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[TheJabbaWookie]

Nice set of Chirpas especially the Meccano and Clippers. Finally completed my Molded Face Luke Jedi today and ticked off another 2018 goal for me. I got him in two instalments - initially a regular Taiwan Luke and snap cape but with incorrectly paired blue HK saber. So I donated the blue saber to his brother, and finally picked up a Molded Face variant this week for a good price. He now comes with the correct grey v2 blaster and correct v4 saber. Thanks to Thomas Gill for confirming what variant snap cape and advice on blaster, and to James Kenneison for the verification process on the saber. He'll probably recall a great number of posts on a TIG thread with some crappy lores photos :lol:

 

[tigerham]

Nice set of Chirpas especially the Meccano and Clippers. Finally completed my Molded Face Luke Jedi today and ticked off another 2018 goal for me. I got him in two instalments - initially a regular Taiwan Luke and snap cape but with incorrectly paired blue HK saber. So I donated the blue saber to his brother, and finally picked up a Molded Face variant this week for a good price. He now comes with the correct grey v2 blaster and correct v4 saber. Thanks to Thomas Gill for confirming what variant snap cape and advice on blaster, and to James Kenneison for the verification process on the saber. He'll probably recall a great number of posts on a TIG thread with some crappy lores photos :lol:

Thank you and congratulations on completing your Molded Face Luke Jedi.

 

[poncho]

i gave up looking for a pure pink face han hoth pbp. (its where no white base has been applied just the pink spray normally a white primer is applied then pink spray after this is why you find pale pink creamy pink etc etc)

anyway i couldnt jusitfy the price tag.

so my usual vintage starwars search on ebay i spyed with little pink eye ha ha a han hoth pure pink well i was sure of it 99%! ive researched it enough! roll on the end of 7 day auction! and the waiting of getting sniped :-( but.with a winning bid of £5.50. woop woop its mine. it has a small chip on the nose but other thats hes beaut

 

[TheJabbaWookie]

Got spot. Great price. Must of missed that one.

 

[subzero]

I really love the look of the moulded face Luke Jedi compared to the painted one, the face features look nice and sharp and clean, and with the eye & eyebrow paint seems sharper painted onto the bare plastic.

 

[TheJabbaWookie]

I really love the look of the moulded face Luke Jedi compared to the painted one, the face features look nice and sharp and clean, and with the eye & eyebrow paint seems sharper painted onto the bare plastic.

And of course you never get the nose rub, just gotta watch out for paint loss on the hair. This one is pretty good though. He's one of my favourite variants along with my Hollow Cheeks TR

 

[hellhippie]

great get Chris, not easy to find these days . watta price too!!

 

[subzero]

I really love the look of the moulded face Luke Jedi compared to the painted one, the face features look nice and sharp and clean, and with the eye & eyebrow paint seems sharper painted onto the bare plastic.

And of course you never get the nose rub, just gotta watch out for paint loss on the hair. This one is pretty good though. He's one of my favourite variants along with my Hollow Cheeks TR

Ah of course yeah I forgot no nose rubs, took me a good while to get a painted one with no rubs on it, just that tiny bit of paint loss ruins the entire figure imo.

 

[tigerham]

Loving the Han Hoth. I used to have one and definitely on my want list.

 

[Hooch]

roll on the end of 7 day auction! and the waiting of getting sniped :-( but.with a winning bid of £5.50. woop woop its mine.

Congrats on the bargain
It's a great feeling winning after a nervous last few seconds hoping you don't get sniped

 

[Leon355]

A couple of new additions

 

[Mini99]

A couple of new additions

Very nice, I still need both of those.

 

[subzero]

Stunning condition MOC's, nice stuff!

 

[chipsteak]

Here's a meagre offering from me in the shape of a tiny piece of blue sticky paper!

I've got an ongoing run of cardbacks which has been improved upon since I started collecting. Among it's 'rules' are to have at least one of every type of card sold in the UK. I've been after one of these forever. The Palitoy 41back with the blue label covering the usual 'with figures' error beside the Star Destroyer Playset.

It has been slotted in.

 

[tigerham]

A couple of new additions

Really nice pick-ups especially the clear bubble on Nien's MOC.

