there's a lot of peer pressure but as soon as you get a console, phone or iPad for your kids that's it. It's all they want to do. And i'm convinced it creates an addiction of sorts in children. I have a console and stuff but it's not used that often. Kids would play on them all the time these days. Morning, noon and night. Figures and toys. That's where it's at.

 

[maxf]

I'm 38.

My first figures were Han Hoth and Luke X-Wing, which I remember getting as I was dropped off at my Granddads for the afternoon in (probably 1982). I saw ROTJ at the cinema in Peterborough and remember getting a picture book afterwards.

From then on it was SW, SW, SW. I remember going to see the 3 films at the cinema one summer holiday when I was at infants school, although we didn't make it to the end!

There was a Toymaster shop in Queensgate in Peterborough where I think I got most of my figures - I remember my mum getting quite into it, and being keen for me to buy the aliens she recognised from Jabba's Palace.

Good times

Also 38 and also saw Jedi in Peterborough, at the Odeon.

Saw SW and Empire in Spalding on a double bill i think.

I remember the Queensgate Toymaster having the Dagobah playset, and being fascinated with it. That place really did seem to have Star Wars piled to the ceiling, and then there were the model kits upstairs.

Small world!

That toyshop seemed to have a whole wall of carded figures! I remember another shop in the centre having loads of At-St on sale - literally hundreds. My At-At came from Westgate House on sale too.

I remember the floor of models - I got quite into building models some time after SW and bought a few from there. I'll never forget a small kid looking at the models and exclaiming 'look mum, a Focke Wulf' and she clouted him for swearing at her. Ah Peterborough.

 

[stormcab]

"Focke Wulf"?? What on earth could that be? Lol