Stormtrooper37
Sith Lord
Jez said:e30318is said:
Thanks very much.
You never forget your first love!!
I Started collecting in 1980 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
Hi Jez
What a classy and museum like display you have and some really nice moc's - loving the Harbert R2.
Your comment above made me smile. Funny how you and your friends thought the Bespin Security Guard being really rare lol - when I was collecting both Bespin Guards were pegwarmers - literally hundreds about where I lived. First saw Hammerhead in Tesco's of all places!! Only saw Powerdroid twice in about 6 years when I collected as a kid he was kinda hard to find.
I was the first kid at my school to source a Yoda, everyone who collected Star Wars (lots of kids) were dead jealous, until a teacher confiscated it because it was causing too much distraction during her lesson
Luckily she let me have it back at the end of the school day, needless to say I never took Yoda to school againKeep up the good work and happy collecting
Paul
