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Frunkstar said:
Looks like we have another proper enthusiastic collector in our midst Jason, really enjoyed your post with all the background, some of those pictures are brilliant, loved seeing them, pleasure to see some of the childhood adventures, really nice to see some childhood figures as well, wish I had some of mine.

Welcome to the forum, I look forward to seeing more of your postings
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Thanks man, I really appreciate it.
 
Back in 1986 I had a spark of creativity and decided I wanted to write my own Star Wars book. I grabbed an old spiral notebook my Dad gave me and began to put pen to paper and write, "The Jedi Quizbook". The previous summer, I had taken a few pictures of my figures, so I knew I had add them to the book. I posted these pictures in this thread a few days ago, but decided to share the entire 40 page book. I made a little video that is just over 5 minutes long in order to share it. There is plenty of trivia, photos and drawings. I'm sure you will catch some mistakes and misspellings, but to an 11 year old boy it was quite an accomplishment. :)
You will also learn of one of the greatest men in Star Wars that never actually existed (except in my mind of course). See if you can catch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iVtPnERKKM
 
My newest acquisition is a complete with box Dagobah Playset. I got this one of Ebay and much to my surprise, included 2 sealed parts baggies (one of which is the crates and cylinder). It also has the insert and for some reason 2 instruction manuals. The only negative is the foam is mostly disintegrated. I was planning on setting it up, but no way I'm gonna open up those sealed baggies. :) Very excited about this one.

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Seahawks said:
My newest acquisition is a complete with box Dagobah Playset. I got this one of Ebay and much to my surprise, included 2 sealed parts baggies (one of which is the crates and cylinder). It also has the insert and for some reason 2 instruction manuals. The only negative is the foam is mostly disintegrated. I was planning on setting it up, but no way I'm gonna open up those sealed baggies. :) Very excited about this one.

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Does anybody on the planet have a non disintegrated foam?
I'm not sure it's possible due to the material but if somebody froze one or stored in a cool room back in the day I suppose some may exist? I would love to see an undamaged example.

Jason, I'm late to the party on this site, can I just echo other members' comments. Your efforts are a joy to behold! 8)
Move to the UK mate and you'd surely be knighted.

Regards
Paul
 
Such a great thread, lots of cool goodies and great diorama skills to, now and back when you were younger,
 
Wow that is a beautiful collection you have, I also love your movie pictures with the vintage toy and a few custom made figures 8)

The childhood pictures is also fantastic, cool to see pictures from your childhood with star wars :wink:
 
PulsarP said:
Does anybody on the planet have a non disintegrated foam?
I'm not sure it's possible due to the material but if somebody froze one or stored in a cool room back in the day I suppose some may exist? I would love to see an undamaged example.

Jason, I'm late to the party on this site, can I just echo other members' comments. Your efforts are a joy to behold! 8)
Move to the UK mate and you'd surely be knighted.

Regards
Paul
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Hey Paul,

I don't think there are many original foam products left. There is a guy in one of the Facebook groups I'm in that tracked down the original trash compactor foam for the Kenner Death Star. Apparently it was in an airtight container for many years and looks virtually brand new. He has opened it up for display, so will be interesting to see if it deteriorates quickly or not.

Thanks for the great compliment man, I really appreciate it. Star Wars brings back all my great childhood memories.

grinchy said:
Such a great thread, lots of cool goodies and great diorama skills to, now and back when you were younger,
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Thank you! Glad guys are enjoying it. Lots of fun putting together no doubt.

Pomse2001 said:
Wow that is a beautiful collection you have, I also love your movie pictures with the vintage toy and a few custom made figures 8)

The childhood pictures is also fantastic, cool to see pictures from your childhood with star wars :wink:
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Thanks so much!
 
In honor of Rogue One coming up, thought this deleted scene from A New Hope ties right in. :)

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"I'm not going to wait around for the Empire to draft me into service. The Rebellion is spreading and I want to be on the side I believe in."
- Biggs Darklighter
 
During my goal to get the first 12 carded run that I completed recently, I also stumbled upon a few 21 backs I couldn't resist. Since then, I've been on the lookout for reasonably priced 21 backs and over the course of the last few months, finished the next 8. While I'd love to have a Boba Fett 21 back, I'm a realist and know that his price is way out of my league, so don't plan on getting him unless I win the lottery. Plus he wasn't in the original Star Wars (I don't count the Special Edition) so that helps with my reasoning. :)

Anyway, the last figure I needed was Luke X-Wing. Fortunately, there is a store that just opened up near me and low and behold, they had a very nice one. I went in and traded in several items to help offset the cost. Just like my first 12, some of these are far from mint (bubble damage, one pop cut, etc) they still look great in their GW Acrylic cases and I couldn't be happier. Very stoked to have the first 20 now on Star Wars cardbacks!

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Thanks fellas. I photo my figures in the scene and tinker a bit with Photoshop to try to make it look a bit realistic. I'm sure many think I'm nuts, but it's a good excuse to get my toys off the shelf and out of boxes and get a chance to enjoy them. :)
 
Most of my childhood figures have been stuck in a box for many years. I would pull them out occasionally to reminisce, but didn't put them in my main display case in favor of their more mint counterparts.

Well, boxed no more. I decided to proudly display my childhood first 21 together. Big thanks to Iain Sanderson over at GW Acrylics for the tier and figure stands that arrived today.

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Pomse2001 said:
Looking great mate 8)
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Thank you!

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So my Dropbox account set all my pictures to private and I can no longer share them, so I went in and updated all of my posts in this thread that have pictures so they are visible again. S
 
Childhood Figure Limelight

AT-ST Driver "Getting his ass kicked since 1984"

I have owned one and only one AT-ST driver in my lifetime, and that is this guy from my childhood. The middle image is a picture I took when I was 10 years old. As you can see, he is getting beat down by a couple of Ewoks. The image on the right is one I created with my oldest daughter last year. Needless to say, he is about to go flying courtesy of 'ol Chewie.

This old boy has been through quite a bit over his lifetime, but still standing tall. :)

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Went to my folks yesterday to celebrate their 50th anniversary with them. They found a box full of family pictures, many of which I've never seen before. In the process of going through them, I came across this set of pictures from my birthday in 1979. Pretty cool to have photographic evidence of where my obsession began. :)

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Snaketibe said:
Great photos, but what a fantastic T-Shirt! :-)
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lol - thanks man! I have plenty of pics where I'm wearing ridiculous looking shirts, but my folks definitely got this one right. :)

Here is the list of what I found while studying the pictures. I'm 90% confident that the last couple of pictures is me opening the Falcon. It makes sense as I've had it as long as I can remember (I actually did a full restoration of it a year or two ago).

Thanks for letting me share my trip down memory lane. These photos go right up there as the most cherished of my SW collection.

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