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Previous Volumes -

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 1

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 2

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 3

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 4

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 5

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 6

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 7

Your latest Vintage Purchases! Volume 8


Your Latest Vintage Purchases Volume 9

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Welcome to Volume 10!!


who's going first?

I was expecting more arrivals this week, but the past two days we have been pounded by snow here in the North East US, so things are backed up at the post office I guess.

BUT....

Here's an upgrade to my regular Ledy Leia Bespin. The cape does have a small rip under her left arm however. But both the figure and cape are a nice upgrade over my Leias. :)Blaster is a V4 Blue based on my guide. Nothing  unique.



And I didn't read the listing right and received this Speeder Bike which the bike parts are still all factory sealed. I wanted it to play with display.   
Box is in nice shape and doesn't have that harsh crease on the back which is nice. Came with Jedi Collections cat and paperwork too.



I do want to trade this for a complete loose Speeder Bike in like new condition plus something extra. Anyone interested, PM me for more pics.

Anyway..........
cheers!

Congratulations, those are two very nice pieces Jay!  
The MIB Speeder Bike is one of the best I've seen.   

Great pickups Jay! Very nice MIB Speeder Bike  

 I like very much!

I'm very happy to add this 12" scale Chewbacca to my small 12" collection.  I now have Vader, Fett, Jawa and Chewie.



And a couple of Canadian cardbacks, I'm getting fairly close to having at least one of every figure.

Catching up with your latest purchases. You guys go fast, Volume 10 already!  


Ryan: Nice minty AT-ST driver, Snowtrooper, and Zuckuss  MOCs. Congrats on the Trilogo R2 too.  
Your MOC collection is rapidly growing.

Larry: Great oddball Darth Vader speaker phone!  

Chris: Nice SW-C Vader baggie. On my wish list too to complete my DV case one day.
Congrats on the Trilogo Vader too.

Steve (bonglee23): Thank you for the info on the German posters. Much appreciated. +
Congrats on the Trilogo AT-ST Driver and AT-AT Driver. The AT-AT Driver looks very minty.

Alex: Nice set of Stormis and Luke Bespin cardbacks.    
Great that James helped you with the shallow V Power Droid. And that is a fantastic set of deck cards from Jay!  

Nicolas: Congrats on the PBP catalog and showing us some pics of it being unfolded.

Jay: Sweet Playmobil R2  knock off.
I still should have my childhood one at my parent's place somewhere. Together with a Space shuttle like vehicle from the same line.

Stef: Nice minty set of loose figure additions. The Hungarian Han Solo is pretty convincing. At first look, I didn't realize it was a bootleg.

Jay: Fantastic that you managed to pick some more SW childhood toys at your parent's home! The reassembled Death Star playset looks great. That must be a great feeling looking at it after all those years.  
I can't help you with more info on the Vader mask, but it is a great idea to have it displayed in your collection. For sure your brother would have liked it that way.
Sweet set of cardbacks too. The Palitoy SDC rocks! As well as the Ledy Cloud car Pilot off course.

Clint: Congrats finding some many new US and Canadian cardbacks.

Steve: Nice score on the mint Ledy Ackbar and B-Wing Pilot.
The LL Ackbar is a tricky one. Good decision to buy it from a reliable source.
And great that you liked our little gift.

Lee (eljawa). The tranistion card CCP is a gem.  
Nice mini collection of transition cards BTW.  

Adam: Congrats on the Ledy Imperial Commander.

Bud: Very mint Imperial Dignitary w/o nose rubs. Well done.

Nicolas: Nice set of loose figures from good sources. Your POCH and PBP collection is steadily growing. Nice!

Jesse: Great 12 inch Chewie and Canadian cardbacks!

Jay: Congrats on the MIB Speeder Bike and the Ledy Leia Bespin. Nice additions!
To be honest - and being a Lili Ledy collector this is a hard thing to say, but here it goes  - the Ledy Leia Bespin head sculpt really sucks!
I mean, seriously, is that the face of a princess?  



Cheers guys,

Have a nice weekend!

Marco

I'm over the moon with this one. My first 'Star Wars' MOC. I don't have a huge budget for MOCs but a First Film one was an obvious gap in the collection. I got this guy for £56 delivered. Nobody else seemed to fancy bidding on him possibly due to a poor description. He has a crease up the bottom middle of the card but the seal is the real deal so I'm glad I took the chance.

