Growing up in the 80's recession, we had lots of hand-me-down toys, toys from the dump, but rarely ever any current must-have toys such as Star Wars action figures.
I'm sure we would have loved Star Wars figures, with us being pretty much that perfect age (I was 6 when the first movie came out). I don't think we were disallowed toys like this on matter of principle but I guess collecting Star Wars figures could get expensive, as I seem to recall them being like $3 each back when they were new. (I do recall having a C3PO but that was it)
Of course, some years later I guess our hoarder dad saw these trays at the dump and thought they made ideal screw-sorting out trays! Add to that the insult that 70's/80's Star Wars figures are much sought after these days, so stumbling across these empty cubbies with their tantalizing labels of what's not inside of them.. well it's like finding the empty box to something really cool missing from your childhood and inside is a bunch of dirt and rust, not that toy you wished was inside.
Makes we want to clean out these trays and spend $800 on ebay finding all the guys that go in these trays, just to recapture that lost bit of denied childhood.
"Obi-wan told me enough.. He told me you killed my father!
No.. I am your father!
NoooOOOoooOOOO! "
Yikes.. Imagine if Vader was a hoarder on top of being Dark Lord of the Sith.
-Tara
2 comments:
Poignant and disappointing all at the same time.
Was this the teaser box that came out after the movies?
I remember that EVERYONE wanted the figures for Christmas that year but they couldn't meet the demand so they sole the box EMPTY with an IOU for the toys later.
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