my modern collection so far

Heres another addition to my modern collection, it lights up and plays a theme from the cantina, packaging has seen better days, but I didn't pay a lot for it really, and I haven't seen many of them around, a starcase will make it a bit more presentable
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That's a great piece Ian. It's a figure that they should have made in the vintage line. Looks like the same figure came in the mail away boxes?

Hey Clint, yeah they should have done a vintage version, I have the mail away versions to, these are similar

Great score, if I make some room for my cardboard cantina diorama, I'll probably track down that mail away set.

I wouldn't mind picking up the Jabba's Palace cardboard playset tbh

Those sets sound cool Chris, I don't have them in the collection yet, the mail away figures are a cool set to have, I have them on display, the electronic ones were a set of five only available at star wars weekends 2007, so they are pretty rare, glad to have one of them

Well I haven't bought much recently, but couldn't pass these two up on offer at the entertainer website for £15.00 each down from £48, the black series centrepiece, vader and luke


First up Vader, six inch scale, features light up blast effect and glowing sliced door effect, very cool


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Next up Luke on hoth, features light up blast effect, these are cool and you can add other figures to them,

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Wow those two are freaking awesome looking, I may have to find them.

Ian, nice pick ups mate

Cheers guys, they are pretty cool

Nice, those remind me of the unleashed series. I’ve been meaning to get a few more of those.

Cheers Chris, they are very much like the unleashed line, just a larger base to them with the light up features, I have around seven of the unleashed line to, very dynamic figure displays

Added some more shelves to the display room, still tinkering but its getting there
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Well its been a bit quiet on the buying front lately, that is until the recent toyfair, lots of cool stuff I just had to have, sold a few pieces and got some funds together, ah the joys of being a collector on a budget, I went the preorder route with these not out for a few months
first up the sail skiff, missed the last version when it was out at retail, and didn't fancy the 100 plus scalper pricing on ebay, so this new version at 40 pounds fits the bill nicely
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next up the first wave of the retro line, I know these are not for everyone, but for me they look pretty cool, and will fit in the collection nicely
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next up han in trooper getup, 3.75 scale vintage collection, this looks like a great figure
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lastly a couple of items that are in stock now, first up archive series Luke in x wing fighter gear, I got this when it was first out in the black series but sold it, really regretted it, so glad to have it again
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and lastly breaking my OT only rule, (i decided to only collect original trilogy stuff) this snoke was on offer for a fiver seemed rude not to
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So i've never preordered before, hope it all goes smoothly, i paid up front for everything apart from the skiff, but that's not out till june/july, see how it goes

I hope everything arrives safely. You'll have to keep us updated on the Retro line as they come out. Hopefully Hasbro puts out some figures that were never released (like the Tarkin figure).

Cheers mate, I've read elsewhere that if its successful they will do the whole run! not sure if I'll get them all, I'm glad to have my originals, I am waiting to preorder the Tarkin figure with the board game, here's hoping they do more originals

That's quite a haul mate, nice one

Sail skiff looks really cool

Cheers mate, yeah it stung the old wallet but i'll get over it

That Skiff is really beautiful, its almost more like a scale model than a 3.75" toy vehicle. Great selection of stuff, bro!

Cheers mate It is a great looking toy, can't wait to get it i'll be opening mine for sure,

Got my han in trooper gear figure, very nice, I feel like I need another to open, but they have sold out already, glad I snagged one
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took some pics of my room, first up the 6 inch scale tie
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then the top of the cabinets
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you can just about see my vintage carded at the very top in the alcove, going to move them out so I can better see them

Looks great Ian.

How are you hanging the MOC's?

cheers mate, I have been using these command hooks, but during the hot weather we had last year a lot of them fell off
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so I have a combination of them and nails, the back of the door is purely small nails

I use the command hooks as well, but I've never had a problem with them coming off. But we have air conditioning for the house. I've had some of the exterior command hooks come off because it was too cold, and I didn't use the exterior grade adhesive strips.

They are good, air conditioning that's what I need  
Added another bookcase to the room, still sorting out but glad to have my meagre vintage carded out on display
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So its my birthday today, had a bit of spending money so ordered a couple of modern black series bits, first up 6 inch scale luke landspeeder really nice piece this,
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Next up Reys speeder from force awakens, I have the smaller scale version needed this to complete the set, breaking my OT only buying rule

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lastly 6 inch scale captain Rex, love the design of the armour, this is a cool figure

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Well the stuff came today, sadly my landspeeder was missing the clear stand it should have come with, but apart from that its all good, hopefully the company I used can sort it for me
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Also won a bunch of figures on ebay, they should be here soon, few doubles which I will sell on, but a good mixed lot

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