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[steve obi wan]

amazing stuff guys ! :shock:

 

[shawn_k]

Wow Iain! That Donpost paperwork is awesome! That'll look great with some masks to go with it.

 

[itfciain]

Wow Iain! That Donpost paperwork is awesome! That'll look great with some masks to go with it.

Yes there were some boxed one up on eBay last night but they went for high prices - will get some though - especially those in the pictures

 

[bosk70]

Went to the local booty today and found a stall selling collectables so knew I was going to pay higher prices, bought some di cast items then noticed some star wars. After some haggling managed to get the below all for £14, for old school me a lot of money :shock: but don't think its so bad with todays prices.
Funny thing was the c3p0 was in a sealed plain bag (please don't tell me its some unknown to me Kenner . palitoy sealed baggy :lol: as its now liberated). I have been after a fixed limb c3p0 as I only ever had the removable limb one so was trying to see if the limbs came off through the heat sealed bag the lady would not let me open it so had to guess through the "gate of the legs", it was fixed and managed to haggle £10 to £7 but had to have it. Cards were a £1 and I love the underlining on the back under the figs that I used to do , got , got ,got Boot sales rule the fun is in the hunt

 

[maxf]

Fixed limbs c-3po in a sealed Baggie and you opened it?

 

[bosk70]

Don't panic maxf limbs are very loose and rivet rusty with some wear, looks like its seen active duty before, if I was in any doubt I would not have opened it, bag was a thick guage heat sealed bag heavy duty plastic like the bags sand comes in at wicks so think I am ok

 

[maxf]

Haha - good to hear! Hopefully frank doesn't have to add the 'wickes builders sand bag' variant to his catalogue!

 

[bosk70]

Or does he :shock: had me worried for a bit there :lol:

 

[db94]

Boot sales rule the fun is in the hunt

Totally agree mate

Well it's Saturday, it's sunny and it's my Birthday

Lovely mix of SW presents old and new -

Daughter got me this beautiful Vader TIE - never had one as a kid but seeing it now I think it looks amazing and it finishes off my top shelf of vehicles perfectly

Wife got me this minty Squid Head MOC and Admiral Ackbar baggie as well as the Palitoy X Wing insert - everyone thinks it's funny that I'm loosing my **** over "genuine" old cardboard :lol:

 

[bosk70]

Room looks amazing Colin, really nice display, and nice additions, especially the vintage cardboard should I keep the baggie :?:

 

[Hothrebel]

A couple of vectis buys and 3 mint Palitoy 12 backs from a private deal(it's been a good weekend)

 

[chrisfnx]

Hothrebel, some great items there, especially the chewie, in fact some great items the last few weeks, impressive!

 

[shawn_k]

Totally agree mate

Well it's Saturday, it's sunny and it's my Birthday

Lovely mix of SW presents old and new -

Daughter got me this beautiful Vader TIE - never had one as a kid but seeing it now I think it looks amazing and it finishes off my top shelf of vehicles perfectly

Wife got me this minty Squid Head MOC and Admiral Ackbar baggie as well as the Palitoy X Wing insert - everyone thinks it's funny that I'm loosing my **** over "genuine" old cardboard :lol:

I love how you have the vehicles mounted on the wall. Great idea and Happy Birthday!

 

[bosk70]

Very naughty at a boot sale again today, couldn't pass them up as they were cheap ish, "we have the technology we can rebuild them",

 

[Michael Sith]

Ross...superb pick up , love to see the rare and one offs

Andy....beautiful Palitoy pieces

Ponch... 8d8 with his cardboard skirt, as you say, will look great on display

Matt....Love the imax poster

That Tie is a beauty Dr Ball

Rob...nice CCP and Lando

Hoth trooper is a stunner

Rob...8d8 Tri logo, love it

Edd...massively well deserved, congrats on the pieces, love the R5

Shawn.... Congratulations on the display, looks mint as well, love the definition on the frosted coin

Iain.... I love the Don post that paperwork will look superb on display with masks

Bosk70... Great pick ups on the car boot, nice

Colin.... Super bday pressies, the ship display on the wall looks great

Hothrebel.... More Palitoy beauties congrats, love that Meccano Chewie

Bosk70.... Good luck with the project pieces, more vintage saved

Some fantastic stuff on here lately, love drooling over the amazing vintage you guys are picking up.

