Latest Acquisitions

[Grant_C]

Guys- I don't say enough on this thread, but as a uber star wars fan- I love all of it

Congrats on the awesome pick ups.

Here is a Lili Ledy 30 Back TIE Pilot Card back (Negative)- love it

 

[theforceuk]

Great pick up's everyone.

:shock: :shock: :shock: On the Tie Fighter cardback.

 

[sith-smith]

not looked on here for a while. Some great buys 8)

 

[robpmarsh]

great picks ups guys!

my latest addition:

12-Back reseal (thanks to Phantom for this one)

 

[beginner]

excellent new pieces Guys

 

[Hooch]

Great pick ups guys, by far my favourite thread

Just got around to taking a pic of my latest, Tri Logo Logray
Big thanks to Paul ( Stormtrooper37 ) for sending him down under

 

[poncho]

nice piece hooch 8)

 

[snlmace]

Hooch, somehow you always make ewoks look cool 8)

arwin

 

[Frunkstar]

Whats the score with the LL negative Grant? thought all the cardbacks were plain cardboard (shows how much I know about MOC's), superb addition to your focus mate.

Right biggie for me, I just picked up a heap of unknown baggies which have been confirmed as legit (see baggie discussion thread), I am only posting a pic of one of each type, but all the others have just been added to the baggie guide.

This one is a V2 & the cream of the crop for me

V1

 

[x-wingMark]

A few more Palitoy 45b card backs added to my growing collection.

Big thanks to forum members

Doomseeker for donating Han Bespin
Paul Calf for donating IG-88
BobaSkinner for selling me Rebel Commander
Justin for selling me R2D2
Jason (Mr Palitoy) for selling me most of the others

 

[spoons]

a bit of a grail arrived today - an offerless 79 back Han Hoth, complete with creases, pen, and bubble cracked in the post :roll:

despite all that I'm very happy as these are pretty much an Australian only issue and a real rarity - if I hadn't sold off my offerless Han Hoths I'd have a full Kenner run now

 

[user 5830]

Clearly the snow has affected our purchases! Han Hoth 65 back arrived yesterday:

 

[spoons]

That's a beauty and a bit of a rarity too - most 65 backs have a Stormtrooper blaster 8)

 

[user 5830]

That's a beauty and a bit of a rarity too - most 65 backs have a Stormtrooper blaster 8)

I learn something everyday on here - cheers of the info

 

[spoons]

That's a beauty and a bit of a rarity too - most 65 backs have a Stormtrooper blaster 8)

I learn something everyday on here - cheers of the info

No problem

(It's the only thing I know about collecting )

 

[theforceuk]

Nice Han Hoth just like the one I had as a kid. I said the other day how I would like a Jedi Han Hoth MOC. :mrgreen:

Interesting about the blaster, mine came with a Bespin blaster and was a 65 back.

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Grant - Excellent additon to your focus!
Frank - Awesome baggies! 8) 8)
Mark - Great cardback haul.

Nice Han Hoth there too!

 

[Dublinjeff]

Had this sweet little bundle arrive this morning from Iain. Big thanks for sorting out the China figure from the US.
ESB 41 back MOC, two mint complete Hong Kong variants and a hard to find Made in China figure with ROTJ cardback...

Imperial Commander reference guide updated

http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23763#p322006

 

[Clarkspie&chips]

This is my first post in this thread and i'm super stoked with this haul.

First up is the arsenal

Next up i've got this bunch

Lando skiff, Blond luke farmboy, Trilogo greedo, white haired ben, ree yees (i have no idea how i didnt own one of these) and orange and brown snake yodas.

The yodas can replace my childhood one who's had a hard life, here they are carrying him off to his retirement

I was missing a lot of weapons for my loosies, so first up heres a small head, big head, original, trilogo, han greedo mexican stand off.

I was planning on show casing all my completed figures but Prune Face, clearly pissed off he had to make do with an actual gun, decided to show John Matrix how its done

Big thanks to Iain and Neil for sorting out the stash, weight for weight, i think the weapons are the most expensive thing ive ever bought that you cant smoke!

 

[itfciain]

Haha - that looks brilliant - love the tooled up pruney !

 

[jasdev999]

That prune face looks awesome. Cannot have enough weapons!

 

[Clarkspie&chips]

He insisted on having every weapon you sold me Iain, but the akbar stick had to go where the sun dont shine.

 

[Michael Sith]

Great pick ups buddy, nice figures, great pics as well, especially like Yoda going off into retirement 8)

 

[beginner]

@Clarkspie&chips

see all double, i have problems with my eyes ? :mrgreen:

nice pickups dude :mrgreen:

others too, i like this Imperial Officer´s (Looks Great) 8)

 

[stratpack]

Not exactly a new acquisition, more a re-acquisition. Since moving house I'm still finding stuff in boxes, bits and bobs I forgot I had picked up years ago or had been given by people who know I'm a Star Wars fan.

Check out what I found:-

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The John Menzies poster from '83 - bit dog eared and tatty but it will look awesome in a poster frame! Pride of place in the Man Cave. Unfortunately I have to decorate the rest of the house before I can get to creating my SW zone but this bad boy will be there!

 

[Bok]

That posters great! Be brilliant to find something like that!!

 

[SublevelStudios]

Strat, that is awesome!!!

Yet another item I never knew existed. That's what I love about collecting this stuff, just when you think you've seen it all...

A large chunk of my SW toys came from John Menzies as a child. I can still see it now - they had a very cool toy department back then. I got my Dengar from there, Jabba the Hutt playset, Luke Jedi...ages spent looking through the racks of figures. I'll have to find one of these now!

Had loads of new additions just recently, here's one that's on the same lines, a Palitoy leaflet given away at a local cinema for early showings of ROTJ. On the back are the details of a local toy shop.

 

[Palifan]

Nice leaflet, I noticed that one on ebay the other day and thought it wouldn't last long. Notice anything similar about the speeder bike illustration and the one in the John Menzies poster?

Talking of that Menzies poster I'm pretty sure I've also got that one. I know there was one up on my sisters old bedroom wall that my Dad put up there for his grandchildren a few years back. It was an old one of mine although I've no idea where I picked it up from. I did make sure to put it away somewhere though so I'll have to dig it out and see what it is at some points.

Great picks guys!

Ian

 

[Dublinjeff]

Really cool poster and leaflet guys. Hadn't seen those before.

Latest addition to the leia hoth variants collection. Hong Kong COO. Update soon on the reference guide.

 

[stratpack]

Nice leaflet, I noticed that one on ebay the other day and thought it wouldn't last long. Notice anything similar about the speeder bike illustration and the one in the John Menzies poster?

Talking of that Menzies poster I'm pretty sure I've also got that one. I know there was one up on my sisters old bedroom wall that my Dad put up there for his grandchildren a few years back. It was an old one of mine although I've no idea where I picked it up from. I did make sure to put it away somewhere though so I'll have to dig it out and see what it is at some points.

Great picks guys!

Ian

Theres a whole article on that prototype Speeder Bike at theswca:-
http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=55993

I miss Menzies as much as Woolworths from the High St.
They sold off the retail chain to WHSmith in the late 90's while keeping their distribution chain. They still exist and have a turnover of millions. I still see Menzies vans driving all over the place. They probably got out the retail game at the right time before the internet and big supermarkets started destroying the High St.

The Menzies/Woolworths I miss are shops from a different time, they couldn't survive in this day and age. At Xmas time I remember the local Menzies letting a 2nd shop purely to fill it with toys! Just wouldn't happen now. Like loads of people on here it was a SW toy mecca back in the day.