Wednesday, November 16, 2005

My Star Wars Collectibles

Over the years I have collected some fun pieces of

Star Wars Memorabilia.

Here they are.

Enjoy




A 1977 Original Star Wars Soundtrack LP autographed by John Williams



A personalized Autograph from Ben Burtt inside the cover of his book.


Tim Zahn autographed my Hardback copy of Survivor's Quest, in which the 501st is written into the Star Wars extended Universe. We would later be featured in Revenge of the Sith as the Stormtroopers accompanying Anakin into the Jedi Temple for the extermination.


Two unused MINT Sneak Preview Passes for Revenge of the Sith.


A personalized Autograph from Anthony Daniels. I got this when I trooped a Lucasfilm event in the Rainbow Room for their marketing department. Anthony Daniels was the MC for the night. We worked out a small skit for Lord Vader's entrance into the room. Afterword, he signed these cards, especially printed for that one event only. (as you can see the event name and date printed at the bottom of the photo)

Kenny baker's autograph.


Peter Mayhew's personalized Autograph on an authentic 70mm film frame from an original print of the ORGINAL Star Wars film A New Hope.

My Signature series ICONS Lightsaber signed by James Earl Jones, on the nameplate, and by David Prowse on the display base (Shown below)







My Graflex A New Hope Skywalker Lighsaber. I built this from a near mint condition Graflex I found in a local Richmond camera shop (complete with the reflector pan). The owner wanted $20 for it...I was dying inside, but countered with a $15 offer which HE TOOK !!

These is the interior prop "Saber Mechanism" I made for the inside of the Graflex. Besides looking cool, they also give it what I feel to be the appropriate weight for a Lightsaber.
(Note the real blue crystal mounted in the center, atop the black power cells, just below the blade focusing cup)


Here is Steve Sansweet's Star Wars Scrapbook, with his personalized autograph.

Steve Sansweet's Star Wars Encyclopedia, also with a personalized autograph.


My Luke Skywalker figure with the personalized autograph from Mark Hamill.


My Autographed Photo of Jeremy Bulloch. This was supplied to us by Steve Sansweet to auction at our Relay for life Charity event in Reston, Virginia. I won it!


A personalized autograph from Ray Park.


A Special Edition of the magazine "Famous Monsters" ca 1977-78.



Episode I Mail-in Sneak Preview figure of Mace Windu. (Note the blue lightsaber blade)


A vintage box of C-3POs cereal. Not MINT, but cool to have. The back panel is shown below.




My Jorg Sacul Celebration II figure - smuggled to me by some really great Bothan friends.

My Darth Vader Celebration III figure with cool phrases recorded by James Earl Jones especially for this figure. Smuggled to me be the same Bothan friends.



Here is a vintage 1983 R2-D2 Toy Box, manufactured by American Toy and Furniture. It stands about 3 feet tall and the molded head is removeable for storage of toys inside. I just received it last night, so these shots are new, and it needs a good wipedown and possibly a replacement caster for the one that is missing, but very cool.


The American Toy and Furniture company held the license to produce furniture items bearing the Return of the Jedi logo. By far, the most famous item produced by them was this R2-D2 toy box, in part because it has a connection to the ultra-popular toy collector's market. Most of American Toy and Furniture's products were sold through catalogs.

The large items were shipped unassembled, in boxes sporting rather mundane line-art graphics. The most sought-after version of the toy toter, however, came in a box featuring a photographic overlay on its exterior. These versions were probably sold in stores, where point-of-sale attractiveness was important in making products appealing to shoppers. The boxes are VERY hard to locate today.

Thanks David! :)






Another addition is the acquisition of a Genuine, deactivated Sterling L2A3 MK4 Submachine Gun and magazine, along with a vintage Hengstler counter.






It's been a while since I updated this blog, but I have been busy with the complete stripping and refurbishing of the Sterling. Here are a couple of pics of the (almost) finished product:


Here's a link to the complete process:



STERLING MANUAL 3.4 M








When I attended the midnight Troop for the Clone Wars movie, before anyone else arrived at the theater, I walked with Lee (the Regional Regal Cinema Theaters Director) over to the Texas Roadhouse to talk to their manager and set up the dinner plans. On the way over, we passed the theater's dumpster. About 10 feet of fluttering film attached to a small, palm-sized reel of film caught my eye as we were walking, so I stepped over and picked it up and wound up the loose stuff as we walked, then shoved it in my pocket.

When I got my gear out of my truck to change, I threw it in and decided to check it out later.

When I got home last night, I remembered it and pulled it out to check.
I'll be damned if it isn't the completely intact FULL CLONE WARS THEATRICAL TRAILER!

They must have cut it out of one of the other films showing since it was opening.






My friend Paul went to Celebration IV and had Anthony Forrest (The original trooper from the Mos Eisley roadblock scene in Star Wars who gets mind-tricked by Obi Wan) sign this sandtrooper shoulder pauldron for me. Thanks Paul !!







I also had the luck to find this first edition Star Wars novel published in December of 1976, six months before the films release in May 1977.


posted by Shadow Walker at 12:00 PM