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  1. Dad of Luke

    Valuation Request Please!

    I'd be interested in the Jawa if you decide to sell. Cheers, Mark.
  2. Dad of Luke

    When and why did you stop collecting SW

    For me, I had lots of stuff in the first wave of 1978, then more in 1980 with the release of Empire. But by the time of Jedi in 1983 I'd grown out of it.....I was only 11 going on 12 but bikes, football, fighting fantasy books and yes, boobs had taken over. Oh, and Atari. So my last figures were...
  3. Dad of Luke

    Forum Vehicle of the Year 2024

    Landspeeder was always my fav too!!
  4. Dad of Luke

    Your first time in a Galaxy Far Far Away

    Star Wars in 1978 at the now demolished Odeon Cinema, Preston.
  5. Dad of Luke

    First ever Star Wars Item

    My first items were the blue bordered Topps cards, and a cassette of the soundtrack and a stormtrooper mask probably at Christmas 1977. My first figure was a Palitoy Chewbacca, quite probably a 12 back, sometime into 1978. Probably bought from Zodiac toys in Preston.
  6. Dad of Luke

    Your top 3 vintage starwars figures

    Jawa Stormtrooper Ben Kenobi
  7. Dad of Luke

    Forum Playset of the Year 2023 - Final

    Death Star for me (although I actually think the young me would have got much more playability out of the Kenner Death Star than the Palitoy one). It was all over for me by the time ROTJ appeared, I was firmly a SW and ESB era child, and had moved on by the time of ROTJ.
  8. Dad of Luke

    Scent of a vintage Star Wars figure

    I did have Vader and still have him minus his cape, but there was never a sweet smell with him, only with the TFP.
  9. Dad of Luke

    Scent of a vintage Star Wars figure

    I had/still have my Palitoy Tie Fighter Pilot from back in the day, and he smelt sweet and a bit like strawberries when I got him, and I can still catch the feintest whiff of it to this day. None of my other figures smelled of anything but plastic.
  10. Dad of Luke

    What if?

    Tarkin or Rebel Fleet Trooper for me. As a kid, I thought Tarkin was creepy as hell and a bit scary, and the Rebel Fleet Troopers looked really cool in their combat pants and I loved their headgear. I would've happily played with both.
  11. Dad of Luke

    What is your best ever bargain??

    I suppose I'm cheating a bit when I tell you mine. Only about 3 or so years ago, I found out what a Red Bar R5 D4 is. I went and checked out my own childhood R5 after reading about it and lo and behold, it's a Red Bar!! I suppose my parents paid around £1.49 for it in 1979. Bargain.
  12. Dad of Luke

    Removing mould inside bubble?

    I have a Meccano Ben who had a frosted arm, an hour in the sun and it was all gone and hasn't returned.
  13. Dad of Luke

    Trash Monster! Figure or novelty?!?!

    Your run can include whatever you want it to include. It's all just fun. If I was trying to complete that run I rather think I'd be like you and wanting to also include stuff like the Droid Factory R2 and Max Rebo band etc, because I'm a completist.
  14. Dad of Luke

    41 years ago star wars had premiere in London

    Anyone know when Star Wars opened at the Odeon Preston? It would be sometime in 1978 when I was taken to see it. Life hasn't been the same since!!
  15. Dad of Luke

    Forum Figure of the Year 2022 - THE GRAND FINAL

    Tusken Raider edges it for me. I had both figures in 1978 and love them both, but the menace of the Raider tips it slightly in front.
  16. Dad of Luke

    Christmas palitoy longings.

    I remember my Grandma once telling me 'you don't know the value of money' after I'd seen something I liked in a corner shop window and asked (politely) if I could have it, and I'd likely said 'but It's only £1' or whatever. I didn't at that time know what she meant. This was the 1970's. I'd be...
  17. Dad of Luke

    Prop store Auction - London - 9th - 11th November, 2021

    I'm probably being thick here (I haven't had my morning cup of tea yet😄) but why would that C3PO figure be arriving at Heathrow already packaged up on a Palitoy card? Were they pre-packaged in HK or wherever on Palitoy cards before they arrived here? And if so, what was the Palitoy factory left...
  18. Dad of Luke

    Miscard Valuation

    Would love to see this, but the OP hasn't been seen since he posted this in February. Probably long gone.
  19. Dad of Luke

    A HUGE thanks to Blackbeard - re baggie guide(s)

    I will be checking out the links shortly, I only have one baggie myself (Emperor) and want to learn more. So thank you!
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