The Phantom Menace, which arrives May 19. She says that while Furbys fly off the shelves, her Star Wars merchandise really hasn't sold well since before Christmas. There are two major types of Star Wars toy consumers, and right now collectors outnumber parents, several area toy stores confirm. They're not going to choose Luke Skywalker over the Power Rangers. Because the movie isn't out yet, the familiarity isn't there, he says.
Collectors keep coming, though.
At the Toys R Us in Detroit, sometimes they even wander uninvited into the stockroom, says Christa Hunter, stockroom clerk. It makes some collectors wonder if the stuff is really going to be that valuable someday, since everybody's buying it now. Since then, he has searched out others and grabbed them up. The fabulous Death Star Space Station, complete with trash compacter, circa 1978. I'm probably going to be very selective about it.