Grant_C said:If its not from the era, its not vintage, its not even Star Wars. Just a piece of plastic. Might as well be a My Little Pony accessory.
Stuart Skinner said:Saying that however, not sure of anyone's seen them, but there is a chap called Darren Orme who is creating copies of the old boxes and these are astounding and beautiful, I've already bought thirty plus for my collection, they really finish off the look of a collection
Stuart Skinner said:Saying that however, not sure of anyone's seen them, but there is a chap called Darren Orme who is creating copies of the old boxes and these are astounding and beautiful, I've already bought thirty plus for my collection, they really finish off the look of a collection
Bonsai_Tree_Ent said:Stuart Skinner said:Saying that however, not sure of anyone's seen them, but there is a chap called Darren Orme who is creating copies of the old boxes and these are astounding and beautiful, I've already bought thirty plus for my collection, they really finish off the look of a collection
Mate, don't even joke about that! He'll copy/paste your comment and use it on his ebay listings "endorsed by SWFUK".
Ian_C said:Stuart Skinner said:Saying that however, not sure of anyone's seen them, but there is a chap called Darren Orme who is creating copies of the old boxes and these are astounding and beautiful, I've already bought thirty plus for my collection, they really finish off the look of a collection
Ouch.
No offence to you, but Orme is a piece of ****. Poor quality copies of vintage boxes that fade in a year, that do unfortunately look very nice in pictures - which directly leads to their misuse in sales. Orme is well known in our hobby - and is universally despised by almost everyone for doing to MISB items what repro cardbacks have done to MOC's.
Ian
Ross_Barr said:Grant_C said:If its not from the era, its not vintage, its not even Star Wars. Just a piece of plastic. Might as well be a My Little Pony accessory.
This ^^^^^ is exactly how I feel too. I collect vintage SW because it's vintage. Because it's special. Because I played with this stuff 30-some years ago as a child. The nice example stuff we all have acquired in our collections is special because it survived. It wasn't some sticker or some foam pumped out by some fat loser in his parents' basement last week. It's stuff that has lasted years and is tied to a different and more innocent time in our lives.
So **** repro weapons. So **** repro boxes. So **** repro foam. So **** repro stickers.
I would rather have a broken, yellow Millennium Falcon with all of the stickers peeling off or fallen off than a dead mint one with glistening white repro stickers on it. Not kidding.
Stuart Skinner said:Ian_C said:Stuart Skinner said:Saying that however, not sure of anyone's seen them, but there is a chap called Darren Orme who is creating copies of the old boxes and these are astounding and beautiful, I've already bought thirty plus for my collection, they really finish off the look of a collection
Ouch.
No offence to you, but Orme is a piece of ****. Poor quality copies of vintage boxes that fade in a year, that do unfortunately look very nice in pictures - which directly leads to their misuse in sales. Orme is well known in our hobby - and is universally despised by almost everyone for doing to MISB items what repro cardbacks have done to MOC's.
Ian
You not like them then?
itfciain said:I wonder how this sort of question would go down on Jason's group on eBay - or for that matter in the current general chat section of RS
My guess is
"they are my toys to do as I want"
"I don't have the money to buy vintage"
"Darren Orme is a great bloke and I am proud to call him a friend"
itfciain said:I wonder how this sort of question would go down on Jason's group on eBay - or for that matter in the current general chat section of RS
My guess is
"they are my toys to do as I want"
"I don't have the money to buy vintage"
"Darren Orme is a great bloke and I am proud to call him a friend"
ODB said:You missed out:
"I've only been collecting a few months but have spent thousands overpaying so my opinion is the definitive answer to the question"
Richard_H said:You do realise that in 20 years these boxes will be vintage, right?
itfciain said:I wonder how this sort of question would go down on Jason's group on FaceBook - or for that matter in the current general chat section of RS
My guess is
"they are my toys to do as I want"
"I don't have the money to buy vintage"
"Darren Orme is a great bloke and I am proud to call him a friend"
yoda said:itfciain said:I wonder how this sort of question would go down on Jason's group on FaceBook - or for that matter in the current general chat section of RS
My guess is
"they are my toys to do as I want"
"I don't have the money to buy vintage"
"Darren Orme is a great bloke and I am proud to call him a friend"
Guys I am not asking this so everyone can start ripping the back out of the guy, but buy reading those posts I think a few of you guys wouldn't care![]()
This is the first forum I ever joined so I would just like a quick run down why nobody is too keen on dealing with this guy Orme! Does he only sell repro? What's his e bay username? Does he sell any vintage? Is he selling in the UK? And I take it he doesn't give a **** about selling repros? Does he list them as repros?