Vintage View: Star Wars collectibles

With the imminent release of the new Star Wars movie on December 18, Kya deLongchamps feels the Force telling her to collect.

Long, long ago, in a living room not too far, far away, a young boy thrilled by the adventures in The Empire Strikes Back released that year, received a Boba Fett action figure for Christmas.

He had probably hounded his parents for months as the toys were available before the second film in the Star Wars story even reached the cinemas in 1979.