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Hi Jamie, good to hear you're planning to keep a set of loose figures. The best thing to do would be to provide some nice clear photos that show all the figures arrayed in rows, and then another photo that shows all the weapon items. A simple test on the weapons, is called the float test. Put...

Watch the 5 minute Star Wars Always 'Mega Trailer' here, featuring footage from the original trilogy, prequels, sequels, standalones and even deleted scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdoWJywrOuw As fans we all have our favourite, and perhaps least favourite, Star Wars material but...

'Army builder' at a young age!

My pocket money was something like 20p a week in the late 70s / early 80s when the toys were on shop shelves. I'd ride my Raleigh Chopper down to the newsagent and that 20p would get me a can of drink, a Texan bar, or maybe a copy of 2000AD. I never had enough to actually buy toys myself. Pretty...

Thanks dude, and actually there are loads of great responses in this thread. I've been spending a lot of my 'hobby reading time' recently on facebook and this has been a good reminder of how noticeably more in-depth and superior the level of convo is in this forum.

We are living in the era of the geek. If I was an antique dealer I would be worried about my stock of brown furniture, brass, porcelain, and aged portraits. However, I'd be pretty confident that anything connected to tin robots, space toys, and super heroes would do all right. When the original...

Wow! Thanks for sharing the pics, you've provided a real time capsule of the display. I am presuming they were all the screen used costumes too (Barada!).

Great to see these 'Command Satellite' items - I think these have some significance from a historical perspective for Palitoy and as far as I'm aware they are the only ones in existence (maybe someone will come on and say they 'turn up from time to time' but I doubt it!). Helps that they also...

I'd not seen that display before, very cool - it doesn't look like archival footage, I wonder is it recently taken? (ie: the display is in a current collection?)

Great show! I was also surprised to hear the full length Mastermind theme, I thought it had a bit of a sci-fi vibe to it actually so quite appropriate. I also agree with the comments that Stu really 'went out to bat' for the Imperial Dignitary - I'd like to say that he swayed opinion and made us...

That's ambition number 37 on my bucket list ticked off!! Great photoshoppery guys, love it!

Nice start Paul, £1.20 for any complete figure is brilliant - but don't expect that to be the norm it's all uphill from here!

Nice acquisition on the red armour 4-LOM. When I was hunting variants I remember that as a particularly tricky one to find!

Now you've got everyone wondering what the first most over hyped figure is! (red bar R5 right?)

Star Wars figures don't have a 'fixed' price - the price is very much influenced by condition and completeness. The accessories that go with the Headman for example are 'holy grail' items within the hobby and you'd likely find many buyers just for them alone at £5k. So to answer your query - if...

No... there is another (in the words of Yoda). Ron Salvatore, a great guy who was really nice and helpful to me during this find, drew my attention to this made by a Kenner sculptor called Bill Lemon. This is the sort of detail I just wouldn't have known without Ron. The same sculpt but...

Yes! Ree Yees has proverbially gone from 'zero to hero' in my estimation after seeing this hardcopy. The fine detail of the sculpt and all the crackling on the back of his hands is pretty damn awesome, I guess some of that detail was lost in translation when poured in plastic and then the paint...

Hello boys, and thanks for sharing the link and details. I would have put them on here yesterday but it was a busy one! Like pretty much all of the regulars here I have a good expertise and first hand knowledge of vintage collecting, but prototypes are a bit more niche and I only really know...

This is the problem with the proverbial 'web of lies', the teller forgets who they've told what to. Jamie is told a massive box full were chanced upon in 2001 for free. Kev is told several were acquired in 2003, bought by Jeff in a clearance lot. The broad strokes of the lie are the same but the...

The Woolworth receipt which dates from the noughties is in a SEALED baggie. This is why it is the smoking gun. Laurence's research shows that very few of the authentic 8 pack Palitoy baggies were sealed. However, EVERY single 8 Pack that originated from Jeff was sealed. Hmmm. Laurence has...