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^ I just somehow remember or still have the idea in my head that they are not figures that you casually asked for while taking the usual casual stroll through the toy department. It was something planned out.
All of my 12” Star Wars figures were Christmas gifts.
One of the great things about Mego’s and 3 3/4 inch figures, for me, was that they were priced where I could get them as impulse purchases...that’s not to say I wasn’t planning it out.
Yeah, that's an almost $30 toy these days. Definitely a special purchase, birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah, etc. I know that's when I got mine. Of course I did have friends who were a tad more well off than me who had ALL the Bionic figures. And all the Big Jim figures. And all the... you get the idea.
I got the Bionic Woman and 2 of her dresses for my 11th birthday, and the Bionic Beauty Salon that Christmas.
"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
I wanna say it was about 1984, I had my first job washing dishes on the weekend at a greasy spoon on the lake and I passed an old Ben Franklins going outta business and I bought 6 of the Steves for a dollar each. It was the second version with the grip and the steel girder, silver arm.
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