Slowly adding.... starting to get more ESB figures. This 47 back Greedo is in decent shape. The card is solid, aside from some jackoff that tried to tear off the sticker and took a 1/2 inch piece of the card with it.

The bubble is crystal clear but has a slight pinch on the upper right.






Oh, I also got my girls this:



1988, 50th Anniversary set. (They love The Wizard of Oz)

very nice greedo card, and lovely wisard of oz figure. when were they produce?

chiktabba wrote:

very nice greedo card, and lovely wisard of oz figure. when were they produce?

They are the 50th Anniv. figures, produced in 1988 by Muli Toys. Most are in C7+ shape, one has a pinched bubble and one has a warped card. My girls don't care, they just like to look at them. Unfortunately, Star Cases aren't tall enough for the MOCs.

Great recent pickups everyone!
Ryan, you know I am a sucker for Leia Bespin! Glad your daughter likes her!

SO I have a few neat pickups, nothing exotic like I was hoping (I chased that POCH 37/41 Leia Bespin cardback on eBay and fell considerably short of its sale ).

First, a cheap Ledy beater off ebay. ($8.55!) I couldn't resist!   



Next, factory error COO#2 Turtle Neck unpainted hands and necklace.
What is odd and I cannot explain is the head does not belong with the body. The head is from a COO#3 family.  
Head swap of end of life mix up of overstock?

I might rip her head off if it bothers me too much.




And finally, a COO#2 Crew neck - unpainted eyes!




I have checked and looked and they both appear legit (never painted versus paint removed)

Anyway.... cool error pieces to add to my stuff.

cheers!

Sorry for the back-to-back posts, but........
                                       










Why am I so happy and excited???

A tad over 1 year ago, my father brought by a small bit of old Star Wars figures from my childhood he found in the attic at, what was at the time, my grandparents house. I didn't go there too often, but I did have some figures there and they were barely played with. When he brought them over with a few other bits, my interest in the hobby was ignited and this past year has been fun as hell.

So... I got a call from my pops a few days ago that he found more in the basement!!!!!
Not much, he just said a "few things" and that if I came by this weekend, I would get one and only one and to get the rest, each time I stopped by I would get another. Its his way of saying I don't stop by enough .

He didn't want to tell me what he found, but I did pry out of him what my treat for today would be and he said it was Luke's ship (hence my WTB Luke X-Wing pilot bump). hehe

I don't know what else there is other than this was the best piece he found and I am over the moon about it!!!

The electronics work (thanks to Bud for his thread here on getting to the motor to jump start it), the canopy is pretty clear and overall, not too much yellowing at all.

It was found in a box, inside a garbage bag behind 25+ years of junk (well, I assume junk haha).

I can't wait to see what else was there - I have a feeling there are only 2 or 3 more tops, but it doesn't matter what he found, I am just happy to have a little more of my stuff back!

QUESTION:

Is there a way to tell what release this X-Wing is? ANH? ESB? ROTJ?
For what it is worth, the figures found last year only went up to the ESB line (32 back stuff) but I don't know if that means anything.

Anyway.. so happy! Very weird and man, after watching Plastic Galaxy, all I can say is one of my childhood X-Wings is in much better condition than that one dudes!
It wouldn't matter if it was worse of course!

cheers!

psybertech wrote:

QUESTION:

Is there a way to tell what release this X-Wing is? ANH? ESB? ROTJ?
For what it is worth, the figures found last year only went up to the ESB line (32 back stuff) but I don't know if that means anything.

Congrats on the X-Wing    Yours can be SW and ESB.
The white electronic versions appeared in both SW and early ESB boxes before switching to battle-damage sticker versions and the grey plastic versions.  
http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t4137-potb-project-outside-the-box-your-one-stop-place-for-star-wars-vehicles-playsets-rigs-creatures-etc#X-Wing

Jay, Great that you have been reunited with your childhood X-Wing.

I wish I had my old X-Wing!

