Vinyl Jawa
Padawan
This is my Boba Fett…
I was born in late '71, so when I got my Fett, I was still only 7 years old. Although I had other Star Wars figures by then, Boba Fett quickly became my favourite.
He's been played with in the house, out in the garden, In and out of mud puddles, been frozen in the snow, and buried under sand. He's fought with my other figures, as well as friends, fights which resulted in many bloody fingers. He's been attached to parachutes and thrown in the air and off bridges. He's sat in my pocket while I fell off my bike, and we've had many bath time adventures. He's been the victim of many toy car crashes, and ridden over by a skateboard. He grew up with me, and moved house numerous times, lost for some years, found in the bottom of a box again some years later. I grew older, and grew out of him, I moved onto other things, and got on with life .
Some years later, rekindled my Star Wars figure passion, went through different stages, loose, MOC, graded, higher end only, different cycles over again, but one thing was consistent, my Boba Fett. His limbs are loose, his paintwork worn, his blue has faded to a grey and his colours aren't vibrant anymore, but he's really special to me. In fact one day I realised he was one of my most cherished items, my prized possessions, and if I had to grab anything, he'd be one of the things I'd try and grab. He's all my childhood memories encapsulated in a 3 3/4 inch plastic shell, and I'd be heart broken if I lost him. He's a token of all that was good in the 1970's and growing up.
Now, I don't have a loose figure collection anymore, all graded or MOC, and I wanted to do something special. So, I thought wouldn't it be a bit cool to try and get the guy graded. Instead of tucked away at the back of all my other figures, let's give him the attention he deserves, and display him proudly as my most important personal figure. I had a couple of figures I wanted to send off to get graded anyway, So off he goes in the post, (Don't you dare lose him Royal Mail). To be honest, I had visions of them refusing to grade him because he's so far gone, and I had a back up plan to request him to be cased up without grading. But…I needn't have worried, as to my surprise, this morning, a knock at the door, and along with a couple of others, he's home again.
This is my Boba Fett… and he got a 50
I was born in late '71, so when I got my Fett, I was still only 7 years old. Although I had other Star Wars figures by then, Boba Fett quickly became my favourite.
He's been played with in the house, out in the garden, In and out of mud puddles, been frozen in the snow, and buried under sand. He's fought with my other figures, as well as friends, fights which resulted in many bloody fingers. He's been attached to parachutes and thrown in the air and off bridges. He's sat in my pocket while I fell off my bike, and we've had many bath time adventures. He's been the victim of many toy car crashes, and ridden over by a skateboard. He grew up with me, and moved house numerous times, lost for some years, found in the bottom of a box again some years later. I grew older, and grew out of him, I moved onto other things, and got on with life .
Some years later, rekindled my Star Wars figure passion, went through different stages, loose, MOC, graded, higher end only, different cycles over again, but one thing was consistent, my Boba Fett. His limbs are loose, his paintwork worn, his blue has faded to a grey and his colours aren't vibrant anymore, but he's really special to me. In fact one day I realised he was one of my most cherished items, my prized possessions, and if I had to grab anything, he'd be one of the things I'd try and grab. He's all my childhood memories encapsulated in a 3 3/4 inch plastic shell, and I'd be heart broken if I lost him. He's a token of all that was good in the 1970's and growing up.
Now, I don't have a loose figure collection anymore, all graded or MOC, and I wanted to do something special. So, I thought wouldn't it be a bit cool to try and get the guy graded. Instead of tucked away at the back of all my other figures, let's give him the attention he deserves, and display him proudly as my most important personal figure. I had a couple of figures I wanted to send off to get graded anyway, So off he goes in the post, (Don't you dare lose him Royal Mail). To be honest, I had visions of them refusing to grade him because he's so far gone, and I had a back up plan to request him to be cased up without grading. But…I needn't have worried, as to my surprise, this morning, a knock at the door, and along with a couple of others, he's home again.
This is my Boba Fett… and he got a 50
