Comments on: Day 28: Star Wars Death Star Space Station

By: Jared Stein

Jared Stein — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:36:47 +0000

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…

By: Day 8: Star Wars Cantina at bavatuesdays

Day 8: Star Wars Cantina at bavatuesdays — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:24:37 +0000

[...] the Death Star was the first and most impressive of the Kenner Star Wars play sets, the second may have been even more special [...]

By: Reverend

Reverend — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:11:50 +0000

@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.

By: StarWarsFigure

StarWarsFigure — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:32:17 +0000

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.

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By: Reverend

Reverend — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:52:14 +0000

@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.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:39:48 +0000

Used to be my favorite toy also

Thanks for reminding me!

By: Peter Naegele

Peter Naegele — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:55:55 +0000

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!

By: Cole

Cole — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:22:03 +0000

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.