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ArtooDetour
Admin
Posts : 9074
Join date : 2010-03-13
 |  Subject: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014...  Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:43 pm | |
| What is the one favourite item you added to your collection in 2014?Was it a grail piece? An item long-missing from your collection? Someting to complete a run? A gift item or prize? Or just something that caught your eye at the time or a bargain you found? It doesn't have to be rare or expensive... Just show us your fave pick of 2014 and tell us why you were happy to add it. For me it was a boxed Glasslite X-Wing Fighter. I've always loved this version because of the unique colour and decals compared to other versions. It's also the first Brazilian item I've added to my collection so that makes it even more special. And it's dead minty   
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General Kahn
Force Addict
Posts : 3099
Join date : 2011-04-10
Age : 44
Location : England
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:13 pm | |
| I've picked up a few nice pieces this year, loose figures, I've managed to not only finally acquire a Poch Luke Bespin, but upgrade him twice as well!!! The final one being a gift from Marco which was an amazing gesture and a welcome pick-me-up at a draining time, so cheers for that Marco But my top score of the year with out question was my first ever Luke Bespin MOC  it's a total beater, but it's still an MOC and more to the point, one of the much harder Luke Bespin MOC's to find and with one of the much harder variants to find inside... the PBP Craramel Boots Luke.... and finally... it cost me £17.75 on ebay just 10 minutes after I sold a loose caramel boots Luke Bespin to Bobby Bobs for £17.50!!! Sorry Christian but you funded my score of the year  |
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DarthBerizing
Johnpaul Ragusa
Posts : 7050
Join date : 2009-11-24
Age : 51
Location : Dutchess County, NY
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:08 pm | |
| Nice stuff guys! As a beater MOC fan, I love that Luke (and that your ass isn't somewhere in the pic LOL) I really don't have a favorite item so I'm not sure what to put. The Headman seems like the easy choice but I'm going to say it's the Canadian Boba Fett MOC. It's in great shape, and way harder to find than the US version.  |
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arohk
Jedi Knight
Posts : 1615
Join date : 2012-06-27
Age : 58
Location : Canada
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Fri Jan 02, 2015 11:42 pm | |
| This is tough as there are so many things I got last year, but if I have to chose a item then this would be it. I found it at a local thrift store for dirt cheap but the main reason is as a kid it was the one game I had that I loved playing so finding it brought back lots of fond memories for me.  |
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ourchickenshack
Force Addict
Posts : 4282
Join date : 2012-03-25
Location : Oklahoma
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:44 am | |
| Great Stuff guys  love the X-Wing Paul I think mine is the Darth Aper I bought from Ozio   |
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BruceW
Imperial Gunner
Posts : 59
Join date : 2010-09-11
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:47 am | |
| Without a doubt, my favorite of 2014 would have to be my Princesse Leia Organa 12 back MOC! I've wanted one for quite a while and finally pulled the trigger when this came up for auction!  |
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psybertech
TIG Benefactor
Posts : 2906
Join date : 2013-01-30
Age : 51
Location : TX
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:44 pm | |
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Dr Dengar
TIG Benefactor
Posts : 7048
Join date : 2010-05-07
Age : 52
Location : The Netherlands
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:37 pm | |
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Nico
TIG Benefactor
Posts : 1460
Join date : 2013-03-22
Location : Wirral, UK
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:41 pm | |
| Some real great items there guy's That Glasslite X-wing Rocks Paul POCH Black neck Lando  Thank you Javi, this was my favourite buy of 2014 (Thanks for letting me borrow this picture ) Cheers mate, Andy  |
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chiktabba
Imperial Lieutenant
Posts : 239
Join date : 2013-03-12
Age : 47
Location : Paris France
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:26 am | |
| hi guys, great topic!!! nice pick up every one! I got nothing to compare like yours! It was a hard question, so many new things, like all my spanish figures, i found all of them this year!  but maybe I will choose some meccano things like those:    |
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aussiejames
Admin
Posts : 7732
Join date : 2009-11-12
Age : 50
Location : Western Australia
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:48 am | |
| I've had a great collecting year. Impossible to single out just one favourite. I completed my Toltoys NN offer cardback run, got quite a few precious gifts from some friends (you know who you are  ) Ledy Fett Cardback was a treat, if I had to choose just one favourite purchase it would be this little aussie:  |
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eljawa
Imperial Officer
Posts : 132
Join date : 2012-09-04
