Jedieb
Mar 20th, 2015, 07:17:13 PM
I use to use the old collecting threads as a backup inventory. I'd buy too much stuff, post it here, and then months later go back in the thread and enter everything into a spreadsheet. Well, it's starting again,...
I basically quit collecting action figures when the The Clone Wars was released. A few weeks before the release of the film I was there at midnight when the toys were released and did what I usually did, bought one of every figure and whatever new vehicles were released. And then I went and saw the animated film opening night and was just stunned. The prequels have not aged well with me, but there was enough there that I could keep going. It helped that they got better as the story went along. But TCW was a friggin' train wreck. The baby hutt, the Truman Capote hutt, Miley Cirus the Padawan, "Sky-guy." Ughh. It was like a punch in the stomach. I just remember thinking, "It's not going to get better..." The irony is, once the story moved to the weekly cartoon it actually did get better. I didn't watch the entire series but I saw and heard enough to know the show got pretty good and had a loyal following.
But I was done collecting. I bought an occasional item, but I spent far more time selling a large portion of my collection. I just had too much stuff and I wasn't even displaying it well. I sold almost all of Gentle Giant statues, a lot of vehicles, and hundreds action figures. Basically, if it was prequel related, it was gone. I kept certain characters, but most went to ebay. I didn't come close to breaking even, but over the course of a few years around $6K came back to my wallet.
Now I'm starting to get excited again. I think for many fans my age these new films are going to be a different experience than the prequels. For one thing, my hero will up on the big screen again. I was six when I saw ANH in theaters and 7 when I got my first action figures. (Star Wars toys weren't even in stores in Dec. 77, Hasbro didn't have toys for kids until 78.) It was Luke vs. Vader over and over again. I would borrow my neighbor's Death Star playset and relive the movie over and over again. I was young enough to idolize Luke and not realize that Han was cooler. Luke was my guy, and now I get to see him again.
So I'm getting drawn back in. And to celebrate, here is my most recent purchase.
https://youtu.be/WNbM5YHHQxY
I basically quit collecting action figures when the The Clone Wars was released. A few weeks before the release of the film I was there at midnight when the toys were released and did what I usually did, bought one of every figure and whatever new vehicles were released. And then I went and saw the animated film opening night and was just stunned. The prequels have not aged well with me, but there was enough there that I could keep going. It helped that they got better as the story went along. But TCW was a friggin' train wreck. The baby hutt, the Truman Capote hutt, Miley Cirus the Padawan, "Sky-guy." Ughh. It was like a punch in the stomach. I just remember thinking, "It's not going to get better..." The irony is, once the story moved to the weekly cartoon it actually did get better. I didn't watch the entire series but I saw and heard enough to know the show got pretty good and had a loyal following.
But I was done collecting. I bought an occasional item, but I spent far more time selling a large portion of my collection. I just had too much stuff and I wasn't even displaying it well. I sold almost all of Gentle Giant statues, a lot of vehicles, and hundreds action figures. Basically, if it was prequel related, it was gone. I kept certain characters, but most went to ebay. I didn't come close to breaking even, but over the course of a few years around $6K came back to my wallet.
Now I'm starting to get excited again. I think for many fans my age these new films are going to be a different experience than the prequels. For one thing, my hero will up on the big screen again. I was six when I saw ANH in theaters and 7 when I got my first action figures. (Star Wars toys weren't even in stores in Dec. 77, Hasbro didn't have toys for kids until 78.) It was Luke vs. Vader over and over again. I would borrow my neighbor's Death Star playset and relive the movie over and over again. I was young enough to idolize Luke and not realize that Han was cooler. Luke was my guy, and now I get to see him again.
So I'm getting drawn back in. And to celebrate, here is my most recent purchase.
https://youtu.be/WNbM5YHHQxY