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Sweet piece there Aaron! 8)
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Great stuff guys- lots of rare stuff on this page.
Love the engineering pilot :wink:
Love the engineering pilot :wink:
been busy running 4 shows in 4 countries in 4 weeks so just had time to down load my photos and some of the things i bought on my travels , one thing that people on here are going to love is this a 1985 toyshow display for that years figures
i saw this in a photo take at the time around 15 years ago then about two year later i saw a picture of it in a house in someones collection i could not tell if it was a child's collection or a collectors display then nothing till last week then it came up for sale and i knew what it was as soon as Mark told me about it , i had to have it , something i thought might have been lost or destroyed years ago but no it survived
its british its a promo item and its Palitoy , it dose not get any better than that for me , now to start to restore it to its former glory
the last bit of info came from its owner of 18 year that said it came from a Manager of a John Lewis the shop was sent this to use for a big display one year and after it was used he took it home for his kids then it was no longer wanted this collector got it around 18 year ago.
it still has the Han in Carbonate case on the wall in the palace part the only figure part to still be attached , now i have to buy loads of figures to put them back on after it is restored , i have to to also try to work out what vehicles that was on it also ? there is a Sarlaac pit on there so i am wondering as it was for toy fair if it had the vehicles that had not come out here ? as this would have been for the year coming ??
if anyone has photos of it at toy fair that would help a lot , i have see images of it there but i cannot remember who had them and i did not get a copy of them it was around 15 years a go ?
enjoy and if anyone has photos of its early life i would love to see them thanks
jason
i saw this in a photo take at the time around 15 years ago then about two year later i saw a picture of it in a house in someones collection i could not tell if it was a child's collection or a collectors display then nothing till last week then it came up for sale and i knew what it was as soon as Mark told me about it , i had to have it , something i thought might have been lost or destroyed years ago but no it survived
its british its a promo item and its Palitoy , it dose not get any better than that for me , now to start to restore it to its former glory
the last bit of info came from its owner of 18 year that said it came from a Manager of a John Lewis the shop was sent this to use for a big display one year and after it was used he took it home for his kids then it was no longer wanted this collector got it around 18 year ago.
it still has the Han in Carbonate case on the wall in the palace part the only figure part to still be attached , now i have to buy loads of figures to put them back on after it is restored , i have to to also try to work out what vehicles that was on it also ? there is a Sarlaac pit on there so i am wondering as it was for toy fair if it had the vehicles that had not come out here ? as this would have been for the year coming ??
if anyone has photos of it at toy fair that would help a lot , i have see images of it there but i cannot remember who had them and i did not get a copy of them it was around 15 years a go ?
enjoy and if anyone has photos of its early life i would love to see them thanks
jason
mr_palitoy
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looks epic
Jason
Jason
Dublinjeff
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Super Luke EP Aaron.... :mrgreen:
That display is brilliant Jason. A real piece of SW history.
Something quite different for me today. I've always liked the look of Film Cells so decided to pull the trigger on a few original 1977 cells. Have a good few but here are some of my favourite. I have slide mounts on the way to display them properly.
Leia in the control room. Really like this as it reminds me of the cardback
A few X Wing cells including Red Leader. I really liked the shot through the cockpit 8)
That display is brilliant Jason. A real piece of SW history.
Something quite different for me today. I've always liked the look of Film Cells so decided to pull the trigger on a few original 1977 cells. Have a good few but here are some of my favourite. I have slide mounts on the way to display them properly.
Leia in the control room. Really like this as it reminds me of the cardback
A few X Wing cells including Red Leader. I really liked the shot through the cockpit 8)
coinnut
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they do look good cant wait to see them in person
great pick ups
great pick ups
itfciain
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Some amazing pick ups recently - not really sure where to start - it's also good to see that the replying to every word of praise and copying
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Loving the DT Luke, the POTF Yak cardback and the MOCs from Adam (he is catching me up)
However.... that shop display is immense - imagine having something like that as a kid - you would have been in your element - great find JJ
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Loving the DT Luke, the POTF Yak cardback and the MOCs from Adam (he is catching me up)
However.... that shop display is immense - imagine having something like that as a kid - you would have been in your element - great find JJ
theslider
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Lots of good stuff posted!
