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AcMeKaNiK New User


Posts : 10 Join date : 2017-12-27 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:37 am | |
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trappedtexan Moderator


Posts : 4772 Join date : 2012-12-01 Location : USA, Texas
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:41 am | |
| Nice items though. Good that you even saved the boxes. Many of us as kids didn't care about the cardboard.  The falcon I can see is missing the little arm and training ball. That is a piece that always seems to be missing. Look forward to seeing more. |
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AcMeKaNiK New User


Posts : 10 Join date : 2017-12-27 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:41 pm | |
| Thanks. I dont know what happened to that damn arm and ball...lol. I got some diggin to do. Found a box that had a loose slave one, tie fighter At-St and snowspeeder. The snowspeeder faired pretty well but more than I can say for the tie fighter and mini-atat..lol. Things were laying on top of each other in the heat and they got warped. .... : (
Oh well, the snow speeder was my pride. I had so much fun with that thing...lol. I made sure it survived. One of the light guns on the front has a bit of a warp to it but its small. I have the box for it too but no instructions or cardboard I dont think. The only reason I kept the boxes is because we were moving all the time....Had to have something to box them up in to move with....lol |
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MasterTyvokka Imperial Officer


Posts : 135 Join date : 2012-07-06
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Tue Jan 09, 2018 6:29 pm | |
| Wow your childhood stuff is in great shape! I grew up with the modern stuff but still have most of the boxes from my star wars things. Not because we moved but because my dad insisted they would help with value. Smart fellow, although now he is bugging me to remove them from their attic |
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AcMeKaNiK New User


Posts : 10 Join date : 2017-12-27 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:39 pm | |
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AcMeKaNiK New User


Posts : 10 Join date : 2017-12-27 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:43 pm | |
| Almost forgot my Snow SPeeder.....lol - Attachments
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ArtooDetour Admin


Posts : 9074 Join date : 2010-03-13
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:39 pm | |
| You shouldn't be disappointed in the slightest about condition because it's just fantastic you still have all those childhood items! Most look in good shape anyway. How come you have so many multiples of weapons? Did you army build or just buy lots of the same figures? Also, I spotted a Vic Firth logo on some of your backgrounds  edit: ah, I just saw on your intro thread that you had Kenner send you some bags of replacement weapons over. |
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AcMeKaNiK New User


Posts : 10 Join date : 2017-12-27 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:18 pm | |
| Yup, a drummer here.....lol. You can see what my pad gets used for....: P
I am glad I still managed to hang on to alot of this stuff. Keeps you grounded. That is a reminder of the good parts of being a kid.
The extra weapons were a gimme from Kenner. I was losing my weapons left and right. What the cats didnt eat got vacuumed up and thrown out. So I saw on some instructions it said that if you lose a part, they will send you a new one. So I wrote to them and asked for some spare weapons. They sent me a bag of misc. weapons and accessories. I did that twice so thats why I have so many....lol.
I was ocd even as a kid....lol. If I had a toy it just had to be complete...: ) |
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aussiejames Admin


Posts : 7732 Join date : 2009-11-12 Age : 49 Location : Western Australia
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hellhippie Sith Apprentice


Posts : 1223 Join date : 2015-03-10 Age : 51 Location : right behind you
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:43 am | |
| very cool and definitely still has alot of value there |
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trappedtexan Moderator


Posts : 4772 Join date : 2012-12-01 Location : USA, Texas
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:16 am | |
| This is great stuff considering it is from your childhood and survived in this condition. I skimmed the comments as I am playing catch up on a few threads so don't know if anyone mentioned but I saw one of your bespin Luke's has a Jedi Luke green saber. Didnt look real close to see if all the others are paired up correctly but that one stood out to me. |
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AcMeKaNiK New User


Posts : 10 Join date : 2017-12-27 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:56 pm | |
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ArtooDetour Admin


Posts : 9074 Join date : 2010-03-13
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:00 am | |
| The At-At came out pristine, right down to the cockpit stickers. Good job. Love the shot of the working chin guns. |
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AcMeKaNiK New User


Posts : 10 Join date : 2017-12-27 Location : Florida, USA
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:56 pm | |
| Thanks M8. It seems as tho the toys that were in boxes lower in the stacks survived much better in regards to the stickers/decals not losing their gloss or shine. Those on the ATAT I was able to wipe down but the ones on the Snow Speeder and Falcon were dried out to the point that they would just flake right off if not extremely careful. |
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arohk Jedi Knight


Posts : 1612 Join date : 2012-06-27 Age : 57 Location : Canada
 | Subject: Re: Work in progress. Sorting thru my old collection to see whats survived. Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:45 am | |
| Wow very impressive collection you have, I would like to go back in time and tell me to keep the good items I had sealed. The Falcon is in awesome shape hopefully you will stumble upon the arm and ball, I was very lucky when I got mine, I didn't need to worry about locating that little part  . Larry |
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