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[walkie]

My first restoration project, not a bad pick-up for $19.99 + shipping...

Star Wars - Boba Fett 21B back

Damaged during transit to the previous owner, and although the bubble has a small ding in the top it was a very clean break from the card and lines up prefectly. Ideal for re-attaching. It came complete with original footer, taped on blaster and minty mint uncirculated figure (these do smell odd when new!!)

The gun however surprised me, here's a close up showing a "raised bar" on the side! I've also been informed that other collectors have made similar discoveries and i'm not sure if you've noticed but there are always "euro/pbp" blasters for sale on ebay.com

Maybe we should erase the idea that "raised bar" balsters are "pbp/euro" releases as evidence seems to prove otherwise....

 

[Pomse2001]

Wow nice Boba Fett stuff for that price. Would love to see how it looks when you are done with it

 

[timbo72]

Loving that r2 moc

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

This arrived this morning

Just seen this Simon!

Incredible piece mate
But I agree with Joe. The seller has a shady past I would triple check that is 100% legit and has no blemishes :wink:

 

[x-pack]

Walkie - nice resto project man 8)

Take your time with it and you'll get a decent result. Not to teach anyone to suck eggs, but don't use sellotape to fix the card section back on. Sellotape and card does not age well

 

[Michael Sith]

Walkie.....that fett pick up is awesome mate. 8)

Personally for me this type of pick up ( especially a Fett) is great on so many levels

Budget buy ( the thrill of the pick up)
Awesome figure
Restoring to former glory as opposed to u grading a figure
The challenge and hands on involvement in restoration
Highlighting something new ( raised bar on blaster)
The smell of the new figure

Then stand back and admire your work. " I did that" 8)

To me this is what collecting is all about, doing your own thing :wink:

I hope I am as lucky in the future one day to pick something up like this


Sorry for the ramble on folks...but I think this type of buy and commit to restore deserves recognition in the hobby

Well done mate...can't wait to see it finished

 

[Pomse2001]

Tuesday I met my friend søren, we had a good long talk about our childhood star wars stuff, vintage star wwars stuff and the forum I also bought this lot from søren. Most of it is from his childhood collection. Big thanks to søren for letting me buy some of his childhood collection

Most of the cardbacks have still a part or all of the bubble on the card. Some has only been cut open so søren could take the figure out and play with it many years ago

The Hammerhead cardback is made in Spain

Both Snaggletooth cardbacks are Hybrids

One of the Han Solo trench coat figures have a blue nose and some red in the face. Søren told me it was like that in the 80s when he bought it on a moc. So it looks like there have been some parts of wrong plastic in the correct plastic for the head. Have any of you seen this before ?

Also Big Thanks to søren again for helping me with getting some more cardbacks with danish stickers on them, even the box has parts of a danish sticker on it.

 

[8bitaaron]

Wow Wrighty just wow! :shock:
Walkie can't wait to see how he turns out when he's done, brilliant pick up
Pomse2001 what a great haul!

Picked this up today, believe its a ESB-C taped baggie, but I could be wrong?

 

[Pomse2001]

Wow Wrighty just wow! :shock:
Walkie can't wait to see how he turns out when he's done, brilliant pick up
Pomse2001 what a great haul!

Picked this up today, believe its a ESB-C taped baggie, but I could be wrong? ]

Hi aaron, thanks for the kind words and that is a nice baggie with a beautiful farmer luke 8)

 

[jay4]

Tuesday I met my friend søren, we had a good long talk about our childhood star wars stuff, vintage star wwars stuff and the forum I also bought this lot from søren. Most of it is from his childhood collection. Big thanks to søren for letting me buy some of his childhood collection

Most of the cardbacks have still a part or all of the bubble on the card. Some has only been cut open so søren could take the figure out and play with it many years ago

The Hammerhead cardback is made in Spain

Both Snaggletooth cardbacks are Hybrids

One of the Han Solo trench coat figures have a blue nose and some red in the face. Søren told me it was like that in the 80s when he bought it on a moc. So it looks like there have been some parts of wrong plastic in the correct plastic for the head. Have any of you seen this before ?

Also Big Thanks to søren again for helping me with getting some more cardbacks with danish stickers on them, even the box has parts of a danish sticker on it.

what a great bunch of stuff you got . ive always loved those chokpris stickers 8) im going to have to make it a personal quest at some point thsi year to get myself a nice moc with that sticker on .not something you see often tho

 

[Pomse2001]

Tuesday I met my friend søren, we had a good long talk about our childhood star wars stuff, vintage star wwars stuff and the forum I also bought this lot from søren. Most of it is from his childhood collection. Big thanks to søren for letting me buy some of his childhood collection

Most of the cardbacks have still a part or all of the bubble on the card. Some has only been cut open so søren could take the figure out and play with it many years ago

The Hammerhead cardback is made in Spain

Both Snaggletooth cardbacks are Hybrids

One of the Han Solo trench coat figures have a blue nose and some red in the face. Søren told me it was like that in the 80s when he bought it on a moc. So it looks like there have been some parts of wrong plastic in the correct plastic for the head. Have any of you seen this before ?

