e30318is said:
Congrats Jez- awesome looking collection! How long have you been putting these together for? Good luck on the moc hunt- are you going for any figure on any card or sticking to sw on sw esb on esb etc?
What's your grail moc then dude? When I started I wanted a potf Luke stormtrooper....
Well done buddy
Thanks very much.
You never forget your first love!!
I Started collecting in 1982 for 5 years, first figures were naturally Han & Luke. I still remember so much about then, where i was when i bought, Madine, Commando, Wampa, who bought me 4Lom what friends had certain ships etc etc. How i felt great when i was the first kid in school with a Gammy Guard, nuff respect.
I was reading Joe's site about Tri Logos and the Hybrids, it makes perfect sense to me that; as a kid, my friends and i thought that Hammerhead, Bespin Guard and Powerdroid were all "Really rare!" I remember being dead chuffed when i found H'Head and Powerdroid in Woolworths.
I lost interested in the figures when i discovered skateboarding and girls. Regrettably i sold all but 2 of my figures.
I have remained a huge fan since childhood, when i met my wife she had a life size Darth cardboard cut out in her house. When we had boy and girl twins we were tempted to call them Luke & Leia! My young lad got me into collecting again, he is more obsessive than me! We began in May 2010.
At the moment i'm just buying MOCs which take my fancy or i think are reasonable value for money. I'm still on the hunt for beaters or better for my lad to put in his own Rebel Transport, ( he was heartbroken when the dog ate his Obi Wan and chewed vaders cape!)
I love the Biker Scouts, i think they look cool as f##k but the military man in me knows that tactically they were pr##ks, i mean who wears and outfit like that in the forest!
I'd be chuffed to get hold of Luke (Farmboy), Han, Hammerhead and Darth. To get some Star Wars cards would be great.
Grail? Either Luke or Han, right now, as that's where it all began for me.
Cheers
