A lot of my toys were stolen and/or vandalized when some older kids broke into our house one year. If I have much of anything in the way of those items they're replacements... though I was able to buy-back a few SW Jawa figures that I'm pretty sure were mine from a local book and record second hand store.
The Jawas were a big deal because they were impossible to find when they came out, and my older sister and family had gone around asking various grocery store clerks and just about anyone in a shop to check the back for them until they happened to find six or so, and brought them home as a surprise along with a Droid Factory... My head just about popped off from excitement.
One of two things I have besides those are a ceramic Brontosaurus that's painted up brown and black like a beagle, which I've had since before I can remember not having it. It's survived break ins, moves and various natural disasters.
The other is a Parker Brother's Little Noddy's Taxi Game board game from 1956. It has silver paper coated press-board nickels and colored plaster playing pieces. My sister and I used to play that all the time. It's fairly rare, and over the years I've had to tape the box-top edges back together to keep it in one piece.
The Jawas were a big deal because they were impossible to find when they came out, and my older sister and family had gone around asking various grocery store clerks and just about anyone in a shop to check the back for them until they happened to find six or so, and brought them home as a surprise along with a Droid Factory... My head just about popped off from excitement.
One of two things I have besides those are a ceramic Brontosaurus that's painted up brown and black like a beagle, which I've had since before I can remember not having it. It's survived break ins, moves and various natural disasters.
The other is a Parker Brother's Little Noddy's Taxi Game board game from 1956. It has silver paper coated press-board nickels and colored plaster playing pieces. My sister and I used to play that all the time. It's fairly rare, and over the years I've had to tape the box-top edges back together to keep it in one piece.
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