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From Star Wars to the ZX Spectrum

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would you / did you? have swapped / sold your Star Wars figures for a speccy?

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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    or even vice versa, would there be a hope in hell youd swap ya speccy for a shed load of star wars figures?
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  • MatGubbinsMatGubbins
    I know I had a few figures - Hammerhead, A Hoth Rebel trooper, Snowtrtooper, Han Solo, R2D2, AtAt driver and a few others. Also had the bubble gum cards - blue white and red borders. I don't know where they went, not seen them since the mid/late eighties.

    I probably would've sold or traded them for Spectrum stuff, that's what happens when you're a kid. We see it at boot fairs with kids/teens selling off their prize Pokemon cards or worthless tat for pennies to fund this months new phone/ipad/gadget - yeah, I probably sold lots of things at boot fairs to get Spectrum/Amiga goodies.
    Now, I don't really care about the figures, nor would I swap my Spectrum for them. Those figures would just sit in a box or if displayed collect dust.
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    Never got star wars figures as a kid. Anyway I never really saw the point in em, or gave the films much attention. The way I saw it they were always just going to be figurines. My Lego could be what ever I wanted it to me. My Spectrum, one day it was a racing car the next a spaceship, the next a fruit machine then the next day a cool tool to print out pretty shapes and colors on the screen in basic.

    Spectrum wins by a country mile.

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  • 1024MAK1024MAK
    Well said that man :D

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  • saddestmoonsaddestmoon
    edited November 2015
    Hmmm... That's a curly dilemma...

    I was given my 48k speccy from my grandad - and had a small (but modest) collection of Kenner SW figures, so difficult to hypothesise on the predicament of the article writer...

    Having said that: as a kid, I probably wouldn't have sold my SW figures to obtain a speccy - however, now as adult, I'd probably jump at the chance!

    Currently - I still own most of my Kenner SW figures, and have collected (on and off) various SW figures and vehicles over the years - and still do (ongoing with the new movies) - and I own my original speccy, though I'm not sure quite where it is (possibly tucked away at the back of my garage, in some need of repair?).

    First world problems, eh?

    Ps: I voted good move (by a narrow margin) - very... Narrow...

    :P
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