Comments on: Vintage Toy Stores Part 8

By: UK toy stores

UK toy stores — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:01:53 +0000

I have a friend who has a passion for collecting vintage Star Wars merchandise from the late 70's. Action figures, comics, trading cards etc anything related to the first Star Wars movie. But why only until 1980? he told me that it's not that he don't love The Empire Strikes Back and beyond, but there is something about that first wave of Star Wars mania that really grips him, back when it was all fresh and exciting.

By: plasticfetish

plasticfetish — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:16:05 +0000

Oh god, all those banana seats on the Bike aisle in Children's Village… too much! (Brilliant as always BTW.)

By: John III

John III — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:34:37 +0000

The memories of our youth are always shattered. My dad misses so much of what was around when he was a kid too. It makes me think more about it now that I have two baby girls and what they will remember growing up.

Sigh...thanks for ruining our Friday.

(just kidding)

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:15:30 +0000

It is sad. The Child World where I grew up is now a Michael's.

(and the theater across the street where I saw Star Wars is now torn down and the drive-in by my old house is halfway to reverting to pasture. Dammit! Now I'm sad.)