What was your first Star Wars collectible ..EVER?

[Darthrazz]

I remember in 1978, I was 8 years old and my grandmother took me to a store in NJ called Two Guys and she bought me a Kenner 3 3/4" C-3P0 and the GREASE record album!

 

[drod26]

My first starwars collectible was a 3/4" ANH luke and chewie in 1981

 

[The Batman Professor]

Kenner 3.75" Luke and Vader - $0.77 each!

 

[galactiboy]

I'm not 100% sure as my brother was a few years older (he was born in '72) and SW figures were always in our house when I was growing up, and sometimes were hand-me-downs.

But the first figure I clearly remember being just for me was the Kenner Wampa. Got it for Xmas when it was still a new toy, still one of my favorites

 

[Darth Madden]

I know the first group of 3 3/4 figures I had were Luke, Han and Chewbacca so it was one of those 3. I wish I still had all those but I think the parents tossed them.

 

[galactiboy]

Parents suck sometimes

 

[Darth Madden]

Parents suck sometimes

Yep, they did keep my Atari 2600 though so I can't bash them too much.

 

[Darthgothikus]

Although it makes me weep...

I was seven in '77

Totally hooked on Star Wars from day 1.

As a treat, once a week my mum took me to the local toy shop and I could buy 1 figure.

My first 12 purchases where the original ANH 12 back figures.








All ripped off the cards, mercilessly played with, and ultimately lost.


Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[Darth_IMPoor]

I was just a wee lad at the time, so don't hold me to it, but I'm pretty sure it was the cards out of Wonder Bread. It was either that or the 3 pack polybagged reprints of the comics. I know I had some stuff before the figures came out. The first figures we got were the Early Bird set. It's all downhill from there.

 

[roguebaron]

ANH luke and artoo, both bought when they first came out. I still have them, though they are very worn. Luke still hass the yellow bit on the end of his lightsabre though, I have no idea how it survived. The first actual collectible item I bought as an adult was a 70mm film frame in one of those acylic cases.

 

[thenammagazine]

All 3 3/4" ANH (back then just Star Wars) figures; small head Han Solo, yellow-sabered Luke and C-3PO.

 

[galactiboy]

I was just a wee lad at the time, so don't hold me to it, but I'm pretty sure it was the cards out of Wonder Bread. It was either that or the 3 pack polybagged reprints of the comics. I know I had some stuff before the figures came out. The first figures we got were the Early Bird set. It's all downhill from there.

I forgot about polybagged comics... used to be great to pick up a pack of 3 comics

 

[Darth Madden]

All ripped off the cards, mercilessly played with, and ultimately lost.


Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Thats what we did. I am so glad I grew up in an era where toys were toys and not savings plans. We beat the hell out of our figures and loved every minute of it.

 

[coolkansaswind]

kenner ... x wing

 

[Dorgmal Snow]

The only thing I can remember is that I did not see Star Wars at the cinema. My folks were not sci fi fans... but I remember going in to the local toy shop every week hoping to see if there were any new ones... so happy, I used to dream of the toy shop and I would find figures hidden away that no one else had!! a simple life

As for the first one... Han and Luke.... and my addiction has never stopped....

 

[Mad Old Lu]

It's funny I can't remember which ones were the first ones I got. It was when they first came out in 78 (I was 5). I think it was Luke and maybe Han and Threepio. But I know I also got the landspeeder at the same time too, so it was a nice little grouping.

 

[thenammagazine]

Thats what we did. I am so glad I grew up in an era where toys were toys and not savings plans. We beat the hell out of our figures and loved every minute of it.

though, thinking about it now is a tad depressing. They're equal to a down payment on a house

 

[galactiboy]

And really its because we weren't treating them like collectibles (rather the toys that they were) that they are so valuable now.

That's one of the reasons I always thought the rabic MOSC Hasbro collectors were so funny... if everyone treats them like a collectible then they end up being worthless Only way to increase the value of those things is to open 99% of them up

 

[Darthrazz]

And really its because we weren't treating them like collectibles (rather the toys that they were) that they are so valuable now.

That's one of the reasons I always thought the rabic MOSC Hasbro collectors were so funny... if everyone treats them like a collectible then they end up being worthless Only way to increase the value of those things is to open 99% of them up

True, my 3.75 " figures were buried in dirt for days, frozen in cups of water in the freezer, pulled from the dogs mouth, my Lando figure disappeared once and i found him a FULL year later in the christmas tree box!

 

[Deak Starkiller]

My first memory was a Kenner Luke Skywalker, Ben Kenobi with no head, a Landspeeder, and Rock N' Roll from GI JOE that I used as a Ben since he had a beard. They were my olders brothers but they let me play with them.