Finding minty white vintage stormtroopers is always a nice find!

 

My mother just bought me the Boba Fett hoodie from Hot Topic

 

Awesome! I only have a one modern Vader one - those are cool!

 

Nope... this one's a little different from his version, it has the "nametag" on the left side, and lacks the white scuffing on the front of the helmet/hood. The colors are a little different too. There's a photo here if you'd like to compare.

 

Well 2 Gentle Giant mini-busts that I bought from another collector arrived today (not from here.) One of the busts had 3 tiny fragile parts on it come loose and need repair, the other bust is fine. He didn't charge me enough for shipping and I ended up owing at the Post Office. Obviously this guy doesn't do ebay....they really weren't packed very well. *Sigh*

The bust w/ the damage was Zam Wessell - Luckily I think her repairs will be pretty easy it was just the extremely delicate little pieces on her helmet and the top of her cape that were affected. I got her cheap, so I'm not complaining....much. She really is beautiful, I think she might be one of the prettiest busts made simply because of how her cape flows and her outfit color makes her very unique looking. The other bust I got was the Slave Leia mini-bust. She's nice. I usually shy away from getting Slave Leia stuff because they're often sculpted to look somewhat...alluring? Slutty? This one was not done that way - it's nice.

Just got my email notice that my Sebulba/Anakin 2 pack will process tomorrow. Then I've got a Bespin Han Solo bust coming soon too.

As of this moment my spending is at a halt with the exception of any pre-orders that I have out there - bank finally came through and my sister and I will be making the biggest purchase of our lives - we're getting a house! I'll finally have a permanent place for my shrine! Woot!

 

Latest issue of Insider. Then I browsed eBay for stuff that I want to buy at some point.

Congratulations on getting a house, PLJ!

 

Thanks Traknar!

LAJ - yeah I had to fix my Greedo mini-bust a few years ago, I dropped him and a couple of his fingers broke. I figure I'll wait to repair Zam when I've got my craft room fully set up.

 

A couple vintage figures join the growing family: Big head Han and sandperson.

 

I bought the last TVC figure of Kithaba at Wal-mart earlier this week, and then earlier today, I bought a previously-displayed Kotobukiya ArtFX Zuckuss figure for $50! I just simply could not justify spending $100 or more for the figure, so when I saw a pre-owned figure up for sale in near-mint condition (no box), I had to snap that one up.

 

Awesome deal there! Yeah I like picking stuff up that's loose and without boxes. If you're not a box fanatic, man can you pick up GREAT deals. I think I got my Medicom Anakin 1/6 scale figure for like $56 because I got him previously displayed. I'm usually nervous about getting mini-busts w/o boxes though. With their own packaging at least they've got 1/2 a chance of getting to you in one piece.

You'll have to photograph your Koto and share pics!

 

When it gets here next week whenever, I plan to. In the meantime, I'd better start rearranging my stuff so there's room...

 

Just ordered a vintage R2-D2. I must say I'm having a blast collecting vintage! It's more fun than going into walmart and seeing the TPM vintage collection wave time after time...

 

I often buy loose figures online, when possible. Cheaper, and I free them from their packaging anyway, so why pay for that?

 

I remember the thrill of finding vintage figs and filling in holes in my collection. I'm down to 2 figures to complete the set. Maybe after I get everything set up in my new room I'll try to track them down...course they're wicked rare and expensive though. Still got a few vintage playsets that I'd love - would love the Death Star Playset (because I drooled endlessly over it as a kid) and the Ewok village. I'd also love the Geonosis arena playset...I know, not vintage but it would be fun cramming my Ackley, Reek, and Nexu in it along w/ figures.

Are you getting yours loose or on cards?

I totally agree.

 

Definitely going loose. I have a couple vintage carded but that is way too expensive for me to get into.

 

My Gentle Giant Anakin/Sebulba set arrived today - Ani looks nice but Sebulba is AMAZING! Click for pics/review!

 

For the past 2 weeks I bought these figures

Wedge
Kitahaba
Weequay skiff guard
the newer Vintage Collection Weequay figure based on the classic 1983 Weequay
Legacy Collection Willrow Hood aka Ice Cream Maker guy - needed to get him for the arm piece for HK-50
Jar Jar Binks
Aayla Secura

Now im buying older stuff from 30th Anniversary to Legacy Collection to do alot of catching up.

anyone know whats a good R2-D2 figure to get along with a good decent C3PO?

 

The VOTC R2 from 2004 is outstanding. As for C-3P0, he was pretty much perfect in the 06 saga collection with the Ewok throne. I would say the 3PO from the Vintage collection but he is waaaay too short.

 

So, I decided to go on a bit of an eBay shopping spree this evening... I bought the PotJ 12" 4-LOM figure, loose (already bought Zuckuss, loose, at CVI) and a die-cast Titanium Series Mist Hunter. Then, I hit up Amazon and completed my Ren & Stimpy collection at long last, but they're unrelated.

 

Ugh, Jealous! I'd kill for one of those! I'd easily settle for a Storm Trooper or Vader however.