You have failed me for the last time….
June 3, 2008
“Growing Up Star Wars 1977-1985″ is a Flickr photo pool with submissions from folks who grew in this magical time showcasing the wonder that was Star Wars merchandise and the joy this brought to countless children.
I got my first Star Wars action figure in my Easter basket one year. Most of my friends already had plenty of the gear and I was late to the game, but I remember finding the package that spring morning and how excited I was.
Ben Kenobi! I cradled the figure in my hands as I ran a block and a half up the street to show my friend Derick who owned just about every Star Wars toy available.
I think about it now and I am awed by and embarrassed of and jealous of
how easily overjoyed I could be by a $2 piece of plastic that looked like that creepy old guy who dies at the end of the movie that we all just couldn’t get enough of. Yich….
via Cynical-C
