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How It Started It all started sometime in 1977 when I saw a poster for a movie called Star Wars at Newberry's department store in downtown Portland, OR. I was only 6, and there were two things I knew when I saw it: it was one of the coolest things I'd seen, and I was sure my parents would never let me see it. Fortunately, I was wrong. A few months later my parents (NOT sci fi fans) went to see it and liked it well enough to surprise me by taking me sometime in the fall of 1977. Like most kids, I got hooked and soon wanted anything Star Wars I could get. For my family,that wasn't much, but from the Kenner toy line I was able to put together about 20 figures, an X-Wing, a Snowspeeder and a Darth Vader case by the time Return of the Jedi came out in 1983. Phase Two and Beyond... By the time I got to 7th grade, my friends no longer considered it "cool" to collect action figures, so I struck out on my own to finish my collection. I used money from lawn mowing to buy figures, which got easier as things went on clearance. I wasn't able to buy a lot, but Star Wars was about the only thing I ever spent money on. Once the store shelves were bare of Star Wars, I started going to collectibles shows and comic shops on a regular basis, though pickings were slim in the dark times of the late 80s when Star Wars was generally considered too new for dealers to stock. Every year saw a progression of my collecting. First loose figures, then carded. I remember the turning point when I bought my first foreign figure, and the most expensive item I'd ever bought $20 trilogo Anakin Skywalker. I started buying collections in late high school to get the things I needed and sell off the extras to help pay for it. In college I found a couple good collections with boxed toys and carded figures, and was going to toy shows about once a month. A major event happened my senior year of college that had a profound impact on my collecting. I decided to attend a large toy show in Las Vegas that had a large selection of toys, but also a nearly complete set of Star Wars and ESB Kenner store displays that was auctioned. I only won one display that day (the common Collect 21 bell), but the developing interest I'd had in store displays before that took root in a strong passion. This is reflected in my user ID. The POP in poptoys stands for "point-of-purchase," an industry term tor store displays. Current Interests My current collecting focus is pre-1980 packaged toys and store displays (especially for food items and Kenner toys), but buy things from all eras of the vintage line: foreign toys (especially Lili Ledy and Glasslite), dealer catalogs, Kenner prototypes and whatever tickles my fancy. Some of the key store displays I still need are pictured below, though I need a lot more than that. Please let me know if you find anything. I also have quite a few items for sale or trade, so drop me a line to find out. I started a website to feature these items, but it is currently under reconstruction. Check here to get an idea of what I have: toychamber.com Store Displays I Need Favorite Links Star Wars Collectors Archive Las Vegas Toy Auction

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Items For Sale Item Start End Price Title High Bidder/Status 7231761423 Apr-02-06 Jul-20-08 13:44:57 $8.99 Collector pins Coca Coca classic signs Coke is It Available 7231761438 Apr-02-06 Jul-20-08 13:44:59 $8.99 Collector pins Coke Coca classic style fountain Available 7231761509 Apr-02-06 Jul-20-08 13:45:12 $8.99 Collector pins Coke Coca Santa Claus Christmas Available 260033495005 Sep-19-06 Aug-09-08 20:15:11 $6.99 Saturday Night Fever vintage movie program Travolta Available 260041953596 Oct-15-06 Aug-05-08 17:08:19 $14.99 Stride Rite Star Wars shoe store bag promotional Available 260157213057 Sep-05-07 Jul-31-08 19:08:19 $4.99 Star Wars vitamins vintage unused box flat Yoda Luke ++ Available 260159757818 Sep-12-07 Aug-07-08 19:19:04 $16.99 Stud earrings Star Wars '77 vintage C-3PO MOC Factors Available 260181627416 Nov-11-07 Aug-07-08 20:09:41 $6.99 Muppets Take Manhattan vintage movie program Kermit Available 260183172131 Nov-15-07 Aug-11-08 21:47:36 $7.99 Star Wars brass pin vintage mint 1983 NOS The Force Available 310017318331 Jan-24-08 Jul-22-08 08:16:46 $4.99 Star Wars fan club kit patch cards stickers paper model Available 310017456832 Jan-24-08 Jul-22-08 13:41:30 $9.99 Lot of 100 Yoda ObiWan Jedi Star Wars fan club displays Available 310019339976 Jan-31-08 Jul-29-08 11:29:38 $9.99 '83 vintage Star Wars pencil bag scissors Darth Vader Available 310020719946 Feb-05-08 Aug-03-08 08:34:51 $6.99 Coke Coca-Cola Hi-C vintage Star Wars promo poster 1983 Available 310021317193 Feb-07-08 Aug-05-08 11:20:29 $14.99 ET E.T. 1982 MOC charm necklace lot x5 NICE GRAPHICS! Available 310022266465 Feb-10-08 Aug-08-08 14:11:32 $7.99 Battlestar Galactica original series movie program NICE Available 310022266469 Feb-10-08 Aug-08-08 14:11:32 $19.99 Lot of 5 Superman II movie posters Reeve '81 MINT Available 310022266471 Feb-10-08 Aug-08-08 14:11:32 $6.99 Program magazine Star Wars Celebration 2 MIP Jango Fett Available 310022266473 Feb-10-08 Aug-08-08 14:11:33 $6.99 Superman vintage movie program w/poster insert 1978 Available 310023719649 Feb-15-08 Aug-13-08 10:13:10 $14.99 Superman I & II vintage movie poster Reeve '78 '81 MINT Available 310023719816 