FINALLY!!!

Hungarian overflow!!!!

I completed my Vader...and my brown haired Leia!!!



I am so damn proud of that Vader now!! I dont know...but I only know of three complete ones (with red molded saber...and of course I am talking loose)

Jesse - nice Canadian backs - by chance do you have a Leia Bespin you could share a picture of?

Chip - yeah, for some reason Jawa MOCs don't go for too much and good deals can be had on them.

Wolff - love those Hungarians! That Vader is very nice and that Leia's face is very nice compared to the one you have FS right now! Congrats!!!!

One day I hope to add a Hungry Luke to my farmboy focus.   

OH and Marco - yeah, the Ledy Leia Bespin is fugly!!! There are two different masks I believe (too hard to confirm since the ones I have in hand are worn and unable to really tell if they are different or better/poorly applied)
Either way, neither are great - the eyes are too low in the socket and the lack of eyebrows is just weird.
But like a lot of Ledy's, she is definitely unique.

cheers!

......sorry...but if you find that Leia figure ugly....wait for some of the Hoth variants     

Seriously ....LL isn't also not the most ugliest bespin version IMO!!

And Jay....I have a "black" haired one with a prettier face....brown hair also looks a bit strict    

some fantastic new pic ups guys, as always   
Loving that Hungarian Vader bootleg Wolff very nice mate.

nothing particularly fancy from me, but i'm happy to add these coo variants to my collection.
I picked up the Ledy Biker Scout, with Ledy blaster from the U.S and it spurred me on to pick up a few other coo variants.


from left to right MIHK, MITW, LL, no coo skinny limbs


Also a couple of Palitoy/European, no coo figures and after seeing that cool little Playmobil R2 knockoff of Jays, i picked this one up cheap, but he's missing his decals.


no coo Palitoy/Euro Dengar, Playmobil Space GE5P, no coo Palitoy/Euro IC

Declan: Congrats landing your first 12-back. Must feel like a sweet victory getting it so cheap!

Wolff: Very nice you managed to add two more loose Hungarians to your focus.   

psybertech wrote:

OH and Marco - yeah, the Ledy Leia Bespin is fugly!!! There are two different masks I believe (too hard to confirm since the ones I have in hand are worn and unable to really tell if they are different or better/poorly applied)
Either way, neither are great - the eyes are too low in the socket and the lack of eyebrows is just weird.
But like a lot of Ledy's, she is definitely unique.

cheers!

Yeah, she might not be the prettiest girl in the class, but you can bet I appreciate her very much nonetheless.
Forgot about Hamburger Hoth Leia, thanks for reminding me Wolff.  

wbobafett wrote:

......sorry...but if you find that Leia figure ugly....wait for some of the Hoth variants     

Seriously ....LL isn't also not the most ugliest bespin version IMO!!

And Jay....I have a "black" haired one with a prettier face....brown hair also looks a bit strict    

Yeah, I have to agree that Leia got the short end of the stick in the face department on pretty much all her versions.
Most Bespins are ugly with the exception of the 'pretty faced' (Ledy/Poch/Kenner/Palitoy) ones and raised bar China Kenners IMO. The rest vary in degrees of ugliness.
Hoth is overall the worst I think - Poncho not good - Boushh not too bad - white official ones overall had decent sculpts.

But overall, it is almost like the sculptors had no idea what a woman looked like (no offense to any Kenner sculptors who may read this ) ! And I am shocked they didn't over emphasize her boobs.

cheers!

psybertech wrote:

wbobafett wrote:

......sorry...but if you find that Leia figure ugly....wait for some of the Hoth variants     

Seriously ....LL isn't also not the most ugliest bespin version IMO!!

And Jay....I have a "black" haired one with a prettier face....brown hair also looks a bit strict    

Yeah, I have to agree that Leia got the short end of the stick in the face department on pretty much all her versions.
Most Bespins are ugly with the exception of the 'pretty faced' (Ledy/Poch/Kenner/Palitoy) ones and raised bar China Kenners IMO. The rest vary in degrees of ugliness.
Hoth is overall the worst I think - Poncho not good - Boushh not too bad - white official ones overall had decent sculpts.