 

[tigerham]

Here's a meagre offering from me in the shape of a tiny piece of blue sticky paper!

I've got an ongoing run of cardbacks which has been improved upon since I started collecting. Among it's 'rules' are to have at least one of every type of card sold in the UK. I've been after one of these forever. The Palitoy 41back with the blue label covering the usual 'with figures' error beside the Star Destroyer Playset.

It has been slotted in.

That's quite some cardback collection you've there. Very nice.

 

[TK-7785]

Beautiful ROTJ MOCs! I'm a sucker those clean, crisp Kenner cards.

 

[TheJabbaWookie]

Love the Han Trenchcoat Camo Lapels variant. Looks great on a beaut of a ROTJ card. Has he got the solid black Rebel Blaster?

 

[apack7229]

After waiting over a month and a half for an auction to ship me what I won I finally got these in today.

 

[Taffius]

After waiting over a month and a half for an auction to ship me what I won I finally got these in today.

No fett there? :lol:
P.S. BTW nice!

 

[subzero]

Love the radio controlled Fett I mean R2. :wink:

Nice stuff though!

 

[tigerham]

After waiting over a month and a half for an auction to ship me what I won I finally got these in today.

Nice R2's. Do they work?

 

[apack7229]

Thanks guys. I do have a special Fett coming in though. :wink: The r2 with the box turns on and the head moves and the wheels in one leg but the other leg is stuck. The beater one doesn't turn on or run so I'll have to take them apart to try to get them running again.


Does anyone have a guide to disassemble them?

 

[subzero]

Thanks guys. I do have a special Fett coming in though. :wink: The r2 with the box turns on and the head moves and the wheels in one leg but the other leg is stuck. The beater one doesn't turn on or run so I'll have to take them apart to try to get them running again.


Does anyone have a guide to disassemble them?

I'm guessing you could use parts from the non-functioning one to fix the leg on the other one if you're lucky.

 

[apack7229]

I think the leg gears are just frozen I don't think they are broken but I'll have to see when I open it up.

 

[tigerham]

Thanks apack. Sounds great.

So, I put a max bid in on an item and my phone decided to die at the crucial time. Ended £20 higher than my max bid. :S But I was helping an old lady at the time so that was priceless.

This came in the post today. A mint UP Tsukuda Chief Chirpa MOC from Japan despite the most yellow bubble I have ever seen, lol. Still, it adds to the vintage and variation. :wink:

Included were some Japanese sweets which I thought was a nice touch. Great seller.

Also came today were some top quality acrylic cases from Christian (GW Acrylics). Big thank you for those.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Here's a meagre offering from me in the shape of a tiny piece of blue sticky paper!

I've got an ongoing run of cardbacks which has been improved upon since I started collecting. Among it's 'rules' are to have at least one of every type of card sold in the UK. I've been after one of these forever. The Palitoy 41back with the blue label covering the usual 'with figures' error beside the Star Destroyer Playset.

It has been slotted in.

Quality find. Embarrassed to say I didn't even know they existed! (Hurries off to cabinets to check 41 backs.....)

 

[apack7229]

This came in the post today. A mint UP Tsukuda Chief Chirpa MOC from Japan despite the most yellow bubble I have ever seen, lol. Still, it adds to the vintage and variation. :wink:

My tsukuda is so yellow ree yees popped out. :lol: Great moc by the way.

 

[tigerham]

This came in the post today. A mint UP Tsukuda Chief Chirpa MOC from Japan despite the most yellow bubble I have ever seen, lol. Still, it adds to the vintage and variation. :wink:

My tsukuda is so yellow ree yees popped out. :lol: Great moc by the way.

:lol: Love it. Ree-Sees! That's one dark bubble apack so I stand corrected. That's beyond yellow, lol. Maybe I'll go for the darkest bubble I can find!

 

[Plastikheld]

My tsukuda is so yellow ree yees popped out. :lol: Great moc by the way.

Ha, Ha - he had to - otherwise he can't see anything.

This came in the post today. A mint UP Tsukuda Chief Chirpa MOC from Japan despite the most yellow bubble I have ever seen, lol.

Yes, a great addition, the blister might have a "slight yellowing", but the card itself looks fantstic with fresh colours. Congrats!