Latest Acquisitions

[Joe]

To be fair though your picture was one of the best Andy lol

 

[Capetown]

Well done Andy. Too bad there's no vintage at Tesco's eh?

I'm off to take a look at the pics at Igrewup now.

 

[Capetown]

Great new additions for you too Ham. Absolutely love the R2.

 

[DarthStanley]

Del-your MOC's are super minty!

Ham-your R2 MOC is a real beauty & good job on the trilogo wicket removing the dings!

Andy-congrats on winning the 12bk Sandperson & the 1K at Tesco's! 8)

 

[tigerham]

Cheers Mark, hopefully got something special in the pipe line so fingers crossed!

 

[spoons]

cheers chaps - I went and picked up my vouchers from the PO today, and although the comp was at Tesco's the vouchers are for House of Fraser???

I was hoping to save some cash on the weekly shop, now I'm going to have to treat my other half to new clothes - still can't complain

The sand people is very nice the only real flaw is a crack on one side of the bubble. I've got my original sand person from when I was a kid on display next to it.

 

[shawn_k]

I love that R2 Tig, it looks fantastic on a ESB card 8)

I've had the best week ever, first I won this 12 back Sand People by sending in a vintage picture to Tom at 'I grew up Star Wars' and on the day it arrived I won a £1k spending spree at Tesco's - I'm off to check my Euro Lottery results now

Talk about a winning streak! Congrats! Now share some of the luck with the rest of us. :lol:

Here's a couple small purchases I've made recently.

First is the 8 Pack box for Luke Jedi and 2nd is an early bird sticker sheet to go with the stand I got earlier this year.

 

[spoons]

Shawn, those stickers look brand new - very nice 8)

 

[Joe]

Glad you snapped that box up Shawn, another hunt awaits you now for the baggies but its good fun.

Nice pick ups everyone

 

[e30318is]

Spoons, that is amazing!!! Where was the competiton?
Shawn, that box and sticker sheet look great. Im amazed any of those sticker sheets survived, and that any ever come up for sale on their own.... Are these from a Kenner source or just a private collector? Nice find

 

[tigerham]

Fair play Spoons, get a few chops for me!

 

[shawn_k]

Shawn, that box and sticker sheet look great. Im amazed any of those sticker sheets survived, and that any ever come up for sale on their own.... Are these from a Kenner source or just a private collector? Nice find

Thanks. I picked up the stickers from another collector. The back of the sheet has a bit of a yellow tint to them now, so I believe them to be original. I also compared them to my Hasbro 2005 early bird envelope and the stickers with that set lack the copyright date and the colors look a bit different. There was a seller on ebay called 80skid or something like that who had a bunch of them for sale at one time, so there might have been an overstock find of just the stickers at some point.

 

[spoons]

Spoons, that is amazing!!! Where was the competiton?

Ed, I never knew there was a competition until someone from Lipton tea rang up - supposedly if you bought Lipton fruit tea at Tesco during July and used your clubcard you got entered into the draw

I didn't even do the shopping but it was my clubcard

 

[Josh]

Spoons, that is amazing!!! Where was the competiton?

Ed, I never knew there was a competition until someone from Lipton tea rang up - supposedly if you bought Lipton fruit tea at Tesco during July and used your clubcard you got entered into the draw

I didn't even do the shopping but it was my clubcard

8)

 

[sith jawa]

Received this back from AFA/CIB this weekend.

AFA VC Jawa First Shot

As some might know, I am not the biggest fan of AFA. However, I think having vintage prototypes graded is acceptable..

 

[**Delboy75**]

Sweet, looks nice jason.

I agree that proto's look very nice cased.

 

[spoons]

it looks excellent Jason, a very nice piece

 

[tigerham]

Wicked VC Jason. Btw what makes it a first shot and how do you know?

 

[sith jawa]

Wicked VC Jason. Btw what makes it a first shot and how do you know?

The figure lacks copyright information on the back of the legs. Also, the cape is hand cut and is 1/4" shorter than the production version. This particular figure originated from The Earth in 2005. They have been a solid resource for several Vintage first shots. I teetered on getting it graded, but caved at CV and submitted it in person.

 

[weasel]

Great additions, Jason, Spoons, Shawn and whoever else I've missed.

 

[tigerham]

Wicked VC Jason. Btw what makes it a first shot and how do you know?

The figure lacks copyright information on the back of the legs. Also, the cape is hand cut and is 1/4" shorter than the production version. This particular figure originated from The Earth in 2005. They have been a solid resource for several Vintage first shots. I teetered on getting it graded, but caved at CV and submitted it in person.

Ah right so they're not vintage then?

Thanks for the info dude

 

[Bollux]

Received this back from AFA/CIB this weekend.

AFA VC Jawa First Shot

As some might know, I am not the biggest fan of AFA. However, I think having vintage prototypes graded is acceptable..

brilliant mate...still sealed the weapon with tape though? shocking!

 

[Capetown]

They are vintage Ham.

FIRST SHOTS:

Generally this term is applied to plastic parts made in production molds before actual production begins. Short runs of 100-200 parts were made to test molds, and were shipped to Kenner to be used in a variety of ways, including destroying them to establish stress tolerances. Plastic color was not important and is seldom the color of the final production run. First shots are valued for their scarcity, and also because they exhibit the highest level of detail. The molds were fresh and crisp, and extremel care in their making was exercised by the factories, since these were the parts that Kenner would approve (or not approve).

Star Wars figure production at Kenner

 

[sith jawa]

Received this back from AFA/CIB this weekend.

AFA VC Jawa First Shot

As some might know, I am not the biggest fan of AFA. However, I think having vintage prototypes graded is acceptable..

brilliant mate...still sealed the weapon with tape though? shocking!

Unfortunately, AFA "requires" each figure be submitted with a weapon. Tom Derby chipped one in for me, so I would not receive a "Q" rating. Kind of stupid, since it is a first shot. Guess it gives the figure a solid appearance.

 

[Capetown]

Man, I love that first shot VC Jawa. 8)

 

[**Delboy75**]

Todays arrival BIG thanks to Marc (guiltyone)

Super mint, german 45 bk leia bespin.

 

[e30318is]

Wow, fantastic jawa and a beautiful leia- great items lads 8)

 

[Lee Gregory]

That leia looks a beauty Del,still got the ESB MOC bug I see

 

[burnsy]

Amazing Jawa Jason.

And Del, that is one sweet lookin Leia matey.

Well done chaps.

 

[sith jawa]

Del,

The Leia looks sweet. A very nice addition.