When I say Zen, I mean Zen. See all sixteen (sixteen!) enlargeable images at Kenner Collector, where I found them initially. They originate from Ron Salvatore at the Rebelscum Forums, where you can find details on origin and location. Salvatore co-edits and writes for the definitive Star Wars Collectors Archive.
Lots of other beloved toys to be seen, including the Star Bird Avenger and Mattel’s Battlestar Galactica Viper Launch Station.
A pool of drool is collecting on my desk.
2 Warps to Neptune 
Aw, man. I nearly blacked out when I just barely glanced at these pictures. Geez. I’m not even gonna bother clicking on them. lol
Aw man. Just wait until I dig out my Starbird and Viper Launch Station. Although last I remember, I had disassembled the Starbird, and the plastic parts of the foam Vipers which hooked onto the rubber bands had broken off…
I can remember when the aisles at Toys R Us looked like this; it pales in comparison now.
Totally. But what’s funny is that nearly every time I’ve gone to the SW section these days (as small and pale as it is), I’m usually next to another 40-something dad who’s checking out the stuff.
What killed the toy store besides the internet? Helicopter parents?
Same here, regarding other adults being in the aisle; I tend to find myself mentally telling them (& kids) to go away so I can have the place to myself.
Boy do I miss those days.
Agreed.
(Alot of “J’s” read this blog.) Star Wars was more my older brother’s thing, but I had to play with him, so I know these toys well. I have many clear memories of shelves like these. Especially the post kid-nado aftermaths, when half of the merchandise was on the floors. A glorious mess.
Ok, I’ve totally resisted enlarging those images, but I do see on the left side of that last one those super-cool die-cast SW vehicles. I remember those really well. I used to laugh at how out-of-scale the die-cast Landspeeder was in proportion to the TIE and X-Wing fighters.
Resistance is futile. Embrace the glory.
I had the TIE fighter; the wing connectors were, unfortunately, extremely fragile, so it was eventually relegated to the trash can.
I do still have my Falcon, though; sits on my computer at work, where I can look at it & remember when day-to-day life wasn’t such a chore.