The Vintage Rebellion Podcast 2016 and beyond

The forum gets a good amount of use/mention in the licensee section!

the89thchris wrote:The forum gets a good amount of use/mention in the licensee section!

Nice. I'm looking forward to putting it on at work tomorrow or Wednesday.

Episode 73 Review

I really enjoy the Youtube episodes, and getting to see the images as you listen.

I really enjoyed Pete's quiz on the ESB out takes, figures & toys.  It was very entertaining.

There was some great displays discussed in the newest acquisitions. The Burger King Glasses display & the ROTJ Store display.  Those were awesome.

The boys discuss the Kim Simmons new kick starter campaign for the Kenner photography 2nd book.

I definitely think most of the figures in the ESB bubble store display have discoloured.  You see a lot of the same issues on the figures in our thread.
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Thanks for the tribute to Charles Lippincott, the former advertising publicity supervisor for Star Wars.  RIP.
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There is a new Running Stormtrooper medal.
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With 4 hairs on his head.

It was great to hear Stuart back on TVR.  Even if it's only for an interview.
I think the Sigma C-3PO face looks like it was based from the 12" large sized figure.
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Licensee Spotlight: Butterfly Originals
We may have one or two pieces in the Oola section.
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Thanks for the TantiveXI shout out, as well as the shout out for James (ourchickenshack).  James has done a fantastic job on our Oola library.
Pete seems to have enjoyed throwing things at peoples heads, as a kid.

Thanks again to all the guys on TVR.  Keep up the great work.

"What's better than 4 podcast hosts? No, silly... it's not free cheesy Wotsits for life, its of course having 5 hosts for this month. And because of that we've gone over 4 hours of scrumptious warbling for your earlugs. Who said you weren't lucky to have us.

The podcast celebrates 100k downloads thanks to an email from Podbean which is about a year out of date as we are currently over 115k downloads.

We pay tribute to James Martin as he sadly passed away in July after many years of fighting off cancer. A knowledgeable collector who we can proudly say was a good friend. R.I.P James.

Phil Bangert is our interviewee this month, and Richard catches up with him for a chat about his Star Wars collecting and a little chat about his love of all things football, despite being an American. Maybe Richard 'Arsenal' Hutchinson can learn a thing or two.

Jason's list of newest acquisitions is longer this month, so we've cut that down to just the first 1000 items. Andy Preston and Andy Spoons share their love of  Marvel Weekly UK with Peter in the licensee section and you don't want to miss some of the clowning in the correspondence pages.

Rebel briefings has Richard getting righteously indignant about the latest repro drama, wondering how many small towns in Newcastle he can buy with the proceeds of a Rocket Firing Fett purchase and looks forward to more words in books from J.W.Rinzler."

Thanks for the update Chris. I'm looking forward to watching it next week.

Here’s an old TVR segment I’ve been meaning to enhance ever since I started working on their YouTube channel. Clint helped out and provided some photos for this when I started putting it together a couple months ago.

This is a fascinating conversation between Grant Criddle and Lee Bullock about the science of plastic degradation and what you can do to slow it down.

Chris, Thanks for the update. I'm looking forward to re-listening to it.

Episode 74 review.

That was a lovely tribute for James Martin.  He will be sadly missed at all the meet ups.

Rich, that was a fantastic quiz.  Loved the idea of using the Topps trading cards.
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That was an interesting chat about the Rocking Firing Fett.  Especially how they used ebay as an advertising advert.

The interview with Phil Bangert was great.  It's always great to hear from other collectors.

Loved the section about the Marvel UK Weekly/Monthly comic books.  Looking forward to hearing the next section about the USA Marvel comic books in the next episode.
Pete could easily continue into the Spanish comics, French Canadian from "Editions Heritage" , and other comic licenses from other parts of the world.
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I've listened to this episode at least twice, maybe 3 times.
I want to thank all the TVR crew for all the hard work each month.  I haven't done that in a while.

Sorry for the short review this month.  Work is getting in the way of having fun.

New Episode is up!


Episode 75: Rinzler and Repeat - The Vintage Rebellion Podcast

"Three quarters of the way to a hundred episodes. And to celebrate this we have managed to get Mr JW Rinzler on the cast in order to plug his new book, All Up, talking about rockets, Lucasfilm and discover a certain character in a Disney film was named after him.
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The hosts again are a five, and we've decided to keep hold of the two Andys and cardboard king Mr Jason Smith. Richard leads them through a host of stories ranging from destroying your childhood right through to that warm feeling you get when you complete a run.

In the Licencee section Pete again talks Marvel comics, but this time its from across the pond with the American releases.

So, sit back, pour a large glass of Vimto, open a packet of Bourbon Creams and prepare your ears for 3 and a half hours of luxury warbling."

