Die cast reference site

[spoons]

Added a few updates to this since I last linked to it.

http://www.vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/

Only missing a few MOC images and I've added an article on diecast shop displays in 'featured articles'

http://www.vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/featured-articles

 

[Capetown]

Killer site Andy!

 

[user 5830]

Absolutely Rocks!
Great work all round Andy - thank you for the dedication to create it and share it with the community. 8)

 

[spoons]

Thanks guys - appreciated

 

[darth_daddius]

Great site Andy.

Still on the hunt myself for a DV Tie on a Harbert Cardback....

Cheers mate,
Pat

 

[StarWarsFan]

Great site Andy very helpful.

 

[spoons]

Glad it's proving useful - thanks guys!

 

[darth_daddius]

Andy,

As you know, I've used it quite a few times myself already. Thanks for the hard work mate. If it wasn't for the site, I may have accidentally bought a Landspeeder!

Cheers buddy,
Pat

 

[spoons]

Andy,

As you know, I've used it quite a few times myself already. Thanks for the hard work mate. If it wasn't for the site, I may have accidentally bought a Landspeeder!

Cheers buddy,
Pat

Ha ha - could have been the start of a beautiful 3P0 focus

 

[Andyclarke]

Why have I never seen this before??!! Great job mate, super little web site. I love the die cast ships and an area I wouldn't mind getting back in to.

 

[spoons]

Why have I never seen this before??!! Great job mate, super little web site. I love the die cast ships and an area I wouldn't mind getting back in to.

Thanks Andy - you'll have to start listening to the Vintage Rebellion, a couple of plugs in the podcasts

 

[Floody]

Really nice site.
it has , unfortunately reignited my yearning for a Tie bomber

 

[spoons]

Im very pleased to have my first guest article on the website. Justin Lea is a big die cast fan and catalogue collector, and has written a great piece on trade catalogues.

Worth reading if only to see the alternative ESB artwork for the slave 1, snow speeder and cloud car!

Click on 'Trade catalogues'
in the link

http://vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/featured-articles

 

[spoons]

You are never to old to learn as the saying goes. I discovered this week that there are two different versions of the TIE fighter. The first version had pegs on the wings, and the latter had pegs on the TIE body. I'd not really looked into variations so this was a real surprise (thanks Justin!) - but something I suspect US collectors would have been aware of for a long time.

http://www.vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/the-toys/tie-fighter

I suspect that all the Palitoy TIEs were version 2 so if any of you UK based collectors have found a version one in the UK I'd love to know

Thanks

 

[spoons]

Here's the first new article in a while. Not strictly die cast but some great insight from Colin Cantwell model maker and concept artist behind many of the ships.

I never knew the Falcon was originally lizard shaped or the Death Star Trench was an accident!

http://vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/featured-articles

 

[coomber75]

awesome guide thanks all

 

[spoons]

Big news in the world of die cast another box variation has been spotted by Paul (Peekaygee73)

I've now split the SW7 into A and B types

http://www.vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/cardback-variations

Keep those eyes peeled as this resource is very much a group effort!

 

[peekaygee73]

Cheers Andy, happy to make a small contribution to such a fantastic site

 

[Cardbackkid]

This is a fantastic site ! Love seeing all the different card/box variations .

 

[spoons]

Exciting news in the workd of die cast. Yet another cardback variation has been identified and one more card back for Mr Palitoy to find!

There was an error on the first issue Landspeeder with a mirror image shown of the toy (lower photo on the SW12A), that was subsequently corrected on the SW12B. There doesn't seem much difference in rarity but it's amazing that it wasn't identified before - maybe because no-one was looking?

https://www.vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/cardback-variations

I'll update the matrix this weekend, but essentially all foreign released Land Speeders are corrected SW12B

 

[coomber75]

awesome update spoons

 

[Ruby2511]

Just had a look through the reference sites, very informative Spoons and lovely pics to 8)

Russ

 

[spoons]

Thanks both, there's been two additions in the last 12 months, I love die cast for that very reason. So little is documented and I'm learning all the time

 

[coomber75]

whats tge going rate on tie bomber loose spoons any idea??? i need to finish my loose run lol

 

[spoons]

whats tge going rate on tie bomber loose spoons any idea??? i need to finish my loose run lol

Seem to have stabilised around the £250 - £300 mark loose but I'm sensing a bit of a drop off in die cast prices so maybe hang on a bit and see if £150-£200 becomes the norm again?

good luck Les!

 

[coomber75]

thanks mate will kerp my eyes open

 

[spoons]

One for you die cast variant fiends. A great and well researched piece by Justin is now up in the featured article section of the website. Some really clear photos of those differences. Great job Justin! I've also updated the ESB 11C page to feature factory codes at the request of Jason.

https://www.vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/featured-articles

It's the last article on the page

 

[Jedijut]

Happy it's finally up for everyone to check out. Hopefully more variants surface from other collectors checking their Die Cast collections.

 

[spoons]

Been very little new content on the website recently so very happy to post this new article about the Tsukuda metal kits. I knew nothing about them before Marc Kuin got in touch. Marc's article is the last tab on the 'featured article' section

Hope it's of interest

https://vintagestarwarsdiecast.co.uk/featured-articles

 

[DarthHamblin]

I dident know either until reading this