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When were your golden years?
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<blockquote data-quote="theforceuk" data-source="post: 465167" data-attributes="member: 5625"><p>For me my most fond memories were from 83' to 87'. I wasn't born until 1980 and some of my earliest memories are of an AT-AT battle display in my local toy shop window, it had Luke X-Wing hanging off the AT-AT and I think cotton wool as the snow. Also remember neighbors bringing an AT-AT around to the house, their boys seemed really old, but they were probably about 8 and it took two of them to carry it into the house! :lol: </p><p></p><p>Also remember what must have been my birthday in 84' and getting the MF, thinking wow this is amazing. Then shortly after that we moved all the way to Cornwall and I had my Star Wars toys in the car for the journey down, remember that very well.</p><p></p><p>Then in Cornwall I remember my Dad bringing me a figure home from the local toy shop every Monday after work, they were mostly Trilogo, still have many of the card backs with the price stickers on. Christmas 85' came along and I was still without an AT-AT and they were everywhere, seemed liked hundreds of them were lined up in Tesco's. I did get one that Christmas and it's easily the fondest memory of my childhood. My Dad being my Dad left getting one till the last minute and he ended up driving all over Cornwall to get one as Tesco's had sold out. Think the Christmas after I got a B-Wing and Rancor which was also cool, but with no new movies in the pipeline I sensed things were coming to an end.</p><p></p><p>I often think I should have been born 8 years earlier, as I never got to see any of the films at the cinema and it was all about the toys and missed out on most the toy lines as well, the films were an added bonus really! I remember going into my local toy shop round about 87' and the man in behind the counter saying sorry were not getting any more Star Wars toys in, from that moment on it was never the same. </p><p></p><p>I guess their are so many different ages, people that only collected the toys for the first film, people like me and some lucky people who were the right age to go through the entire line having an interest. Christmas time makes me think about it more!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theforceuk, post: 465167, member: 5625"] For me my most fond memories were from 83’ to 87’. I wasn’t born until 1980 and some of my earliest memories are of an AT-AT battle display in my local toy shop window, it had Luke X-Wing hanging off the AT-AT and I think cotton wool as the snow. Also remember neighbors bringing an AT-AT around to the house, their boys seemed really old, but they were probably about 8 and it took two of them to carry it into the house! :lol: Also remember what must have been my birthday in 84’ and getting the MF, thinking wow this is amazing. Then shortly after that we moved all the way to Cornwall and I had my Star Wars toys in the car for the journey down, remember that very well. Then in Cornwall I remember my Dad bringing me a figure home from the local toy shop every Monday after work, they were mostly Trilogo, still have many of the card backs with the price stickers on. Christmas 85’ came along and I was still without an AT-AT and they were everywhere, seemed liked hundreds of them were lined up in Tesco’s. I did get one that Christmas and it’s easily the fondest memory of my childhood. My Dad being my Dad left getting one till the last minute and he ended up driving all over Cornwall to get one as Tesco’s had sold out. Think the Christmas after I got a B-Wing and Rancor which was also cool, but with no new movies in the pipeline I sensed things were coming to an end. I often think I should have been born 8 years earlier, as I never got to see any of the films at the cinema and it was all about the toys and missed out on most the toy lines as well, the films were an added bonus really! I remember going into my local toy shop round about 87’ and the man in behind the counter saying sorry were not getting any more Star Wars toys in, from that moment on it was never the same. I guess their are so many different ages, people that only collected the toys for the first film, people like me and some lucky people who were the right age to go through the entire line having an interest. Christmas time makes me think about it more! [/QUOTE]
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