Some fantastic pick ups guys, gotta get me a TT Vader at some point   
Really nice looking mocs Ryan and some great looking Meccano cardbacks Nicholas.
Jay, some very interesting factory error leia's for your focus. That x wing looks in great condition mate, congrats on being reunited with it after all these years. I'm interested to see what else your dad's got saved for you   

It's been a while since i posted any recent purchases, so I thought it was about time. these have all been acquired over the last few months:

A Polish unart and ESB-H baggie.
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This is an interesting variant, it appears to be a mixed up Ledy overstock figure, with a kenner head. The coo is IV.1a and the limbs and torso are ledy, with Ledy accessories, but a kenner head sculpt?

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comparison head shot IV.1a on the left, Ledy on the right
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A 12" inch vader
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A Glasslite second coo variant, the same one as featured in Stef's Glasslite discussion thread
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A light blue PBP/Euro Fett (double scar coo) and PBP/Euro Snowy
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A Poch Vader
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And finally a VI.2c PBP/Euro Vader with the blobbed out coo, "H" remaining.

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edit: oops forgot this MIM 77 back Moc

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Massive thanks to Stef, Kenneth, James and Paul (Kisstour03) for helping to give my Vader focus a big boost this year    

WOW fantastic!

Catching up with your latest acquired stuff over the past three weeks....  

Joe (Curch): Sweet Walrusman on ESB MOC with Jawa gun!   
BTW: Your MOC collection looks very tidy in those new Star Cases.

Ryan: Congrats on the Trilogo Han Trenchcoat.   
About the broken blaster: Maybe the gun was broken off wrongly from the sprue, causing it to have a very weak spot down the barrel?
Nice 31B Leia Bespin and 47 Greedo too!   
Wow, Wizard of Oz MOCs. Never seen these before.  Cool stuff. 




Source: http://agentmlovestacos.com/post/159250691/oz-wars-a-star-wars-wizard-of-oz-mashup

Tommy: Nice Han Bespin Trilogo MOC.   

Eljawa: Nice Canadian cardbacks. The Lobot transitional card MOC is a real gem, congrats!   

AF: Hungarian pignose Yoda...That's a very nice pick up.   

Bonglee: Great German poster, never seen it before. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you manage to get the other two versions. How do these look like?  

Steve: A engineering pilot C-3PO. Fantastic addition to your focus prototype collection.  Well done.   
Good luck hunting the remaining four: Vader, Solo, Stormtrooper and Jawa.
Maybe you will have some luck like that guy on RS who found a few Cantina Alien First shots in the wild.

Stef: Great bunch of COO variants.  Great pictures too.
Love that POCH LXW!   

Chopper: Nice Top Toys Logray!   
That must have been fun going through your collection with a fellow collector. Only 15 spares in a collection of 500+ figures, nice!

Jimmy: Congrats picking up a TopToys Stormi and Chief Chirpa!   


PrimeTimeJedi: Congrats picking up a haul of nice vintage stuff.   
If you like show us some pics next time, so we can enjoy them as much as you do.

Nicolas: Nice Meccano cardbacks!   

Jay: Congrats on the factory error Leia Bespin figures for your focus collection.
Here is a picture which you might like, from a cool blog, featuring more vintage Leias.


Source: http://xmfinevintage.blogspot.nl/2012_08_01_archive.html

Chris: Fantastic additions of loose Vader figures to your focus collection!   
POCH, PBP (with blopped out COO), MIM Vader....YEAH!!!

Interesting mixed up Ledy figure.
Can you post this in the Ledy thread as well? Maybe we get some more input then.

Guys, thank you for sharing all your newest stuff.

Cheers
Marco

Dr Dengar wrote:

Stef: Great bunch of COO variants.  Great pictures too.
Love that POCH LXW!   

