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<blockquote data-quote="db94" data-source="post: 557911" data-attributes="member: 4318"><p>2010 - SW Vintage Collection comes out. It's in the shops, actually hanging on pegs. My daughter and I just love it.</p><p>I'm going daft over the original card art on the figures and ships and she's adding to her toy collection.</p><p></p><p>We make regular trips to local toy shops and supermarkets knowing there will be plenty to choose from, availability isn't a problem and we get to spend quality time searching through them looking for best paint apps.</p><p></p><p>It was a fantastic time, I remember making a 4 hour round trip on a particularly snowy night to get the VC snowspeeder from Forbidden Planet Aberdeen in time for Christmas. Toys R Us was always fully stocked and 9 times out of 10 had some kind of offer on.</p><p></p><p>Slowly over the years the fun just went right out of it - they changed the bubbles to larger ones that looked out of place on a VC style figure. Local shops stopped stocking them, online exclusives became a thing.</p><p></p><p>Got excited about wave 1 of the Retro line only to find out they were a bit cheap and nasty - couldn't hold their weapons. Wave 2 came out and they opted for the stupid large bubbles which looked even more out of place on that line.</p><p></p><p>For many years my modern collection was on display in my room next to my vintage, looked great and a fun way to add regularly without breaking the bank. Now it's all boxed up and in storage. I was tempted with the Speederbike but in the end I've just decided to drop modern collecting. My last delivery of VC figures arrived - 2 x R2D2 and 1 Stormtrooper, cost me just shy of £50 with postage. I opened the box and just thought, nope, this is silly, £50 for 3 figures.</p><p></p><p>Remember my Dad talking about the bakery he worked at - the owner sold a delicious fruit cake that was really popular. To save pennies he started to change the recipe, substitute ingredients for cheaper alternatives until slowly over time no one bought the cake anymore. Modern SW should be a sure fire money spinner for Hasbro/Disney but they insist on getting the basics wrong.[ATTACH=full]179873[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]179874[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="db94, post: 557911, member: 4318"] 2010 - SW Vintage Collection comes out. It's in the shops, actually hanging on pegs. My daughter and I just love it. I'm going daft over the original card art on the figures and ships and she's adding to her toy collection. We make regular trips to local toy shops and supermarkets knowing there will be plenty to choose from, availability isn't a problem and we get to spend quality time searching through them looking for best paint apps. It was a fantastic time, I remember making a 4 hour round trip on a particularly snowy night to get the VC snowspeeder from Forbidden Planet Aberdeen in time for Christmas. Toys R Us was always fully stocked and 9 times out of 10 had some kind of offer on. Slowly over the years the fun just went right out of it - they changed the bubbles to larger ones that looked out of place on a VC style figure. Local shops stopped stocking them, online exclusives became a thing. Got excited about wave 1 of the Retro line only to find out they were a bit cheap and nasty - couldn't hold their weapons. Wave 2 came out and they opted for the stupid large bubbles which looked even more out of place on that line. For many years my modern collection was on display in my room next to my vintage, looked great and a fun way to add regularly without breaking the bank. Now it's all boxed up and in storage. I was tempted with the Speederbike but in the end I've just decided to drop modern collecting. My last delivery of VC figures arrived - 2 x R2D2 and 1 Stormtrooper, cost me just shy of £50 with postage. I opened the box and just thought, nope, this is silly, £50 for 3 figures. Remember my Dad talking about the bakery he worked at - the owner sold a delicious fruit cake that was really popular. To save pennies he started to change the recipe, substitute ingredients for cheaper alternatives until slowly over time no one bought the cake anymore. Modern SW should be a sure fire money spinner for Hasbro/Disney but they insist on getting the basics wrong.[ATTACH type="full"]179873[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]179874[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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