Considering that the old poll is over 2 years old now, I felt it might be time for a new one - now with retail option! I've been careful in explicitly stating vintage toys in the thread title to avoid confusion - so we're only talking about toys that are no longer currently available in retail stores. Let's say that they haven't been available for the past 5 years - so anything that predates 2007 can count as "vintage" for the purposes of this thread.

Did you buy them when they were current from retail stores, or did/do you buy them when they were no longer available from another source? You all know my choice - retail all the way baby!