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9 Responses to “Day 28: Star Wars Death Star Space Station”

1. 1 Cole Nov 29th, 2009 at 9:22 am

   I was at my parents’ house this weekend and dug through every single storage area I could find in hopes of locating my Star Wars collection to turn over to my three year old son. I had the Death Star, an X Wing, the Falcon, a Tie Fighter, and even Luke’s Land Speeder. What blows my mind (along with the play)is how much cheaper it all was then … and even accounting for 1978 prices, the Star Wars stuff of today is just out of control expensive. I was looking at getting my boy some stuff for Christmas and an X Wing is now over $100.00. Crazy.
2. 2 Peter Naegele Nov 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am

   I had this one as well! When my nephew was old enough, and also obsessed with SW, I passed it on to him……along with the rest of my SW toys!
3. 3 Stefan Dec 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 am

   Used to be my favorite toy also

   Thanks for reminding me!
4. 4 Reverend Dec 4th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

   @Cole,
   Yeah, the price of this stuff now is insane, even the Legos that pique my interest more than any other toys these days, are almost prohibitive. You are lucky that your family kept some of this stuff, your children will be the richer for it

   @Peter,
   You are the greatest uncle ever

   @Stefan,

   In fact, this whole series is about just that, a reminder of things gone by. I live for that.
5. 5 StarWarsFigure Dec 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm

   Lucky you, guys. I’ve never had this one myself – when I was a boy, it was virtually impossible to get any Star Wars toys or figures in my country. That’s probably one of the reasons why I’m now compensating this by collecting all kinds of SW items.
6. 6 Reverend Dec 24th, 2009 at 3:11 am

   @StarWarsFigure,

   I dig the fact that you are making up for it now. And if I had my head about me I would have preserved a lot more of the Star Wars stuff than I did, but then again that is the joy of nostalgia—desiring something you really can’t have again. And I always found the having of it was not nearly as rewarding as the desire. Things are strange that way.
7. 7 Jared Stein Dec 24th, 2009 at 5:36 am

   I’m glad you included the catalog entry here, which shows a price tag of $18! I was 4 years old when first exposed to this beauty, and thought for sure this mammoth toy was at least $100, and thus forever just another parsec away…

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