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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 310180999456 Nov-10-09 Mar-10-10 19:25:43 $199.99 Takara Star Wars puzzle set of 6 Japan 60 piece MIB Available 310182426407 Nov-16-09 Feb-14-10 12:49:30 $4.24 45 record Imperial March Snow Star Wars ESB '80 vintage Available 310183668057 Nov-21-09 Feb-19-10 19:57:46 $4.24 Bantha Tracks Star Wars 2003 fan club kit patch sticker Available 310184319707 Nov-24-09 Feb-22-10 14:05:27 $12.74 Yoda fan club card Star Wars lot of 50 Party Favors Available 310184589113 Nov-25-09 Feb-23-10 17:35:22 $12.74 Burger King trading card set o 36 Star Wars '81 vintage Available 310184590709 Nov-25-09 Feb-23-10 17:45:21 $9.99 Print Star Wars '78 vintage poster Princess Leia Available 310184590913 Nov-25-09 Feb-23-10 17:46:40 $9.99 Print Star Wars '78 vintage poster Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi Available 310184826546 Nov-26-09 Feb-24-10 19:01:53 $7.64 Postcards lot of 9 Star Wars poster & concept art Available 310185324286 Nov-29-09 Feb-27-10 06:27:00 $5.94 Sound of Music vintage movie program Julie Andrews NICE Available 310185501735 Nov-29-09 Feb-27-10 19:33:40 $5.09 Novel hard cover Star Wars ESB book club '80 vintage Available 310185506837 Nov-29-09 Feb-27-10 19:58:28 $59.99 Lando Mindharp Sharu Star Wars '83 vintage hard cover Available 310185510289 Nov-29-09 Feb-27-10 20:19:56 $8.49 British comic annual Star Wars ESB '80 vintage Available 310185512234 Nov-29-09 Feb-27-10 20:31:23 $12.74 Art of Star Wars book SFX Johnston McQuarrie ESB 1st Ed Available 310185720228 Nov-30-09 Feb-28-10 18:41:21 $29.74 Store display & Poster set 3 Star Trek 1979 promotional Available 310185792838 Dec-01-09 Mar-01-10 06:24:20 $6.79 Darth Maul baseball cap hat Star Wars NEW Available 310187105938 Dec-06-09 Mar-06-10 18:39:06 $8.49 Japanese The Phantom Menace Star Wars story book Available 310187215178 Dec-07-09 Mar-07-10 09:26:25 $5.09 Postcards lot of 9 Star Wars poster & concept art Available 310187315885 Dec-07-09 Mar-07-10 18:36:57 $11.99 Star Trek patch lot '70s vintage Spock Enterprise Available 310187317043 Dec-07-09 Mar-07-10 18:46:11 $7.64 Star Trek buttons original series '86 vintage set of 5 Available 310187317537 Dec-07-09 Mar-07-10 18:50:32 $6.99 Star Trek patch MOC '75 vintage NCC 1707 Available 310187319028 Dec-07-09 Mar-07-10 19:01:32 $7.99 Star Trek jewelry necklace '76 vintage Spock Kirk Available 310187322897 Dec-07-09 Mar-07-10 19:32:17 $9.99 Patch Star Wars vintage original fan club A New Hope Available 310187536604 Dec-08-09 Mar-08-10 20:26:09 $8.49 Spiral notebook Star Wars '80 vintage Yoda Available 310187596101 Dec-09-09 Mar-09-10 06:03:49 $14.99 Shiny as a Droid Star Wars book C-3PO R2-D2 '86 vintage Available 310187735624 Dec-09-09 Mar-09-10 18:26:22 $8.49 Spiral note pad Star Wars '80 vintage Yoda Available 310187741720 Dec-09-09 Mar-09-10 18:59:10 $6.99 Droids cartoon series book The Monster Ship Star Wars Available 310187742753 Dec-09-09 Mar-09-10 19:04:41 $5.99 Maverick Moon Star Wars story book '79 vintage variant Available 310187745012 Dec-09-09 Mar-09-10 19:18:16 $2.12 Folder Star Wars school supply C-3PO Available 310187745282 Dec-09-09 Mar-09-10 19:20:21 $2.12 Folder Star Wars school supply Han Solo Available 310187745784 Dec-09-09 Mar-09-10 19:23:38 $2.12 Folder Star Wars school supply Stormtrooper Available 310188323910 Dec-12-09 Feb-10-10 12:44:09 $2.99 Yoda Pez unopened Star Wars blue bag Available 310188324527 Dec-12-09 Feb-10-10 12:46:48 $2.99 Pez unopened Star Wars Jango Fett green bag Available 310188598912 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:03 $29.74 Prototype Kenner boom box original pencil art mechanica Available 310188598924 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:07 $16.99 Close Encounters of the Third Kind trading card poster Available 310188598936 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:12 $9.99 German Parker Kenner Star Wars flyer Ewoks '85 vintage Available 310188598950 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:20 $74.99 Poster Star Wars Supersnipe print McQuarrie 70s vintage Available 310188598958 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:26 $8.49 No Mercy Kim Basinger one sheet movie poster Available 310188598975 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:31 $5.09 Pepsi Star Wars poster promotional C-3PO Available 310188598992 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:40 $44.99 Prototype Kenner Power Movers assembly pencil mech art Available 310188599012 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:49 $99.99 Prototype Star Wars A-Wing Pilot 63rd coin color test Available 310188599018 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 18:43:51 $74.99 Prototype Kenner Strawberry Shortcake recorder art Available 310188602534 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 19:08:44 $2.99 Pez unopened Star Wars Chewbacca green bag Available 310188603260 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 19:12:41 $2.99 Pez unopened Star Wars C-3PO green bag Available 310188603395 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 19:13:44 $2.99 Pez unopened Star Wars Chewbacca red bag Available 310188604078 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 19:18:47 $1.99 Pez Star Wars C-3PO open Available 310188604305 Dec-13-09 Feb-11-10 19:20:22 $1.99 Pez Star Wars Yoda open Available 310192357597 Jan-03-10 Mar-04-10 16:20:00 $4.24 Keychain metal Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi MIP Available 310192358691 Jan-03-10 Mar-04-10 16:27:40 $4.99 Rubber stamp Star Wars Stormtrooper Available 310192359057 Jan-03-10 Mar-04-10 16:30:40 $5.09 Keychain metal Star Wars Darth Vader MIP Available 310192359902 Jan-03-10 Mar-04-10 16:37:09 $6.79 Christmas ornament Star Wars Padme Amidala MIB Available 310192367852 Jan-03-10 Mar-04-10 17:38:15 $19.99 German Kenner action figure poster Star Wars 83 variant Available 310193533869 Jan-09-10 Mar-10-10 19:24:24 $4.99 Pez Star Wars Darth Vader sealed green bag Available 310193534357 Jan-09-10 Mar-10-10 19:30:27 $4.99 Pez Star Wars Stormtrooper sealed blue bag Available 310193946192 Jan-11-10 Feb-10-10 16:16:10 $9.99 Bubble bath Star Wars '82 vintage full soakie Chewbacca Available 310193946296 Jan-11-10 Feb-10-10 16:16:42 $9.99 Shampoo soakie bottle R2-D2 Star Wars '82 vintage Available 310193946601 Jan-11-10 Feb-10-10 16:18:56 $8.99 Bubble bath Darth Vader Star Wars '82 vintage Available 310193950565 Jan-11-10 Feb-10-10 16:46:14 $4.99 Pencil topper '83 Star Wars BRITISH Darth Vader Available 310194083334 Jan-12-10 Feb-11-10 10:37:25 $8.49 Elvis original 1975 vintage poster Las Vegas in package Available 310194161031 Jan-12-10 Feb-11-10 17:12:45 $5.99 Lord of the Rings keychain '78 vintage Bakshi Tolkien Available 310194600375 Jan-14-10 Feb-13-10 15:47:50 $8.49 ET the Extra Terrestrial pair figural pendant necklaces Available 310194600684 Jan-14-10 Feb-13-10 15:49:36 $17.99 Pendant '77 vintage Star Wars Factors R2-D2 small Available 310194616651 Jan-14-10 Feb-13-10 17:25:24 $4.99 Rubber stamp Star Wars C-3PO Available 310194832274 Jan-15-10 Feb-14-10 18:02:12 $8.49 British comic annuals Star Wars & ESB '77 '80 vintage Available 310194992507 Jan-16-10 Feb-15-10 14:09:34 $9.99 1977 Star Wars theater program pebble tone cover Available 310195135000 Jan-17-10 Feb-16-10 08:21:21 $9.99 Lightsaber Dueling Back Star Wars West End Games MISP Available 310195236694 Jan-17-10 Feb-16-10 14:00:56 $9.99 Poster set 4 Star Wars ESB '80 Darth Vader R2-D2 C-3PO Available 310195704926 Jan-19-10 Feb-18-10 21:13:07 $7.00 Superman the Movie promo poster pair 1978 Available 310196376107 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 11:08:51 $14.99 Pendant '77 vintage Star Wars Factors Darth Vader Available 310196378100 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 11:17:19 $6.79 Spiral notebook Star Wars '77 vintage Leia Luke Han Ben Available 310196383146 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 11:42:56 $25.49 ESB Notebook Star Wars script storyboard art '80 vintag Available 