Modern collection thread

[Russ J]

Some more of my modern collection....

My Phantom Menace figures....

Group photo...

I had the Sneak Preview 'Mace Windu' figure and the mail away 'Obi-Wan Ghost' and the Menace Accessory packs in this photo but i've already showcased those furthur back in this thread...

I didn't no I had two Jar Jar Binks figures (it must have been a bargain bucket buy the second one and I got it really cheap as I'm not 'Binksy' fan :lol: )

More to follow.......

 

[grinchy]

Great update mate, love the card art on these, I know what you mean on jar jar, I only have one in my collection to goofy by far

 

[Jeetkunemaul]

Nice figures once again Russ.

You need to try and get some of the bonus Battle / bonus Pit droid figures but some of them go for crazy money!

 

[Russ J]

Cheers guys 8)

Got to agree Grinchy,the artwork does really standout on the cardbacks,far better than the POTF 2 cards...

I really liked Darth Maul it's a shame that they killed the character off in the first episode,they could easily have built a lot more around him and maybe have him around in the early stages of when Anakin slowly started to get seduced by the dark side...such a waste of a great character.....

@ Jeet....I'm gonna concentrate on the easier to get figures (and cheapest :lol: ) before I go onto the rarer expensive stuff mate....

I think I'm gonna try and get the full single figure collection in the ROTS line first 8)

 

[Jeetkunemaul]

@ Jeet....I'm gonna concentrate on the easier to get figures (and cheapest :lol: ) before I go onto the rarer expensive stuff mate....

I think I'm gonna try and get the full single figure collection in the ROTS line first 8)

Yeah fair play I can understand that.

ROTS line was good I have the basics myself and some of the card variants like Sith eyes Anakin etc. I used to be a sucker for my variants!

 

[Russ J]

Some more of my modern collction...

POTF 2 Orange carded figures...

Group Photo...

I do have a few doubles amongst this lot as at the time these figures were a **** to find especially the R2D2...I only ever saw two of these on the shelfs and thats the two I have in my collection,same goes with Leia...For some reason my local TRU,Asda etc just didn't get these figures in but there were always plenty of the other figures...

Also the Lando figure I only ever saw one of these on the shelf and thats the one I have....bear in mind this was a time when the internet and ebay etc... wasn't really widly available to everyone (95'-96') so the only places that I knew of to buy 'hard to get' figures were toy fairs etc...

more to follow......

 

[izzyblue]

Russ, I well remember how difficult it was to get the R2 back then. Had it for years then sold it. Not that easy now to find a decent one but I finally replaced it a few weeks back from a bloke on FB for a decent price. One set of figures I never saw at retail were the red carded SOTE. I got the purple ones but have since replaced them with the red carded tri logo versions.

 

[Russ J]

And I were the opposite mate.....I only ever saw the red/orange SOTE figures... I never saw the purple carded ones....I need Leia Boushh to complete my set but can only find the purple card one...did a red card one ever get released ?

 

[izzyblue]

And I were the opposite mate.....I only ever saw the red/orange SOTE figures... I never saw the purple carded ones....I need Leia Boushh to complete my set but can only find the purple card one...did a red card one ever get released ?

She was never released on a SOTE red card, only on a green card as part of the regular figure line, which was strange. I think I bought my purple carded set from toy fairs etc rather than shops. There was also two 2 figure packs in the SOTE line both red carded and purple. Did you have them?

 

[Russ J]

No I didn't have any two pack sets only single figure sets....I do have Leia Boushh in the standard green card (not put up my green card photos as of yet) but she was released in the purple SOTE line (from what I've seen on EBay anyway)

That's a shame that it wasn't released on a red card....if I buy the purple card I'd have to buy the rest in purple cards to complete that set....talk about the snowball effect :lol:

 

[izzyblue]

No I didn't have any two pack sets only single figure sets....I do have Leia Boushh in the standard green card (not put up my green card photos as of yet) but she was released in the purple SOTE line (from what I've seen on EBay anyway)

That's a shame that it wasn't released on a red card....if I buy the purple card I'd have to buy the rest in purple cards to complete that set....talk about the snowball effect :lol:

And then you have to get the swoop
Bike and rider & the 2 ships.....and so it goes on.

If i remember correctly the 2 packs were boba Fett & IG 88 & Vader & Xizor

 

[Russ J]

Ah yes I do have the two pack sets (forgot they were SOTE lol ) look further back in this thread mate you'll see photos of them (page 4)

I do want the Swoop as well when money allows...

I have Dash Renders Outrider as well

 

[izzyblue]

Ah yes I do have the two pack sets (forgot they were SOTE lol ) look further back in this thread mate you'll see photos of them (page 4)

I do want the Swoop as well when money allows...

