Yeah, that's probably a good rule of thumb. However, in my mind, vintage stops at December 31, 1989

I'd have to agree with that!

For me, it's anything 20+ years or older, although I automatically think of the 1980s whenever I hear the word.

I guess it's all personal really. There's some common answers to this... anything within the last 11 years not at all... but like people post Exo-Squad toys in the vintage thread. I wouldn't call them vintage but then again they don't go in the new purchases thread for newer items. So I guess for simplicity sake they are lumped in with vintage but a toy line from the mid 90s I wouldn't call vintage even if it hasn't been produced in x amount of years.

Today's Star Wars line is considered a continuation from the original but we still seperate the two.

I really think it's more a personal question of taste after a point really.

It has to be old, and collectible

It sounds like they are both right. I'd say the distance between childhood and nostalgia for that childhood is about 20 years.

Pretty much anything pre Toybiz Marvel (that old 5 inch line) I think once they hit the whole dynamic of toy collecting changed (not nessessarly for the better).

For me, the hard line on vintage is "once it stops being made." I understand people assigning dates and whatnot, but that's a pretty slippery slope. If it's not being manufactured, it's now vintage, as far as I'm concerned.

I agree, but myself don't really use a year as a cutoff for vintage. I believe many early 90s lines qualify like Bucky Ohare and Toxic Crusaders. Lines like POTF2 and Spawn are not vintage and consider these as neo-classic. Definately a style change for me somewhere in the mid 90s.

To me, vintage is anything 20 years old or older.

I think "vintage" describes more than just a year designation. For me the word "vintage" implies an original/first creation wave. For example right now there are newer Terminator figures on the shelves. I have a set of "vintage" T2 figures from 1992. Even though it's not 80's it's still considered vintage to me especially compared to the new waves that are out. Same with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all the other collections that they've made and remade (Star Wars, Marvel/DC, MOTU, Tron, etc, etc.) The original TMNT figures were released in 1988 and were created through the mid-90's. You could buy a TMNT figure in 1995 that I would consider Vintage now that the new TMNT set is out for sale. But in 1995 you could also buy a POTF2 orange carded Star Wars figure. Same year as TMNT figure I would consider vintage, but I wouldn't consider it a vintage Star Wars figure.

I think most people consider "vintage" to be on a rolling scale (20 years seems to be the consensus), but I have a hard time calling anything from Star Wars POTF2 line and after "vintage". That's pretty much where I draw the imaginary line, I figure I'll always think of it that way.