310196384013 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 11:47:34 $5.09 Hologram box Star Wars Star Destroyer MIP '94 vintage Available 310196398427 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 13:06:04 $8.99 Emperor's Royal Guard figure Hong Kong lower leg comple Available 310196403446 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 13:35:39 $4.99 Jabba the Hutt playet pipe & collar Star Wars vintage Available 310196426402 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 16:29:12 $29.74 Zoop-the-Loop target game 1970s MISB sealed CRAZY! Available 310196428658 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 16:47:41 $63.74 Lenticular watch faces Vari-Vue Roy Rogers Trigger buck Available 310196428897 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 16:49:48 $63.74 Lenticular watch faces Vari-Vue Roy Rogers Trigger run Available 310196429018 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 16:51:28 $55.24 Lenticular watch faces Vari-Vue Dale Evans Buttermilk Available 310196431215 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 17:11:28 $7.99 Cheerios Star Wars diecast car Darth Vader Luke Available 310196436814 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 18:03:03 $13.59 Coke Coca-Cola '77 Star Wars Darth Vader X-Wing Han Sol Available 310196437768 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 18:13:11 $16.99 Coke Coca-Cola '77 vintage Star Wars lot of 5 Available 310196445927 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 19:41:46 $6.79 How the Ewoks Saved the Trees hard cover book Star Wars Available 310196448660 Jan-23-10 Feb-22-10 20:07:58 $6.79 Return of the Jedi bound comic Star Wars '83 vintage Available 310196517521 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 08:00:27 $4.24 45 record story book vintage Star Wars Planet Hoojibs Available 310196524994 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 08:38:13 $7.99 Raiders of Lost Ark Indiana Jones story book vintage HC Available 310196532377 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 09:13:05 $6.79 70 mm film cel ESB Star Wars collectible Leia Han kiss Available 310196540012 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 09:48:54 $5.94 British button pair Star Wars C-3PO '77 vintage Available 310196543021 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 10:01:09 $14.99 10th year buttons Star Wars Darth Vader R2-D2 C-3PO ++ Available 310196545460 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 10:10:22 $10.19 Buttons Star Wars Boba Fett Darth Vader Yoda Chewbacca Available 310196550324 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 10:29:23 $12.74 Buttons set of 12 Star Wars '83 vintage Darth Vader ++ Available 310196552098 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 10:36:18 $8.49 Patch '77 vintage Factors Star Wars black & white logo Available 310196556301 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 10:52:06 $29.99 Pendant '77 vintage Star Wars C-3PO Nestle promo mailer Available 310196556818 Jan-24-10 Feb-23-10 10:53:47 $24.99 Pendant '77 vintage Star Wars R2-D2 Nestle promo mailer Available 310196831501 Jan-25-10 Feb-24-10 17:34:12 $42.49 Action figure MOC Star Wars ROTJ 48-back Hammerhead Available 310196831735 Jan-25-10 Feb-24-10 17:36:34 $25.49 Tonka Tote Hemi Hauler MOC early 70s vintage Available 310196841220 Jan-25-10 Feb-24-10 19:01:40 $7.99 Pin brass '83 vintage Star Wars R2-D2 Available 310196841261 Jan-25-10 Feb-24-10 19:02:01 $7.99 Pin brass '83 vintage Star Wars Wicket Available 310196903642 Jan-26-10 Feb-25-10 06:03:55 $7.99 R2-D2 pin Star Wars Weekends Disney May 2000 jewelry Available 310197040092 Jan-26-10 Feb-25-10 19:19:26 $4.99 Rubber stamp Star Wars Darth Vader Available 310197086028 Jan-27-10 Feb-26-10 03:43:13 $6.79 Ewoks cartoon series sealed VHS tape Star Wars Available 310197102381 Jan-27-10 Feb-26-10 05:58:57 $7.49 Superman the Movie '78 vintage program pin-up Reeves Available Go see all current items for sale by this member.

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