Feb-15-08 Aug-13-08 10:13:57 $7.99 Superman vintage movie poster mylar Reeve 1978 MINT Available 310023720077 Feb-15-08 Aug-13-08 10:15:12 $7.99 Superman II vintage movie poster Reeve 1981 MINT Available 310027093393 Feb-26-08 Jul-25-08 21:57:09 $8.99 Gone with the Wind movie program Clark Gable V. Leigh Available 250228499336 Mar-22-08 Jul-20-08 08:43:56 $7.99 Star Wars brass pin vintage mint 1983 NOS X-Wing Pilot Available 250228500422 Mar-22-08 Jul-20-08 08:48:06 $7.99 Star Wars logo brass pin vintage mint 1983 NOS MIP Available 250230265303 Mar-27-08 Jul-25-08 09:06:59 $6.99 Saturday Night Fever vintage movie program Travolta Available 310041861103 Apr-16-08 Aug-14-08 07:05:39 $6.99 Dragonslayer vintage movie program Disney dragons Available 250238141834 Apr-17-08 Aug-15-08 16:31:57 $18.99 Star Wars stud earrings '77 vintage Darth Vader MOC Available 250238318676 Apr-18-08 Aug-16-08 06:19:51 $5.99 Star Wars brass pin vintage mint 1983 NOS Return Jedi Available 310042544791 Apr-18-08 Aug-16-08 06:20:35 $8.99 Star Wars brass necklace vintage mint 1983 NOS ROTJ Available 310044067049 Apr-22-08 Jul-21-08 21:36:25 $15.99 X-Wing Factors pendant necklace Star Wars '77 variant Available 310044775717 Apr-25-08 Jul-24-08 07:45:47 $19.99 Action Team Italian vintage GI Joe M-16 pistol Available 310045745614 Apr-28-08 Jul-27-08 08:43:53 $13.99 1977 Star Wars theater program 1st print glossy cover Available 250242362626 Apr-28-08 Jul-27-08 08:51:56 $13.99 1977 Star Wars theater program 1st print glossy cover Available 250242452806 Apr-28-08 Jul-27-08 12:32:11 $7.99 Smurfs vintage movie program & activity coloring book Available 310046342380 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 21:03:02 $23.99 Coke Coca-Cola Star Wars Darth Vader Chewbacca cups set Available 250242984279 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:35 $15.99 Cake decorating books Star Wars Sesame Street Disney Available 250242984281 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:35 $14.99 Memo board Star Wars vintage British Luke Han Leia Available 250242984284 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:36 $11.24 Big Jim Italian Mission Pack MISB Undersea Adventure Available 250242984297 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:37 $15.99 '83 Star Wars ceramic bisque figure Han Solo MIB Available 310046356181 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:37 $44.99 Oral-B toothbrush store display Star Wars poster 1983 Available 250242984298 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:38 $9.99 Store display Mexico Pepsi Star Wars Darth Maul Anakin Available 310046356185 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:38 $15.99 '83 Star Wars ceramic bisque figure Wicket the Ewok MIB Available 310046356186 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:38 $19.99 Action Team Italian vintage GI Joe Secret Agent Available 250242984309 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:39 $14.99 Big Jim Italian Mission Pack MISB Deep Sea Caper Available 310046356189 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:39 $59.99 Ewoks Kenner Star Wars action figure shipping case box Available 310046356192 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:39 $19.99 GI Joe Convention 1997 Philadelphia banner table cover Available 310046356195 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:40 $9.99 300 Star Wars fan club postcards, 100 sets of 3 styles Available 310046356196 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:40 $27.99 Burger King glasses x3 Star Wars '80 CANADA variant Available 310046356197 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:40 $7.99 Qui-Gon Jinn Star Wars plush beanie baby buddy MINT Available 250242984314 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:41 $17.99 Luke Skywalker Star Wars loose action figure Kenner '78 Available 250242984320 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:43 $4.99 2003 Star Wars fan club membership kit patch cards +++ Available 310046356210 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:43 $33.74 Prototype Star Wars Micro Collection RebSoldier 463-015 Available 250242984324 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:44 $33.74 Prototype Star Wars Micro Collection Soldier 692-004 Available 310046356217 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:45 $14.99 Store display British Star Wars Sainsbury's poster Available 310046356218 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:45 $11.99 1977 Star Wars theater program pebble tone cover Available 310046356220 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:45 $11.24 Big Jim Italian Mission Pack MISB Assignment Espionage Available 310046356222 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:45 $18.74 Hershey's ESB 1980 trading card Rolo Luke Taun Taun Available 250242984331 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:46 $18.74 Star Wars HI-C promotional shirt 1983 mint LFL archive Available 250242984336 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:46 $14.99 '83 Star Wars ceramic bisque figure Leia Boushh MIB Available 310046356223 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:46 $24.99 Tokyo Queen Japanese note pads x3 C-3PO R2-D2 Han Solo Available 310046356225 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:46 $18.74 Vitamins MISB & box flat Star Wars C-3PO R2-D2 Yoda '91 Available 250242984338 