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I'm sorry to have been away from this place for so long. It's a great place to hang out and get away from life's troubles. I'll make sure to drop by more often.

s1d0w: Nice item! The manufacturer was Penshiel Ltd but it could well have been sold in Marks and Spencer. There was a range for Return of the Jedi too. I'm always interested in anything like this, so thanks for sharing.

Aliencouture - If genuine, you have an amazing item there. Where did you obtain it? (there's plenty of opportunity for fakes). I suppose that the photo was to display the piece in a natural setting and that you don't use a genuine Revenge of the Jedi prototype as an actual bed cover.

Revenge of the Jedi prototype fabric sounds very exciting. Pictures would be great to see.

I'm still interested in any information on UK Star Wars merchandise if anyone's got anything juicy.

The Miroman/Micronauts hobby is beginning to see reproduction items via 3D printing. Although some of the parts in individual kits are extremely rare, the demand for them isn't such that they can be sold for a great deal. There's more a spirit of assisting the collecting community by making...

Thanks very much. I've not heard anything negative about the book so far. People are really enjoying it.

I thought I would let everyone know that my book is available from the distributor with 30% off until the end of January. If you enter STARWARS30 on the order page at the Eurospan website, the price works out as £24.46 which is the cheapest price around...

Interesting. I've heard before that a Darth Vader on tour stank of sweat. I didn't get that close to the one that visited Romford. He was pretty animated so I kept my distance!

I get the impression that stickers relating to specific toy shops are becoming more desirable by collectors. The rarity has been magnified by people (like me until recently) peeling the stickers off.

Here's another advert from later in the cinema run that mentions the Ilford Odeon where I saw Star Wars.

This is a fantastic thread. It's amazing to read people's recollections and see so many photos. My only experience of meeting Darth Vader was when he visited Debenhams in Romford. A photographer from a local newspaper set up a photo of all the children surrounding Vader. Me and my friend were...

Star Wars didn’t have a premiere in London. It simply opened on December 27th 1977 at the Dominion Theatre Tottenham Court Road and the Odeon Theatre Leicester Square. Premieres are organised to generate publicity and Star Wars definitely didn’t need any more in the UK. The country was already...

I wouldn't blame anyone for removing stickers from their vintage items but I'm a recent convert to the "leave the sticker on" point-of-view. I started keeping the packaging for my Star Wars toys in my childhood and the first thing I'd do after removing the toy would be to carefully un-peel the...

Thanks. Mystery solved.