Memph, TN "These arent the toys your looking for..." - The Official Memphis FF Collectors Thread

Oh indeed.

And our prices are terrible. We pay the same price in £s as you do in $s, even though the exchange rate is now nearly £2 to the $

 

http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/924450/-/Product.html?searchstring=Y-wing&searchsource=0#

At that price, I finally caved in......

 

[Andy Pipkin voice] I want that one. [/AP Voice]

R2-D2

 

What, it doesn't have a 3D Slave Leia projection feature?

**** that!

 

Well, you could just imagine what I'd be projecting with it.

 

I finally got around to take a couple of pictures of my Sideshow Anakin to post.

Yellow-Eyed Ani

Ani and some friends

(The rest of my Ani/Vader stuff is in another bookcase.)

 

Duuude....he looks awesome, Nicki!!

 

Thanks! I was so impressed when I got him that I know I'll buy from Sideshow again.

 

[shameless plug]

Anyone interested in buying some of my unwanted SW stuff?

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2318271&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=&vc=1

[/shameless plug]

 

You're selling your precious plastic??? Ben!!!! We have to organize an intervention!

 

Oh, not all of it.

I've kept most of the notable OT figures and ships (X-wing, Falcon, AT-AT, B-wing, etc). Just getting rid of all the PT stuff and background OT stuff.

 

That's pretty much what I did, too. There's just too many SW toys and not enough room for them.

 

I got a belated Valentine's PRECIOUS.

Gentle Giant's Jedi Luke:

[image=http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c228/jadedskies/lukebustcrop.jpg]


And cuz I couldn't resist:

[image=http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c228/jadedskies/luke-marabusts.jpg]

 

Sweet!!!!!!!

 

I want THAT ONE!

Darth Vader Bust



Evil they are... just evil to come out with something so exquisite when I'm broke!

 

From today's "The Australian" newspaper.....

Darth Vader back to samurai roots
From correspondents in Tokyo
April 20, 2007

DARTH Vader has metamorphosed from an innocent boy to one of cinema's quintessential symbols of evil. But now he's getting back to his roots - in Japan.
A Tokyo-based traditional dollmaker, arguing that Darth Vader was inspired by Japan's samurai knights, has designed a pitch-black set of armour fashioned after the Galactic Empire's dreaded enforcer.

Fans in touch with their dark side can buy a 90cm tall samurai outfit handmade out of silk, aluminium and brass that covers the torso, arms and legs, along with a pair of black boots with padded soles.

While the armour resembles that of the samurai, who disappeared in the 19th century, the helmet with the insignia of the Galactic Empire is unmistakably Darth Vader.

?Darth Vader's costume was originally inspired by the Japanese samurai, so now we're returning the favour,? said Norifumi Tanaka, manager for the Yo****oku dollmaker, which will be soon mark its 300th anniversary.

The set also includes a bow and arrow and a sword - one of the traditional Japanese variety rather than the bright Star Wars lightsabres.

The suit is being released ahead of the 30th anniversary of the original Star Wars film along with Japan's traditional May 5 holiday for boys.

But with the full outfit costing 346,500 yen ($3590), the dollmaker acknowledges their customers will be adults.

?Mainly people who are maniacs about this film are buying this - essentially men in their late 20s and older who grew up with this film,? Tanaka said.

The store began taking orders in March and has dozens of suits in production, he said.

But Shigeki Sugihara, 34, taking a peek during his lunch break, said the price tag was just too much.

?The melding of the samurai and Darth Vader is certainly impressive, but it seems a little too expensive for what it is - and I'm disappointed that the sword doesn't even light up.?

Link to the actual article..... so no pictures.

Cheers

 

I can't find the 30 yr Anniv Vader. You guys keep a look out for me. I want one.

 

Rhonda, are you looking for the Hasbro Vader with the coin album?

I went to Target at lunch today, and they have Target exclusive 2-packs "Order 66" figures. I almost bought the Vader / Stormtrooper combo.

 

Yeah, the coin album. It's not at the Wal-Mart here in Cordova

 

They are all over Nashville, so I'll pick one up for you and bring it with me next weekend.

 

I think that's a Target exclusive, so that MAY be the answer to why it's difficult to find.

 

We got ours at Wal-Mart in Jackson, TN. They're out of them here in Millington, too.

If Nicki has no luck, I'll check Wally World in the hood.

 

Rhonda, I have your Vader.

 

Good! Good!

That means I don't have to pull my pants down where they barely hang off my butt and decide which gang colors I'm going to sport. That American Way Wal-Mart's gotten pretty bad.

Of course, you can still buy new POTF figures at Rite-Aids here in Memphis, even the ones that aren't in the hood.

 

The new Comic Packs have been sighted. Give me a call if anyone finds Luke and Mara.