What a great collection, I am slowly rebuilding mine after losing it to a fire in 2018. Got the first 12, missing about 8 to complete the total run. Thanks for the tips man. Looks amazing!
You probably already know this,, but somebody stole one of Steve Sandsweet's Rocket firing Boba Fett prototypes. It was someone he trusted, and let roam the museum freely. I remember watching a short documentary about it. The guy was stealing high end items and selling them to other collectors. He would tell them not to tell anyone he sold it to them because he'd already promised it to someone else, which was a red flag for the buyer, because if he'd already promised to sell it to someone else why was he reaching out to offer it to him. He stole several things off Steve. I believe Steve got back most of the stuff, but it changed the way he allowed people to walk around the museum, and his trust in others.
@@Robcuttlechannel Yes. He got the Boba Fett back. There used to be a documentary called 'The Dark Side of Collecting' here on UA-cam. It seems to be gone now, but a summary of the story can be heard with footage from the documentary on 'Junkman' channel. The guy (Carl Cunningham) was pretty much ousted from the collecting community. He was found guilty of felony theft of value over $200K. When word got out some of the evil minded collectors got the guys information, found out who his kids were, and started harassing them. I'm not sure if Steve, and other victims ever retrieved all their stolen items, or not? This happened in 2013.
Once again a beautiful large collection of variants that you have on that focus shelf. Still have the decals of the millenium falcon 1981 unused with veichle. Your diorama is the Best I've ever seen.
I had around 80 figures from my childhood sitting in boxes since 1984. In 2011 I put them on display and figured I buy what I needed to have a complete set. Then I got hooked on variants.
It’s not with intent to troop build. I collect the different variants. Coo and date stamps, paint colors, etc. that’s why I have over 50 Lukes and Boba Fetts too.
Congratulations on an astonishingly good display! I've seen many trooper builds, but never a farm boy Luke's! I’m based in the UK and I'm trying to understand something about Palitoy. They manufactured the playsets and some of the vehicles, but they didn’t injection mold the figures, did they? Yet, I've seen Star Wars figures with the Palitoy sticker on the card. My understanding is that they must have had the figures shipped in loose from other factories and then packaged them at Palitoy. Would you agree with that?
They had the figures made in Asia. The only figures that I know of that they made were the Olive Hair Farm Boy Luke, and the Pale Face Geisha Leia Bespin. There could be others though.
When I was a kid my Luke Skywalkers head would always break off This happened two times. Is there a know defect with the original Luke? Did this happen to anyone else or did I just break two?
My main contribution to the hobby is many years ago I found the first molded color leg Han Hoth.
That’s cool! Painted leg Han is an awesome variant.
What a great collection, I am slowly rebuilding mine after losing it to a fire in 2018. Got the first 12, missing about 8 to complete the total run. Thanks for the tips man. Looks amazing!
Thanks! You’ll probably end up buying a million variants like the rest of us collectors do. lol
You probably already know this,, but somebody stole one of Steve Sandsweet's Rocket firing Boba Fett prototypes. It was someone he trusted, and let roam the museum freely. I remember watching a short documentary about it. The guy was stealing high end items and selling them to other collectors. He would tell them not to tell anyone he sold it to them because he'd already promised it to someone else, which was a red flag for the buyer, because if he'd already promised to sell it to someone else why was he reaching out to offer it to him. He stole several things off Steve. I believe Steve got back most of the stuff, but it changed the way he allowed people to walk around the museum, and his trust in others.
Wow! I didn’t know that. That’s terrible.
I got to meet Sansweet. He was really nice.
Did he get the rocket fett back?
@@Robcuttlechannel Yes. He got the Boba Fett back. There used to be a documentary called 'The Dark Side of Collecting' here on UA-cam. It seems to be gone now, but a summary of the story can be heard with footage from the documentary on 'Junkman' channel. The guy (Carl Cunningham) was pretty much ousted from the collecting community. He was found guilty of felony theft of value over $200K. When word got out some of the evil minded collectors got the guys information, found out who his kids were, and started harassing them. I'm not sure if Steve, and other victims ever retrieved all their stolen items, or not? This happened in 2013.
Wow! What an awesome collection! I love all the variants you have especially the Luke Farmboy. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Thanks! The variant rabbit hole runs deep. lol
Fantastic Collection
Dang leave some for the rest of us lol
Once again a beautiful large collection of variants that you have on that focus shelf. Still have the decals of the millenium falcon 1981 unused with veichle. Your diorama is the Best I've ever seen.
Thanks! Those decals are from the Falcon? I appreciate the info. I don’t know why I never put them on, but I’m glad I didn’t.
Impressive... Most Impressive!
Absolutely love this - it’s made my day thanks for taking the time to share it. All the best mike
Thanks! Who would have thought we’d all still love these old toys after all these years
Looks great brother!!! Spaced out very well with maximum use of the space. Another great video my friend!
Thanks! I need to start filming the bloopers where I knock a bunch of them over. lol
You get a whole new lesson in the domino effect. Lol
Wow, nice collection brother, I'm jealous, I only have seven of my childhood figures left.
That’s cool that you still have any at all. Around 80 of these figures are from my childhood.
Wicked cool!
BRUH!!! AWESOME
Amazing set up! How long have you been collecting these?
I had around 80 figures from my childhood sitting in boxes since 1984. In 2011 I put them on display and figured I buy what I needed to have a complete set. Then I got hooked on variants.
I've never seen a troop build of gamorrean guards.
It’s not with intent to troop build. I collect the different variants. Coo and date stamps, paint colors, etc. that’s why I have over 50 Lukes and Boba Fetts too.
Congratulations on an astonishingly good display! I've seen many trooper builds, but never a farm boy Luke's!
I’m based in the UK and I'm trying to understand something about Palitoy. They manufactured the playsets and some of the vehicles, but they didn’t injection mold the figures, did they? Yet, I've seen Star Wars figures with the Palitoy sticker on the card. My understanding is that they must have had the figures shipped in loose from other factories and then packaged them at Palitoy. Would you agree with that?
They had the figures made in Asia. The only figures that I know of that they made were the Olive Hair Farm Boy Luke, and the Pale Face Geisha Leia Bespin. There could be others though.
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When I was a kid my Luke Skywalkers head would always break off This happened two times. Is there a know defect with the original Luke? Did this happen to anyone else or did I just break two?
There’s no known defect with Luke. Sometimes they just weren’t assembled correctly
WHY?