I have lost all sense of time. My days consist of playing Star Wars figures on the floor till lunch, then more SW figs till dinner. Turns out, the days seemed so long as kids because you can cram a LOT more kid activities into a day than grown-up activities.

Like when we do this, 1,357 times in a row:

https://i.imgur.com/EfAjiXU.mp4

My younger one asked me "Why is it Virus Day AGAIN?!"

My daughter wrote her first paragraph with help from mom. "The AT-ST got tripped. The AT-ST fell down. Birds ate it. I went for a walk in the woods. I found the AT-ST." Guess she pretty much made beatnik poetry describing the Downed AT-ST scenery kit?

5 hours ago, TauntaunScout said:

"The AT-ST got tripped. The AT-ST fell down. Birds ate it. I went for a walk in the woods. I found the AT-ST." Guess she pretty much made beatnik poetry describing the Downed AT-ST scenery kit?

This should be FFG's official product description of the downed AT-ST

2 hours ago, bllaw said:

This should be FFG's official product description of the downed AT-ST

I particularly like the image of vultures or something pecking at it.

Our Schliech castle pieces serve as a tolerable Jabba's Palace:

"Princess Leia disguised as Captain Phasma":

You sure have a lot of Star Wars toys, no wonder you are doing a giveaway, may the force be with you!

1 hour ago, TheHoosh said:

You sure have a lot of Star Wars toys, no wonder you are doing a giveaway, may the force be with you!

The kids have a huge collection of (mostly used) Playskool SW toys we've acquired over the past couple years. We've got a couple reclaimed Kenner scenery pieces, and recently the kids got a very small selection of (current) 3.75" figures. This was then boosted by a gallon bag's worth of 1990's figures I used as desk ornaments back when I worked. I have a LOT more brand new 3.75" stuff in the basement to give them in dribs and drabs to avoid going crazy over the next month or two. Some 90's, some current.

We found, on separate occasions, a HUGE selection of Schliech castle stuff, and Schliech animal/dinosaur "desert watering hole" scenery at the second hand store. These also work well for our SW adventures. We got a big Rubbermaid tub of each, I think the castle with 19 men and 8 horses cost me $19.99, and the massive African desert layout was $8 with no critters included. But we already had lots of Papo/Schliech/Safari etc. knights, animals, and dinosaurs. So I told the kids they could each pick a couple favorite knights to keep from the new haul and I sold the rest on eBay to make our toy-money back.

This is our felt SW playmat. I made it after my kid kept asking for a toy Sarlaac. It's Carkoon on one side, asteroid field on the other. Also. Chewbacca riding a "dinosaur droid". We busted out 5 of the old mid 00's Disney Droid Factory astromechs. Course this led to a demand for jawas to lord it over the dorids. It was pretty impressive how hard the kids scrubbed the floors and cabinets to earn a 90's POTF two-pack of Jawas. Yay for child labor.

1 hour ago, TauntaunScout said:

The kids have a huge collection of (mostly used) Playskool SW toys we've acquired over the past couple years. We've got a couple reclaimed Kenner scenery pieces, and recently the kids got a very small selection of (current) 3.75" figures. This was then boosted by a gallon bag's worth of 1990's figures I used as desk ornaments back when I worked. I have a LOT more brand new 3.75" stuff in the basement to give them in dribs and drabs to avoid going crazy over the next month or two. Some 90's, some current.

We found, on separate occasions, a HUGE selection of Schliech castle stuff, and Schliech animal/dinosaur "desert watering hole" scenery at the second hand store. These also work well for our SW adventures. We got a big Rubbermaid tub of each, I think the castle with 19 men and 8 horses cost me $19.99, and the massive African desert layout was $8 with no critters included. But we already had lots of Papo/Schliech/Safari etc. knights, animals, and dinosaurs. So I told the kids they could each pick a couple favorite knights to keep from the new haul and I sold the rest on eBay to make our toy-money back.

Starting to wish I had kept my 90s figures for my kids

13 minutes ago, TheHoosh said:

Starting to wish I had kept my 90s figures for my kids

As far as 3.75" goes, I think they are the best actual toys for children, that have been made for SW. They have lots of extra guns in case you lose them, the parts are easy to manipulate, well articulated but not too articulated, etc. However, for a child's understanding and attention span, nothing to date beats Kenner's '78-'85 line. It's downright frenetic how they do "waves" of 4 to 8 figures scattered across all films now, and each wave only exists for about a year. By the time a kid realizes they want a toy nowadays, it's already gone. This unfortunately began with the 90's POTF line and hasn't improved.

