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darth_daddius said:

I have finally finished this 'Imperial' Woolies 8-Pack, complete with 100% Palitoy baggies. Been a bigger challenge than expected, no thanks to that bloody baggie scammer we all know about, but finally I have managed to complete it with legitimate baggies. Big thanks to Frank (and many others) for helping me get the correct baggies. Also, found another use for the Early Bird case from GW Acrylic. Works out perfectly for display.

Cheers,
Pat

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Congratulations on finishing the Woolies run, they look spectacular in the case and what a great set of villains.

A real achievement

Ian

lovely yodas allround fellas
pat great woolies run.must of took ages!! great casing too 8)

"8 figures for 99p"

When is the time machine being invented? :shock:

I had no idea 99p Wookiee packs evennhad baggies in them! I always thought they were pulled off the cards. Super looking set

And Yodas galore! Now let's see some Palitoy ones too, please. A 30 back and a 45a will do

Lot of purchases recently, but my bestest and the one I'm so pleased with is undoubtedly the hardest to find. I finally found a copy of Buster dates 10/09/1983 with its bag. As a bonus it has never been opened. The tape is untouched at the back. A short summary of these is that all three came out on 10/09/1983 and each of the three came in different coloured bags and the same offer: free ROTJ Pannini sticker album and a packet of stickers. The following week you got the unbagged comic with a sheet of 8 ROTJ stickers. They're not exactly easy to find but the Buster is virtually impossible. 2000AD does turn up (older readership more likely to collect) and even The Eagle turns up now and again (slightly older kids) but Buster was for proper kids who ripped things open so they are daft rare.

Speaking to the seller he picked up a "couple" back in the early 90s. He sold one 10 years ago and another now. Never hit BIN so fast. Until I'd seen this one I'd only speculated the bag was going to be blue given the others were green and red.

The hunt isn't quite over: I need one more sheet of stickers, but compared to the Buster bag that will be a walk in the park!

No doubt photo will be wrong way up.....

Those comic's are great.
It never ceases to amaze me that this sort of item still turns up, let alone in that condition!
Congratulations

I too thought the "Wollies" bags had loose figures in too, learn something every day.

So it's been a couple of weeks, just how busy have you been?

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TheJabbaWookie - Cracking Hollow Tube Tusken mate, nice one. Plus you know i'm a huge fan of the AT ST, she's a beaut.
Darth Bobby - Well done on the cape dude. Ol' Ben looks great.

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Droopy - Mate congrats on the completion of the loose collection. The photos look the business. Thanks for coming on the show
Ed - Nice work on the cut card 30 back. I'd seen it for sale and not thought much, however when paired with the cardback, hey presto you've nailed it. Good job dude.
LaurenceDyer - Cool Kenner paperwork from Tom Derby mate, fits well with your focus.
PalitoyJunky - Jon wow mate, sweet Chewbacca but even better run of Lukes, quality
Mr Shifter - Ben mate thats a great mini haul, cool Ewok stuff but the Res Yees, is something else!

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Thomas/Sweden - She looks like Royalty. Mate that Leia Organa is very nice.
Lee Bullock - Wow mate, what a gem! Huge congrats on the 12" line boxed Ledy Jawa. Fantastic
Ian - Holy **** mate thats a post and a half. Canadian MOCs, very nice. Trilogo miscard, very nice. Early bird kit, wow!!

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Poncho - Congrats on the small circle chirp mate, very nice.
Lejackal - Lovely photo of vintage gems and dead modern brilliance. Love it. ERG is my fave. No on second viewing i love the cap!
Hooch - Holy smoked Ewoks, thats a great haul of Endor based gems. That unused preschool set is brilliant. Love all the other pieces too!
Spoons - Great 12 back Canadian Tie mate, very very nice.
Jez - Thats right me and my opened 20 + 30 Backs!!

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Robstyley - Great work on the Ben and Luke Both mate. I love the Revenge card.
Vintageviewport - Great looking Tsuduka Luke Jedi dude. Best of luck with getting the others.
apack7229 - Awesome looking Fett dude, congrats.

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XWingMark - Your Speeder Bike (boxed) looks stunning. Congrats.
Kieatky - Cracking ATAT mate. It looks great. Cool ATST. Yeah i have to agree, that boxed Falcon artwork does look good.
Coomber75 - Nice Die Cast Tie Fighter, it looks great on that shelf by the other treats!
TrooperWill - That sounds like a great haul! Bargain there dude. Good luck getting them complete!
Preatobite - I can't see the interceptor, but congrats. I'm sure it looks great.