I have Dash Renders Outrider as well

That will teach me to read the last page first. If you ever want rid of the Outrider, let me know. I managed to pick up a couple of mission series 2 packs from Argos today, only £6 each. Bossk & IG88 & Biker Scout & Wicket

 

[Russ J]

Nice one on the mission packs mate 8) great prices too 8)

My Outrider isn't for sale Anthony but if I do decide I'll give you the nod

 

[chiffy]

Hey Russ, sales pitch here, but i do have some of the bonus battle droid double packs for sale AND plenty of ROTS cards also for sale. Just give me a holla and ill send you some photos

 

[Russ J]

The last of my Modern collection...

My Green Carded collection...

Group photo....

Thats all my modern collection know shown,the rest of the modern stuff I have is the Force Awakens line...

Russ...

 

[Jeetkunemaul]

Nice. I remember getting a few of those foils over in Canada back in the day, good times.

Was superb actually as Shadows of the Empire was just coming out and I got to play / preview it in Vancouver which was cool.

 

[grinchy]

Nice collection of cards there mate, they look in great condition to
Well I finally got around to making myself a resin yoda in carbonite for the collection and the two smaller han and George in carbonite to, about time I had a set

I'm waiting on a 6 inch scale han in carbo to come to put with my black series boba, should look good

 

[Russ J]

Cheers guys much appreciated

Yeh the cards are in excellent condition grinchy the bubbles are as well 8)

Those carbonite blocks look well funky (are they home made ?) your Yoda looks like he's on a hippy high with his 2 fingers '' V ' :lol: 8)

 

[grinchy]

Cheers mate
Yeah I make them from resin, I used to have my own business making props and masks, now its just a hobby, if your interested heres a thread with loads of my work in it
http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=24238

 

[stratpack]

Inspired by Russ J's photos of his modern collection I thought I'd take some pics of my few POTF2 figs.

I had the complete run of modern figs from 95 up 04 but I got sick of the whole Hasbro thing and I couldn't keep up. I sold it all off including the elusive final European wave of POTF2 figs. These cards were also called Long Picture/Photo Cards and sported a Monologo rather than a Trilogo symbol. There was 9 altogether but in the UK they had a limited release, more available in France, Germany etc. It was easier to import cases of US/Canadian POTF2 by this time so the distribution was pretty poor over here. In fact I only ever saw Ackbar and Luke Bespin at retail here. It took me years to get them all including picking Weequay up in Australia when I was travelling! In recent years after getting back in to collecting I took up the challenge and hunted the same wave down. Again, its taken me years!

The cards have different photos from their US counterparts and are quite attractive as a variation. Anyway, here they are for you modern collectors

PS The only one missing is Luke Bespin which is ironically the easiest figure to find but I just haven't found a good enough mint example for grading yet.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Dude! Those are epic! Weirdly enough I saw a US listing with some of these (poor condition) and I wondered WTF they were as I have no memory of them at all. Despite the condition I was still tempted, though.

Having got back into the POTF line (FFs only ATM) I would very much like to complete a run of these. Any pointers as to what to expect to pay? I take it eBay is the best place to hunt them down?

 

[Nita Nitro]

Some great piccies!
I really liked the POTF2 range when they first came out, but couldn't quite understand the muscles on the first wave or two of the range.
I kinda kept up with them and then lost track completely through the onslaught that came with episode 1, so find myself picking them off bit by bit nowadays.

 

[stratpack]

Luke Bespin and Ackbar are quite easy to find. Most stalls selling old POTF2 at fairs will have them for 3 - 10 quid depending on condition mixed in with the earlier Trilogo stuff. The rest are difficult to find. I think the problem is sellers maybe don't know what they have and tend to never really describe them very well, meaning finding them on Ebay is difficult - as well as getting decent condition ones. I got pretty lucky, I found someone selling 3 mint cards for 50 quid together a few years ago. The rest I've just had to be patient and pick them up when they come up. Save searches for Euro monologo, euro LPC etc and they will turn up.

Incidentally, I didn't get them graded all at once or anything. Because there was months between finding these figs I did it one at a time over a few years to spread the cost. I moved last year and I'm only just getting the SW out on display

 

[Russ J]

That's a great line there mate 8) ...I were the same towards the end of the POTF 2 line,Hasbro just kept on releasing and it got a bit too much financially to keep up so I kinda slowed down a lot with collecting.
..when I were collecting them I were just buying basically what I didn't have rather than buying card variants and the like it was when it got to the point I'd got all there was on the pegs that I started buying card variants

 

[grinchy]

Some more pics of the collection,

 

[bosk70]

Nice mix of modern and vintage can even see the classic bendem's lurking at the back

 

[grinchy]

Cheers mate, as for the bendems, yeah they are a guilty pleasure of mine, love the artwork on them
have a few of them now hope to pick up some more in the new year

 

[Russ J]

I echo what's been said 8) ....a great mix of vintage and modern mate....I could spend hours just looking at a display like that and I wish I had all mine on display instead of in boxes in the loft ...still maybe one day the wife will allow :lol:

 

[grinchy]

Cheers mate, yeah your own space is a must to display your stuff, I had to wait till my daughter moved out to go to uni,
I enjoy pottering round in the room changing the display now and then, and just sitting there taking it all in, hope you get your own space eventually