i can't begin to backtrack every yummy item i've seen here.. but man, what a lovely dose of good stuff here!
in the most recent addition, i must say i too LOVE that lunchbox, bud!

now, it's been a good while since i last posted anything here.. but at last i feel like i can contribute something worthwhile
a BIG MASSIVE ENORMOUS THANKS to Paul (kisstour) for being so kind to receive and send these items for me!
your karma points have raised to yet another level mate!

here's my latest shipment from canada:


and here's what i found in the bottom of the box:



and then some shots of stuff in the sanctuary


iggy suncatcher!


gde x-wing box!



tissues! yay! (on the wantlist since forever.. and now i have two omg *pops*


man the thing is BIG...


bit of a grail item here.. spanish block puzzle set.. never knew it existed before i saw it, and snatched it

and finally two pics of the current state of the union.. as i was taking pics tonight, i realised this is probably the last update in a long while, since i'll be packing everything up soon for the move!
i expect to be back in museum-mode sometime next summer... behave!

Artoo_Detour wrote:

Marco - cool LJ moulded face, and v nice background choice Need to replace my nose-rub Hong Kong LJ soon with a nice moulded face version. Is yours the snap cape?

Cheers, the background I used for Lumat, btw, was the cover of ROTJ annual 1983

Thanks for the info, Paul!

The moulded face Luke came with a regular cape.

Bud: Nice X-Wing figure. I agree, it is difficult to get a mint one. In most cases the emblems on the helmet are rubbed off to some extent.

BTW: I like your description "Tintin eyes" for this figure.


Tim: Congrats on that very minty Yak Face and the 6-pack. This must be a great week for you!!

Soren: I totally dig those bootleg like decals!! Congrats on the Revenge card too!.
BTW: Have you already recovered bit?

Bud: Great lunchbox! Never seen one of those before, thanks for sharing all different sides. This is definitely the lunchbox one should be looking for.

Wouter: WOW! X-Wing Aces!!! And you are seriously about having two? A loose and a boxed one?!!
I can image why you also ordered the tissues, to whip off your tears of plain happiness.
Do the electronics still work?

I also like the Canadian version of the early X-Wing box. The “Guerre des Etoiles” fonts are so cool.

Wow..... Nice Star Wars room man! I gotta ask my Wife if I can have something like that

paul (artoo) - 2 puffs boxes mate, not two aces games!

thanks steve! i think we all should have one

How many stamps did it take to post Pixie?
Packing all of the oddball antifocus is going to take ages. Unpacking will be lots of fun- like a dozen Christmas' rolled into one

Hyver that is a nice box of stuff , but what is that ESB puffy box ? I said it before , but i say it again i love your collection .

I'm still at home with the flu , 3 day down . But it made my speit rise when this baby arrived .

A nice trilog Lando skiff ( wich i had on my want list for a long time ) What makes this even more cool is that he is packed with two axes

Love that miscard stuff

Wouter, congrats again on the scores. They are all fantastic.

Soren, Lando can whoop ass twice as bad now. Lovely Tri, mate. The Puffs is a company in the US that makes tissues and they came out with ESB boxes back then. Theres 6 boxes all together with scenes on them and cards on the bottom. They are sorta holy grails for oddball collectors to find with the tissues still inside and sealed. But just as hard to find with them in it period. You can find empty boxes, but most are usually beat to hell.

@budspencer wrote:

this is what i mean by "Tintin eyes or look"

It will jump in your face right away when you see the figure for the first time if you read the books. The resemblance is a bit uncanny... it's like tintin ended up in an x-wing suit.

Thanks mate, I also love the new items you have received again

Hi Hyver, is it legal to mail kids with the mail ? I love all the items you have there mate, I can see I have a long road to go

Hi søren, 2 axes in a MOC, very cool. You are so lucky

I got these 2 guys in today. Thank god for packing peanuts and bubble wrap. The box was killed but the items were fine.

Budspencer - good LXW figure with Tin Tin eyes lol (even the LXW with the wider-placed eyes still looks a bit Tin Tin come to think of it)
Love the artwork on the luchbox - is the artist credited? I always wanted that tin box for the XWing picture, not realising it had such a cool pic of the Landspeeder too

Soren - cool set of colourful and funky SW decals, and congrats on the IC proof and the cool Lando miscard... very nice of the factory employee to include an extra accessory

Wouter - hey good luck with the move man! Look forward to the new 'sanctuary' pics. Congrats on the pickups and good of Paul to help out. The Canadian XW and the Aces game are two items on my list somewhere down the line

Marco - cool Aces game video link!

