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Love a good re-seal! And the DSD is one of the toughies - I had a footer spare for ages but sold it last year - is it original Mike?

I'd go out and buy a lottery ticket fella - that's some good luck!

I've not posted here in what feels like an eternity, although I have been lurking ;) Doubt I'll ever get a better example of a 30 back Fett than this cardback - and even this cost me an arm and a leg! :D But it's a corker! I'm now only needing ONE card/re-seal away from completing a full SW...

A top fella and a valued member of the forum. RIP Declan, you'll be greatly missed.

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Well, that's about the best story to end this year on IMO! Brilliant mate, what a xmas present! The ONLY thing that could have made this any better would have been if it was a 30 back! :lol: :lol:

It is - the paint application is also very poor and they nearly always have wear so finding a mint one is tough - I've also found them in the past where the paint is still tacky to the touch! They're not really any rarer or mmore valuable than the other 2 standard variants but a nice one to have.

The auction house cost the seller a lot of money - if they'd have done a half decent job of cataloging everything correctly and spacing out the lots over 2 days I think they could have made substantially more. But then Astons were closing down anyway so that's why it was such a smash and grab...

As some of you know, I love to create stuff that I had wished Palitoy had done back in the day - and as we all know Palitoy produced so very little in the way of point of sale and shop displays, and those that have survived and come onto the market command incredible prices. Over on the Palitoy...

What a bargain - it's true, it's still out there for next to nothing if you look hard enough...and lady luck is smiling on you. That will clean up lovely :)

Cracking re-seals Andy, it's a really satisfying run to put together and an awesome display. Ian (Palifan) is a gent and pleasure to deal with too - he's helped me and many others here on their quest to put these Palitoy runs together.

There are some parallels here, they're both pop culture icons for sure. Trouble is when Elvis died, a large part of his appeal died too, meaning only fans who can relate to that era are largely driving any market for collectibles - the true collectors pieces anyway. Star Wars is a different...

He put up one hell of a fight - took a lot of strength and courage to do that and it appeared at one stage he looked like he's won, or had certainly got the upper hand. Still have the SWFUK mug he did for the forum a few years ago. He always did some cool swag for Celebrations! Remember that...

She always wore sunglasses.

No, I think that might be Craigs and he mocked up a load of wrappers filled the top layer so it looked fully stocked! He's a clever lad that Spivey!

I'm gutted for you Ian, we've all been there I guess but losing this box AND a VCJ in one hit would give many a sleepless night.

They worked in the accounts/finance dept and pretty much everything was obtained by them through the Palitoy shop onsite. That includes some of the Action Man and misc stuff that appeared in the auction. The guys son actually popped up on the Palitoy group on FB one Sunday morning with a pic of...

Wow, some absolutely MENTAL prices. Run of the mill stuff fetching double what it should in some cases.

What a cracking thread Rob - great result. I think this hammers home why some of us collect, the nostalgia, that connection with our childhood and the memories we have of happy times :) I generally don't collect anything that is outside the UK in terms of brands BUT there is the odd exception...

I've always thought any clear ones must be repro but I was told not so long ago that one of those sealed examples that turned up at Vectis (Frank Beech auction I think) was opened and it had a clear canopy inside. That said, I think I'd only ever feel 100% about a yellowed one.