What did you save?

[Bel-Cam Jos]

Some of us (we? as an English teacher, I still get that wrong sometimes) old geezer SW collectors were around when the toys were retail products, not really secondary market yet. When you decided to resume collecting (unless you had a DeLorean with a functioning flux capacitor ), what did you begin with? Were you a smart one who stored everything in a temperature-controlled room, sealed in the packages? Did your mom keep everything in an attic for you, or was it dripping with fungus and spiders? Was it one Rancor Keeper, sans headress and left arm?

List away, if you can remember back that far! :wavy lines:

[Kidhuman]

Well, I saved all my vintage figures, I also had Jabba but not the rest of the playest. The Rancor, AT-ST, Taun Taun, Wampa and some other stuff as well.

I lost in moves the following:

Millenium Falcon
TIE Fighter(Pop off wings)
Hoth, Tatooine, Cantina playsets
2 Imperial Attack bases.
Carded Snaggletooth
Carded Ackbar(both ROTJ)
X-Wing fighter

and some other stuff too.

[DarkArtist]

I had most of all the original figures and a speeder bike. first vintage purchase was a POTF Luke Stormtrooper and Han Carbonite for $50 and a AT-ST.

[stillakid]

I'm not sure I understand the question exactly, but I arrived into adulthood with everything that I had collected during childhood. That was most of the action figures minus most of the ROTJ coin figures. I also still have my Falcon, Landspeeder, and Slave I all in their original boxes. I think that everything else I have (vintage) are things I picked up b/n 1985-ish and now.

[bobafrett]

I have very little from my childhood. Most of my stuff was either lost in various moves, or thrown out by my dad. The main problem I had was lack of income, and no one in my family to support my now iout of control habit. I have a few figures from Empire, most of my vintage was from ROTJ. I also have a 12" Darth Vader loose from Venture. My brother was nice enough to donate it to me.

[Rogue II]

Saved:

• Hammerhead
• Hoth Han
• Han Solo (big head)
• Luke X-Wing Pilot
• Ugnaught
• Snowtrooper
• Stormtrooper
• Jawa
• Ben Kenobi
• FX-7 (actually was my little brother's)
• R2-D2

When I started collecting again, I re-bought a Vintage Darth Vader. I picked up a Gammorean Guard and Jabba, too, but I didn't have them as a kid.

Prepare to cry, here is what I lost:

• Vehicles & Playsets
• TIE Fighter
• X-Wing
• Millenium Falcon
• Cloud Car
• Dagobah playset
• Landspeeder
• Death Star Playset
• Slave I
  
  Figures
• Luke Skywalker
• R5-D4
• C-3PO
• C-3PO (break apart)
• Boba Fett x2
• Death Squad Commander
• Bespin Luke
• Yoda
• R2-D2 w/ periscope
• 2-1B
• AT-AT Driver
• IG-88
• Bossk
• Greedo
• Bespin Guard (white)
• Power Droid
• Cloud Car Pilot
• Bespin Han Solo
• 12" Boba Fett

[LusiferSam]

I managed to save nearly all of my childhood Star Wars stuff. I have all of my toys, all but one of my books, all of my stickers, and nearly everything else that said "Star Wars" on it. I don't have my Darth Vader costume from when I was 4.

My figures are and were in the following condition as of August of 1995.
Chewbacca: Missing bowcaster (never had it), lot of paint wear and loose limbs. Dirty.
Ben Kenobi: Ripped cape, no lightsaber. Both legs broken.
Darth Vader: 2 copys. First one is missing head, cape and lightsaber and has a lot of paint wear and loose limbs. Second one missing lightsaber tip.
Stormtrooper: Missing gun. Yellowed and left arm was chewed by dog.
Jawa: Complete, other wise a little dirty.
Tusken Raider: Missing cape. Head is loose and paint wear on hands.
Luke Skywalker (X-Wing Pilot): Missing gun. Very heavy paint wear and very loose limbs.
Boba Fett: Complete. Paint wear.
IG-88: Complete. Minor paint wear.
Lando Calrissian: Missing gun and head. Ripped cape.
Leia Organa (Bespin Gown): Missing gun and cape. Paint wear.
Yoda: Missing cane, snake, and belt. Ripped coat and minor paint wear.
2-1B: Missing accessories.
R2-D2 (With Sensorscope): 2 copies. First on has no sticker and both legs are broken. Second one has dirty sticker.
4-LOM: Minor rip on coat. Gun and chest plate broken. Head is dirty.
C-3PO With Removable limbs: 2 copies. Both have a lot of chipped paint. One is complete, the other is missing a leg and arm.
Admiral Ackbar: Missing staff. Very minor paint wear.
Bib Fortuna: Missing chest plate.
Chief Chirpa: Missing staff. Paint wear.
Emperor's Royal Guard: Complete and very clean. Staff has a curved bend to it.
Gamorrean Guard: Complete. Ax has paint wear.
General Madine: Missing staff (never had it).
Klaatu: Complete. Minor paint wear
Logray: Missing staff. Pouch is very dirty.
Princess Leia Organa (Boushh Disguise): Missing helmet. Minor paint wear.
Ree-Yees: Missing gun (never had it). Paint wear on eyes.
8D8: A little dirty
The Emperor: Missing cane. Paint wear.
Han Solo (in Trench Coat): Missing gun. Coat was chewed by dog. Some paint wear.
Princess Leia Organa (In Combat Poncho): Missing helmet and gun. Paint wear
Pruneface: Missing cloak. Gun strap was cut. Dirty.
Teebo: Missing ax.
Wicket W. Warrick: Missing spear. Paint wear.
Anakin Skywalker: No coin, he was mail away version.
Warok: Missing head dress. Have coin.

Vehicles, playsets and other toys I have are:
CAP-2: First SW toy. No stickers or gun. One of the suction cups was broken off.
Jabba the Hutt: Missing stem off the pipe.
Ewok Village: Original strings were replaced long a gone. No fire sticker. Split peg is broken and spit legs are broken.
Rancor Monster: A little dirty.
Desert Sail Skiff: Missing one sticker. Foot peg is warn, as is the boom.
Vinyl storage case: The '82 ESB version. The snap is broken off and some seams have opened up.
C-3PO Case: This is were I store my original figures. Sticker at applied and a few of the braces are loose. Paint wear.
Chewbacca Bandolier Strap: Complete. Both weapon cases are dirty on the inside. Some of the foam has come loose, but it's all there and in tacked.

The last figures I bought as a kid were Klaatu and Admiral Ackbar at a KB Toys in '88 (a two for $1 deal). I pasted on the B-Wing Pilot (again). I starting collecting in August of '95 when I bought a Dagobah playset. But it was only after I found eBay in November of '97 did I really start getting stuff. I didn't win my first SW item, Jedi Luke, until October of '98 though.

[Kidhuman]

I also have various 12" figs from childhood, all incomplete

[stillakid]

I also have various 12" figs from childhood, all incomplete

So what, they're all 11"?

[Kidhuman]

9.75", but who's complaining?