Love film cells Jeff - feels like you're touching the film if you know what I mean.
JJ: we were never posh enough to go to a John Lewis but I would guess that there would be a skiff vehicle in the middle of that display near the Sarlaac and then maybe a couple of mini-rig skiffs too. Around the Ewok village there probably been an Ewok catapult or Glider or two.
Obvioulsy a Jabba Playset in the top bit - maybe a couple of AST-5 outside as guards.
Have you contacted John Lewis direct Jason - I'm pretty sure they have an archive.
Love film cells Jeff - feels like you're touching the film if you know what I mean.
JJ: we were never posh enough to go to a John Lewis but I would guess that there would be a skiff vehicle in the middle of that display near the Sarlaac and then maybe a couple of mini-rig skiffs too. Around the Ewok village there probably been an Ewok catapult or Glider or two.
Obvioulsy a Jabba Playset in the top bit - maybe a couple of AST-5 outside as guards.
Have you contacted John Lewis direct Jason - I'm pretty sure they have an archive.
poncho
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some great new additions allround lads. 8)
i have had a little more info back from my facebook page
i have been told that after toy fare the displays would sometimes go to the bigger account holders like John Lewis and they would form part of a big promotion in the store such as when a Darth Vader would be promoted as turning up one weekend etc .
also i was told this display would have gone to many shops around the country and stay for two weeks or so then get move on .
so the manager that go this one for his kid must have been at the end of the chain of shops that had displayed it ? so jambobbyb this could be the one you saw in Sheffield all troughs years ago ?
good to find out more thanks for the kind words it is going to look great when its finished the restoration will begin soon
jason
i have been told that after toy fare the displays would sometimes go to the bigger account holders like John Lewis and they would form part of a big promotion in the store such as when a Darth Vader would be promoted as turning up one weekend etc .
also i was told this display would have gone to many shops around the country and stay for two weeks or so then get move on .
so the manager that go this one for his kid must have been at the end of the chain of shops that had displayed it ? so jambobbyb this could be the one you saw in Sheffield all troughs years ago ?
good to find out more thanks for the kind words it is going to look great when its finished the restoration will begin soon
jason
Palifan
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J_G said:i've never showcased any of my cardback collection on SWFUK, but i thought i'd make the exception with this card
while i have some hard to find cardbacks in my collection (http://starwarscardbacks.tumblr.com), this is one of my real favourites
Wow!
That's some amazing card backs you have there. Fantastic to see them and thanks for sharing
Ian
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Some awesome buys.
particularly like thr kubrick vader 8) :wink:
particularly like thr kubrick vader 8) :wink:
Hehe that Kubrick Vaders ace, many thanks For the hassle free deal!
JJ that wouldn't surprise me at all I was thinking about it this morning and after studying your pics again I am convinced it is exactly the same as the one I saw, congrats on a great piece!
JJ that wouldn't surprise me at all I was thinking about it this morning and after studying your pics again I am convinced it is exactly the same as the one I saw, congrats on a great piece!
tiefighterboy
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Ok.....2nd post on this thread in like a 3 week span :lol: :lol: :lol:
Big thanks to Frank for helping me get my Palitoy Land of The jawas.....................
100_3053 by kenner1977, on Flickr
Big Thanks To Andy (Plantman) for selling me some lovely stuff.......best part was some artwork he threw in for free..................
100_3054 by kenner1977, on Flickr
Big thanks to Frank for helping me get my Palitoy Land of The jawas.....................
100_3053 by kenner1977, on Flickr
Big Thanks To Andy (Plantman) for selling me some lovely stuff.......best part was some artwork he threw in for free..................
100_3054 by kenner1977, on Flickr
Love the Palitoy Jawa playset 8)
Artwork a little risqué for me :?
Artwork a little risqué for me :?
tiefighterboy
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Michael Sith said:
Yeah.....I would not take him as a challenger to your artistic thrown.
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