Location : 204 Canada
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:19 pm | |
| So many great finds this year. So love the Meccano Death Star Chic! And that X-Wing is beautiful Paul. My favorite purchase was probably this Canadian Imperial Stormtrooper (Hoth) Transitional. I love these "trannies" Sorry I didnt unwrap it.    |
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JesseVader08
TIG Benefactor
Posts : 646
Join date : 2010-03-05
Age : 48
Location : Kelowna, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:47 am | |
| I really enjoyed my collecting in 2014 and picked up a number of great pieces. But the highlight has to be the final vintage piece I bought this year to end with a bang, a Death Star with the "suitcase" style Kenner Canada box. It's freakin' huge! The trash monster is hiding in the Trash Compactor and I was gifted a Rope to complete it -- so many reasons for it to be memorable.  |
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Commander Clint
TIG Benefactor
Posts : 1996
Join date : 2012-04-10
Age : 54
Location : Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:12 am | |
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walkie
Senior Developer
Posts : 5086
Join date : 2012-11-05
Age : 47
Location : UK
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:11 pm | |
| I've been picking my brains over the last few days and after toying between my loose Takara Vader or complete Hungarian Luke FB I decided to pick this purchase from March'14  R2-D2 (Lili Ledy 12") http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t6765p120-your-latest-vintage-purchases-volume-10 But sod it rules are meant to be broken and as I have two focus's, here's something from my paperwork collection which I know several people would love to get their grubby mitts on!!!  The Empire Strikes Back - Bipod Ship (Meccano) Instruction Sheet http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t6765p525-your-latest-vintage-purchases-volume-10 |
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yodas_uncle
New User
Posts : 11
Join date : 2011-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:37 pm | |
| Drool  I'm semi retired from collecting, the items I want are now very expensive( Vlix, uzay bluestars, Droids 3P0) but I love all of the above! **(Mod edit)**I have recently retired from real work and will now use my Collecting knowledge to try to make a business. Not a plug just facts, so I hope the mods can leave me be for a while. Who knows I might just get my goodies down from the loft and show **Sorry - When you reach your 40 posts you can start a thread in the classifieds to sell your goodies ** |
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Cotasnoova
New User
Posts : 1
Join date : 2014-07-05
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:07 am | |
| I was happy to add a MOC first 21 collection in 2014! Several Vehicles to boot including an AFA 90 Empire AT AT.
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cantina_patron
TIG Benefactor
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Join date : 2011-10-26
Age : 52
Location : UK
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yodas_uncle
New User
Posts : 11
Join date : 2011-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:19 pm | |
| - cantina_patron wrote:
- 2014 wasn't my most active year for collecting, but I did get some nice items. This Ledy Han is my favourite.
 Sweet pickup I have about 3 and they all have some sort of issue, think my latest one has a repro black gun, made me puke! If I owned him he would be off to ukg in a flash, |
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Nico
TIG Benefactor
Posts : 1460
Join date : 2013-03-22
Location : Wirral, UK
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:18 pm | |
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chris.75
TIG Benefactor
Posts : 1336
Join date : 2011-04-03
Age : 48
Location : UK
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:46 pm | |
| I've been thinking about this one for a while, as I have picked up so many variants in 2014, that i'm very fond of..... A Top Toys Vader MOC, a PBP fat lips Bossk, blobbed out coo PBP Vader, Blonde Leia Bespin, Poch dark red eyes IG88, both open and club hand , Hungarian Vader bootlegs, a Poch C3P0 (a personal gift from a good friend) Clipper mail away and my awesome secret santa gifts, to name just a few. Plus there are some new favourites still to arrive in the post, from last years purchases But I think my favourite purchase from 2014 has to be this dude   My Top Toys loose Vader
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frunkstar
Imperial Commander
Posts : 355
Join date : 2011-09-19
Age : 54
Location : In the middle of nowhere - North Wales
| | Subject: Re: Your top pick! Fave Purchase of 2014... Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:34 pm | |
| Some outstanding pick ups this year guys, love the Meccano death Star, but that Glasslite X-wing is a peach For me it would usually be an easy choice as most of what I pick up is run of the mill production stuff, but this has been my most hectic pick up year ever with things coming in thicker & faster than my wallet could cope with, but I think it has to be this palitoy Emperor singe figure shipping case near full (only 2 missing) -   & I know its one not 2, but this was a gift done for me by another member on one of the other forums & I was/am thrilled to bits with it -  |
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