Hello everyone!

I was just curious, what is your biggest uh-oh?

I will begin.  I don't know if it was worth much; however, I have never seen another, so surely it was right?

When I was a kid of 10 or so, yes the 80's, I got a set of star wars blue prints that I despised b/c all I wanted was action figures. Note to all, I only had (3) consisting of Hoth Han and Hoth rebel soldier (my parents told me he was Luke - LOL) and the lovely FX-7 and 1 die cast ship I will save to mention later (not the falcon).

Anyway, I believe they were issued with the Empire Strikes Back movie with a blue and yellow cover. Anyway, all I can find now have a red cover and I believe were issued with Return of the Jedi.  

Unfortunately, I threw them away at some point and often wonder how rare they were since I can't find another set after 2 years of looking!

On a side note, I am very thankful that I saved my money as a kid and bought my own die cast millennium falcon.  This is only relevant b/c it sparked my collecting bug a while back when my wife gave me a replacement she bought for me on ebay for Christmas.

So what is your biggest mistake with a purchase, sale or childhood memory?

Best regards Jack!

Hi Jack, I have far more collecting positives than negatives. Some of my 'mistakes' : removing some price stickers from my childhood cardbacks, buying half an 'aussie two pack' when I could have bought both halves, selling all my space Lego as a teenager.


If I did not collect vintage Star Wars I would be a Lego collector.

I should not have left my childhood figures at my parents. I came to find out that my brother shot them all with a BB gun or literally ran them over with a skateboard.

Financially speaking, I've sold off a bunch of stuff that's had a massive increase in market value but I bought stuff that's increased as well. So I can't complain

when it came to the newer stuff owned literally everything from 95-2001 . I woke up one dy and said what am I doing , it didn't hold the appeal that vintage did so I unloaded it all . what a pain in the butt ....good fn riddance

Mine is mostly selling of my complete collection in 1999, and then selling of my Bossk mailer (my dream is to find another where the seller lets me pay on a payment plan its the only way I will afford one now) but by selling them I was able to do stuff that has given me and my family life long memory's

My sister threw away most of my vintage star wars, all of my gobots, all of my gi joes, and all of my transformers. All that survived was 1 star wars book, 6 figures, and a good size stack of star wars cards. I don't know why some survived. Lesson: take your stuff with you when you leave for college, especially if your sister is the anti-hoarder. Recently I fell for a "factory error." But for the most part, it's been good. It is like a treasure hunt for me. I'm always looking for rarer variants and odd balls. My favorites are still my childhood 6.

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My sister threw away most of my vintage star wars, all of my gobots, all of my gi joes, and all of my transformers. All that survived was 1 star wars book, 6 figures, and a good size stack of star wars cards. I don't know why some survived. Lesson: take your stuff with you when you leave for college, especially if your sister is the anti-hoarder. Recently I fell for a "factory error." But for the most part, it's been good. It is like a treasure hunt for me. I'm always looking for rarer variants and odd balls. My favorites are still my childhood 6.

I agree, I can hardly pass up buying another of the few I had, I probably have at least 4 each of the ones I had growing up - funny thing memories!