Latest Acquisitions

[Grant_C]

Great 12 inch Jawa- Always wanted one.

Here's some Sigma Items that came today from ESB.

Death Squad Cmdr shows the scale of these things.

 

[poncho]

its been a quite few months for me with a new baby and all.

but i recently purchased

a good deal at £6 for a beater moc. just the bubble that has few dings in

a luke snap cape for only £1 including the tusken of flea bay. im 1/4 of a way to completing a luke jedi variant with blue saber now lol

and just for fun a boba fett bobble

 

[tundra9]

and just for fun a boba fett bobble

Nice buys guys, almost bought a boba bobblehead myself the other day
Maulster, weird but nice stuff, looks like c-3po is sitting on a bathtub though

 

[Grant_C]

Pre-Star Wars C-3PO was a Buddha.

This is reclining Buddhapo

 

[itfciain]

ponchobelt - hi mate - I think you might have got a very good deal with that MOC - from what I can see it is actually one of the Hybrid cards (ROTJ front/Trilogo Back) - that make is a bit rarer and worth at least £30/£40

 

[e30318is]

Another package this morning..... two very cool Jawa protoypes!

First up is

POTF2 Clone Wars "Short" Paint Sample

Figure is painted and has copyright markings on feet. Plastic is a lighter shade of brown than the production figure. The left eye is much larger than the right and appears to be hand painted (yellow). The markings "HFE" are burned into the side of the head. Figures comes sealed (tape) in a plastic baggie.

Next we have

POTF2 Legacy First Shot Jawa with Security Droid (sealed in baggie)

Figure is unpainted and does not contain copyright information. The letters "HFE" are branded on the top of the head. Figures cloth cape is similar to the production version. Weapon is shot in brown, which differs from the production version (black). The Security Droid is unpainted and shot in black plastic. The base is similar to the production version, but lacks a number on the bottom. Figure is sealed in a baggie and had been used as a bagged sample.

I have gone from 0 to 4 modern protoypes in under two months :shock: They are fascinating peices and are a focus collectors dream as far as I am concerned. I doubt I will ever own a vintage first shot Jawa, so these will keep me happy :lol:
I will update my limelight soon, however there are a couple of key pieces in the post so I will hold off until everything is here safe and sound 8)

 

[maniac79]

Premium stuff Ed!
What does HFE stand for?

 

[e30318is]

Cheers Dennis

From what I can gather its an internal code/abbreviation for
"Hong Kong Far East"

Edit- Hong Kong, not Honk Kong!

 

[maniac79]

Vintage or not, I find prototypes/first shots fascinating.

 

[Joe]

Those are some great pick ups Ed! I must warn you though, one more modern piece in the vintage section and its a suspension! :lol:

 

[e30318is]

Sorry Joe.... I thought about posting it in the modern section, but no ****** ever looks there :lol:

Its the last one I promise 8)

 

[BlueDog]

Its the last one I promise 8)

**** no Ed, vintage or not they are some great pre prod pieces mate keep em coming.

Have any pre producton vintage Jawa's ever surfaced? They would be very cool but I'd imagine insanely expensive

 

[e30318is]

They certainly have :roll:

http://madbrownz.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html

Its great to see them but sad for me as I have a snowballs chance of ever owning them :lol:

 

[BlueDog]

Sweet Jebus! :shock: I'd hate to think what a first shot Vinyl caped jawa would be worth!!

 

[Lee77]

Nice pickups chaps.
Tim, never really taken any notice of the 12" figures but the jawa looks cool.
Ed. keep em coming. Love those 2 new pre productions. Might not be vintage but very sweet.
It amazes me how quick this thread updates! I can feel a purchase coming on myself

 

[timbo72]

Todays post bag contained :

Cant get either Greedo to stand up........anyone else have this problem, or do i just have 2 wonky Greedo's ??

And my 1st baggie is:

 

[maniac79]

If that's what you call slowing down, I wonder how it'll be when you go to the limits. :lol:
I only have 1 Greedo and he has no problem standing up, so I guess you have been unlucky with him so far. But I'm sure it won't last long until you post another one.

 

[Joe]

Nice figures Tim,

Interesting you picked up a Made in Macau bagged 8D8, they don't show up often, please don't open it It's a lot harder to find than any other bag

 

[timbo72]

I only made a last minute bid for it at the weekend and got it. Dont plan on opening it at all, think it looks quite cool.......although i may divert and start going for more baggies now lol

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Some Awesome New acquistions as always
Tundra - Nice acquistions
Ponchobelt - Some Real Bargains there £6 for a Hybrid Beater MOC Congrats 8)
Ed - Regardless of the fact they are modern any prototypes stuff is awesome! 8) Congarts on some more top drawer pickups
Timbo - Some Nice figs and good to see you delving into theworld of baggies! 8)

 

[tundra9]

Tundra - Nice acquistions )

What? Where? :?

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Tundra - Nice acquistions )

What? Where? :?

Oops! I meant Maulster! :lol: :lol: :lol: My sincere apologies mate

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Some Awesome New acquistions as always
Maulster - Nice acquistions
Ponchobelt - Some Real Bargains there £6 for a Hybrid Beater MOC Congrats 8)
Ed - Regardless of the fact they are modern any prototypes stuff is awesome! 8) Congarts on some more top drawer pickups
Timbo - Some Nice figs and good to see you delving into theworld of baggies! 8)

 

[tundra9]

Hold that thought for another week mate

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Will Do! Cant wait to see your latest buy! 8)

 

[Grant_C]

How come there are so many baggies? It's not like there was many figure offers or figures inside boxed items.

I don't get why Kenner made so many.

Any help?

 

[e30318is]

A lot of baggies are from catalogue mailers:

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=150755959077

 

[Joe]

Its the last one I promise 8)

**** no Ed, vintage or not they are some great pre prod pieces mate keep em coming.

I was only joking :lol: :lol:

 

[Joe]

How come there are so many baggies? It's not like there was many figure offers or figures inside boxed items.

I don't get why Kenner made so many.

Any help?

Baggies were used mainly to hold figures + weapons together during transportation from production line factory to packaging factory, bagged figures came in straight cases of the same figure (much like a shipping carton for carded figures) and were then either bundled into mailers, packaged onto cards or put inside various playsets etc.

The reason there are so many different types of baggies, even for one single character is just due to production changes: different location of factories, different time periods, different countries etc.

Macau baggies are mostly found in Europe for example (in fact almost exclusively), Hong Kong supplied Kenner in the US with baggies hence the "KENNER MADE IN HONG KONG" baggies but also the UK too, however these usually lack the Kenner logo on the bags so they are commonly called "Palitoy" baggies.

 

[e30318is]

Its the last one I promise 8)

**** no Ed, vintage or not they are some great pre prod pieces mate keep em coming.

I was only joking :lol: :lol:

Ha! Don't lie Joe!