"A long time ago, in a retail store not that far away, there sat an Airfix model of the Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer. And I wanted it. Back then, I was a Star Wars devotee long before it became the global pop-culture monolith it is today. I was also a keen model maker - mostly assembling the very earliest White Dwarf and Warhammer kits. But the Airfix Star Destroyer - that was the dream kit. The Holy Grail."
"The trouble was, I couldn't afford it. I was a youngling on a retail worker's wage, and the kit's price was not far off two days' pay. So it remained on the shelf, taunting me with its perfect plastic panels and box art of galactic grandeur. Eventually, life moved on. I moved away to the bright lights of London, and that particular longing faded into the background noise of memory."
"Revell had since reissued a version under licence, but that wasn't the same. Close, yes - but not the one. It had to be Airfix. Of course, in today's world, the galaxy of online auctions makes almost anything findable. Over the years, I'd occasionally done a search, hoping an original Airfix edition would appear. Some did, but at prices that still seemed just a bit too much to sate an inch."
A childhood longing for an Airfix Imperial Star Destroyer kit persisted into adulthood. The kit was unaffordable on a retail worker's wage, so it sat on the shop shelf as an unreachable dream. The desire resurfaced occasionally through sensory triggers and media, even after moving to London and moving on with life. A Revell reissue existed but lacked the original Airfix authenticity. Years of searching online eventually produced a genuine boxed Airfix Star Destroyer, slightly worn but intact, and the purchase was completed. The find underscores the durable pull of childhood ambitions and the value of original collectibles.
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