First off - all of the "collectors" who are buying these things with plans to keep them in their boxes for twenty years and then sell them for profit are going to be disappointed. The reason that an X-Wing in its original box is selling for $500+ is because there are hardly any of them around - nobody thought to "collect" one twenty years ago. (Mine is somewhere at home, with lots o' scrapes and battle damage from dogfights with the neighbor kid's TIE fighter - box is long gone, but we had FUN!) There was a guy at ToysRUs this morning (10:00, didn't go at midnight thank you) who was "collecting" all sixteen basic action figures, dutifully checking each one off of his list and laying then CAREFULLY in his cart. This was probably a common scene, and eventually there will be more "boxed, mint" Darth Mauls than you can shake a stick (lightsaber?) at, and none of them will be worth $$$$$.
Collection sickness aside, the new toys are neat, and bring back many good memories. I did buy an Obi-Wan and Darth Maul, but they'll get unwrapped tonight and will wind up guarding my desk at home.
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First off - all of the "collectors" who are buying these things with plans to keep them in their boxes for twenty years and then sell them for profit are going to be disappointed. The reason that an X-Wing in its original box is selling for $500+ is because there are hardly any of them around - nobody thought to "collect" one twenty years ago. (Mine is somewhere at home, with lots o' scrapes and battle damage from dogfights with the neighbor kid's TIE fighter - box is long gone, but we had FUN!) There was a guy at ToysRUs this morning (10:00, didn't go at midnight thank you) who was "collecting" all sixteen basic action figures, dutifully checking each one off of his list and laying then CAREFULLY in his cart. This was probably a common scene, and eventually there will be more "boxed, mint" Darth Mauls than you can shake a stick (lightsaber?) at, and none of them will be worth $$$$$.
Collection sickness aside, the new toys are neat, and bring back many good memories. I did buy an Obi-Wan and Darth Maul, but they'll get unwrapped tonight and will wind up guarding my desk at home.
(Hey, where's the Mace Windu figure, dammit?!)
Same problem here, and that's after downloading from two separate sites. Works fine under '95 though, on the same machine.