Where do I start? Well I'm a 59 year old bloke from Lincoln whose two sons are now in their 30's and not bothered about their old toys that we have stored in our attic for years. My wife and I decided that as we could hardly move up there now days because of all the junk then it was time to have a clear out. Most of the old toys we came across (and mostly forgotten about) were in reasonable nick and even in their original boxes. Well of course we came across the extensive Star Wars Toys collection that our two boys bought with their pocket money from car boots around 1992 (and us as we of course paid for most of them as extras for them from the car boot sales etc). The difficulty is that we have no idea who bought which ones with their pocket money so we don't know what belongs to who. Generally this doesn't matter as neither of the lads are bothered about their old toys and have nowhere in their (rented) houses to keep them anyway. Also we now have a 5 year old Grandson who loves playing with all the retro stuff we have come across, such as Supervan City Micromachines, Matchbox Sky Busters, Mamod Steam Engines and so on.
My wife and I do attend toy fairs quite often as we collect Thomas the Tank Engine and Disney Cars toys for our GS, so we are aware how collectable the old Kenner Star Wars figures are. Well here's the problem do we let our GS play with all the Star Wars toys or not? If not what do we do with them. Some of the playsets like the Ewok Village and Slave i are complete and in boxes (which are far from mint but still intact) and most of the figures are stored in two Darth Vader Head storage cases with compartments for weapons. We ave two loose AT-ATs, Two Millenium Falcons, a Y Wing, most of a B Wing, all three versions of the Tie Fighter and so on. There is quite a bit of stuff.
I have just spent all evening sorting out the loose figures and I was surprised to find we have at least one of all the 77 original figures (about half of them have weapons) and several spares. We also have around half of the extra 17 figures, including the full Han Solo in Carbonite. I think we have all of the extra Ewoks and some of them twice, the trouble is the lads when playing with them swapped the hoods and belts around and it is difficult to tell which accoutrements go with which figure !
I'll post some pictures of the figures in the next few days when I have finished sorting them out so you all can have a look. Firstly I have a few questions though.
1. They have all been played with in the past so should I let our Grandson have them to play with?
2. Or should we set about working out how much they are worth?
3. Can we get replacement weapons and coats for Obi Wan, White and Brown Leah, Winter Storm Troopers, Lando, Bib Fortuna and a new Stormtrooper Helmet for Luke in the ST gear?
4. I think I would like to get the missing bits and display them in my study with all my Dinky and Corgi Diecast models but is this going to get expensive?
5. Would it be worth selling the doubles we have of AT-AT, Falcon, boxed Ewok Village, Ice Station Attack set and the complete boxed Sy Snootles and the Rebo Band to finance purchasing the missing weapons and coats to make good the first 77 figures?
6. The hardest part is trying to work out from a poor colour photocopy of the reverse side of a card, which weapon each figure should have. Is there a simple guide anywhere of the forum that would help with this please?
Sorry to have drivelled on for so long but this Forum seems tobe the go-to place for advice and the prices in the sales section look very reasonable and less of a rip-off that some of the eBay dealers. Hope some one can help.
Regards
Ian
My wife and I do attend toy fairs quite often as we collect Thomas the Tank Engine and Disney Cars toys for our GS, so we are aware how collectable the old Kenner Star Wars figures are. Well here's the problem do we let our GS play with all the Star Wars toys or not? If not what do we do with them. Some of the playsets like the Ewok Village and Slave i are complete and in boxes (which are far from mint but still intact) and most of the figures are stored in two Darth Vader Head storage cases with compartments for weapons. We ave two loose AT-ATs, Two Millenium Falcons, a Y Wing, most of a B Wing, all three versions of the Tie Fighter and so on. There is quite a bit of stuff.
I have just spent all evening sorting out the loose figures and I was surprised to find we have at least one of all the 77 original figures (about half of them have weapons) and several spares. We also have around half of the extra 17 figures, including the full Han Solo in Carbonite. I think we have all of the extra Ewoks and some of them twice, the trouble is the lads when playing with them swapped the hoods and belts around and it is difficult to tell which accoutrements go with which figure !
I'll post some pictures of the figures in the next few days when I have finished sorting them out so you all can have a look. Firstly I have a few questions though.
1. They have all been played with in the past so should I let our Grandson have them to play with?
2. Or should we set about working out how much they are worth?
3. Can we get replacement weapons and coats for Obi Wan, White and Brown Leah, Winter Storm Troopers, Lando, Bib Fortuna and a new Stormtrooper Helmet for Luke in the ST gear?
4. I think I would like to get the missing bits and display them in my study with all my Dinky and Corgi Diecast models but is this going to get expensive?
5. Would it be worth selling the doubles we have of AT-AT, Falcon, boxed Ewok Village, Ice Station Attack set and the complete boxed Sy Snootles and the Rebo Band to finance purchasing the missing weapons and coats to make good the first 77 figures?
6. The hardest part is trying to work out from a poor colour photocopy of the reverse side of a card, which weapon each figure should have. Is there a simple guide anywhere of the forum that would help with this please?
Sorry to have drivelled on for so long but this Forum seems tobe the go-to place for advice and the prices in the sales section look very reasonable and less of a rip-off that some of the eBay dealers. Hope some one can help.
Regards
Ian