Got these gems today from Belgium. High Grade Luke Endor and Warok or Lumat... i can never remember those 2.

I had the good fortune to open these with a friend that is very dear to me. I usually do my unboxing after i eat my meal ( lunch or supper ) so if i am not happy with what i have received i dont eat on an upset stomach. But today i broke tradition because of her. She is so sweet and kind and a little fiesty like princess Leia. I just wanted to show her how crazy i am and pull out some of that Han Solo charm.




















As you can see i live on Hoth!  

Still hammering away at COO & Variant hunting, here's Feb's new purchases....



FX-7 - Hong Kong (#II-2b)
Bossk - Hong Kong (#1)
Rebel Commander - No COO (#5)
C-3PO Removable Limbs - Hong Kong (#3)



Chewbacca - Csillagok Haboruja Bootleg
R5-D4 - No COO (#I-2b)
C-3PO - Lili Ledy Silver/Light Gold (#III-1b)
Greedo - Melted COO (#I-2b)



Chewbacca - Taiwan (#IV)
Stormtrooper - Raised bar China (#I-2a)
Death Squad Commander - Hong Kong (#II-1a)
Imperial Commander - Hong Kong (#1)

That's a nice haul you've got there Stef!

Congratulations to everyone else on their new additions!   

This is what i have as of 03/2/14 give or take a few items i may have misplaced. I have impressed myself. The boxes have their toys inside, nothing is mint but in very decent collectable condition. Sorry about crappy shaky camera... hard to have good camera work done on a smartphone...


they muted the sound and reduced the visual quality for the preview.....

it looks better if you crank out the quality!

nice collection budspencer and nice aquisiiton walkie

here are 4 figs I received from spain this morning after more than two month of waiting. I tought I would never receive them but solance4ever and javispain (sergio and javi) gave me a huge help and support here, and I really would like to thank them here in public          because I answered a small annonce in spain for the fig, paid and then... no answer at anymore, except promises of sending the figs but nothing...and I know javi and sergio wrote to their contact there in spain to track down the guy who did that, and then as magic, I had an answer and received the fig. so thanks again a lot   this really makes my day and more

so there is a mint pbp rebel commander, a poch rebel soldier, for the at-at driver red symbol I am not sure it is a poch (more pictures in the pbp thread) and snowtrooper.


and I also received a pbp biker from dario diaz from swss after a trade with meccano figs. thanks dario

Thank you so much Tim BornTheYearOf! : )

I just acquired this Kenner stationery that originally came from a former Kenner Designer/Production Manager. This piece means a great deal to me (thank you Tim). My R5 with glued on head also came from the same employee originally. She worked on the vintage Star Wars line during all 3 movies... Thanks for looking : )
-Steve

My latest addition to my Trilogo MOC Collection   

Bud - congrats on your latest duo   

Stef - some lovely coo and variant pieces you just added

Nicholas - congrats on your loose figure pickups too   

Steve - again, well done on picking up the Kenner paperwork/art piece   

Tommy - that Leia Boushh Trilogo looks in nice shape. Cool pick up  

A pair of my new acquisitions!!
Both are very rare and really hard to find, specially the Darth Vader model kit
Both never played or assembled, complete!!!

Wow, the two ledy model kits are an excellent find, congrats   

wow some really nice recent pick ups guys   

Andrew - nice to see Jays minty boxed speeder bike went to a good home, very nice mate.

Bud - congrats on your two latest additions, love the video mate, your boxes look in fantastic condition. Its amazing to see it all laid out together like that    it must have taken quite a while to set it all up for the shoot, but I bet it was a lot of fun.

Stef - Some great new Kenner coo, boot and Ledy variants, they all look to be in really nice condition mate  
Picking up a few more coo variants is something I would like to concentrate a little bit more on this year   


Nicholas - wow some more vintage European goodies, your collection is really coming along very quickly. Do you also collect regular kenner and SA variants or are you solely focusing on just the Euro ones?

Steve -  that is a fantastic piece of artwork, by the former kenner employee, and another great piece for your collection, congrats   

Tommy -  that is one minty looking Leia Tri-logo moc, it can be quite tricky finding these without dings to the bubble, congrats.

