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Spray Ops Error Luke Jedi

Shawn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:32:36 +0000

A friend recently picked up this factory flawed figure for my focus. I really like it a lot more than I thought I initially would. This Luke never had the flesh paint applied to his left hand.

It makes a fun new addition to the figure focus.

Meccano Yan Solo Miscard

Shawn — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:12:05 +0000

This has been on my want list for my Luke Jedi collection for some time. This was put out by the French distributer, Meccano, and is a Luke Jedi figure on a Yan(Han) Solo cardback. I’ve seen a few of these over the years and most seem to also be packed with the palace blaster accessory while a smaller number are without. I’ve never seen one with the cloak/lightsaber included. I think a miscard like this is fun to break up a run of figures that to the average person look all the same. It’s also fun to see a different language on the text.

The real question is how did this combination happen. There’s enough of them out there, that it was deliberate and not just a one off accident. The majority of these type of miscards show up on Trilogo cards which replaced the Meccano cards later on. Did Meccano get a stock of Luke figures, but didn’t have the cards printed up for them yet? And why no accessories other than the palace blaster? Maybe because of Lukes popularity they were having trouble keeping up with demand and were just trying to get them out as quick as they could? It could also have been later on and they were simply trying to get rid of extra figures on extra cards.

Droids & Ewoks Prototype Coins

Shawn — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:32:36 +0000

I originally hadn’t really planned on picking up any of these, but some showed up on ebay with nice Buy it Nows, so I couldn’t resist. These are silver first shots of some of the Droids and Ewoks coins. Most likely these were tests of the coins before they decided to use anodized gold and bronze blanks for the final coins. I managed to get 4 out of the 6 that were available by the seller. For Droids: C-3PO, R2-D2, Jord Dusat and for Ewoks: King Gorneesh.

“The Force” Press Photo

Shawn — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:08:42 +0000

Here’s a new item for “The Force” lightsaber focus that arrived today.

This is a press photo that was used in the Seattle Times and is dated June 6th 1983. It was taken at a Toys R Us, the back mentions the child’s name and that he was 5 1/2 the time the photo was taken. He’s roughly a year older than I am. It’s fun to see all the old toys in the photo. You can even see my store display in the lower right.

Some Recent Additions

Shawn — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:48:08 +0000

This year has somehow become the year of “The Force” Lightsaber for my collection. This is one toy that somehow managed to survive my childhood that I still own. Earlier this year, I found a red one that was unused store stock, to go with my original beat up green one. I got it for a great price and was happy to have both colors now. Then, later this summer, I found an auction for the original store display.

The display holds 12 Sabers and I have a vague memory of originally getting mine from one of these displays. These displays usually have fairly high Buy it Nows on ebay, but for once I found one on auction and won for a great price. It happened to also fit exactly into the spot I had hoped it would within my collection.

Now, shortly after winning the display, I also found a version of the Green saber with the packaging hanger on it. These packages were created in 1984 for stores to hang on pegs rather than using the displays. I picked up a Cromalin of the packaging last year from a former Kenner Employee and was excited to finally find one of the sabers with the packaging as they do not come up for sale often. That’s it for now on this, but I’ve already lined up two other items to continue this focus, with one of them coming later this week.

Another item that I recently found, is the last U.S. Bagged version of Luke Jedi. I’ve been not he lookout for this for a few years now. The one I was looking for, just simply said Made in Taiwan on the bag, and can be seen, 3rd from the right, in this group photo.

The last item, for now, is the Rebel Rocket from the C-3PO’s cereal. This was the free item in the box of cereal and also included the form for 4 free micro figures. Here’s a picture of the form and the setup within my display. I still need to find the original envelope that the micro figures were mailed in.

New Collection Pictures

Shawn — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:11:29 +0000

Over the summer I’ve been slowly piecing together my new display cases for my collection. With the Star Wars Blu Rays coming out on the 16th of September, I made that my goal date to have the display setup by. I managed to get it all done with the exception of one store display piece that I’ve been waiting on from a recent ebay buy.

Here’s a before and after picture to show how the setup has changed and then individual pictures of each shelf.

79a Luke Jedi

Shawn — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:32:20 +0000

After a long hiatus, I’ve finally added a new Kenner Luke Jedi figure. This is the 79a card back that shows 79 figures and has no offers on the card.

First Shot Luke Jedi Torso

Shawn — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:58:29 +0000

I was recently able to acquire my first 3D preproduction piece to my Luke Jedi collection. The torso is what is known as a first shot and it was used for the head pull test to make sure the figures head could not be easily removed by a child. It is a pretty interesting piece to own and I’m glad I was able to purchase it when I did as I really never thought I’d own a piece like this with Luke Jedi being a popular character.

C-3PO’s & NSW Luke

Shawn — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:32:00 +0000

I haven’t picked up a whole lot recently with saving money for San Diego Comic-Con, but here’s two recent purchases that I’m happy to own.

The first here is the C-3PO’s cereal box which has the mail in offer for 4 free Micro figures. I picked up a set of the Micro figures in baggies some time ago and have wanted the box to go with them for some time. I still need to track down the rebel rocket which included the order form and the mailing envelope for the micro figures.

The 2nd item is a non Sonic Welded Luke Jedi. For those wondering, here’s a pretty good article on the sonic welding process. This is basically a figure that didn’t get a good weld, so all the individual pieces came apart. There have even been some examples of figures completely apart like this, but still sealed on their cards. It is a fun pieces that helps give you an idea of how all the parts of an action figure come together.

Early Bird Mailer

Shawn — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:12:00 +0000

Sunday, on a local classifieds site, I found a listing titled “Star Wars ‘Early Bird Special’” with the following description:

I have an Early Bird Special with Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, R2D2 and Princess Leia. Original packaging from the 70′s in the original box sent in the mail! The light saber in Luke’s arm functions properly. Send an email to me if interested.

There wasn’t a picture and my first thought was that it was probably the 2005 Walmart reissue, but I figured it didn’t hurt to send a question asking for a picture. A few days passed with no response, so I figured it must have sold.

Wednesday, I received a reply that the seller didn’t have any pictures. I decided to ask some questions about the set, like figures still in bags, Double Telescoping Saber (more on that later), paperwork, etc. He answered all my questions and everything sounded correct. I arranged to meet him Thursday night to see the set and hopefully work out a deal.

I ended up working a deal with the seller and got it. Here’s some pictures of the set. Unfortunatley all the baggies except the pegs had been opened, but it did include a nice Double Telescoping Lightsaber Luke.

I’ve wanted one of these for a very long time and I’m glad I was able to find one locally.