Also Big Thanks to søren again for helping me with getting some more cardbacks with danish stickers on them, even the box has parts of a danish sticker on it.

what a great bunch of stuff you got . ive always loved those chokpris stickers 8) im going to have to make it a personal quest at some point thsi year to get myself a nice moc with that sticker on .not something you see often tho

Hi Mate, thanks for the great words I wish you good luck with finding such a moc with sticker on. I have collected danish stickers on boxes, moc and cardbacks for 13 years and so far I have only 2 moc with this Chokpris sticker on. Wish there was so many of them so I could help you mate

If you like danish stickers and danish star wars stuff then me and søren work on this thread http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10847

 

[jay4]

Hi Mate, thanks for the great words I wish you good luck with finding such a moc with sticker on. I have collected danish stickers on boxes, moc and cardbacks for 13 years and so far I have only 2 moc with this Chokpris sticker on. Wish there was so many of them so I could help you mate

If you like danish stickers and danish star wars stuff then me and søren work on this thread http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10847[/quote]

damn i kew they were rare but i didnt realise they were quite as rare as that . i think the chances of me finding one anytime soon even with massive effort and hunting could be real task
i will have a look at your thread 8) :wink:
cheers jay

 

[Pomse2001]

Hi Mate, thanks for the great words I wish you good luck with finding such a moc with sticker on. I have collected danish stickers on boxes, moc and cardbacks for 13 years and so far I have only 2 moc with this Chokpris sticker on. Wish there was so many of them so I could help you mate

If you like danish stickers and danish star wars stuff then me and søren work on this thread http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10847

damn i kew they were rare but i didnt realise they were quite as rare as that . i think the chances of me finding one anytime soon even with massive effort and hunting could be real task
i will have a look at your thread 8) :wink:
cheers jay

Yes they are very rare on a moc, I have seen a few others from other collectors. So there is more out there

Sorry that the chokpris stickers is still not in my post. But if I find the time, then they will soon be in my post

 

[poncho]

pomse - fantastic haul like love the leia tri card and the Chokpris starwars stickesr there ace! great stuff
regards
chris

 

[timbo72]

Awesome pick up's Lars. Plenty to keep you busy there

 

[Pomse2001]

pomse - fantastic haul like love the leia tri card and the Chokpris starwars stickesr there ace! great stuff
regards
chris

Hi Chris, thanks mate for the fantastic words, yes I also like the tri-logo leia card and the chokpris stickers

Awesome pick up's Lars. Plenty to keep you busy there

Hi Tim, thanks mate for the awesome words :wink: Yes I will be very busy for a long time :lol:

 

[Caswellbot]

Hi guys here is my latest addition. Its a Second Series Villains 3 Pack.

001 by Caswell2009, on Flickr

002 by Caswell2009, on Flickr

I have also updated my limelight which can be found here:

http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9003

Thanks, Chris. 8)

 

[timbo72]

Love those triple packs. Cant wait to find one with a B wing pilot in

 

[Caswellbot]

Thanks Timbo. Unfortunately they never released one of these sets with a B-Wing pilot in dude. They did plan to release 2 ROTJ sets but they never made it to production. All sets are from the SW or ESB era. You will find the B-Wing pilot in Italian and German multipacks as well as the Irish 3 packs.

Chris.

 

[timbo72]

Cheers Chris, thats what im looking out for then. Just got to track them down now

 

[benny100]

Great 3 pack chris, love the design on the back of them.

 

[Dublinjeff]

Great pick up there Chris

Recently set out on a little side venture to my Luke Farmboy focus. I know it's a bit of a fools errand but I'm now hooked on picking up at least one of each letter. I believe that there is 26 single and 26 Double letter variants.

Edit: it would appear that not all letters were used in the making of the sabers

Anyway 4 new arrivals this morning
LL, JJ, T and R

10 different lettered sabers so far. Along ways to go...

 

[8bitaaron]

Jeff I love that you're doing a side focus, be quite the achievement to put together a complete set of sabers.

Caswellbot that is a very cool 3-pack 8)

After a year of searching I can proudly say I've finally acquired an Orange Hair Luke Farmboy AFA graded 75 which I feel is a little harsh but still really happy with him.

 

[timbo72]

Great Luke Fb buddy

 

[Grant_C]

Epic pick up guys. Never fails to impress.

Lars- you must have a collection the size of Joiners.

Stef- that boba looks like a great project.

Chris- 3 pack is awesome. Boba on a Star Wars back. Awesome. Mint as well.

Nice ginger Luke as well.

 

[Dublinjeff]

Great Luke farmboy figure Aaron.... 8) Very jealous. Still have to pick up one of those. Looks perfect.

 

[Grant_C]

Nice sabers Jeff- I had no idea of the different types.

Here is a Meccano (thanks Joe) TFP Trilogo Card back

 

[Banton989]

Been a bit quiet recently, so here's today's delivery!! :-O

Woop!!

 

[timbo72]

Nice tri logo Ackbar

 

[Dublinjeff]

Nice haul there Banton. Some great looking cards.