I Bought Them All - the Figures, the Ships, even the LEGO! (Part 2)

I've noticed a lot of people selling them on eBay as well. There's one seller in particular that has a huge variety. I tend to try and stay strictly original when I can, but this was a Squidhead pistol and I was more than willing to complete mine with a $1.00 repro.

I got my 6" Black Series Stormtrooper for my birthday. My friend told me a month ago that he'd gotten it because he didn't want me to buy it if I saw one at the store or break down and go online . It's excellent BTW.

 

Happy (belated?) birthday! When was it? Mine was Wednesday.

 

Thank you, and ditto! Hope it was a great one. Mine was Thursday. Hit the big four oh.

 

Happy b-day! Hope it was a good one! Stormtrooper is a great present!!

 

Thank you! Yeah, I was stoked to get him because he's been M.I.A. at retail. He's really sharp.

I totally get that. I belong to some collector's groups on Facebook who think anything repro is the devil lol. For vehicle stickers I'm fine with it because I think brand new well made repro stickers look better than peeling, faded or torn originals. With weapons and cloaks for figures I'm pretty adamant about original most of the time, but I think I paid like $1.00 for that repro Squidhead pistol vs. $4-5 for an original and I thought "You know what? He's Squidhead for Pete's sake!". I have the original Kenner figures on three tiers; Tier one would be the original twelve, Boba Fett, any of the "Big three", etc. Tier two would be Cloud Car pilot, Hoth Rebel Soldier, etc. Tier three would be Squidhead, Rancor Keeper, 8D8 etc. For tier three figures I'm okay with repro if it saves me a few bucks.

 

I love my six inch trooper! He's so cool!

I bought the 3.75 trooper today. Not as sharp as the big one. Also bought a vintage Collection Queen Amidala! I'm gonna have to pick up the qui-Gon at my wal-mart. I have an Obi-wan at home, so, screw it!

 

Post lady brought the July issue of the UK SW Comic magazine.

 

It's really whatever makes you happy with your collection. Having a spiffy new sticker as opposed to an old beat up peeling one, makes sense. I'm here to save money too (even though the last few months posts may not reflect that) and it's all about what can you get that you will be happy with and in the budget. For me, I am concentrating on the vintage line and would like to try to complete all my vintage figures with their original weapons/accessories. I kept all my older ships (from ebay '01 order), even though they were missing parts and instead of just buying a new complete ship or figure, I'm going to piece them together if its the last thing I do. It may take awhile, but it will be worth it and make the hobby last. I have the Steve Sansweet book at home (just met him again at Rancho Obi-wan on Monday, it was great) and love looking through it matching weapons/accessories up to where they go. I'm starting to get to the POTF2 line now. But vintage is the biggest for me and sticking with the 3.75inch line to help with the budget. If you can afford one figure/ship with repro and one with original, that's an idea too. Force will be with us no matter what!

 

Wow, you got to meet Sansweet? That's awesome! He seems like a great guy, and he's definitely the best ambassador both Star Wars and collecting has.

I'm slowly but surely chipping away at my vintage Star Wars collection (and I collect more than just the toys). My problem is I collect too many different things. Anything 70s/80s--G.I. Joe, Masters of the Universe, M.A.S.K., video games, lunch boxes. The other day I bought a 70s Mego Captain Kirk figure with the intention of getting Spock and McCoy as well. I just can't stay focused.

 

Juke is like a golden retriever who has too many balls thrown at him at once - I don't know which one to go after but I want them all!!

 

You're not far off! I'm like a fly at a picnic. Bzzzz! *nibble on some mashed potatoes* Bzzzz! *nibble on some cake* Bzzzz! *nibble on some watermelon*

 

Hee hee. But that's how collectors can be though. You do have those who are strictly monogamous to their one collection, then others just get interested in many things. I have a massive Barbie & fashion doll collection to go with my Star Wars collection. The 2 rather merge harmoniously because my favorite thing of all in my Star Wars collection are my 12" figures. My large 3 3/4" figure collection exists out of nostalgia because I got the little figures as a kid, but my most beloved toys were my 12" Kenner Han, Luke, and Leia dolls.

When I go on a collecting kick I tend to focus entirely on one collection, then abruptly something will catch my attention elsewhere, I'll abandon what I'd been collecting and move to the other.

Currently I'm in agony because there's a new gorgeous 12" scale Tyrion Lannister figure (Game of Thrones) that's coming end of year and a stunning 12" Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly.) I REALLY don't need them - but OMG do I WANT THEM!

 

Not into A Game of Thrones, I'm afraid. Only other figures I have are Doctor Who-related. Picked up a Weeping Angel because I liked the episode Blink.

 

Phoenix Comicon is this weekend - no big Star Wars guests this year. I don't have tons of moola for autographs, but I'm hoping to get John Ratzenberger to sign a Derlin pic and John Rhys Davies to sign a Sallah pic! Woot!

 

I, Jedi. Been looking for it for a while now. Even though the books aren't canon anymore I'm still collecting and reading them. Nearly have all the Bantam books now. Just need a couple more.

 

There are a bunch of used copies of I,Jedi for sale in the Amazon UK Marketplace. And Amazon US has it in stock.

 

Oh dear. Welcome me back to the SW action figure collecting world, gulp!

I've just purchased 2 X Star Wars:Clone Wars micro series Commemorative DVD Collection 3 packs. These are the ones with alternate Clone Troopers and Grievous, longer haired Obi-Wan and Anakin with the blue "slug" trail on his torso, etc.

I've been looking for a small series to get back into that hopefully won't break the bank and these animated style ones seem unique and manageable. Loved the art style of the original micro series. Nice UK seller on ebay let me have them for a relatively bargain price (compared to what I have seen them up for), and combined postage too.

 

Yeah, there's a nice synergy there.

Mmm-hmm. Same here. The good thing is it keeps things fresh. Just when I get burned out on Star Wars I get an itch for G.I. Joe. I just wish I could narrow my focus to two or three things instead of fifty.

I'm really glad they didn't put out a 6" line of GoT figures at mass retail or I'd have to add another room onto the house.

Welcome back (I would say "Run! Flee!", but I don't want to be a hypocrite )

 

I should have said shorter haired Obi-Wan in my post above.

 

I'd just got it sorry if that post was misleading.

 

Just got my shipment of soundtrack CD's in the mail!

TPM
TPM UE
AOTC
ROTS
ANH 97
TESB 97
ROTJ 97

 

Cool I'd love the soundtracks but haven't seen them anywhere. What's the difference between those 2 TPM soundtracks you mentioned?

 

I got all 7 of them for a combined 5 bucks off ebay lol. TPM UE is much closer to a complete score, whereas the normal TPM soundtrack is more of an independent listening experience.

 

TPM Ultimate Edition has 2 discs and a book listing the contents of them. The book also has scenes from the film. Basically more music and a nice case. i wish they'd done a similar item for AOTC.