But overall, it is almost like the sculptors had no idea what a woman looked like (no offense to any Kenner sculptors who may read this ) ! And I am shocked they didn't over emphasize her boobs.

cheers!

If only Hoth had a helmet like boushh     

I forgot to mention Chris' newest addition. Congrats on your short mouth Bikerscout and the other loose figures, mate!
That is the Made in China Imperial Commander?

psybertech wrote:

Yeah, I have to agree that Leia got the short end of the stick in the face department on pretty much all her versions.

cheers!

Slightly Off topic, but you ever seen the POTF2 Leia?  She looks like a man.   



http://www.rebelscum.com/POTF2leia.asp

Come to think of it, as much as everyone wanted a Slave Leia in the line, I hate to think how un-sexy they would have made her.   Perhaps if they did, I might have been turned off to Slave Girls and Strippers.  

Marco, that's no man, it's a female Russian shot putter!  

Dr Dengar wrote:

I forgot to mention Chris' newest addition. Congrats on your short mouth Bikerscout and the other loose figures, mate!
That is the Made in China Imperial Commander?

Thanks for the coo info correction Marco  

That is one fugly Leia, I dont really like any of the figures in this line, they are all way too muscular

Congrats on the SW Jawa chipsteak, that's a hell of a find for £56!

Wolff, those weapons for your Hungarian boots look fantastic.  Vader kicks so much ass!

Chris, great looking Scouts, the quality of your pics are as nice as the figures themselves.

psybertech wrote:

Jesse - nice Canadian backs - by chance do you have a Leia Bespin you could share a picture of?

Sure do, I dug it out and grabbed a couple quick pics.  I really need to build/buy a light box, my old one got trashed when we moved.

My Bespin Leia is a 41B, she's also available on 31A and 31B backs (source).

JesseVader08 wrote:

....My Bespin Leia is a 41B, she's also available on 31A and 31B backs ....

OK... I REALLLLLLLLY want that 41B!
This changes my knowledge on Leia Bespin cardbacks.

The picture used for that Candian 41B is the "Profile" picture which up until now, I believed only was used on:
Kenner 31B
Palitoy 30A
and a slightly modified profile picture on the Tri-Logos

It is very strange the 41B used that and to be honest, I would have thought it was fake!
I have recently seen a 41 back custom printed card that used a "profile" picture and laughed at it. Now I have to wonder if the creator used a Canadian 41B as a source.

Regardless, I am very, very interested in that! Do you have a spare?   

Thanks, Jesse, for sharing that!!!

Nice pickups everyone , good stuff!!

Got a couple of cool items in!

Miscard General Madine on Chewbacca



Jabba Pre-Production (Thanks Tim!!)

Nice hauls as ever.

Is it my imagination or is there a higher than normal amount of miscards on later-era Palitoy figures? During the era when they introduced the bigger, more shapeless bubbles. Was there a lot of alcohol consumed in Coalville circa 1984?

Jesse - congrats on the Chewie and Canadian cardback additions    Good luck finishing the character run!

Chipsteak - Congrats, I think you got a great SW moc for your 56 quid all in!   

Wolff - Congrats on the Hungarians! I like their accessories too - Vader's cape and red moulded weapons - gives them a slight vampiric look imo. Vader's saber even looks like blood is dripping from it  

wbobafett wrote:

I completed my Vader...and my brown haired Leia!!!  

Chris - Great line up of minty Biker Scout baddies   
and good you managed to add a Playmobil GE-5P robot. Even without decals he is cool. My frst one had damaged decals but since then I managed to find a better one online. The Playmo space series is a really cool line  


http://thevintagetoyadvertiser.org/category/playmobil-playmobil/



John - Congrats on the Madine/Chewie miscard and the cool Jabba proto!!   



Marco - Nice review. Agree that POTF2 Leia sculpt is bad... the figure is sometimes known as the 'Monkey-faced Leia'

Dr Dengar wrote:

psybertech wrote:

Yeah, I have to agree that Leia got the short end of the stick in the face department on pretty much all her versions.cheers!

Slightly Off topic, but you ever seen the POTF2 Leia?  She looks like a man.   



http://www.rebelscum.com/POTF2leia.asp

Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/85568461643295347/

Nice additions everyone. @ John, congratulations on getting the pre-production Jabba!