From one of my previous postings about this -
"Hope this will help you, I just cut & paste this from an earlier post I did some time back -
Right after a rather contrived call to HMRC I have had success!
If importing SW toys & they confirm to the below criteria they will qualify for the 5% import tax bracket -
Must be -
30 years old
In original packaging :?
& no longer in production
If so you can add this to your parcel & (in theory & with an insane amount of luck) you will only get charged the lower Tax bracket of 5%
commodity code 9705000090
Failing this & they do charge you, you WILL qualify to make a claim for the over tax via claim form BOR286 which you can download & print @ - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
I hope this will help others out & that I get my monies back, about bloody time for a victory for us collectors Vs the customs."