Won't matter when the fans come in and tear it all apart. Just dump the figures in the kiddie pools and fans will go diving for Darth Maul. I did when I was there. 😂🤣
These are just normies though. The actual collectors were cherry picking looking for low print toys or anything rare like recalls or defects. Most of these toys are just about worthless other than sentimental value I suppose.
I think people just forgot just how bad Star Wars mania was in the late 90s and early 2000s. There is a reason some many kids of that time are hardcore SW fans now.
I did the midnight toy release of Force Awakens for the experience, I grabbed one of like 3 Kylo Ren figures on the shelf and a guy wanted to trade a Rey for him. He was disappointed that I had to turn him down :_(
I remember going to force Friday when the force awakens came out, even tho that was a horrible movie the hype was big and target went all out. Wish I was older so I had a cooler experience with the prequels coming out
All these years later, I’m now trying to buy some of the cheaper episode 1 action figures. They were surprisingly more detailed than a lot of new figures
I saw a guy this week buying a bunch of episode 1 figures at an indoor flea market. I think there is about to be a surge in interest and prices for these figures.
I remember the day I seen Phantom Menace with my da, he brought me into Smyth’s toys in Dublin as soon as the movie was over because I was absolutely electric and kept saying Star Wars was my favourite thing ever (still is) and bought me the 3 figures with the chips: Darth Maul, Anakin and Jar Jar 😂 I eventually got the reader and more figures Remains the best time of my entire life to this day Now I’m nearly 30 and get very nostalgic when I pass by there solely based on episode 1 and that day
Good times. I worked at one of the locations in Sac CA at the time. We had about 200+ people waiting. I still have one of the giant 2 sided banners (Obi-Wan/Padmé Amidala).
I am shocked because it reminds me of generation past where you had to wait in long lines especially at movie theaters before the computers came out, and now you could cheat and get the things out before people could get it....
@@monkfishy6348 SW also has tropes from early to mid 20th century western and adventure films, yes. An artistic work can encompass multiple influences and genres. SW is not one thing or the other, it encompasses multiple influences from multiple types of art such as painting, design, architecture, sculpting, cinema, litterature, theatre, cinema, television, comic books, etc. And obviously, with that, SW also has a ton of cultural, religious and historical influences.
It'll be just everyone dressing up as Darth Maul,Pod Racer Anakin,Jar Jar Binks,Padme in her queen outfit,Padawan Obi-Wan,and Qui-Gon Gin for Halloween
Those were the days. The golden age of Star Wars collecting. I really wanted my mom to take me at midnight but in the end I had to settle for the next morning lol. I think we went to K mart instead of TRU.
