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AussieFortuna Imperial Admiral
Posts : 603 Join date : 2012-07-02 Age : 49 Location : sydney city Australia
| Subject: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:04 pm | |
| Hi fellow Kenner lovers, My names Tone, and i have finally decided to join this place, ( long time overdue ).
Im from sydney Australia, been a lover of Kenner vintage since my childhood over 30 years ago.. I dont know what it is about these little starwars figures n toys but like alot of you guys they just hit the spirit and memory of my childhood. I never get sick of them, they are like modern art to me, and i would rather buy them than a painting or other art any day. I can still remember playing with them in my back yard as a kid, lol, thats where most of them still lay, buried under dirt ,melted broken,lost, and shot with lead pellets from my dads slug gun,gee i used to give them a hard time... So over the years as a kid i lost most of the few that i had, but about 10 years ago, i found my old trusty chewie, n he started the ball rollin again, since then ive collected every figure plus about 60 variations loose, even tracked down a blue snag n yak, which i never thought i would own, and wow, these figures have a real warmth to them for me, they bring the memories of that special time as a kid back, and i see them as a real special part of American and to a lesser degree Aussie toy culture...
Im not somebody that lives and breaths starwars, im a lure fisherman, spearfisho, a DH bike rider, love renovating homes and landscaping, but in my lounge room my Kenner figures take pride of place in a nice glass cabinet, infact im running out of space, i have about 250 loose figures and they are taking over the house, lol, i dont know where the hell you guys that collect carded figures fit all yours, but im staying away from the carded in fear of me getting addicted to the cards aswell.
anyway im looking forward to being a part of the community here, putting my 2 cents worth in the forums and buying a few things out of the classifieds, im really dribbling on here arnt i, but i just wanted to say a big gday and looking forward to talking to you fellow kenner lovers out there, cheers n thanks for reading......
p.s, would love to here from any other sydney collectors on here, cheers |
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ArtooDetour Admin
Posts : 9074 Join date : 2010-03-13
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:36 pm | |
| Welcome to TIG Tone Hope you enjoy our little corner of the SW collecting world |
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AussieFortuna Imperial Admiral
Posts : 603 Join date : 2012-07-02 Age : 49 Location : sydney city Australia
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lee gray Imperial Gunner
Posts : 45 Join date : 2010-10-16 Age : 54 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:23 pm | |
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RebelChris Force Addict
Posts : 2105 Join date : 2009-11-19 Age : 44 Location : Wyoming, USA
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:27 pm | |
| Welcome Tone! It's great to have you aboard. Put on your seatbelt you're in for a wild ride! |
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Chris_J Force Addict
Posts : 4227 Join date : 2009-11-19 Age : 53 Location : US
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:06 pm | |
| Welcome Tone. As Chris said this is a wild ride here. Hope the insurance is paid up. |
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Bluestars Imperial Officer
Posts : 123 Join date : 2010-12-01 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:41 pm | |
| welcome mate. nice to have an aussie on board. cheers, mike |
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Gorneesh Imperial Admiral
Posts : 735 Join date : 2011-03-31 Age : 49 Location : Midlands U.K.
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:42 pm | |
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yeah-sus TIG Benefactor
Posts : 708 Join date : 2011-01-24 Age : 48 Location : sweden
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:56 pm | |
| Welcome to tig tone, i think you gonna like it here |
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Dark Sith Lord TIG Benefactor
Posts : 1051 Join date : 2011-07-11 Age : 31 Location : Derbyshire UK
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:09 pm | |
| Welcome to TIG Tone |
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Yzerman Imperial Admiral
Posts : 555 Join date : 2009-11-21 Age : 49 Location : SWEDEN
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:23 pm | |
| Welcome to TIG. Hope you enjoy your stay! |
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Dr Dengar TIG Benefactor
Posts : 7048 Join date : 2010-05-07 Age : 53 Location : The Netherlands
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:21 pm | |
| Welcome aboard, Tone. Have fun and enjoy your stay here! |
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A_new_hope Imperial Lieutenant
Posts : 266 Join date : 2011-07-28 Location : Sweden
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:36 pm | |
| Ill throw in a aswell!! |
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greedo_porter New User
Posts : 6 Join date : 2012-07-04
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:22 am | |
| What a coincidence, i just joined today, im from Sydney and we both have greedo in our user names |
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Stargeezer TIG Benefactor
Posts : 721 Join date : 2009-11-19 Age : 42 Location : Belgium
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:21 am | |
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Tank1252 Force Addict
Posts : 2259 Join date : 2009-11-10 Age : 53 Location : Coffs Harbour, Australia
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:31 am | |
| Welcome Tone. Good to have you onboard m8. I'm up in Coffs, but get down to Sydney pretty regularly. |
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AussieFortuna Imperial Admiral
Posts : 603 Join date : 2012-07-02 Age : 49 Location : sydney city Australia
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:41 am | |
| TO EVERYBODY THATS GIVEN ME A WELCOME THANKS GUYS aaaaaaaaahhhh its nice to be welcome haha |
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AussieFortuna Imperial Admiral
Posts : 603 Join date : 2012-07-02 Age : 49 Location : sydney city Australia
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:45 am | |
| - Tank1252 wrote:
- Welcome Tone. Good to have you onboard m8. I'm up in Coffs, but get down to Sydney pretty regularly.
hey brother, thanks for the welcome mate, when ever you leave gods country up there in coffs n come down to sydney, give us a yell mate, be great to meet you, im in the heart of the city, so if you come in to town ,lunch might be in order, cheers |
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Christian Imperial Officer
Posts : 95 Join date : 2009-11-19 Age : 51 Location : Bath, Somerset
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:52 am | |
| Welcome Tone.
However, be warned MOC figures will get you in the end.... start converting that basement now!
Cheers, Christian |
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AussieFortuna Imperial Admiral
Posts : 603 Join date : 2012-07-02 Age : 49 Location : sydney city Australia
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:42 am | |
| - Christian wrote:
- Welcome Tone.
However, be warned MOC figures will get you in the end.... start converting that basement now!
Cheers, Christian LOL, Christian, i think your right mate, i have to admit, im already thinking of doing the cheap ROTJ run on cards, but i think im going to see Joe first, and have a dabble into the world of bootlegs, and i will keep collecting loose variants for sure, i love oddball variants, im going to put a Bib Fortuna focus together, n hot on my list is a ledy red burgundy cape n as many diff caped variants i can find....i have the full run loose of standard kenners, all i need is an upgrade of the poor quality POTF pop up r2d2 i have n i will be looking for that on here, and i still need an upgraded orange n brown haired luke farmboy, but all in good time, cheers mate |
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Josh TIG Benefactor
Posts : 1545 Join date : 2009-11-23
| Subject: Re: First Post, A warm hello to the community.... Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:48 am | |
| Yup...you're screwed. Welcome aboard, Tone. |
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