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Hi Will and Andreg, welcome to the best forum around. You've taken your first step into a larger world.
 
Well hello there,

My name is Aaron and I write to you from the greatest little country in the world New Zealand :D

I've been a fan of Star Wars since I first saw the Empire Strikes Back on the big screen (The first time round not the rerelease, I'm old hahaha). While I did have a few figures and SW toys growing up I never really got into collecting until about 6 years ago when I thought having the original 12 figures on a shelf in my office would look amazing. Of coarse that lead to buying just a few I wanted but never got when I was young to 'I might as well complete the vintage set' but once I'm done thats it over, no variant collecting for me.........which as you all know has lead to me going after all the variants I just have to have hahahaha.

I seem to now collect all sorts of bits and pieces and have no rhyme or reason to what I add to my growing hoard, whatever catches my eye I pick up so you'll see me post all over the forums lol......case in point here is something I purchased a little under two hours ago on a trip to the shops to buy dishwashing liquid.........

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now did I need a large 3D ceramic Darth Vader mug with rmoveable lid....nnoooooo....but do i love it....oh yyeeaaahhh.

I look forward to chatting with you all at some stage :) see you on the forums
 
Hi Andreg welcome to the forum, great collection you have there :D

Will welcome to the forum.

Welcome Aaron to the forum :wink:
 
Hi everyone! Just a quick introduction .
By name is Ricky (shaky is my nickname) and I'm a Essex boy now living in Norwich. ( Crikey this is sounding like I'm on an episode of Blind date!) I have recently started collecting some loose vintage beaten up figures for my son George who's 4 yrs old & have of course while doing this got all sentimental and nostalgic & over the last 4 weeks started to collect loose complete figures for my self!
I can remember as a child always playing constantly with my small collection and waiting for my dad to come home to help dig the garden up to find Chewy & Han solo( he weren't happy but knew if he didn't a tuff night was ahead!). My first 2 complete loose figures were from a friend in Norwich and 4 more added we're from Stuart of Hoth ice planet , which I was aware off through joining this forum couple weeks back( thanks to the forum)
So that's my story in a few lines! I am hoping to not only read but post when I can about what I got and possibly ask a few questions.
Also loving the Star Wars the rebellion podcast which I think is linked to this forum and members .
Shaky
 
Hello!

My name is Matt and i'm from Bristol, UK.

I have been a Star Wars fan since I was 7 when ROTJ was released. I had many toys and vehicles when I was 7/8 buy I trashed them (as little boys do). When I was 12 (I think!) I went to a table top sale in my old primary school and I got many cheap figures there (10p for a Yak Face being the best one) which I guess kept me interested.

When I was in my mid 20s I bought a few moc figures from ebay from the USA, an Ewok Village, a A wing in box and all of the last 17 figures. Then I stopped for a few years and last year started again.

I am currently buying the odd moc figure from ebay and some more vehicles.

Sorry for the convoluted story! My collection of Star Wars is now from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s!
 
Alright my luvver? It's nice to have another Bristol lad on here.
The fun multi cultural city that London would love to be :D
Welcome to SWFUK dude, you've taken your first step into a larger world.
 
Thanks for the warm welcome fellas! Looking forward to posting my small loose collection when I get a chance.
Any way I'm enjoying exploring this forum. Information on here is mind blowing! Using up all my 3G on my lunch breaks reading it( gonna cost me!)
Ricky
 
Jester said:
Thanks for the lovely welcome!

Jez - we should chat ha ha :)

Who is Todd then? :lol:
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Todd is a nice guy that is always naked with a mask on the head :lol:
 
Pomse2001 said:
Jester said:
Thanks for the lovely welcome!

Jez - we should chat ha ha :)

Who is Todd then? :lol:
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Todd is a nice guy that is always naked with a mask on the head :lol:
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Todd runs the forum initiations department. They usually involve Star Wars cosplay and assless chaps :lol:
 
Hello, I'm new. Reason I've joined is I'm taking lots of time selling individual figures on eBay, listing bit by bit - and am having shed-loads of fun doing it behind the kids' backs :D

To be fair, I won't sell their figures, just the ones i got from a £200 job lot that they NEVER bother to play with, grrr.

Some great advice on here.

All the best
Chris
 
Just saw this thread. I'm still pretty new (and definitely pretty ignorant) so I don't think it's too late to jump in and say a bit.

To be honest, I found this forum because I was researching my cousin's childhood collection and wanted to not make any mistakes when I started selling everything. Problem is, I'm a huge film lover (spent the last 12 years in Los Angeles working on them), a huge Star Wars fan, a natural collector, and had a ton of this stuff when I was a kid. So I found myself spending more and more time on the forum reading threads and checking out everyone's collections. Now I come here just about every day to read the new posts and see how people are doing with their focuses (focii?).

Sad part is, I still have to sell everything because I need the money but I've already started to squirrel some items away as I find reasons to justify not selling them ("This won't even bring in that much money, I better just keep it.") So in a sense, I suppose my collection is growing somewhat. :D

Anyway, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I'm planning on getting more involved in the forum but, at this point, I think it's best for me to just do more listening than talking and try to learn a thing or two first.

Arthur
 
Welcome Arthur, you've taken your first step in to a larger world.
 
Hi All,

I'm not that new, but have just been too lazy to introduce myself :)

Anyway, I'm moving to Madrid next week and keen to know if there are any forum members based there or if anyone knows of any vintage shops or collecting community in Spain.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Cheers

Joe
 
Rimmer said:
Hi All,

I'm not that new, but have just been too lazy to introduce myself :)

Anyway, I'm moving to Madrid next week and keen to know if there are any forum members based there or if anyone knows of any vintage shops or collecting community in Spain.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Cheers

Joe
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Welcome to the forum, lfantelo and panastur from the forum live in spain :D
 
Welcome Joe (Rimmer), i hope the move goes well. Welcome to SWFUK, you've taken your first step into a larger world. Literally in your case!
 
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