Now the TIG Moderator Team members have shown you their true faces, we are quite curious about yours now!

So please write down a few sentences about who you are, what you collect, and anything else you would like to share (and what we would like to know ).

And most importantly....don't forget to include a pic of yours!!

Cheers

"We've shown you ours - now you show us yours"


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Here I am with Lee Bullock in 2010 at Celebration V.




Name: Jason West
Location: Northern Virginia (USA)
Occupation: IT Dude
Married: Yes
Children: One son (six) and two knuckle head cats
Focus: Jawas (mainly pre-production)
Other Character interests: Tusken Raider, 4 LOM and Bossk
Age: Does it really matter?

Other information: Born in Atlanta, Georgia, I attended nine different schools in twelve years. I have moved nearly as many times as I am years old. I love being outdoors and am a former Collegiate swimmer and water polo player. Though I do not own a weapon, I love to shoot when possible. I am also a HUGE hockey fan...

Name:Krille A.K.A yeah-sus on the web

I have been a star wars fan since 1980 but started collect serious around 2005

Lives in sweden outside stockholm with my girlfriend and our 6 year old daughter.
Works in a warehouse with logistics.

When i dont collect SW i hang out with my friends,fishing and watching movies in my homecinema.
Other interest are tattoos,music and videogames.

I dont have any particular focus but i try to get one carded/mib and one loose of every toy in the vintage line.

The stuff that shows its swedish or was sold in sweden are my favorites.

Name: Dennis Vleugels
Location: Belgium
Occupation: Working on electronic batch documentation software in a biopharmaceutical company.
Married: Yes (my wife in the picture with me)
Children: First one on the way, expected around 6th of june.
Focus: i don't really have à focus, i like stuff around first 12 from Moc's to cardbacks to loose figures.
Other collecting interests: Slowly working my way into to the "62 Club". I am halfway now with my POTF coin collection.
Age: 30

Other information: Whilst not collecting or working, i love to take a ride on the Bike, kick some ass at 'kobudo' (armoured karate) or relax in the garden. Always up for à drink with some friends, an evening of bowling or watching à good movie. I am also a frequent PS3 gamer, but i only play CoD Black Ops.

Me and my family (Wife Karen and little dude, 9 year old, Logan) : ) We live in Madison, Wisconsin United States
I work in Special Education, helping credit deficient students get their high school diploma. A lot of the kids I work with don't have the best home life. I try my best to be a good mentor/role model for them so they have a plan to do something positive after high school : )
I LOVE art and LOVE my family : )
My collection consists of variants and first shots. Thanks to all of you that have been kind enough to lend a helping hand along the way, whether it was being a friend or giving advice. I appreciate that very much : )
-Steve

Great to see some faces and biographies here so far guys! Many thanks

keep them coming!

Name: Oli
Location: London
Occupation: Recruitment Project Manager
Married: Yes
Children: One girl aged 5 months
Collecting interests: Vintage prototypes
Age: 37

I was born in London and have lived in Sydney, Melbourne and Hong Kong. I have a wife from Melbourne who funnily enough I met on returning to England after my first stint in Australia. We have been married for a year and have a lovely daughter called Lara who has just started to crawl so I think its time to hide the collection.

I started collecting just over 2 years ago and my main focus is on rare and foreign variants and first shot prototypes (I'm not much of a COO variant collector).

Outside of Star Wars collecting I am a fitness enthusiast and spend any spare time in the gym or running although since the arrival of my lovely daughter Lara - spare time is pretty rare.

Age :40
Location : Cleveland , OH
Occupation : Bartender ( i.e. adult babysitter )
Children : 5 year old pit bull
Main focus : loose figures and variations , potf coins . Been collecting on and off since the 90's when I went and dug up all my old stuff from when I was a kid , had a big modern collection , vintage carded stuff , ships , play sets , store displays .... sold it all off except the loose figures and have just been adding to that on and off since then . Just started on the coins last year .


other interests : vintage motorcycles ( currently have '77 Triumph Bonneville ) shooting guns , mopar muscle cars , art , all kinds of music ( rock and roll , oi! , metal , punk ... etc ) Cardiff City FC , going to shows , riding my bike , being a jerk

This is me out fishing last summer, hunting for the biggest trout on the tundra by boat.


