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More Vintage Star Wars Figures.

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  Following from one of my previous posts 'Vintage Star Wars Collectables'. I have looked at some of the vehicles that were a massive part of the original trilogy of film and have looked into how much those classic toys are worth. The toy makers who linked up with the original trilogy managed to bring a large amount of the ships and futuristic vehicle to an audience who could not get enough of the merchandise.  The Millennium Falcon... Upon a recent visit to an antique shop in the north east of England I came across one of the first Millennium Falcon toys without its box. Although the toy was in good condition, the seller wanted over £200( roughly $250) for the vintage toy. The Millennium Falcon was in a display box, so I could not check its true age and condition. The fact that it was not boxed was disappointing as some markets still sell the boxed version of the Millennium Falcon for a similar price. To find a mint condition vintage Millennium Falcon

Classic Computer Games- Sensible Soccer.

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Sensible Soccer was possibly one of the most addictive and playable football games of the 1990's. It was developed by Sensible Software, who were the same team that created the 'shoot em up' game Cannon Fodder. The Amiga Version of Sensible Soccer. Long before the rise of the Electronic Art's FIFA and the Pro Evolution series of games. Sensible Soccer was the computer game that most followers of football tended to play. The game was massive on the home computer market. It was a huge hit on PC, Amiga and the Atari systems. It was also released on the Nintendo and Sega consoles. The Game Boy version proved to be very popular as the simplicity of the controls worked well on a hand held device.  On the home computers, the game was often played using the joystick and it was a game that was incredibly easy to pick up. The game did not need detailed graphics or motion capturing. It was a bird's eye view kick about with the ability to customize teams to yo