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Sideofstarwars - Wow a Tsuduka Vader!! Bloody hell, congrats.
Kieatky - Great looking Y-Wing, i've really grown to appreciate that ship over the last couple of years. I might have to treat myself.
Robstyley - Lovely looking ESB MOC Yoda
DublinJeff - Lovely looking ESB MOC Yoda
DublinJeff - Lovely looking 2nd ESB MOC Yoda, wow wow wow boys!!

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Subzero - Wow whats going on??? Great looking Tri Logo Yoda
DarthDaddius - Great work on the 8 pack and baggies. Good idea to use the early bird kit, thats a perfect solution.
Scruffydude - Mate congrats with the haul of comics. You really know your stuff when it comes to items like this. I'm glad you struck gold.

Well done lads, well done.

Mini99 said:

I too thought the "Woolies" bags had loose figures in too, learn something every day.

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They actually had both. You could get a bag full of baggies, a bag full of loose or a mix of both. Most of the time, there was a mix with baggies outnumbering loose, from what I believe. I just wanted to put together an Imperial/Villain set that highlighted Palitoy Baggies. Getting everything correct was the challenge.

Cheers

Thanks for the information.
These packs in Wollies are one of the things I remember vividly, loads of them in a large basket at the end of an row.
Seems like yesterday...

Great run on the comics Simon, love seeing stuff like this come to light, items you never knew existed that are...'beyond the toys'!

SublevelStudios said:

Great run on the comics Simon, love seeing stuff like this come to light, items you never knew existed that are...'beyond the toys'!

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Cheers mate (and for reminding me to post elsewhere ) . BTT stuff is certainly a major fun area of collecting. BITD the toys cost too much for my Dad to put up with buying my every wish so the non-toy stuff was as exciting as the toy stuff. One day I'll rediscover my own Jedi album and I am absolutely certain I got it with a copy of Eagle.

Super stoked to end a 4 year wait for one of these in the condition and price I was willing to pay. Many thanks to Mark A Baker for going above and beyond in his assistance for getting this to me and the Jabba's Court scented freshener in aid of Jez Allinson make a wish.

Awesome Tie Bomber, only ever had one years ago and doubt I'll ever have one again .

Here's my latest arrival from across the pond, lovely unused B-Wing fighter (chuffed I've finally managed to get one with the battle sound still working)

Massive congrats on getting that Bomber Rich, always good to hear when collectors finally get hold of something they've been hunting for ages

I don't collect any of the Jedi range but there are several pieces that I would consider owning, the B-Wing is one of them and that is a cracker.

Cheeky little addition for me - I have some really nice cards sat with Neil right now but spotted this one on eBay at a decent BIN price

Ledy Yoda - MIM on ROTJ

spoons said:

It's raining yodas :shock: 8)

Great buys everyone, those baggies look fantastic in the case Pat

Andy, welll done on all your buys but this made me laugh - read an airbrushing thread recently and now all I can see is Ben's airbrushed gimp hand :lol:

palitoyjunky said:

Robstyley said:

Latest couple of additions. The Ben card has a slit bubble and I've put a Ben in it, whole thing £34! The Luke was from Cazza, my first Empire card

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I just love that revised photo of Ben. Hood up in true Jedi style, correct colour lightsaber in hand, what more could anyone ask 8) 8)

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I never even noticed that! It looks like a prosthetic hand :? :lol:

love those comics awesome pic up!!
ahhh tuat tie bomber a thing of beauty congrats mate.... im thinking I may never own one

Another!!! Yoda haha.

Is that 5 Yoda's now in one week? :lol:

Some great pick ups lately guys especially like the die cast tie bomber always wanted one of those , picked myself up a 12" fett although he's complete naked but should keep me busy for a while tracking down the accessories

darth_daddius said:

I have finally finished this 'Imperial' Woolies 8-Pack, complete with 100% Palitoy baggies. Been a bigger challenge than expected, no thanks to that bloody baggie scammer we all know about, but finally I have managed to complete it with legitimate baggies. Big thanks to Frank (and many others) for helping me get the correct baggies. Also, found another use for the Early Bird case from GW Acrylic. Works out perfectly for display.

Cheers,
Pat

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Wow that is really cool, always wanted to get a woolies pack myself. I bet you are super happy with completing that and it looks really good displayed like that.

Another trilogo added to the collection, from Stuart at Hothiceplanet, highly recommended seller.

I really love trilogo's