Before I was even a teenager, I was collecting vintage Star Wars. A few years before the Power of the Force 2 stuff hit the market.
How has the internet effected prices for vintage Star Wars? I know it's made obtaining stuff much easier, but although I really can't remember prices of stuff too well, I don't think it has changed much. The figures that everyone wanted then are still the same figures everyone looks for now (POTF, Blue Snaggletooth, etc.)
I remember back in those days, there was this gigantic warehouse that was kind of hidden. They sold Star Wars figures in bundles in like a plastic comic book baggie with white cardboard. I remember them having a bunch of the POTF figures and I got a DTS Luke there and a stack of POTF coins about six inches high. WOW, do I regret selling that stuff.
What I remember though was how CHEAP it was.
My dad is always telling me I should sell my collection and always reminds me of a saying, "strike while the iron is hot". I know I've heard stories in the past about certain things (like Lone Ranger, 60s GI Joe and Roy Rogers) being untouchable at one now and now not so desirable. But I always tell him that Star Wars seems to be just as popular as it was in the 90s with very little change to the market.
Right now, trying to find 80s toys is getting harder and harder and it does seem more people are after it now. But will it ever reach a point where it's "worthless" and people will be giving it away?
I can't tell you how many times I've had to deal with people that had small, incomplete junk lots of He-Man acting like they had a pile of gold.
How has the internet effected prices for vintage Star Wars? I know it's made obtaining stuff much easier, but although I really can't remember prices of stuff too well, I don't think it has changed much. The figures that everyone wanted then are still the same figures everyone looks for now (POTF, Blue Snaggletooth, etc.)
I remember back in those days, there was this gigantic warehouse that was kind of hidden. They sold Star Wars figures in bundles in like a plastic comic book baggie with white cardboard. I remember them having a bunch of the POTF figures and I got a DTS Luke there and a stack of POTF coins about six inches high. WOW, do I regret selling that stuff.
What I remember though was how CHEAP it was.
My dad is always telling me I should sell my collection and always reminds me of a saying, "strike while the iron is hot". I know I've heard stories in the past about certain things (like Lone Ranger, 60s GI Joe and Roy Rogers) being untouchable at one now and now not so desirable. But I always tell him that Star Wars seems to be just as popular as it was in the 90s with very little change to the market.
Right now, trying to find 80s toys is getting harder and harder and it does seem more people are after it now. But will it ever reach a point where it's "worthless" and people will be giving it away?
I can't tell you how many times I've had to deal with people that had small, incomplete junk lots of He-Man acting like they had a pile of gold.
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