Who's Who - Introduce yourself!

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Gum

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Hey everyone,

My name is Alistair. I am very new to figure collecting. My father had a full set of 12 backs which, after he died, got passed through family members for keepsakes. I am looking to start my own collection after being a lifelong Star Wars fan. I am currently building my first set of Stormtrooper armour and my second R-Unit Droid. I work in a comic shop and run a comic con, as well as being a tutor, web developer and I've just started my own online comic store to shift my collection.

I stumbled across the site when looking for information on collecting and hope to learn a lot from you all to build my collection. I know there are a lot of pitfalls but I'm hoping I can learn.

Thank you.
 

Mini99

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Welcome to the forum.
You will find a friendly and very knowledgeable group here!
 

TrooperWill

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Name: Will
Age: 23
Single/Married: long term relationship
Residence: east anglia
Occupation: retail charity store manager
Kids: my son, Theo
Pets: 15 assorted reptiles, snakes.

Hi im new, obviously, huge fan of the vintage line, and also have a large clone wars era collection, plus extensive star wars lego collection.
fairly new to collecting, i inherited a good joblot from my grandparents and held onto them until i could start enjoying them. very new to trying to find bargins, joined a few FB groups and was shocked what people are asking for loose crappy figures! thought it would be best to join a UK based group. lets see if you lot are any more normal!

Collecting Focus: just want one of everything, currently about 50% of the way, mostly need vehicles now, and more obscure charecters. at current state i have two Ikea Deltofts on display full of my kenner figures and playsets.

Character Focus: imperial, especially endor ie: speeder bikes, scout troopers, at-st.

Collecting interest: I enjoy loose played with toys that have been loved and enjoyed, not preserved MOC's i'd be afraid to handle
i especially enjoy trading vehicle parts and figures i have duplicates of for ones i dont, its way more fun than just shopping on eBay. however so far i have avoided any repro stuff in my collection and want to keep it that way! rather have empty hands than fake weapons.

Looking For
45 figures to complete my line
At-St loose, already have top cannon
AT-AT cranium, chin guns, bulb cover (yeah right)
Ewok village loose for awesome endor diorama.
reb. troop transport
 

roscoe2911

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Hello everybody!

Name: Ross
Age: 39
Single/Married: Married
Residence: Nottingham
Occupation: Musician
Kids: 2 but the ginger one isn't mine!
Pets: Dog

I've decided it's time to pull my old stuff out. Fairly extensive collection thats been sat doing nothing for too long so thought I'd at least start to catalogue it all and get some valuations etc. Having had a look around this site has already proved very useful so thought I'd say hi.
 

theforceuk

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Welcome Alistair, Will, Stuart and Ross.

Nice to read all your stories and look forward to reading your future contributions.
 

lambis500

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Hello everybody...
My name is Keith,I am a 43 year old marine engineer from Hampshire.Married with 3 wonderful children (most of the time)
I joined the site in 2016,But have only been getting involved recently,Now my life allows it.
I like so many others have been fascinated by SW since my childhood.I really enjoy collecting & like to admire other peoples collections just as much.
Just thought I'd say Hi & why I enjoy the forum....
 

Droopy

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Welcome to all the newbies, stick around and get involved, it's a great source of info.....and Star Wars porn.....figuratively speaking!
 

Patricio

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Name: Patricio
Age: 41
Single/Married: Divorced
Residence: Somewhere in South America
Occupation: English Teacher
Kids: 2 girls that live with me
Pets: No
Collecting Focus: All 1:18 lines: G.I. Joe and Star Wars mainly.
Character Focus: Not any, I just buy what I like.
Collecting interest: Vehicles and playsets.

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Right now recovering the Star Wars toys I had when I was a kid.
 

Miscus5555

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I just registered here. I'm mostly on the rebelscum boards. I was alerted to these boards because a collector buddy of mine alerted me to a couple items i'm currently seriously looking for.

I hope to find a bunch of new contacts and good discussions on here!
 

ScruffyLookingNH

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Welcome all recent joiners. Good to see so many new members in a month. This is certainly a great place for completing your collection through trades or sales.

What it really does well at, though, is specialist knowledge. It's always great seeing collectors bringing their collections out of lofts and seeing what's there as there's usually some rare stuff.

Hope you all stick around and get involved. It's a lot less dramatic than Facebook 'round here. Mostly.
 

J1M76

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Hi there - just joined the group, but had seen members of it when I attended Celebration Europe last year at London Excel.

I have been collecting since I was a kid with the original vintage release and whilst I have many of the vintage line (just missing 3 of the last 17) many of my figures have obviously been played with over the years. I still pick up modern items - but have found it difficult in the UK to find a full range and in recent years Hasbro seem to have forgotten UK collectors totally.

I have been involved in a number of UK Star Wars communities and did run my own trading site for a bit - www.wattosjunkshop.com

I have a number of boxed ships and Palitoy cardbacks that I saved from my childhood. Pleased to find UK collectors here and will get involved in the group in any way I can.
 

Crumm

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Name: Crumm
Age: 41
Single/Married: Married
Residence: West Yorkshire
Occupation: Engineer
Kids: 1 (Also a Star Wars fan)
Pets: 0

Collecting Focus: Just started really so working on a set of graded first 12 (either already graded or loose mint and get them done myself), then will work on loose mint/ near mint for the rest. Hopefully leading to a full figure collection eventually, we will see.

Character Focus: Will probably give Luke some focus at some point. I like his variations the best.

Collecting interest: A full set of original loose figures (not fussed about variations or super rares like vinyl Jawa etc., just one good example of each).

Looking For: At the moment first 12 Vader, Obi-wan, Tusken, R2D2, C3P0, Death Squad Commander, Jawa. Mint/ near mint with weapons.
 

Mini99

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Welcome.
Good luck with your collecting, enjoy the hunt.
There's a lot of knowledge on here from guys that are more than willing to share it.
 

E2SKBase

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Long time lurker but I figured it's time to do an intro.

Name: Eddie
Age: 48
Single/Married: Married
Residence: USA
Occupation: Club/Mobile DJ
Kids: None
Pets: 1 dog
Collecting Focus: Vintage Starwars MOC's. POTF being my favorite line and main focus right now.
Character Focus: None really but I have quite a few Luke Farmboy's & Chewies.

Collecting interest: Vintage Star Wars, Vinyl Records (mostly 70's & 80's Disco, House & Synth Pop stuff)

Looking For: The "Big 5" POTF MOC: Yak Face, Anakin, Gam Guard, AT-AT Driver, Nikto. Totally out of my price range so beaters are welcome ;-)

Big fan of the podcast BTW. Keep up the great work!
 
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