Hi guys,
Like to share a recent collectors Journey.
Helix are officially revisiting their vintage stationery range from 1978.
Over the past few months the Beyond the Toys Facebook team (Grant Criddle, Mark Daniels, Craig Spivey) have been helping Maped Helix explore their Star Wars legacy and not only, took their entire workforce through a version of our Star Wars Celebration Europe III 'That's no moon… it's a pencil sharpener' presentation, but have also allowed them access to key items from our collections.
The Helix Star Wars stationery (and in particularly the Death Star sharpener) were showcased by the collectors who defined our hobby long before our own enthusiasm bubbled over onto the internet, though – whether it's been podcast features and early presentations at Farthest From (Grant), or the formation of this group and artist's impressions of the 'Empire line that never was' (Mark) or working with Helix to promote their Star Wars association in the press and through their sponsorship of the Gallery in the Galaxy exhibition (Craig)– we like to think we added to myth along the way.
Helix have been delightful to work with and all three of us have been impressed with their whole approach to the project. They are Star Wars fans themselves and they want to get it right for kids, casual fans and us collectors too. Carrying the 40th Anniversary logo, these are not just straight reissues. We have seen some the prototypes and the quality and love is there – contemporary with a vintage sensibility.
Their deal with Disney was finally signed today. Finally we can let collectors know.
There will be lot's more of this story to talk about over the coming weeks and months and The Vintage Rebellion will go into much more detail in their next podcast, but for now we'll leave it at this official release and a quick snap of a prototype of the 2017 Death Star pencil sharpener...
Hope you enjoy,
Grant, Craig and Mark
Like to share a recent collectors Journey.
Helix are officially revisiting their vintage stationery range from 1978.
Over the past few months the Beyond the Toys Facebook team (Grant Criddle, Mark Daniels, Craig Spivey) have been helping Maped Helix explore their Star Wars legacy and not only, took their entire workforce through a version of our Star Wars Celebration Europe III 'That's no moon… it's a pencil sharpener' presentation, but have also allowed them access to key items from our collections.
The Helix Star Wars stationery (and in particularly the Death Star sharpener) were showcased by the collectors who defined our hobby long before our own enthusiasm bubbled over onto the internet, though – whether it's been podcast features and early presentations at Farthest From (Grant), or the formation of this group and artist's impressions of the 'Empire line that never was' (Mark) or working with Helix to promote their Star Wars association in the press and through their sponsorship of the Gallery in the Galaxy exhibition (Craig)– we like to think we added to myth along the way.
Helix have been delightful to work with and all three of us have been impressed with their whole approach to the project. They are Star Wars fans themselves and they want to get it right for kids, casual fans and us collectors too. Carrying the 40th Anniversary logo, these are not just straight reissues. We have seen some the prototypes and the quality and love is there – contemporary with a vintage sensibility.
Their deal with Disney was finally signed today. Finally we can let collectors know.
There will be lot's more of this story to talk about over the coming weeks and months and The Vintage Rebellion will go into much more detail in their next podcast, but for now we'll leave it at this official release and a quick snap of a prototype of the 2017 Death Star pencil sharpener...
Hope you enjoy,
Grant, Craig and Mark
