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[Bramistuta25]

When they were produced there were 50 of each of the revenge proofs... Some were probably ruined or destroyed, some dumped in the bin or dumpsters and salvaged, but from what I know quite a few sets were taken home by Kenner employees.

Over the years the sets were either sold as a set or broken up and have gone into collections. The rarity is relative to what has survived and popularity. The lesser characters change hands all the time due to cost and popularity but the more popular go into black hole collections or character focus so are harder to attain and cost considerably more.

My proofs have only come from two sources and they have both dried up now. So the hard work starts here for me. Trying to unlock the more popular ones is gonna be hard work.

Hope this helps.

Bram

 

[Bramistuta25]

Actually, talking of Revenge of the Jedi Proofs. I just got confirmation from Shawn K that these bad boys are on their way!!

BIG THANKS AGAIN TO SHAWN!!

Enjoy...

Jawa

Han Hoth AFA85

Lando

Leia Bespin AFA85

Luke Bespin AFA85

 

[rob71]

Very nice Bram... love the Luke and Leia Bespin 8)

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

WOW Bram The Jawa and Luke Bespin look Awesome 8) 8) Congrats

 

[fun4kids]

Bram they are a thing of beauty - I remember being confused as a kid when it was originall Revenge with turned into Return - I always thought Revenge sounded so much better

They are amazing! Great focus

 

[PGowdy]

Neat Revenge proofs. 8)

 

[Jedi_june]

Awesome revenge proofs Bram, especially the Luke Bespin :wink:

 

[fun4kids]

My Die Cast obsession continues - picked this beauty up on feebay for not alot! There is more on the way so watch this space!

 

[Jedi_june]

Sweet die cast @fun4kids those are starting to grow on me :wink:

 

[Dublinjeff]

Great leia there iain.....

Super proofs bram..... 8)

Really good looking Die cast F4K.....

Had this arrive in the post......really chuffed, love this card and figure....

Had this waiting when I got in, courtesy of Andy (chazb)... A Tenner. ... :shock:

 

[mumbo]

Wow Bram some more beauties there 8) but now its time to hunt down the Kenner employees archives and start cross referencing them with the local phone books, or just do some extensive searching on the web.

Another lovely looking die cast f4k 8)

and a cracking moc there jeff, I do love the picture on that card

 

[fun4kids]

Love that card Jeff - I need to find myself one of them :wink:

 

[Jedi_june]

@DublinJeff: cool Luke X-wing

EDIT... Nice Luke Stormie great price too

 

[rob71]

f4k - never took much notice of the die-casts before, but they are really nice.

Jeff, love the X-Wing MOC, one of my favourite cardbacks and on my must-have list. 8)

 

[Spookedhippie]

Bram those proofs are awesome, especially like the hoth Han

 

[theslider]

Can't keep up with this thread!

Latest bunch of card backs (mostly Palitoys - yeah!)

 

[Michael Sith]

Nice cards buddy, congrats


Luke ESB and palitoy Stormy and vader 8)

 

[rob71]

Love the Chewie, Lukes, R2 and Vader

 

[mumbo]

Lovely cb's slider 8) I'm after a few of those myself, particularly like that r2 8)

 

[Banton989]

So I roll in from work tonight to be greeted with my girlfriend telling me her mom had been over and dropped off a couple of Star Wars figures she bought at the car boot sale last Sunday because she knows "I like that sort of thing".

Oh joy I think, expecting her to present me with a monkey faced Leia and a sunburnt stormtrooper....

Instead she pulled out these :-o

After I picked my chin up off the floor I started to ask a lot of questions s you can imagine, apparently they had "loads" including a "four legged walky thing in an Empire Strikes Back box, but they wanted £30 for that!"

Must start having Sundays off!!!

 

[mumbo]

Bloody fantastic find, what a result and she didn't have a clue

So err where's this boot sale then :wink:

 

[Banton989]

I know what you mean! Snap cape and blue saber!! Im going to ask her why she chose those two when I see her.

Its now a top secret car boot location

Adam

 

[mumbo]

I know what you mean! Snap cape and blue saber!! Im going to ask her why she chose those two when I see her.

Its now a top secret car boot location

Adam

WR :wink:

 

[Banton989]

Cant wait to find out what she paid either

Haha!

 

[Jedi_june]

@Theslider: great cardbacks love the Palitoys of course! The bespin Luke is awesome! :wink: I need to add some to the focus

@Banton989: :shock: :shock: Dude I wish my mother inlaw would come thru for me like that! You lucky guy u :shock: what are the odds on that! A freaking Luke jedi with a blue saber & freaking snap cape :shock:

& WTF is a car boot sale :?

 

[mumbo]

Cant wait to find out what she paid either

Haha!

You'd have to think no more than a tenner and that would be so amazing would love to know too.

There's a thread for this kind of booty find, forget what it's called now.

2 minutes later and I've found it, why not revive the thread with your good fortune

http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15318&hilit=Great+finds

 

[Banton989]

June, basically in the summer people rock up to a field in their car full of random gear from around there house to sell, usually on Sundays. I think you have swapmeets which are a bit similar?

Adam

 

[Michael Sith]

Blanton ...lucky boy

Jesus .....walky thing in box awesome stuff....it's still out there


June. A car boot sale is a Sunday market usually in a field or parking lot where people sell their stuff they want to get rid of out of the car boot (trunk)

I picked up some loosies for 50 p each the other month at a car boot, they were beaters, but one was quite nice, incomplete yoda

So you can still pick up bargains

But if your M I L has your back, well you can't go wrong

 

[rob71]

Banton - wow that's a great find, really pleased for you. And in such great condition! It's such a buzz finding stuff like that because 9 times out of 10 at these pace you come away empty handed...

 

[rob71]

@Theslider: great cardbacks love the Palitoys of course! The bespin Luke is awesome! :wink: I need to add some to the focus

@Banton989: :shock: :shock: Dude I wish my mother inlaw would come thru for me like that! You lucky guy u :shock: what are the odds on that! A freaking Luke jedi with a blue saber & freaking snap cape :shock:

& WTF is a car boot sale :?

June, maybe its Garage Sales for you guys? I know it is here in NZ. I've never found anything more vintage than 1997 though :lol: