SWTOTW, Week 1, 2018, Part 2/2 Power Droid

Palifan said:

Snaketibe said:

Here are my Power Droids. I'm always going to be fond of any of the first 20 figures as they hold so many happy childhood memories for me

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And here's a humble reseal, but I still like it

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That's a cracking reseal and I also love the faded moc that theforceuk posted for some reason, he looks like he's in a heavy smoke environment!

Ian

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Thanks Ian. I resealed it myself and it came out pretty well, I thought. It will certainly do me just fine until I win the lottery and can upgrade to the real thing ;-)

Jeremy

Clarkspie&chips said:

When I was 3 my parents sat me down and explained to me I will be having a little brother. As a treat and I suppose because I was no longer their only child, they gave me this

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I was so thrilled with it I named my brother power droid for the whole of my mums pregnancy.

This really is the most special piece in my whole collection and I'd get rid of everything before I parted with him.

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A great story. I had an exact same experience the day my little brother was born and received a MOTU Fakor

Hi guys, another here that could never bloody find one as a kid, think that maybe my fascination with the little blue box, I spent time in the midlands & in Hamburg as a kid & could not find one in either location, sadly all my stuff is packed away in boxes for a ending house move but will dig though what photos I have to add what I can to the thread for you guys.

The upside down sticker is a known error rather that a variation, sure after hour after hour sat on a production line sticking these on folks got bored & complacent & either deliberately or accidentally put them on the wrong way round, the white squares on the sticker are fairly common,I have a few like it as well as I think 2 with the reverse sticker, I also recently picked one up which is a new error on me, it is missing the place line on it, but it's still sat stateside with a friend, be great to get Chris Hibbard on here as he is also a huge PD focus nut & has some awesome stuff.



These are the 3 variants I know of to date, though am clueless to the lighter colour one in the middles history, 2 regulars & a short V but the middles one is cast in a different colour plastic as you can see.



Pic of the portotype that has never surfaced, sadly most likely never will.



Pic with the white squares in the middle.



Embroibered one my good lady did for my birthday



great pic of the 9 pack that was offered in Canada which included the PD & a huge grail item for me as the 2nd wave are my fave figures.



Great pic Mike Sith did for me



Another which you will I am sure be familiar with that Mike did, love this =)

The baggies I know about



great pic my good lady did burned in to wood for Todd (tiefighterboy)



Another great bit of work my good lady did for me & also my avtar



My run of graded baggies



Great card Bluedog did for me



Inside of the card

Empty woolies 8 pack I filled & one of my favorite display items in my collection 8)



Awesome pic Dan Terle did for me



My rotating cabinet I am trying to fill with shot v's



Some of my carded



Great pic Jorn did for me



$ pack that is the only one that had the PD in, this is actually a QC sign off sample one



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2 awesome customs Todd did for me



Another great custom again from Todd



& another

Collectors card



GG 3 pack



Loose GG



Sandcrawler display



My loose run as it was, have since doubled up on the shelving, will see if I can find a pic of how it looks now



Found one, still a few gaps to fill



Some customs I have been working on from total beaters

& lastly I would like to share some built pics of this large custom I did for a friend who shares my focus figure, I now want to make another for myself but make it different to this one, was a right labor of love & the first time I have done any epoxy molding & painting in years, something I hope to try & devote a bit more time to in future.

I started off with a simple wooden pallet support block & slowly shaped it as my base to work on.

Then did the legs & feet (dowel center) with electrical wire for the legs, some thick slate covered in epoxy for the feet






Then started to skin it with epoxy & add details





Then paint & varnish & finishing touches, took a while till I was happy with it

Your collection is amazing Frunkstar, appreciate seeing the pictures of it. Very worthy figure to concentrate on!

Just thought I'd show this picture from the Sears 1979 Wish Book, where the figure is mistakenly? referred to as 'Death Star Droid' in the Sears exclusive figure set entry No.7

Holy shitballs Frank!! That's dedication mate, love it 8)

Thanks Frank for sharing all the pictures with us, your Power Droid collection is outstanding 8)

I think this is the first time I have seen a harbert power droid cardbacks 8)

retrotoyinfo said:

Your collection is amazing Frunkstar, appreciate seeing the pictures of it. Very worthy figure to concentrate on!

Just thought I'd show this picture from the Sears 1979 Wish Book, where the figure is mistakenly? referred to as 'Death Star Droid' in the Sears exclusive figure set entry No.7

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That pack actually came with a DSD so it's the picture rather than the description thats incorrect, but great info 8)

A truly outstanding collection there, Frank. Thank you so much for sharing

Love franks loose cabinet of Power Droids, looks amazing. 8)

Great mother of gonk!!!, imagine all those droids gonking at the same time, "gongongongongggggggonkgonkgonkgonk!!!!!"

Love the scratch built model too, great work!

Cor blimey gov. That's gotta be 120 gonks on that display alone. No wonder I can never find a mint one. Frank's probably got them all.

My Gonk from the graders

s1d0w said:

My Gonk from the graders

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Another beauty, thanks mate for sharing it :wink: