Where it all started - Pics please!

[StarWarsFan]

Thanks for sharing great pictures. For me was my cousin got me into Star Wars and I played on his Snes TESB and the first figure was Luke Jedi.

 

[reddogblues]

Have posted these before in my collection thread - but thought nice to share here again

These would be Christmases 1981 and 1982.

And this was I think 1983 or 1984

 

[Pomse2001]

I found another one over Xmas, this is my little brother Fred with our Snow Speeder. Might be my knee at the top The photo was taken when we lived in Lincolnshire so that dates it 1986.

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Cool pictures edd, you are so lucky that you have such pictures :wink:

 

[Pomse2001]

This was where my childhood collection was at by early 1984 before the allure of the ZX Spectrum moved me away from Star Wars toys. That and a pathological hated for the Ewoks.
I added a few more figures during early 1984 to the lot you see here - Prune Face, The Emperor and at Christmas time 84 my folks got me a JEDI Luke X Wing pilot. Last ever figure for a good 25 years was in the Summer of 85 when I sent off for good old Anakin.
Sadly there's no pics of me actually playing with my Star Wars figures but from 1981 to 1984 nothing else mattered...

Great picture mate,so do you still have your childhood collection ?

 

[Pomse2001]

I managed to improve it a bit with Photoshop, if you can give me a proper scan it could potentially be even better

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great work edd with the pictures, still hard to see what is what but I can see an AT-AT, Vaders Tie and I also think I can see an x-wing fighter

 

[Pomse2001]

Have posted these before in my collection thread - but thought nice to share here again

These would be Christmases 1981 and 1982.

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And this was I think 1983 or 1984

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Amazing pictures mate, looks like you got some pretty cool gifts 8)

 

[reddogblues]

Have posted these before in my collection thread - but thought nice to share here again

These would be Christmases 1981 and 1982.

starwars.jpg

And this was I think 1983 or 1984

15401346_10154150547897157_1368805780_n1.jpg

Amazing pictures mate, looks like you got some pretty cool gifts 8)

Thanks, I was pretty lucky with the figures and ships I received Wish I had some pics with my Falcon and X Wing, as they were my faves. Sadly all the ships etc have long gone (probably given away for jumble sales etc) but all my figures survived and are now proudly displayed at home

 

[Pomse2001]

Have posted these before in my collection thread - but thought nice to share here again

These would be Christmases 1981 and 1982.

starwars.jpg

And this was I think 1983 or 1984

15401346_10154150547897157_1368805780_n1.jpg

Amazing pictures mate, looks like you got some pretty cool gifts 8)

Thanks, I was pretty lucky with the figures and ships I received Wish I had some pics with my Falcon and X Wing, as they were my faves. Sadly all the ships etc have long gone (probably given away for jumble sales etc) but all my figures survived and are now proudly displayed at home

Sorry to read that you do not have the ships anymore, cool that you have the figures. Any pictures of your childhood figures ?

 

[reddogblues]

Yup - here are all my loose figures from childhood - plus more recent MOC additions - as I have them displayed now

 

[Pomse2001]

Looking great, great display

 

[StarWarsFan]

Wow

 

[bosk70]

I managed to improve it a bit with Photoshop, if you can give me a proper scan it could potentially be even better

well its here the improved rebooted version well the best I can get an 1982, 12 years olds out of focus polaroid photo, now I can zoom in I can see two bespin guards sporting hoth back packs and a power droid and storm trooper on top the atat the falcon at the back behind the reb transport, what else can anyone see ????? arrr for a time machine

 

[bosk70]

sorry here's the photo

 

[edd_jedi]

Great! Here you go.

 

[bosk70]

thanks edd that's really quite good now

 

[Pomse2001]

Great work with that picture. Now it looks great 8)

 

[StarWarsFan]

@edd_jedi wow thats amazing.

 

[Jez]

Some excellent photos lads, with even better back stories.
I wish i had photos from back in the day, but it appears that my folks didn't take many. I'm hoping that my aunt and uncle may have some somewhere.

My aunt and uncle have told me that they have had a good look and they can't find any either

I'm determined to join your gang one day

Great job on the photo Ed

 

[edd_jedi]

Digging up an old thread here! Sorry not Star Wars, but just found this photo of me (right) and my brother playing with MASK toys in a Chinese restaurant near Grimsby in 1987

 

[theforceuk]

Some of mine which I've been meaning to post. Nice photo [mention]edd_jedi[/mention] !