@Hyver wrote:

paul (artoo) - 2 puffs boxes mate, not two aces games!

thanks steve! i think we all should have one

wrong Paul in fact, not even a Paul, more of a Marco I think Oh well, you can blame it on time travelling or the impending house move if you like

Great pick ups everyone

Lili Ledy Jawa is my most recent purchase. Thanks Ozio : )
I wanted to display him next to his Kenner cousin with the same COO, but these two are very different. I just love my new addition... He's a cool little dude : ) Thanks for looking.

Hi curch, 2 cantina set, cool

Hi Steve, nice lili ledy jawa. But is he not missing cloth cape ?

Yup, missing the hat and robe but I still love the little guy : ) He's actually one of my favorites, just as is.

stevefdwyer wrote:

Yup, missing the hat and robe but I still love the little guy : ) He's actually one of my favorites, just as is.

I have the same problem with some of mine figures, missing a weapon or cape.

woops sorry paul(s), and sorry marco!
sometimes i really suck at being me... :s

Soren: That trilogo Lando nicely fits into your collection of miscards. Congrats.

Joe: Two Cantina boxes, nice!! Was one of the boxed damaged during transport?

Steve: Love that Ledy Jawa with his typical almond shaped eyes!!! Do you consider collecting more Ledy figures?

@Hyver wrote:

woops sorry paul(s), and sorry marco!
sometimes i really suck at being me... :s

Wouter, we just drink a few belgium beers at your new museum in due time, and we forget about the whole thing.

A figure which arrived a while ago: The 'bird legs' Biker Scout. It is the figure on the right, the Biker Scout on the left is just for comparison. You can clearly see the skinny legs of this figure. He was probably produced in Macau though he doesn't have the typical "Made in Macau" COO.



For those who are interested (variant warning ) : https://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t3195-no-coo-macao-biker-scout-bird-legs-biker-scout

Preliminary conclusion from that thread:
• the skinny leg Biker Scout was produced in Macau
• for the French market (Meccano!)
• and (exclusively) released on "Fabrique a Macao" Tri cards.

Obtained a while ago, but I haven't posted it here yet: Leia Boushh with Kenner unpainted helmet (and unpainted Ledy torso, Kenner production limbs), bought from Adam Burges via ebay. It is the figure on the right. The figure on the left is a Ledy Boushh with Ledy overstock helmet, bought from Chaz about a year ago.



There are clearly differences between the two unpainted helmets, pointing at different origins. I will post some more pics in another thread later today: https://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t2261-unpainted-leia-boushh-helmet-help?highlight=boushh

@Dr Dengar wrote:

Wouter, we just drink a few belgium beers at your new museum in due time, and we forget about the whole thing.

sounds like a plan!

Hi Marco you are the King

You always find some cool backgrounds. Congratulations with the new cool items.

I have never heard about Biker scouts with skinny legs But I love it, mate.

Also Leia Boushh is also cool

@Hyver wrote:

and then some shots of stuff in the sanctuary


iggy suncatcher!


gde x-wing box!



tissues! yay! (on the wantlist since forever.. and now i have two omg *pops*

Just because those pics are so awesome!

Hyver you are my god! i only hope one day to come even close to what you have in your vault!

thanks for sharing!

ok, finally was able to find info about my lunchbox,

it is version 2, version 1 had no pictures on the side and i guess people found it boring so they issued the version i have which is way better but less rare.

at the end of the 1990's Hallmark reproduced that lunch box but it differs in size and has no thermos, there is a bunch of them on Ebay.

i was checking the lunchboxes out before getting mine and saw this description which i saved ( lucky me ) since i tought the artist was so good and i wanted to see if he had done more star wars commercial stuff... His name is below.

from a ebay seller - "This was the first Star Wars (1977) lunchbox released for the first movie (now known as Episode IV – A New Hope) which features great art by Don Hemry."


i have no clue if it is accurate or not though but there you go

cheers!

@Dr Dengar wrote:

Soren: That trilogo Lando nicely fits into your collection of miscards. Congrats.

Joe: Two Cantina boxes, nice!! Was one of the boxed damaged during transport?

Steve: Love that Ledy Jawa with his typical almond shaped eyes!!! Do you consider collecting more Ledy figures?

@Hyver wrote:

woops sorry paul(s), and sorry marco!
sometimes i really suck at being me... :s

Wouter, we just drink a few belgium beers at your new museum in due time, and we forget about the whole thing.

No. The box they were shipped in was totally distroyed, but the person that sent them to me did an outstanding job of packing them

Got this a few months back, but I don't think I ever posted a pic of it. I love how his skirt is also in plastic.

Finally get to add something else to the thread. A huge thank you to Arnold (skywalkerhu) for these.



Hungarian Star Wars (vol. 1 and 2) and ESB comics