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- 5 years 11 months ago
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I became a Star Wars fan when it had its second major boon in the mid-90's. My figure collection started with the Power Of The Force 2 collection started in 1995 and I collected them consistently all the way up through The Saga Legends collection in 2006. I also have quite a few older figures from the original A New Hope line [1978] all the way up through the original Power Of The Force collection (1985). I have about 100+ figures in all. My collecting days have mostly ended because I have most of the characters I want but once in a while if I see a new version of one of my favorite characters (i.e. Boba Fett, Darth Vader, R2-D2, Yoda, Darth Maul, etc.) I'll pick one up for old times sake. I've since moved on to collecting G.I. Joes and Transformers but I'll always remember when I started my Star Wars figure collection in Summer of 1997...
I was 11 years old in the summer of 1997 and my mom had promised to give me $10 if I came to work with her one Saturday to help her at the medical billing place where she worked. Sure enough I agreed to go and I got my $10. Later, in the afternoon after my mom was done working, I asked if we could go to Toys 'R' Us and look at Star Wars figures. I wanted to start my collection with Luke and Darth Vader but finding Vader would prove to be no easy task. The first figure I bought was Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear. I was disappointed that I couldn't find Vader, so decided to save my remaining $5 and go somewhere else. Later on, after my family and I went to Chi Chi's for dinner, we decided to go to the mall and browse for a while. Sure enough with my remaining $5 I made a bee line towards KB Toys. They didn't have Vader either but I saw that they had R5-D4, which is the droid that Luke and his uncle almost bought from the Jawas in A New Hope. I decided to buy him because he was cool (he had a friggin missile launcher) and just wait for the Vader figure for another time...
My top five Star Wars action figures:
5. R2-D2 (Episode II collection, 2002)
I got this one when Episode II came out and I loved it because it was the first R2-D2 figure I had that made noise and had a flashing light on his head. Very cool.
4. Yoda (Power Of The Force 2 collection, 1995)
I got this one for my 12th birthday from my aunt and uncle. I'll never know where they found this one but I was really excited to get Yoda. They also found Chewbacca, Grand Moff Tarkin, and Garindian for me.
3. Darth Maul (Episode I collection, 1999)
This was the holy grail of the Episode I era and my mom found him for me at our local Marc's store one day for $5.99 ($2 cheaper than what they usually cost at like Walmart or Toys 'R' Us for $7.99)
2. Boba Fett (Ralph McQuarrie Concept)(Saga Legends collection, 2006)
I originally saw this one at a collectible toy stand at a flea market one day but the guy running the stand said he hadn't priced it yet but if I wanted to give him my phone number and have him hold it for me he would be willing to do that. Of course this flea market was more than a little out of my way and I was impatient so I looked it up on eBay when I got home and I bought this unique Boba Fett (my favorite character) to add to my collection.
1. Darth Vader (Power Of The Force 2 collection, 1995)
This was the one. I already told the story about this figure on another post but I'll try to tell the condensed version for this purpose. Since I became a Star Wars fan in the summer, I had been looking for this figure everywhere but with no luck. I even asked for the figure for Christmas, but no one in my family could find him for me. I got about a dozen new figures and an X-Wing, but no Vader. Then by some divine miracle, two days after Christmas, my aunt had gone to our local K-Mart and was browsing for after Christmas sales when she came across my coveted Darth Vader. She quickly bought it for me and it was a neat surprise when she told me to close my eyes and hold out my hands. I was nothing short of amazed when I opened my eyes!!
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- 5 years 10 months ago
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I have this kickass Cloud City set with Luke (dressed in his RotJ outfit for some reason), Han, Darth Vader, Chewie, and the droids. Got it at some convention last August, it's the thing at the top of this photo in my profile. 
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- 5 years 10 months ago
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How did I never see this!
Basically what you mentioned.....
Mostlyjango52577 wrote:
4. Yoda (Power Of The Force 2 collection, 1995)
3. Darth Maul (Episode I collection, 1999)
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- 5 years 10 months ago
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Darth Vader with Removable Helmet 
Jango Fett (Episode II Line)
Durge (Clone Wars line)
Boba Fett (recent release couldn't find a pic)
Luke Skywalker with removable hand
To all my favorites would be a MAJOR chore and I have both loose and MIB figures.
However soon I will be selling my MIB collection on Ebay due to the factor I quit MIB collecting years ago.[img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/GundaAre you sure you want to delete this post? Yes | No - 5 years 10 months ago
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Gundam_Warrior wrote:Darth Vader with Removable Helmet
Jango Fett (Episode II Line)
Durge (Clone Wars line)
Boba Fett (recent release couldn't find a pic)
Luke Skywalker with removable hand
To all my favorites would be a MAJOR chore and I have both loose and MIB figures.
However soon I will be selling my MIB collection on Ebay due to the factor I quit MIB collecting years ago.
The Vader with the removable helmet would be a nice figure to have. I also like that your favorite Luke figure is the Bespin Cloud City version from The Empire Strikes Back. That is my favorite Luke figure too because my favorite Star Wars film is Empire.
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- 5 years 1 month ago
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That charred remains of aunt Beru and Uncle Owen are very funny. These are just some of my personal favourites:
1977 Darth Vader
2008 Legacy Darth Vader
Vintage Royal Guard
2007 Bossk
2004 VOTC Luke
Vintage Bespin Han
2004 VOTC Han Solo
2004 VOTC Chewbacca
2009 Han and Luke Stormtroopers
Legacy 2009 Slave Leia
POTF Yak Face
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