13 minutes ago, TauntaunScout said:

As far as 3.75" goes, I think they are the best actual toys for children, that have been made for SW. They have lots of extra guns in case you lose them, the parts are easy to manipulate, well articulated but not too articulated, etc. However, for a child's understanding and attention span, nothing to date beats Kenner's '78-'85 line. It's downright frenetic how they do "waves" of 4 to 8 figures scattered across all films now, and each wave only exists for about a year. By the time a kid realizes they want a toy nowadays, it's already gone. This unfortunately began with the 90's POTF line and hasn't improved.

I would agree. I had a bunch from the 90s as a kid when they re-realeased the original trilogy in theaters and loved them, but alas growing up losing things when moving and not having the foresight to think about kids liking the same things I do

35 minutes ago, TheHoosh said:

I would agree. I had a bunch from the 90s as a kid when they re-realeased the original trilogy in theaters and loved them, but alas growing up losing things when moving and not having the foresight to think about kids liking the same things I do

PM me. I can hook you up. I have way more MIP 90’s figures and playsets than I know what to do with and they never sell on eBay.

On 3/23/2020 at 3:37 PM, TauntaunScout said:

By the time a kid realizes they want a toy nowadays, it's already gone. This unfortunately began with the 90's POTF line and hasn't improved.

That's because kids aren't the market, we are.

27 minutes ago, Zrob314 said:

That's because kids aren't the market, we are.

Pretty much. Sad really. Hasbro dropped the ball pretty bad on marketing IMO. As far as actual kids are concerned, it seems to me in my experience, that LEGO is the "real" SW toyline and everything else is peripheral Like how in the 1980's the 3.75" line was the "real" line and 12" and Micro Collection was a novelty side thing.

Rancor pit with working trapdoor. Popsicle sticks and a hot glue gun are the best toy accessories ever. Jabba's throne is a 3D printed Beskar steel bar from a friend that my kids co-opted.

Just because I'm bored, here's my 1980's Superior Toy reissue of Marx dinosaurs, plus a few other re-issues. I have a lot more of the genuine Marxes than the re-issues, which are younger but far rarer, as the production runs were very short lived for the reissuing companies, whereas Marx was churning out dinos from these molds from 1955 to the late 70's. Anyways, here they are, frolicking on my Geo-Hex desert flocked mat.

Nice! Had a couple of my 70's figures which my Son now has, he's 21 so doesn't really play with them anymore 😞

What's worse is 90% of my collection went out to charity because "when you're no longer a child you do away with childish things" was what I was told by my parents. Hah, look at me now biatches, still playing with toy soldiers! serves em right

14 minutes ago, Soontirbeblownup said:

because "when you're no longer a child you do away with childish things" was what I was told by my parents.

There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men....

6 minutes ago, TauntaunScout said:

There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men....

No there isn't! which is why my kids have stuff in the loft that could have been thrown out years ago. Don't care, not forcing or suggesting anything of the sort!

2 minutes ago, Soontirbeblownup said:

No there isn't! which is why my kids have stuff in the loft that could have been thrown out years ago. Don't care, not forcing or suggesting anything of the sort!

I am a huge proponent of toys. If my children have too many, it’s to keep them off of screens.

My kids are also well aware that we have to cull stuff for space, but they’re included in deciding what can go to make room for new things, and what should stay.

1 hour ago, TauntaunScout said:

I am a huge proponent of toys. If my children have too many, it’s to keep them off of screens.

My kids are also well aware that we have to cull stuff for space, but they’re included in deciding what can go to make room for new things, and what should stay.

I completely agree screens are not good for cognitive development in children and if toys i.e. Legos keep them engaged I'm all for it

On 3/23/2020 at 3:29 PM, TauntaunScout said:

PM me. I can hook you up. I have way more MIP 90’s figures and playsets than I know what to do with and they never sell on eBay.

Tried to PM you, it looks like you can't receive messages currently 😕

46 minutes ago, TheHoosh said:

Tried to PM you, it looks like you can't receive messages currently 😕

Weird. I will look into that.

6 hours ago, TauntaunScout said:

Weird. I will look into that.

I had issues with PMs when they updated the site a few years ago. I contacted customer service and they fixed it for me.

17 hours ago, TheHoosh said:

Tried to PM you, it looks like you can't receive messages currently 😕

Basically I just need your mailing address and to know how many kids are going to be playing with the collection.