Latest Acquisitions

[Cazza]

Thanks Jeremy- really chuffed. Really, really happy with them

 

[Michael Sith]

Great achievement Andy, looks fantastic mate, congratulations!

 

[Cazza]

Thanks Mike!

 

[peekaygee73]

Another for the childhood toy shop price sticker focus. Wiley's was based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and this is my first vintage item with one of their stickers.

Three toy shops down, three toy shops (and more department stores/supermarkets) to go!

 

[Alisdairmac]

These are quite hard to come by but I've been fortunate to recently get a 2nd isp 6. As with the trilogo cardbacks, most of the trilogo mini rigs exist with both the pbp and gmj text, so now here are both variations on the box.

 

[benny100]

The last moc to finally complete my full moc run, for the second time.
I really shouldn't have sold up in 2000!
Been a 20 year journey to get a full set again so really happy to have finally picked this one up.

 

[Michael Sith]

Congratulations long haul but worth it

 

[TheJabbaWookie]

Congratulations Andy. That wall looks epic

 

[lejackal]

I'm definitely more impressed by a collection built over 20 years than one built in 20 months with an unlimited stack of cash/credit cards. Congratulations

 

[Vernon]

I'm definitely more impressed by a collection built over 20 years than one built in 20 months with an unlimited stack of cash/credit cards. Congratulations

This is my latest and possible final acquisition. My Palitoy 12/20 back run is complete…only took 18 years though.
I will get a group photo in Nov sometime.

 

[Cazza]

That's awesome @Vernon - patience has paid off! Looking forward to the group shot

 

[chrisfnx]

Nice Chewbacca! Look forward to seeing all of them together, decent!

 

[sith-smith]

Nice. It's always a great feeling when a run is finished, and that's an awesome run to have completed.

 

[Palifan]

This is my latest and possible final acquisition. My Palitoy 12/20 back run is complete…only took 18 years though.
I will get a group photo in Nov sometime.

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That's a massive achievement and look at that price, I never saw a few go for that cheap back in the day! Congratulations on completing the run, especially after so many years and it also looks like you might have an SKU footer in there with the rounded front corners!?

Ian

 

[Vernon]

That's a massive achievement and look at that price, I never saw a few go for that cheap back in the day! Congratulations on completing the run, especially after so many years and it also looks like you might have an SKU footer in there with the rounded front corners!?

Ian

Just had a look and you are right..it.does have the SKU code on it. I've never paid any attention to SKU codes..so this is a little rarer as it's the 1st time wave?

 

[lejackal]

The perfect two ship collection? Maybe

 

[Palifan]

Just had a look and you are right..it.does have the SKU code on it. I've never paid any attention to SKU codes..so this is a little rarer as it's the 1st time wave?

Absolutely, and Chewbacca was the Pailtoy 12 back reseal that I ever had with a SKU footer. I think a few of the other Palitoy 12 backs have also been found with this earliest style of footer but I've never seen any pictures of any others.

Great little extra you picked up there

Ian

 

[morrid12]

This is my latest and possible final acquisition. My Palitoy 12/20 back run is complete…only took 18 years though.
I will get a group photo in Nov sometime.

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Lovely item Vernon . Congratulations on the 12/20 achievement. Chewie is a cracker to complete the run.

 

[ROTF7784]

A few years ago I was contemplating selling off parts of my collection but thankfully I held onto all but 1 figure (Yak Face, sold for £220) and gave it all to my 6yr old son (5 when I gave him the toys) and he is obsessed with them.

We're now rebuilding and expanding the collection, buying back some items I sold off (snow speeder, imperial hoth base, wampa) and some items I never previously owned (tie fighter, millenium falcon, ewok village, the few figures I never had, retro Govenor Tarkin, some Stan Solo stuff like the Bantha, slave Leia, and a few others), and also pimping some of the old stuff, buying missing vintage pieces for some of the space ships (x-wing canopy and guns), and new stickers for Slave 1 and the AT-AT. I haven't spent any time with my collection since I was about 11 so to get them out of the storage boxes in the loft and set up little bases for my son has really revived my interest in and enjoyment for collecting them.

Looking forward to add to the collection further!

 

[Cazza]

The perfect two ship collection? Maybe
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Awesome mate!

 

[Cazza]

A few years ago I was contemplating selling off parts of my collection but thankfully I held onto all but 1 figure (Yak Face, sold for £220) and gave it all to my 6yr old son (5 when I gave him the toys) and he is obsessed with them.

We're now rebuilding and expanding the collection, buying back some items I sold off (snow speeder, imperial hoth base, wampa) and some items I never previously owned (tie fighter, millenium falcon, ewok village, the few figures I never had, retro Govenor Tarkin, some Stan Solo stuff like the Bantha, slave Leia, and a few others), and also pimping some of the old stuff, buying missing vintage pieces for some of the space ships (x-wing canopy and guns), and new stickers for Slave 1 and the AT-AT. I haven't spent any time with my collection since I was about 11 so to get them out of the storage boxes in the loft and set up little bases for my son has really revived my interest in and enjoyment for collecting them.

Looking forward to add to the collection further!

Fantastic you've got back into it all. Kids do that, don't they? You need to get a gallery thread up and running!

 

[ROTF7784]

Thanks. I don't know what that is but I'll take some photos later.

 

[Cazza]

Thanks. I don't know what that is but I'll take some photos later.

Have a look here and you'll get the idea! https://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/forums/vintage-showcase.2/

 

[RayVeers]

here's my latest buy, a set of 5 afa graded figures off ebay:

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i'm very happy with them, the esb 32 back r2-d2 is an afa 90 and i reckon is worth a good chunk of what i paid for all 5!

Nice pickup! I need another good R5-D4 that is AFA graded.

 

[edd_jedi]

Nice pickup! I need another good R5-D4 that is AFA graded.

Thanks, but this was just over 16 years ago

 

[edd_jedi]

It's been over a year since I last bought a MOC, then two come in a week! First up is this ROTJ Logray. At first glance nothing special, but aside from having a clear bubble which is rare (I can confirm that because the one I bought in 1994 had a yellow bubble!) it is also a Japanese Tsukuda stickered card if you look at the back. I've never had one of these before, so is nice to finally have one.

Next up is a Palitoy Rebel Commander, have been looking for one of these for aaaaaages for my trilogo bubble run, and this one finally popped up in Australia! The shipping and import taxes were almost as much as the figure, but had to have it.

 

[kabuchi7]

Thats a really nice logray card!

I picked up a bib fortuna Japanese Tsukuda moc the other week and its one of my favs now, aside from the ROTJ logo on the front having a slight fade to it i must say the back of the card looks great with the red and black logo across the back with the japanese writing.

I wouldn't mind picking up a few more of this range but i dont see them that often

 

[monkey_roo]

One little fella for Christmas…

 

[TheJabbaWookie]

Nice. Smooth cape and all

 

[db94]

Merry Christmas
Santa brought me some lovely vintage pressies this year.
Big and small R2 and 3PO. Remembering displaying them (and thinking it was really cool) in front of each other back in the day