Collecting Forum Member Bios

We've gotten several new members over the past two weeks, so I think it's time to bring this up.

 

Name: Mike Troxell
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Occupation: Student, Tutor
Star Wars fan since: 1997
Collector since: 1997
Jedi Council member since: 1999 as Sexy_Beefcake(left for a while, came back just recently)
Favorite items to collect: 1995-Recent era 3 3/4" Scale
Favorite store to buy collectibles: K-Mart--only place I've seen new figures since January--also got a Han/Tauntaun 3 3/4" pack for cost a year ago (god bless Mr. Kmart for starting this operation. )

 

Name: Javier Jaimes
Age:22
Gender: Male
Location: San Antonio, Texas USA
Fan Since: First fuzzy memories of sitting on my mom's lap watching The Empire Strikes Back.
Collector Since: 1981
JC Member Since: September 2000
First Kiss: 7 years old.(Valarie kissed me!)
First Date: 13 years old. (Not Valarie)
Married On: February 19, 2000
Favorite Piece in Collection: 12" Darth Maul and Sith Speeder
Favorite Store to hunt:Wal-Mart (God Bless Sam Walton, RIP), Toy's R Us, Target.
Favorite Star Wars Film: The Empire Strikes Back

 

Name: Rennie
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Location: California, USA
Occupation: Entertainment Industry
Star Wars fan since: 1982 (I saw ANH when I was 10 yrs old).
Collector since: early 1982
Jedi Council member since: early 2000
Favorite items to collect: EU novels. comics, action figures
Favorite store to buy collectibles: Kay Bees, Toys 'R Us, and anywhere else that has a good deal!

 

Name: Christopher
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Sex: about every 6 months if lucky
Location: Philly
Occupation: Paralegal
SW Fan since: my parents bought me C3-PO in (I guess '79)
SW Coll since: same as above
JC Member since: 11/7/00
Fav. toys 3 3/4
Fav item: customized Corran Horn

 

Name: Matt
Age:16
Gender: Male
Location: Augusta, GA
Occupation: Student
Star Wars Fan since: late 1996
collector since: late 1996
JC menber since: early 200 (I used to be skawookiee)
Favorite item to collect: 3 3/4" action figs
Favorite store: Kay Bee

 

Name: Kurt
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation: Student
Star Wars fan since: April 1994
Collector since: Mid - 1994
Jedi Council member since: April, 2000
Favorite items to collect: Replica Props, Hasbro Figures
Favorite store to buy collectibles: Toys 'R Us, eBay

 

Time to update my bio:

Name: Kristian
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupation: Not doing anything at the moment
Star Wars fan since: early 1995
Collector since: early 1995
Jedi Council member since: early 1999
Favorite items to collect: Hasbro figures, especially those in the 3 3/4 scale
Favorite stores to buy collectibles: Toys 'R Us, KB Toys, K-Mart

 

Name: David
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Location: Dumbarton, Scotland
Occupation: Mechanical Engineering Student
Star Wars Fan since: 1981
Collector since: Had many of the originals but lost them all through Jumble Sales, didn't really start collecting until 1995
Jedi Council Member since: 2000
Favourite item to collect: 3 3/4" figures, Lego
Favourite Store to buy collectibles: Forbidden Planet, Thetoyshop.com

 

Name: Derek Leif Nealey
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Location: Norfolk, VA
Occupation: Graphic Designer/ Multimedia Artist
Star Wars fan since: 1977, my dad took me to see SW
Collector since: around 1995
Jedi Council member since: late 1998
Favorite items to collect: SW 3 3/4s, SW Ships, Anime Toys, anything ROBOTECH, comics & comic toys, Anime dvds
Favorite stores to buy collectibles: Kbkids.com...i have got some good deals there over the years. other than that, which ever store has what i want in stock!

 

Name: Devin
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Location: California (USA)
Occupation: Public Safety
Star Wars fan since: 1977
Collector since: 1977ish
Jedi Council member since: 2000
Favorite items to collect: Hasbro figures 31/2" and 12"
Favorite store to buy collectibles: Toys 'R Us, Target, KB Toys
It sure is nice to see other older people here.

 

Name: Kenny
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Location: Singapore
Occupation: Technologist
Star Wars fan since: 1977
Collector since: 1980ish
Jedi Council member since: 2000
Favorite items to collect: Hasbro figures 31/2" and 12"
Favorite store to buy collectibles: Anywhere it sells cheap

Do you know "StarWars A New Hope" is the 1st ever movie I watch since I came to Earth.

 

Name: Richard
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Location: Georgia
Occupation: Residence Hall Director
Star Wars fan since: 1977 - saw it at a drive in theater, if you can believe that. Wearing pajamas in the backseat of my parents car!
Collector since: through 84 . . .renewed interest in 99 with jedi figs
Jedi Council member since: early 1999
Favorite items to collect: Jedi/Sith figures
Favorite store to buy collectibles: Walmart, Ebay

 

Name: John Kappus
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Location: Utah
Ocupation: Facilities Technician
Star Wars fan since: 1977
Collector since: 1977(but all vintage given away to cousins because I thought I was too old for toys)somebody shoot me!
Jedi Council member since: 2001
Favorite item to collect: THE DARKSIDE
Favorite store: Wal-Mart,KB Toys,Target,TRU

 

Name: Mark Miranda
Age: 26
Occupation: Journalist in the US Army
Location: El Paso TX / Fort Bliss
Star Wars Fan since: 1978
First toys: Sandpeople, R5-D4 for X-Mas '79. I had 42 figures from the 80's Kenner line, gave them all to my cousins in the Philippines in 1985.
Favorite items to collect: All the Hasbro re-creations of figures I used to have.
Jedi Council member since: Feb 2001
Favorite stores to buy at: K-Mart, Wal-Mart ToysRUs.

