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Is the economic slowdown/recession affecting your Star Wars collecting?
Rising fuel, grocery, and utility costs are causing me to buy less Star Wars than usual. In the past month, I’ve bought only 3 items at retail: the Fett Legacy figure set, and 2 Saga Legends Scout Troopers.
Every time I think about picking up an extra Clone trooper, or ordering from HTS, or bidding on Ebay, I… don’t. At Wal-Mart, I imagine that $6.63 for a Clone I already have multiples of could go for a couple of gallons of gas, instead; or, maybe a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk.
There just doesn’t seem to be as much “free cash” for my hobby as there was a year ago, or even six months ago. My wife and I still have the same jobs we had a year ago, and have both gotten raises and even bonuses. But we are putting more and more into our gas tanks, our utility bills (our heating bills this winter were outrageous), and our weekly grocery run at Wal-Mart — where, by the way, Borden whole milk is going for $5.35 a gallon. Needless to say, we get the Great Value brand and save a couple of dollars there.
I do not feel too bad that I can’t be such a casual buyer/collector like I have been. I’d occasionally buy things I didn’t need out of sheer boredom; and I still do, from time to time. But necessities are beginning to seriously curtail my SW buying. I wonder if this is a trend among the greater collecting community that may eventually noticeably affect sales of the product line itself (if it hasn’t already).
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