What is the dumbest thing you've done with your SW collection? Any regrets?
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dmontane1
Freaked Out
Selling my Sandtrooper on ebay then years latter almost paying double for the same one.
OMG, I still have one of those, totally forgot about that one. Snatched it off a peg at TRU back in the day, like finding gold.
At one point that (black vest maul) and my '77 Vader with telescoping lightsaber were my most valuable toys.
But one of the dumbest things I did was get suckered into the whole .00 thing. And the short saber in long tray. So lame now that I think about it.
RJMacReady16
Super Freak
When my son was 2 he opened a pristine carded vintage Bespin Han from my wall.
10 years later I still strike him occasionally. (not really...it was just a toy)
10 years later I still strike him occasionally. (not really...it was just a toy)
Damn, thats a great price!!!
punkg42
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My one regret would be with the SW Unleashed 6" line of figures... When they first came out I had no interest in them... When the Boba Fett and Yoda wave hit I saw 4 of each at TRU but passed on them. Prices soon skyrocketed and I picked up a few here and there from that wave on... prices kept climbing and the completest in me wanted to get the whole collection and fill the holes for the early figs I was missing... so I went searching on ebay and found a compelte set for $1,200... it was close enough (4 hours) that I could drive and pick them up. I figured I could buy the lot and sell what I already had to make some $ back. So I bought a full set of waves 1-12 knowing that I could grab waves 12 & 14 in store and have a complete collection... So I paid the $1,200 and picked them up.
The next day the prices plummeted... I even saw another auction for a complete set go for $700 literally the next day... so by not waiting a day I cost myself $500...
It was the first time I had ever jumped to get something, and the last. Lesson learned. I wanted to get them before the prices were too high...I should've known.
The next day the prices plummeted... I even saw another auction for a complete set go for $700 literally the next day... so by not waiting a day I cost myself $500...
It was the first time I had ever jumped to get something, and the last. Lesson learned. I wanted to get them before the prices were too high...I should've known.
My biggest *current* regret: buying 2 of every Hasbro figure they made starting in 1995 !!!!!!!
yikes! suddenly my financial loss doesn't look so bad. At least you had years and years to enjoy them, and a toy drive will certainly appreciate them when you decide to purge...
dmontane1
Freaked Out
I didn't get the MR Y-wing, i got all the others like the Alluminum Falcon, snowspeeder, atat, but no y-wing and that was my favorite one ugh.
Buying some of them instead of the obviously superior GI Joe and Super Powers figures out at the time. *bangs head into wall over and over*
VintijDroidGutzz
Super Freak
It's amazing just how ahead of their time, the Super Powers figures were. 
I only ever had Superman, Batman & Green Lantern, but oh how I coveted the Luthor & Penguin.
I only ever had Superman, Batman & Green Lantern, but oh how I coveted the Luthor & Penguin.
Toys 4 Tots - last 5 years. All my carded ones. Feel good about letting them go and kids win and I get a small tax break. If you gotta do it, that's the way to let em go
I had a whole bunch actually, including the Hall of Justice and rarer ones like Plastic Man, Green Arrow, and Captain Marvel. But no Manhunter, Steppenwolf, or Samurai. . .I'm sorry, I'm gonna need a minute *weeps*It's amazing just how ahead of their time, the Super Powers figures were.
I only ever had Superman, Batman & Green Lantern, but oh how I coveted the Luthor & Penguin.
VintijDroidGutzz
Super Freak
I'm in the process right now of selling most of my EP2/3 stuff, & just keeping a few faves.
devilof76
Super Freak
No regrets.
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