 

[palitoyjunky]

Picked up a few long wanted items this last month.

First, is a store display header for the Drawing Board line of party items for ROTJ. I have vague memories of a display near the entrance of the local TRU when I was a kid for the ROTJ party items, but had never seen a display for them. I either really wanted a ROTJ birthday party or just loved the duel art. It was 3 years ago when I finally saw one of these headers that another collector owned and I finally found one for sale about a month ago. Now, I've got to load up on some of the ROTJ party pieces that go with it.

2nd, are two Lando coin pieces. The left is the frosted Lando prototype coin which was an idea being pitched to help make the details more pronounced on the coins. It is assumed this was not done because it requires striking the coin blank twice for this effect, which would in turn double the time to produce each coin. The one on the right is a variant on the production coin which has some different positioning of the stars and text. Based on some information from another collector, there are 3 different dies used for the Lando coins, so 3 produced variants exist like this.

Nice stuff there Shawn 8)

 

[stormcab]

Was that MY Palitoy AT-AT Driver you won at vectis :evil:

lol

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Bit of a deviation from the norm for me. Been after some trailers for a while and this one popped up on eBay. A bit of digging showed this to be a trailer for the first rerelease of ESB in July '81, I believe. Need to firm that up really. Anyway, not much to look at but I like him. Anyone got tips on how to store these things?

 

[spoons]

Anyone got tips on how to store these things?

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In a flame proof box!

Really great score Simon, a proper bit of SW history

 

[robpmarsh]

2 new cardbacks...a clean Leia Hoth for my focus and a great 2-1B.

 

[Cardbackkid]

2 new cardbacks...a clean Leia Hoth for my focus and a great 2-1B.

Beautiful cardbacks there

 

[Dr_Ball_MD]

Newest member of the R2 family, Takara wind-up

 

[Bonsai_Tree_Ent]

Shawn, I like that store display image with Vader vs Luke framed by the round window in the Emperor's Throne Room. Although ROTJ never gave us that exact shot it works really well from a visual viewpoint.

The R2 set above is also killer, great group shot! I've never brought myself to buy the Takara version, it seems too far removed from the rest of the figure line, but it looks good here and definitely has the oddball appeal!

 

[lejackal]

Bit of a deviation from the norm for me. Been after some trailers for a while and this one popped up on eBay. A bit of digging showed this to be a trailer for the first rerelease of ESB in July '81, I believe. Need to firm that up really. Anyway, not much to look at but I like him. Anyone got tips on how to store these things?

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Cool dry place, no where near a source of heat. Interestingly I also know where to find a Revenge of the Jedi one should you want to try and get a set. No idea if he has any interest in selling mind you, let alone value

 

[Dr_Ball_MD]

The R2 set above is also killer, great group shot! I've never brought myself to buy the Takara version, it seems too far removed from the rest of the figure line, but it looks good here and definitely has the oddball appeal!

Same here, I never had any intention of adding him to the collection but saw one for sale and thought he needed a home

 

[Matthieu]

I was finally able to add a Meccano Landspeeder to the collection and I thought this great forum was the right place to post, since this box was designed by Meccano using the UK Palitoy photo art, with the GDE logo (taken from Kenner Canada) and the Meccano logo being added to cover up the SW logo and the Palitoy logo. Meccano did the same with the first release of the X-Wing Fighter (the other two Meccano releases have a different photo art though).

 

[itfciain]

That Meccano Landspeeder is a beauty

 

[roundster]

Some beautiful stuff recently!

Here's my latest, big thanks to Iain for the help shipping the Luke X-wing!!

As far as I know Toni didn't do a Darth so should be fine!!

 

[steve obi wan]

I was finally able to add a Meccano Landspeeder to the collection and I thought this great forum was the right place to post, since this box was designed by Meccano using the UK Palitoy photo art, with the GDE logo (taken from Kenner Canada) and the Meccano logo being added to cover up the SW logo and the Palitoy logo. Meccano did the same with the first release of the X-Wing Fighter (the other two Meccano releases have a different photo art though).

What a beauty !

 

[steve obi wan]

Some beautiful stuff recently!

Here's my latest, big thanks to Iain for the help shipping the Luke X-wing!!

As far as I know Toni didn't do a Darth so should be fine!!

Sweet!