Hmmm,   I will never ask where he came from as I'm pretty sure anyway . He also once belonged to wolff by the look of it as I spotted him in his POCH guide (bottom image right figure & bottom image middle back).

http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/poch-variants/luke-pilot/

Dr Dengar wrote:

Chris: Fantastic additions of loose Vader figures to your focus collection!   
POCH, PBP (with blopped out COO), MIM Vader....YEAH!!!

Interesting mixed up Ledy figure.
Can you post this in the Ledy thread as well? Maybe we get some more input then.

Guys, thank you for sharing all your newest stuff.

Cheers
Marco

Yeah sure Marco, will do   .

walkie wrote:

Dr Dengar wrote:

Stef: Great bunch of COO variants.  Great pictures too.
Love that POCH LXW!   

Hmmm,   I will never ask where he came from as I'm pretty sure anyway . He also once belonged to wolff but the look of it as I spotted him in his POCH guide (bottom image right figure & bottom image middle back).

http://swspaceclub.com/wbobafett/poch-variants/luke-pilot/

Clever observation, Clouseau.   



Source: http://www.movieramblings.com/category/features/page/11/

chris.75 wrote:

Dr Dengar wrote:

Chris: Fantastic additions of loose Vader figures to your focus collection!   
POCH, PBP (with blopped out COO), MIM Vader....YEAH!!!

Interesting mixed up Ledy figure.
Can you post this in the Ledy thread as well? Maybe we get some more input then.

Guys, thank you for sharing all your newest stuff.

Cheers
Marco

Yeah sure Marco, will do   .

Thanks, Chris!   

I really love seeing the focus collectors. Hopefully at some point I can get away from just collecting random MOCs to focus on one or two figures. Of course, I'd pick the most expensive ones

Just got this guy in today, the AT-ST driver card and bubble are in extremely nice condition, especially for a ROTJ card.

this is my newest addition I just need to get the instruction booklet which I can get on ebay it's a 1983 Darth Vader speaker phone this is the first time I seen one it's very cool looking I found it at my friends store.

I'm really enjoying seeing all of your latest purchases guys. Keep up the good work!   

Another really nice moc Ryan, looks to be in great shape, you must have quite a few now   
what can I say Larry, a man after my own heart, very cool looking vintage Vader speaker phone mate. The box looks in great shape too   

This just arrived in the post, which i'm quite happy with:



Its got a few lines running down the left side, but no splits anywhere. The lines running down the left side kind of look like roller marks, perhaps caused during the packaging process?

Chris, Vader will be one of my focus' someday (w/Fett and Leia). Probably the most expensive ones

Got these guys in today... Now have no room to display all my MOCs now, going to have to have something built. A total of 32 and still more coming!

Nice shape, has a scuff where the guy took off the sticker (UGH!), a rough corner and the gun came loose and is in front of him. Bubble is really crisp. 32 back!!!!






I've always like Zuckuss, so I got this one. CHEAP, mainly due to the damage to the card with the POP being removed. I still like'em.... so for the price (under $30), I had to grab'em.

Dr Dengar wrote:

Bonglee: Great German poster, never seen it before. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you manage to get the other two versions. How do these look like?  

The other posters look basically the same, featuring identical headline clippings and each film's German logo.
Quite difficult to get, even here in Germany. I know one guy who even has at least one rolled, but he won't part with it for now. ;-)

A couple of parcels arrived today   
 
 
A couple of Stormtroopers from Jay    and a couple of unexpected bonuses as well, the deck of cards and the LL stands    Cheers Jay!
Also a lovely short V Power Droid, big thanks to James for helping me with this one   
 
I also got a few cardbacks for he Luke focus   
 
 
Palitoy 45 Back Ai, Candian 31 Back B and a Kenner 41 D
 
The Canadian Card was a totally unexpected gift from Jay, awesome chief, just awesome! can't thanks you enougth  

Bloody hell Alex are you army building or are they all unique coo's?

A Few COO variants Stef, not all, some are the same   

Well congrats as they look very nice! I'm currently reworking my WTB and it's scary how much COOs I'm missing from the first 12, I suppose it seems only right as they were in production the longest.