Latest Acquisitions

Nice group of Fetts there, looks like you have some nice baggies behind them too.

steve obi wan said:

Andyclarke said:

steve obi wan said:

My latest purchase and one of my targets for the year delivered , my awesome villain 3 pack !!

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Absolute beauty. You've got to be skint by now!!

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I am Andy ,

unfortunately had to downsize my collection to pay for it

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Got this beauty as a result of Steve's "downsizing".

Sparky P said:

steve obi wan said:

Andyclarke said:

Absolute beauty. You've got to be skint by now!!

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I am Andy ,

unfortunately had to downsize my collection to pay for it

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Got this beauty as a result of Steve's "downsizing".

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Enjoy Mark , went to a great home !!

what a great wally!! would have fitted in nicely to my 20 back run... must get quicker on here lol congrats mate

Wow some fantastic acquisitions guys 8)

Gary massive congrats on getting the mid-card It sure has gone to the right collection.

Steve the 3 pack is superb mate :!: Well done 8)

"Triscompany" great burgundy Bib mate

Rob, prob the best reseal 30 Ug I have ever seen

V nice of u Max to give away a stunning Luke like that :!: Good on u mate

Pulled the trigger on this, found it after I stuck up a Wanted ad locally...
1980 Palitoy ESB, Battle Damaged X Wing....complete with original inserts and instructions

Great pick up Jeff !!

Latest addition to the little ones collection....Went to collect what was supposed to be a beater B-Wing turned out to be this rather nice, clean example
Reunited with her loose pilot..she's happy out

Not too shabby for £10..... 8)

When the world gets me down all I have to do is take look at this thread and I'm smiling again. Top draw purchases.

Here's my first big purchase of 2017.

Poorly listed on eBay, couldn't believe my luck. Collected from the seller today. The bubble is immaculate and card only has minor wear.

That's a great Meccano Ben, looking at that would make me smile all day long.
Here's to being lucky again...never seems to happen to me. :roll:

Some very nice pieces lately, not that there isn't usually!

Love your Wallesma Mark on the 20 back Palitoy very special.

Nice X-Wing, Meccano Ben is something to behold and the rest is a joy

SOJ said:

When the world gets me down all I have to do is take look at this thread and I'm smiling again. Top draw purchases.

Here's my first big purchase of 2017. image.jpeg

Poorly listed on eBay, couldn't believe my luck. Collected from the seller today. The bubble is immaculate and card only has minor wear.

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This is fantastic and by far the cheapest one has gone for in a while, well done mate

Great Ben pick !! Nice Meccano

Really great Meccano Ben there SOJ.. 8)

Had this little beauty arrive in today...very happy. It's damn near perfect! Loving the Special Buy sticker...



Little set complete

Hey guys, Its been a long time since I last had an item to limelight but yesterday I was fortunate enough to meet up with Alex Bickmore who came over from the states to hand deliver the latest addition to the run I have been putting together.

It is an ESB Series 2 Bespin Set Trademark Sample set. The set was used internally at Kenner to identify some potential packaging changes for future reference. It has hand written details on the package which denote character's names which may require "Trademarking".

On the reverse of the set, some of the characters have been crossed out. This is to clarify that those particular figures would not be carried on in the next wave of 3 packs. The figures that are not crossed out appear again on the 3rd wave of ESB 3 packs in 1982. (Leia Hoth, Ugnaught, At At Driver)

The employee has written several times "See Notes" but sadly the notes attached to the box have long since disappeared as they were most likely a small piece of paper lightly glued to that back. (Some of the adhesive still remains)

I was amazed to see this set turn up. I knew of its existence for many years after seeing it in Chris Georgoulias's scrapbook pages. (Dated 1999) It was sold back then by Tom Derby at Cloud City and ended up in a collection in Japan not to be seen for 18 years. Ive attached a link to the page in the scrapbook where the set is featured on the far right.

Enough waffle, here t'is..

_20170214_140951 by Chris Caswell, on Flickr
_20170214_135645 by Chris Caswell, on Flickr
_20170214_135604 by Chris Caswell, on Flickr
_20170214_135523 by Chris Caswell, on Flickr
_20170214_135453 by Chris Caswell, on Flickr

The Link:

http://www.sandcrawler.com/webpages/chrisgscrapbook/index.php?image=page144.jpg


Thanks, Chris.

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:shock: - agreed.....mind blowing!

Ian

Truly amazing :shock:

Wow, the second 3 pack in 5 days on this thread!