Latest Acquisitions

[benny100]

Finally got hold of a Ledy Emperor, black wicket staff has an 'L' on it

 

[Dublinjeff]

Cool figure 8)

 

[jedi_masters]

Thought you had bought the Emporer with the wrong weapon then read it was a Ledi.

Very nice figure. 8)

 

[benny100]

Thanks guys, meant Chirpa staff rather than Wicket spear too.

 

[sith-smith]

Some more awesome pieces.

Guessing there's still quite a few Vectis pieces to make an appearance here! 8)

 

[BruceW]

Before Celebration, I picked this up for the oddball section of the Leia collection, a Ben Cooper Halloween costume with an odd packaging sticker that I'd never seen before.

I really like the illustration on that sticker.

While in Anaheim, I picked up a few more things:

Polish Unarticulated Leia White Bootleg

Mexican Unarticluated Leia Bespin Bootleg

Japanese bottle caps

Letraset sheet

I also picked up a few friends in the form of the guys from the SWFUK podcast! Fantastic meeting all of you!

Cheers to all,
Bruce

 

[timbo72]

Cool ledy emporer

 

[jedi_masters]

Great Leia addition Bruce. That mask and costume set is fantastic.

 

[sith-smith]

Cool Leia stuff Bruce...you should really start a Leia focus :wink:

 

[sith-smith]

My latest. Not Star Wars I know, but chuffed to get. Plus I'll have loads of Star Wars stuff to post shortly

Thanks to Andy to finding this piece for me 8)

 

[Mr-shifter]

Evening chaps.

I will do a full trip report into Celebration 7 at the weekend I expect. I have a load of cool stuff, some photos and stuff and will share how my celebration experience went. In the meantime I thought I would share my vintage acquisitions on the correct thread.

I really wanted to see what I would be able to get hold of that wouldn't normally be easily accessible to me. I have a MOC run going at the moment which will eventually consist of one of every figure on a diverse mixture of cardbacks. I am about 2/3rds of the way there and have gone of on a bit of a tangent as I have decided to try to pick up the alternate photos on trilogos and the such. So on that note, I picked this up:

Not the toughest of cards to find but I needed a 48 back Jedi and its in lovely shape. I got a great deal from Todd Chamberlain for him thanks mostly to a certain Mr Sanderson.

In light of recent other happenings on other forums, I decided the best thing to do during the room sales was to find a Mexican and give him some money. I picked up this:

Been after one for a while. limbs are loose but I am very happy with him, plus he came with a genuine Ledi Blaster. He might have to make do with a kenner com link. I also got these:

I would love a Ledi MOC, but the prices at the moment are eye watering, so I decided this would have to be the next best thing.

Carrying on the South American theme, I picked up this:

This thing is verging on bootleg. The stumpy little stormtrooper with no foot holes and his square blaster plus the cheaply made card back. The bubble has been stapled to the card and also reinforced with tape. Speaking to people this was common and done by the shops originally selling the figures as the bubbles were prone to falling off.

Finally completing my whistlestop tour around South America, I picked up an example of Brazils finest:

The card has a litho tear, but the price was really good, and the R2 is minty. The seller had been offered asking price by someone who had mentioned he wanted to take it off the card to get the minty R2. Quite glad he said no and its now sitting in my collection.

Hope you enjoy.

Ben

 

[BruceW]

Cool Leia stuff Bruce...you should really start a Leia focus :wink:

I don't know...I just might! :wink:

The card has a litho tear, but the price was really good, and the R2 is minty. The seller had been offered asking price by someone who had mentioned he wanted to take it off the card to get the minty R2. Quite glad he said no and its now sitting in my collection.

Hope you enjoy.

Ben

Great pickups, Ben!
That Glasslite R2 is looks awesome! Glad you saved it from U grading!

 

[TheGent]

Wow, how rare is such a pro hobby behaviour?! Great seller, great R2 card, great story. Congrats!!

 

[walkie]

@Mr-shifter... Lili Ledy WOW, Top Toys WOOOW, Glasslite WOOOOOOOOW!!!

 

[Grant]

Some super pick ups people. Love that space Lego Gary. Takes me back.

 

[SublevelStudios]

My latest. Not Star Wars I know, but chuffed to get. Plus I'll have loads of Star Wars stuff to post shortly

Thanks to Andy to finding this piece for me 8)

Bloody LOVE this mate!!!!!!!!!!!! I had one as a kid, mainly wanted it for the blue robot
Might have to hunt one of these down myself now - oh god, I can feel a vintage Space Lego collection coming on...

Mr. Shifter, looks like Anaheim was a great place for picking up awesome, rare MOC's! So far I've seen several folks and their haul's from Celebration and I have to say how impressive these latest purchases are, some really, really nice pieces. That Glasslite R2 is a stunner! nice one mate

 

[jedi_masters]

Fantastic haul Ben, can not believe some idiot was going to pull that R2 of the glasslite card, beggars belief.

Love the vintage space lego Gary. Cant beat the original stuff.

 

[Stuart Skinner]

Some great picks ups lads recently.

Loving your celebration haul Ben, great pieces.

Bruce,,I expect to see a photo of you in that outfit within the next 14 days

 

[pizzathehutt]

My latest. Not Star Wars I know, but chuffed to get. Plus I'll have loads of Star Wars stuff to post shortly

Thanks to Andy to finding this piece for me 8)

Bloody LOVE this mate!!!!!!!!!!!! I had one as a kid, mainly wanted it for the blue robot
Might have to hunt one of these down myself now - oh god, I can feel a vintage Space Lego collection coming on...

Mr. Shifter, looks like Anaheim was a great place for picking up awesome, rare MOC's! So far I've seen several folks and their haul's from Celebration and I have to say how impressive these latest purchases are, some really, really nice pieces. That Glasslite R2 is a stunner! nice one mate

i had the old pyjamas with the 2 button space lego men, loved them!

 

[sith-smith]

As I continue my baggie world domination, huge thanks to Lee Bullock for this unused survival pack 8)

 

[Dublinjeff]

Some fantastic pick ups recently.
@Mr.shifter....amazing cards, great collection!

Lovin' that Lego piece as well

Following on from the Euro eBay discussion thread I posted a while back, I had this land in this morning from Italy. Took a punt on it at the time.....was only £10... 8) I had only seen one other of these variants before.

2 Line, Hong Kong COO, Brown eyes Luke Farmboy. This is definitely an early release Luke Farmboy something backed up by the saber it arrived with.....a 'J' Lettered light yellow variant.

UPDATE: Interesting little discovery. I decided to have a look back at the Luke Farmboy reference guide to see when I picked up the other Brown eyed, 2 Line, Hong Kong COO figure. It was January 2014. What is cool is that it came with a 'J' Lettered saber as well! Both these figures came from childhood collections, so it looks like this is a definite Figure variant/saber match

I am absolutely chuffed with this little fella. Needed a clean, however when I did, I noticed that the paint work is great. The belt is perfect, hands are lovely...I'm so happy that I am keeping him for my 12 back display

 

[benny100]

So much cool stuff, the Glasslite R2 is very sweet and nice drop on with the Luke, Jeff.

 

[jedi_masters]

My first purchase since the last Farthest From. Nothing compared to a lot of you guys on here lately but the bug is on the back burner at the moment.

A nice minty Bossk.

 

[naughtyjedi]

Probably not everyones cup of tea, but this is something I really wanted as a child and was told I would never get it because it was USA only by my toyshop..

And heres some stuff I got from Celebration

(mixture of modern, some Padme's for my padme collection, theres a Sabine.. whats in the box? I got some prints.. a load of them.. will show another time)

 

[Paul Armory]

Here are a couple of items I recently added. Took a little bit of time to find a photo book sealed Empire cassette (great to finish the original trilogy run of those). The puzzle was a C7 pick up

 

[sith-smith]

Great stuff. Love the micro piece 8)

 

[Palifan]

Probably not everyones cup of tea, but this is something I really wanted as a child and was told I would never get it because it was USA only by my toyshop..

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How wrong that toyshop owner was!

Gotta love that micro line, now you'll have to get all the other sets to make up Bespin World.

Ian

 

[paulcalf]

Very nice, I've been after one of these for a while, but no joy.

I'm now looking for a box and open Palitoy bag so i can put my childhood weapons in it....if anyone comes across anything.

As I continue my baggie world domination, huge thanks to Lee Bullock for this unused survival pack 8)

 

[paulcalf]

naughtyjedi: love the record you have picked up, is it still in it's outer wrapper? Wow
Paul Armoury: that cassette thing is cool, i had no idea the entire trilogy was available on tape, i think i may have a sealed SW one if you know anyone who really wants one

Very envious of all the recent pick ups!

 

[Mr. Bob A. Feet]

My latest card and for £30 delivered from Ebay, I ain't gonna complain, just need to await my cases getting shipped and he takes his rightful place in fatty case!