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:47 $24.99 Theatrical premiere invitation Star Wars SE Mexico 1997 Available 310046356228 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:48 $14.99 Ad slicks theater Close Encounters of the Third Kind x7 Available 310046356231 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:48 $33.74 Prototype Star Wars Micro Collection Soldier 463-013 Available 250242984347 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:49 $16.49 Ewoks cartoon Star Wars Ice Capades pennant Logray Available 250242984352 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:49 $11.24 Soap Star Wars British Addis Ewoks toiletries MIB Available 250242984353 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:49 $5.99 Scribble pad drawing Star Wars vintage C-3PO R2-D2 Available 310046356234 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:49 $7.49 Store display Mexico Star Wars toys Micro Machines Available 310046356235 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:49 $18.74 British school supplies Star Wars 83 pencils memo ruler Available 310046356236 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:49 $11.99 He-Man Masters of the Universe vintage tank top shirt Available 250242984360 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:50 $5.99 Darth Vader & Shuttle scissors Star Wars MOC 1983 Available 250242984363 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:50 $11.24 '78 poster print Future magazine Schaller sci fi space Available 310046356237 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:50 $18.74 Ewoks cartoon Star Wars Ice Capades display Wicket RARE Available 310046356238 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:50 $39.99 Big Jim Italian Mission Pack MIB Set of 3 Divers Agent Available 310046356243 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:51 $18.74 Hershey's ESB 1980 trading card Kit Kat Luke Taun Taun Available 310046356245 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:51 $7.49 70s vintage Star Trek Space 1999 posters schematics Available 250242984370 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:52 $17.99 Star Trek vintage 1970s patch Silly Putty badge wallet Available 250242984375 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:52 $19.99 Tokyo Queen Japanese note pads C-3PO R2-D2 X-Wing Available 250242984376 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:52 $33.74 Prototype Star Wars Micro Collection Soldier 692-002 Available 250242984377 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:53 $27.99 Board game Star Wars Death Star Toltoys Australia '77 Available 250242984378 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:53 $107.99 Burger King Atari Star Wars poster store display RARE Available 310046356250 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:53 $18.74 Star Wars HI-C promotional shirt 1983 mint LFL archive Available 310046356252 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:53 $7.99 Trading card proof sheet poster Star Wars Topps ROTJ Available 250242984387 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:54 $22.49 Hershey's ESB '80 trading card Reese's PB Cup Boba Fett Available 250242984388 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:54 $13.49 Raiders of the Lost Ark press book credits British UK Available 250242984390 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:54 $7.49 Store displays Pepsi Yoda C-3PO Star Wars unused Available 310046356257 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:54 $9.99 Hat baseball cap Star Wars Episode I mint Available 250242984389 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:55 $7.99 Store display Mexico Star Wars trading cards poster Available 310046356259 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:55 $18.74 Hershey's ESB '80 trading card Choco Almonds Chewbacca Available 310046356260 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:55 $9.99 Store display Mexico Star Wars toys Micro Machines Available 310046356261 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:55 $19.99 Ewoks cartoon Star Wars Ice Capades display Kneesaa Available 250242984395 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:56 $15.99 Baseball cap hat trucker Star Wars 10th anniversary '87 Available 310046356263 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:56 $7.99 Hat baseball cap Star Wars Episode I logo mint Available 310046356264 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:56 $51.99 Takara Star Wars puzzle Japan 108 piece MISB X-Wing Available 310046356267 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:56 $11.99 '78 poster print Future magazine DiFate Dream Fulfilled Available 250242984400 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:57 $11.99 Star Trek vintage 1970s greeting cards Kirk Spock Available 250242984403 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:57 $24.99 Memo board Star Wars vintage British Luke Han Leia MIB Available 310046356270 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:57 $47.99 Takara Star Wars puzzle Japan 108 pc MIB Stormtroopers Available 310046356271 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:57 $5.99 Pencil tablet notebook Star Wars Wicket R2-D2 '83 Available 310046356272 Apr-29-08 Jul-28-08 22:48:57 $7.99 1988 science fiction poster space scene Jay P. 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