Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Vintage Patrol Dewback Collection

Here is my vintage Patrol Dewback collection. This is the first one released in 1978. It is graded AFA 80. It is really hard to find these still sealed, mainly because they weren't a very popular toy to begin with.
This is a super rare Canadian Dewback in an Empire Strikes Back box. It was never released in an Empire box in the States. This one is still sealed. 
Notice the French/Canadian Empire logo.

Vintage Boba Fett Collection

When I was in my early twenties, there was a local comic book shop that sold vintage Star Wars toys. This was way before Ebay made it easy to find anything you wanted if you had the money. Someone came in with about 10 figures on SW cards in various conditions and traded them for a boxed Alien figure from 1979. The toy dealer put the newly acquired figure on the shelf for sale. One of them was this Boba Fett. Fett wasn't even in the first SW movie but was released for a very short time on a SW card before the Empire Strikes Back was released. So this was super rare. He had this one marked at $500 at the time. Then his brother/partner told him to keep because, "When will you ever see another Fett figure on a SW card?". So not only was the original price way out of my league, it was no longer for sale. Years later, I saved up some cash and a SW carded Fett went up on Ebay. It was probably one of the first ones to be sold on Ebay. I paid $500. It was an awesome addition to my collection. Years later I sent it in to AFA (a toy grading company). They sent it back in a sealed case and graded it 75 out of 100. It was down graded for the bubble and the card. The figure was mint. And even years later down the road, I put it back on Ebay and sold it for $1200. 
This was a Boba Fett figure made in Taiwan. I bought it sealed on a cut card. After opening it, I send this one in to AFA and it received a 90 out of 100. If I'd sent it in still sealed, it would have received a U90, meaning "uncirculated". 
This is a picture of a prototype Fett that is on a catalogue that came with a collector's case. 
Here's a pic of the Fett figure before being sent to AFA.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Battlestar Galactica

This is the 1st post for this blot. Since in now only collect Star Wars figure, I figured I'd get these out of the way. There have alway been a few toy lines other than SW that I've been interested in. IE: Indiana Jones, Battlestar Galactica, well, that's about it. Those two lines are small, look great displayed together and are somewhat easy to complete. But they are pretty expensive and it's hard to focus on more than one line at a time. I also don't have the room to display them all. So these are a few BG figures I acquired over the years. I sold them so I could continue pursuing SW figures.

This photo shows the 2 variation of Daggit and Cylon figures.
Here is a close up of the Cylon Commander. Super rare gold plated figure.
This I actually never owned but I would have loved to. The 4 pack is super rare, but this 6 pack, forget it.