Thanks for the update Chris . I'm going to watch/listen to it this morning as I'm working.

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All 5 hosts make dramatic returns for yet another episode of the longest Star Wars Vintage Collecting podcast in the modern era. Chris Porteous again tries to make us look visually appealing with the Youtube visual version. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Scott Bradley is our guest and main interviewee, he joins Richard to talk about the complicated relationship between Kenner, Irwin, Parker and Regal as he discusses the Canadian distribution system.

The lads discuss the shadiest behaviour in recent times and in a story that makes war and peace seem like a Christmas cracker joke in Rebel Briefings.

And the licensee topic has a Swedish flavour as we lick the crumbs from the smorgasbord to talk posters etc with Scandecour. [if you can count all the ABBA references, you may be able to win a prize]

All packed into a tight 3hr55min of vintage fiskbullar.

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:26 - Remembering Ron Cobb & Alan Tomkins

0:08:22 - Host's Newest Acquisitions

0:28:06 - The Mandalorian Season 2 Trailer - Vintage Influences & Bob Fett

0:39:46 - The Quiz

0:53:42 - NA Shoutouts

1:06:52 - Rebel Briefings

1:07:35 - Power Droid at it Again!

2:00:08 - A New Proof - One Last Time!

2:02:00 - Aston's Auctioneers - Going out with a Bang!

2:06:09 - Space Toys Advert

2:07:14 - Scott Bradley Interview

3:10:11 - Licence to Thrill - Scandecor & Scanlite

3:45:09 - Rapid Fire with Scott Bradley

3:49:41 - Feedback & Outro

Thanks for the update Rich. I'm really looking forward to listening to the interview with Scott.

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Still very much alive, our intrepid band of collectors remove their masks, give their microphones and surrounding areas a bally good rub down with disinfectant and soldier on like any stern British podcaster would expect to do in a crisis. Hoorah for the Queen.

We remember those days of bobbing for apples in others saliva as we try to regurgitate Halloweens of the past. Richard talks of the final Astons Auctions in Dudley with some incredible bulk lots, we hear about several new books in the community, an amazing poster Auction and Jason becomes very Scottish.

The Licensee section is another of Andy Preston's passions: HC Ford and Sons, stationary for the discerning school child of the 80s.

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Sweet. New material for the work day on Monday.
Thanks for the update Rich.

It took a little longer than usual but the YouTube version of that episode is up now too, and if 3h of video is too much for you (as it is for most lol) I’ve started clipping out segments and uploading them individually. Should have a couple more from 77 on there soon.

Ever thought of making your own playset for vintage Star Wars action figures because 'those that should' back in the day didn't cater for all of our vintage cardboard enthusiasm? Thats exactly what young Lee Gregory thought and decided to do something about it. Hear his unique Manchester-based experience as he rights those wrongs.

The lads debate further "Vintage 2.0":- most people have collected everything figure wise, it appears we are turning slightly to the continuation of the line and wanting new-old-new stuff

In Rebel Briefings Richard recalls a story where vintage is found behind a hole in a wall, we look at the prices realised at Astons final auction and another Propstore auction unearths a few oddities.

The Licensee section this month talks AIRFIX, that loveable brand of kits we all remember accidentally glueing to grandma when we were kids, Andy Preston and Mr. Spoons share some great memories.

So, sit back.. put on the kettle whilst Jason recalls his list of purchases and tune into another belter of an episode.

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Thanks for the update, Rich.

I'm listening to it as we speak.

Here is the only youtube clip I've managed to get out, Lee Gregory's interview. For anyone interested in that custom Bespin playset, you get a pretty good look at all the details and earlier iterations.

I really enjoyed this episode. Especially all the chat about custom figures and play sets.
Lee did a fantastic job on the Bespin set. I loved hearing how it evolved.

New Episode and Exclusive YouTube content!!!!111

This episode features a full video interview with Craig Miller, original director of fan relations during Star Wars and ESB!

Fantastic.
I'm going to need something to watch and listen too, while escaping from the family over the next week.

I've also put up the Craig Miller interview by itself as he supplied a bunch of interesting photos and he had his webcam on for the whole interview, and picked up a couple interesting items in his office.

This month's episode had to be re-exported due to an AC/DC song completely chopping out a few minutes of audio. It's not good enough that the ad revenue goes to them, they don't want anyone using it on youtube. Near the beginning there is a really fun re-cap of the guy's memories of Celebration Europe 3, that was certainly the highlight for me in this one, lots of video and photos from the event.  

Thanks for the update Chris. I'm looking forward to listening to the episode this coming week.

Our very own Chris C & Christian with Stuart at the TVR booth at C3 in London, at the 8.27 mark.
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