Age: 32
Location: The norwegian tundra, 10 months of snow, 2 months of summer, 5 months of midnight sun.
Occupation: Freelance illustrator and part time student, studying 3D design and animation.
Children: None
Collecting: Focusing on most variations of licensed loose and "foreign" stormies, and looking to complete a Popy set, love Lili Ledy, and looking to
acquire my new grail, a Ledy MOC Stormie!


Interests: Movies in all forms, traditional animated movies are my faves though. I play some guitar, have 2 acoustic and 1 electric guitar, I am also a hobby tattooist,
I paint(although rarely), I draw, I am a craftsman, doing traditional handicrafts, like knives, drums, wooden cups and sorts. I love fishing, and can't wait for the season to
start here! I've been collecting misc stuff as well, but in the process of selling that side of the collection to fund my star wars addiction.

Me and my second child (I have a 4 year old boy, 2 year old boy and 5 month old girl).
Pets: 3 dogs and a turtle
Location: Rural Eastern Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Research Assistant at Children's Hospital (eHealth). Currently off on parental leave thanks to my sugar mama!
Collection: 4LOM and a bit of everything else. Just recently started a Plo Koon prototype collection. I'll limelight that once some more pieces start showing up.
Grail: 4LOM Offerless proof or hard copy (known) and 4LOM first shot (none around that I know of)
Interests: I play a lot of football (soccer) I'm on three clubs this year and coaching another. I'm on the field pretty much 5 or 6 times a week. I play and watch a lot of hockey in the winter. Between this and Star wars collecting I have a very accepting wife. I am going to have to scale it back to one or two teams in soccer next year though. I think I finally found her breaking point!
I played in grunge/punk bands growing up but don't get to play as often anymore (guitar and drums).

A big "+" for posting your pics and bio!

Interesting to read them all!

Where are the pretty faces of all the other 661 members?

Name: Tommy Svensson
Occupation: Project leader at Volvo Car Corporation
Location: Sweden
Star Wars collecting: Mostly Vintage MOC:s, have also a Luke Jedi focus. Have a complete run of loose figures. Also collects some autographs.
Hobbies: Running and watching hockey. Färjestad is my favourite team in Sweden and in the NHL it's of course The Detroit Red Wings.

LOL! Was looking for a thread on here like this yesterday...not very hard apparently





Name: Josh.A
Occupation: Self employed
Location: Australia
Star Wars collecting: Dengar related items.

Awesome pics guys, great to see more faces of the gang! Big "+" all around from me too

(Me and my two baby girls, big Star Wars fans.... the one on the left, now 9, loves Leia. The one of the right, now 11, loves Padme)

Name: Ryan Austin
Location: Tishomingo, OK (home of Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton)
Occupation: Former US Army, former HS football coach. Currently a computer/lab tech.
Education: B.S. in Behavioral Science, Oklahoma State University
Collection: Pretty much every loose vintage figure with about half the weapons. Only two MOC's so far (was supposed to be three, but it was damaged and sent back), I am just now getting back into this hobby since the mid-80's. Several vintage vehicles. Also have a TON of new figures 1995+ MOC including about 50 Leia's and Padme's (my girls figures). Still like to pick up current figures when I can. Got two last night... unpunched Rebel Trooper and Barriss Offee. Also build SW models, about 25 in all. The whole collection is being handed down to my girls when they are older.
Biggest hobby?: Oklahoma State athletics! FIESTA BOWL CHAMPS!!!!!!

Name: Jesse Wall
Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada
Occupation: Stay at home dad, previously a pharmacist
Married: Yes
Children: Two girls, 10 & 4
Focus: Darth Vader & Canadian items
Age: 36
Other interests: Geocaching, hiking, camping, skiing

Okay..what are we looking at here?

Josh wrote:

Okay..what are we looking at here?

Looks like a 'outdoors' made bowl/cup from wood. In US Army Special Forces training, and Marine Sniper School, you must create a eating/drinking bowl on your own throughout the hell week in the woods.

That said, I'm probably wrong

Yep you are wrong.
Its an geocaching hiding spot and the cache is underneath.

Just had a read up about it. Cool. I need to get out more.
You done a bit also, Dennis?

Good call Dennis! Geocaching has definitely become my outdoor addiction these days, so much to explore and uncover, from local parks to epic hikes.

Reallized i dont have any reasent mugshot taken on my external harddrive, they all are on my crashed one but here comes one taken in Denmark maybe 4 years ago. Nut much has changed but i have put on SOME weight and i have more tattoos

Here is me with my missus



Cheers, Mark

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