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[Dublinjeff]

Some light reading...

Love how these books add an extra dimension to SW collections

 

[adampbooth]

I couldn't resist this cute little Hera pop figure the other day...

And my wife bought me this lego for my birthday.
I've been a fan of Grand Admiral Thrawn for years but apparently until she bought this and saw the name written down she's always thought he was called Grandad Milthrawn....

 

[chiffy]

Just got home from a great few days with some friends who live away so 1st time ive seen the family for my birthday and they've been busy adding to my elite series collection. Can you believe my 3 youngest kids clubbed together and got me the Leia?! How thoughtful and she's an absolute beaut! Well chuffed :mrgreen:

 

[grinchy]

nice pop figure adampbooth, cool lego set to
Great diecasts there mate, the leia figure isn't the best likeness but a nice figure anyway, hope you had a great birthday

 

[chiffy]

I think its a great likeness mate. Put it this way if it was to scale it would replace my fave teddy with the hole in :lol:

 

[naughtyjedi]

Not sure who they sculpted for Rey, but the accessories are awesome.

 

[grinchy]

Yes the new larger figures from Disney are really well made,they just need to try harder on the likeness they produce
Got this in today, another one from my list of McQuarrie concept figures, this one I paid more than usual as its a harder to get card

 

[chiffy]

That's a great 30th ani card Grinchy. Took me a while to track 1 down but the Obi Wan looks wicked :twisted:

 

[grinchy]

Cheers mate, yeah this concept line is a great set of figures, I have vader/ luke/han/chewie/ snowtrooper and now this one, i'll be slowly getting the rest of them this year, got my eye on a couple more

 

[dlhibbert]

My sister just brought me these from Disney land Florida, park exclusive packs apparently. Sorry about the bad picture quality, the boba fett is a nice piece.

 

[grinchy]

Those are great sets your sister got you, static figures but very cool, welcome to the boards

 

[dlhibbert]

Some better images I found online

 

[grinchy]

they are a nice set of figures,
I picked up another unleashed figure from ebay, been after this darth maul one for a while at a good price, usually around £50 I got this for £20 plus a few quid postage

 

[dlhibbert]

Nice unleashed figure I have that one but not been able to bring myself to unbox it yet

 

[tobedesu]

I'm really tempted with The Disney Elite Leia.
Considering it's roughly 10% of what sellers want for a Hot Toys Leia I think it represents good value.

 

[grinchy]

Yeah they are good value for money
Well home and bargains got another lot of 6 inch black series in, 4 new ones, hux, snowtrooper, x wing pilot asty, and first order tie pilot
I know there were some issues with the last lot but these all look great, those other ones are released again also, and they still have the same problems but for 5.99 I think they are a good deal

 

[tobedesu]

I'll have to pop down to my local Home Bargains. They didn't have anything last time though.

Week off work, in Birmingham today and thought I'd pop into the Disney Store.
Well, she's down to £14.99. Bargain.
Its a bugger trying to change her hands mind.

 

[csc74]

Anyone in the north east looking for those home bargains figures. Seaham had them in today. My friend spotted them so rushed down to get asty hux and pilot. Plus the kylo as its the better sculpted head scarf.

They didnt have chewie or finn or stormtrooper but they did have rey and bb8 looked fine. It was dirty version with lightsabre.

Wasnt aware theyd sold shoddy ones previous till saw this thread tonight. I hope there was no problem with kylos paint app. I didnt notice anything??!

This may answer my question about tru at gateshead having shed loads of sloppy painted troopers in stock too. More rejects?

 

[grinchy]

last year home and bargains had a load of black series in, the paint apps were not the greatest so people thought they were factory seconds or similar
This new lot are better but the rey with bb8 has a black smudged dome on most I've seen, similar to the last lot, the newest four hux, asty pilot and snowtrooper all look great
Got this grievous in today from ebay, love the saga packaging with the clamshell

 

[Russ J]

Managed to pick up Rogue One Jyn Ersu (imperial ground crew disguise) from Asda Living today (Leeds Crown Point) for £6 8) .....don't see that many about especially in TRU and Smyths toy stores...photo to come....

They did have two on the pegs do there is one still there (slightly hidden by me :lol: ) so if anyone needs one I can pick it up and post on for cost

 

[grinchy]

Nice pickup mate!
Went to the local Aldi today and they had reduced the 6 inch heroes series from £6.99 to £3.99 so picked up four of them

Also checked out BnM store, they had the single force awakens figures for £5.99 which is a bit steep but the double pack for £6.99 so nabbed Threepio and R2

 

[chiffy]

Well, thanks to Gadders, i finally have 1 of my modern grails. Only been after this bastard for about 20 years :mrgreen: Well pleased, didnt even think he was as big as this!

 

[monkey_roo]

That Famba rocks. I remember back in the day I asked a friend who live in NY to grab one from FAO and bring it over for me when he next came to London. I had no idea of size so was quite surprised when he walked into my office one day in a very grumpy mood having had to lug the massive thing all the way in hand luggage because he couldn't check it
Great find though.

 

[Russ J]

Some great pick ups lads well done (The Famba looks well cool 8) ....I still haven't seen anything in my local B&M so far even Home Bargains seem to be pretty quiet as well.....it all seems to be the Hot Wheels cars that fill the shelves on Home Bargains of late for me and I don't collect those ....

I've a few new pick ups but no photos as of yet.....

 

[db94]

You got your Fambaa
Mate I know you've been hunting for one for as long as I've known you - superb buddy

 

[grinchy]

Nice job on the fambaa, looks massive! a cool looking ep1 toy

 

[chiffy]

You got your Fambaa
Mate I know you've been hunting for one for as long as I've known you - superb buddy

Thanks for the kind words matey. All i need now is a potj carbon freeze chamber payment plan or a cheap as chips buy it now! Grinchmeister, it's a reet beast with ' real feel ' skin apparently altho' touching him thru' the preview hole it just feels like plastic.
Just read that back. I advise people not to use the phrase " touching him thru' the preview hole " very often. Unless you want to of course :lol:

 

[grinchy]

plastic glory holes eh? whatever next! :lol:

 

[monkey_roo]

This seems to have come early, forbidden planet website is still saying April but hey ho. One for the boys birthday next month.

 

[db94]

£5.99
Couldn't resist