 

Name: Jeff
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Occupation: Student
Star Wars fan since: early 1995 (better late than never..)
Collector since: 1997
Jedi Council member since: November 2000
Favorite items to collect: Hasbro figures
Favorite store to buy collectibles: Toys 'R Us, Kay-Bee

 

Name: Tony
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Locataion: Sweden
Occupation: Secret agent?
Star Wars Fan since: 80´s
Collect Star Wars since: 80´s /1997
Jedi Council Member since: Mar 2001
Favorite item to collect:Action Figures
First Toy: Don´t remember
Favorite place to shop: Anywhere
Favorite Character: Luke Skywalker

 

I guess this is as good a thread as any to mark my return.

Name: Ed the Runt
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Locataion: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Bank Teller; student
Star Wars Fan since: 1995
Collect Star Wars since: summer of 1996... it all started with a Wookiee... . I fell out of collecting when they stopped showing up anywhere accept E-bay. But now I've caught up with what I missed, and am ready from the new year!

Jedi Council Member since: Sometime in mid 98. I left when spoilers started coming true, before I was totally spoiled
Favorite item to collect: Action Figures, certainly!
First Toy: I'v found toys in my closet from years before I was born, but my favorite, and oldest toys in memory were a 1982 GIJoe MoBaT tank with straight-armed Steeler, and an AT-AT Commander.
Favorite place to shop: I *love* finding things for retail price, so TRU is my favorite place to shop for the sheer thrill of a bargain *and* being a normal consumer, but I find the toys I want more often on E-bay and Forbidden Planet in the City.
Favorite Character: A toss up between Han and Chewie (they're a set, live with it), and the Mon Calamari (love the fish.. I'd eat Admiral Ackbar!)
Most Visually enjoyale characters: J'Quill, seen best in ROTJ, and Ephant Mon.
Favorite Concept: Dewbacks and Banthas. Pack animals that are so far from horses, yet feel no different when you watch a Sandtrooper or Tusken riding them.

 

Up...

 

I guess this is as good a thread as any to mark my return.

Name: Ben
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Locataion: London
Occupation: CAD technician
Star Wars Fan since: 1983-1987, 1995-present
Collect Star Wars since: see above
Jedi Council Member since: Visited once or twice in 1998, lurked from Feb 99 onwards, and registered in July 99.
Favorite item to collect: Figures and toys.
First Toy: The Falcon. I can still remember writing to my parents every week begging for it, and the time the roof segment blew out of the sunroof onto the motorway.
Favorite place to shop: Toy fairs. Nothing like meeting people you know, finding bargains, and gazing longingly at the stuff you really want but can't afford. Heh.
Favorite character: Wedge, Vader, and Yoda.
Most visually enjoyable characters: Vader!!

 

Name: -A-
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Locataion: Florida
Occupation: Student/ Newbie Journalist
Star Wars Fan since: 1983
Collect Star Wars since: Hopefully will register before 02
Jedi Council Member since: 06/99
Favorite item to collect: Action figures and retail promos.
First Toy: Ewok Village (too much fun)
Favorite place to shop: Retail stores
Favorite character: Garindan
Most visually enjoyable characters: R2D2, Vader

 

First name:Sloan
Age:20
Location:Alabama(USA)
Fan since:May 99
Council member since:Feb 2001
Fav Hobby:Collecting!
Fav Figure:300th Boba Fett
fav character:Boba Fett,Plo Koon
collecting since:Feb 2001
Favorite film:Tie-every Star Wars movie!

 

Just updating with some of the new categories...

Favorite Film: The Empire Strikes Back
Favorite Character: Anakin/Vader
First Collectible: One of the Topps Star Wars Galaxy cards.
First Action Figure: Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi (POTF2, 1995)

 

Name: Cait
Age: 14(looks like I'm the youngest person here)
Gender: female
Locataion: New Jersey
Occupation: Student
Star Wars Fan since: 1997
Collect Star Wars since: 1999
Jedi Council Member since: 03/01
Favorite item to collect: Admiral Ackbar items, expensive reference books, figs of minor characters
First Toy: a stuffed Watto doll that I won at a sleazy bordwalk arcade
Favorite place to shop: K-B Toys, Software Etc.
Favorite character: Ackbar
Favorite of the Movies: tie between Empire and Jedi
Favorite Collectible: The Darth Vader lipgloss, too weird for words

 

Name: JAY
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ocupation: Home Improvement Retail Management
Star Wars fan since: 1977
Collector since: 1977-1983(then vintage action figures were played with - just a kid then!) 1999 - current (ever since I noticed how valuable the vintage ones were, began collection of Ep1 TPM to current)
Jedi Council member since: 1999/2000
Favorite item to collect: Boba Fetts
Favorite store: ???