poncho
Grand Master
Went into a small local toy shop the otherday to my amazement they had some mid 90s potf hoth rebel soldier/commanders still on hangers. Nice too see. no 1980s stuff of course :lol:
Its out there i believe still rob. In these little independent toy shops buried at the back of shop attic im sure beeches wasnt the last....robpmarsh said:i saw the same down in Cornwall.....I did ask if they had any old stock in the back. He said I wasn't the first to ask this
sith-smith said:Finding a toys shop with very old stock is a dream!
Though i'd imagine that vast majority were cleaned out in the 9's when star wars really kicked off again
robpmarsh said:I think i've been in that toyshop in Florida Mall.....was after a few bits for friends but the prices were ridiculous. Ended up going across the road to Toys R Us and got them a lot cheaper!
itfciain said:sith-smith said:Finding a toys shop with very old stock is a dream!
Though i'd imagine that vast majority were cleaned out in the 9's when star wars really kicked off again
Yes, I know a of the old dealers did this - they all knew about Beeches but the old girl just wouldn't let anything go - it was only when she passed and the family wanted to get shot that the magnitude of what she has was discovered
I doubt there will ever be anything like that again but I know that there are still huge collections out there that haven't seen the light of day for a few years - just look at what Mr Tree has turned up
ScruffyLookingNH said:itfciain said:sith-smith said:Finding a toys shop with very old stock is a dream!
Though i'd imagine that vast majority were cleaned out in the 9's when star wars really kicked off again
Yes, I know a of the old dealers did this - they all knew about Beeches but the old girl just wouldn't let anything go - it was only when she passed and the family wanted to get shot that the magnitude of what she has was discovered
I doubt there will ever be anything like that again but I know that there are still huge collections out there that haven't seen the light of day for a few years - just look at what Mr Tree has turned up
Holy **** :shock: You saying "she" has just triggered a memory I clean forgot.
Back in the mid 90s when I was collecting and sort of amateur level dealing a good friend of mine from Chester (my home when not at Uni) told me of an old woman who ran a toy shop that still had a few bits of vintage. I could have sworn he said it was in Mold, but that's only just down the road from Holywell so I or he could have got muddled. Anyway, he gave me the number and I called it. The old lady answered and I asked her if she had any Star Wars for sale. She said she had only
"One or two pieces left" and that she may have an X-Wing in its box but that was about it. I asked about any carded figures at which point she asked me if I was a dealer or a collector. I told her I was a collector and she in summary said "good, because I only want the bits I have to go to collectors". For one reason or another I didn't bother going. I think she had been asking a fair bit for the X-Wing (around £40/£50 as I recall) which in 94/95 probably wasn't bad but wasn't a steal. Well, not to me, anyway.
I remember thinking how shrewd and difficult she was to talk to. Shame I didn't go, though, as maybe she would have reneged and pulled out a box of figures or two
I'll bet my house it was Beeches. The only reason it never clicked until now is that I always assumed the proprietor was a he.