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<blockquote data-quote="Andyh1976" data-source="post: 540489" data-attributes="member: 10200"><p>I think perhaps it's a case of the shear volume of people involved in the star wars hobby throwing up loads of different personalities and opinions. There is a cohort of collectors who seem to revel in the value of items, rather than a genuine love for the films or the toys, and seem to love telling everyone how much they've spent. But judging by the continual rise in prices there is a huge group of us who are content to collect what we can afford for the nostalgia and love of the films. I don't really collect outside star wars so couldn't comment on if other collectors find us elitist but I would say that Facebook groups in particular do tend to end up with people typing before they think!</p><p></p><p>With regard to restoration, do we not all do this? Surely if you buy and original x-wing canopy to replace the one you lost as a child are you not restoring it to it's former glory? Most of us will have done this with some or all of our star wars toys. I think we are lucky as star wars collectors that there is so much of it out there and we are able to get original replacement parts. This is not elitist but sensible! and ultimately its better for the planet to reuse old plastics than create new repro ones if it can be avoided.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andyh1976, post: 540489, member: 10200"] I think perhaps it's a case of the shear volume of people involved in the star wars hobby throwing up loads of different personalities and opinions. There is a cohort of collectors who seem to revel in the value of items, rather than a genuine love for the films or the toys, and seem to love telling everyone how much they've spent. But judging by the continual rise in prices there is a huge group of us who are content to collect what we can afford for the nostalgia and love of the films. I don't really collect outside star wars so couldn't comment on if other collectors find us elitist but I would say that Facebook groups in particular do tend to end up with people typing before they think! With regard to restoration, do we not all do this? Surely if you buy and original x-wing canopy to replace the one you lost as a child are you not restoring it to it's former glory? Most of us will have done this with some or all of our star wars toys. I think we are lucky as star wars collectors that there is so much of it out there and we are able to get original replacement parts. This is not elitist but sensible! and ultimately its better for the planet to reuse old plastics than create new repro ones if it can be avoided. [/QUOTE]
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