I'm a very occastional lurker/poster here- mostly I'm into the small Mego stuff (Buck Rogers, Black Hole) and the Classic Trek Megos.
I also collect vintage Star Wars from my childhood and occasionally hang out over at the rebelscum forums.
I have observed that Mego collectors seem to embrase replicas/repros/restorations, white vintage SW collectors treat it like the plaque. In fact, there is outright hostility toward anything so much as a repro weapon for a vintage Star Wars figure, much less repro packaging.
I collect not for value or prestige, but for nostalgia. I would like nothing more than to do a whole rack of repro carded SW figures simply for the thrill of reliving a scene from my past!
So what gives?
Mark
I also collect vintage Star Wars from my childhood and occasionally hang out over at the rebelscum forums.
I have observed that Mego collectors seem to embrase replicas/repros/restorations, white vintage SW collectors treat it like the plaque. In fact, there is outright hostility toward anything so much as a repro weapon for a vintage Star Wars figure, much less repro packaging.
I collect not for value or prestige, but for nostalgia. I would like nothing more than to do a whole rack of repro carded SW figures simply for the thrill of reliving a scene from my past!
So what gives?
Mark
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