DelToro_sith - wow those Ledy model kits are just amazing!!! Well done on finding those, and in such great condition, The Vader Tie is my fav and I keep meaning to pic up an MPC one at some point, but I'm not keen on paying the large international postage costs they charge on e bay, so it keeps putting me off  

what is "SA variant"? I like collecting variant, now I am focussing on tri/pbp and a little of ledy too. I think I got the main kenner. almost all taiwan, soon all china...and mainly meccano of course   

South American.....Ledy, Glasslite and Top Toys. But as you have Ledy in your collection, then you've already answered my question   

Not to be confused with S.A. in reference to single articulation bootlegs   

He he, yep what he said    wouldn't want to add any confusion  

These were the droids I was looking for!

A big thanks to Stef for spotting this and helping me find this guy:


I think its in really great shape and I got it at a steal too! Sticker is a little yellowed, but no rubs on the sides like normal and overall I like it.
This will replace my display R5 since it is pretty good.... It's not as nice as Nico's avatar - but good enough for my case!

And this guy isn't a recent pickup but a new discovery of sorts. I recarded this lil' guy a year ago for my first 21 recard project/display but never noticed this Gonk was a bit special!



I think this Gonk too will join my display case as the Gonk of choice.

Anyway.........

cheers!

Wow, that R5D4 and Gonk droids are very nice. Excellent loose additions.

Another Mini Rig to the collective.

ROTJ INT-4 (BI Logo)

http://forum.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data/4099/ROTJ_INT-4_Front.JPG

http://forum.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data/4099/ROTJ_INT-4_Back.JPG


Though the mini rig arrived sealed on both ends, I carefully shrink wrapped it last night.

Great pick ups everyone   

@Jay, Two fine looking droids there mate, Stef certainly is an eagle eye variant hunter  

I couldn't resist this when I saw it:

1980 Lee Wards Suncatcher: Princess Leia Organa (Bespin Gown)

I doubt I'll find one, but I would love to get one already complete.



I also posted this in the TIG World Of Odd - CRAFTS thread

Very nice droid variations Jay, I'm on the lookout for both of those myself   Also great sun catcher, I've not seen those before.

great new additions to your MIB mini rig collection Jason   

Nico wrote:

Stef certainly is an eagle eye variant hunter    

looks like Stef has been busy helping a lot of us recently   Stef spotted something I have been after for a while now and posted me the link. (see my last pics   )
I made the seller an offer, and he accepted   Thanks for all your help mate    

So a few new additions recently:

Luke Jedi, MITW coo#3 molded face.
I also picked up a bargain snap cape to complete him   pretty good condition, just a bit of paint rub to the inside of his hand.



POTF Anakin Figure,
picked this up for a good price, (including a Protech display cylinder and stand) as my only other example is my childhood figure with factory error, two left arms. So nice to have a normal example too.
Lobot no coo #6,
courtesy of stef, with an alternate belt and head compared to my coo#3 figure.



Some more bounty hunter coo variants, from left to right:
dull grey IG88 HK coo #6 (II.1a)
metalic head paint variant Zuckuss MIHK coo #1
PBP dark armor, pale face Dengar no coo scar #5
Euro/meccano Boba Fett no coo, smooth scar #6 (I.2a) (thanks Stef   )
finer sculpt, IG88 with hollow eyes and leg pipe sculpt detail no coo #4 (I.2a)



saved the best for last........ TT Vader Moc         





some lifting to the bubble at the bottom and bottom left side (got some toploaders on order)

http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t3495-top-loader-case-to-secure-bubbles?highlight=secure

a bit of bending to the card, but altogether not bad really. A nice looking moc, which has been on my want list for a while now.
Thanks again to Stef for your help and advice throughout this deal mate  

Nice pickups guys, and wow my ears are burning!!!!

@ Jay, If I see one mate, I'll be sure to let you know   

@ Chris,  Wow mate, Congrats     

Jay - congrats on the droid variants and the Leia suncatcher, thanks for adding that to the TIG World of Odd section too   

Chris - wow you've been busy mate    the TopToys Vader is just awesome    Nice bounty hunter loose variants too. Congrats as well on the Luke Jedi moulded face, I still want to add this variant to my loose figures one day. He's a cool figure   

Thanks guys   I can't tell you how happy I am to finally have a TT Vader in my collection     

@ Paul - Yeah the Luke molded face variant is great, I have been after one for years, but never got round to picking one up. I stumbled upon this one on e bay by chance, with a fairly cheap buy it now price, so had to get it   I hadn't realised Until I got it in hand, that the sculpt is different on the shoulders as well, compared to the MIHK painted face coos. The Taiwan variants appear to be broader, with bigger shoulder pads. Very 1980's 

nice fig guys