DJ Mauls Ultimate Star Wars Toy Room Tour, Part 15
Well, here I am again, back with yet MORE pics and stories from my Star Wars Toy Room.
We left off with the Cups & Mugs shelf, so now let's continue along the top shelves that run across the right side wall, and we get to one of the first Lego sets I ever bought. It is, of course, a Darth Vader Lego and it was not too easy to assemble, but I managed it somehow. Looks like his chain has come loose a bit, I'll have to go fix that later...
Next to him starts my collection of vinyl figures from Applause; most of which were GIFTS!
For instance, this Darth Maul Applause fig and this young Anakin Applause fig were both gifts from a friend of my wife, who thought I might like them...she was right!
The rest of these...Tusken Raider Applause
Han Solo as Stormtrooper Applause
and R2-D2 Applause ......were all gifts from my MOTHER, who found them at a flea market or thrift store somewhere and grabbed them all for just a few bucks! The only two that I bought myself were this Prince Xizor Applause that I bought several years ago and this larger Darth Maul Applause that I actually just bought TWO DAYS AGO at my local comic shop...for just five bucks!
I usually don't go for the large 12" figures, especially as some of them can be rather expensive, but how could I possibly resist the Ultimate Villain Darth Vader Figure that came out last year...especially when you can remove the helmet to reveal his face!
It comes in the "Jedi Anakin" outfit but of course I wanted to display him as Vader, so I changed the outfit. This took a lot longer than expected, especially getting his BOOTS on...that took me close to a half hour alone! Seriously!I did feel rather odd the whole time....here I was, a full grown adult male, sitting at my kitchen table undressing and re-dressing a DOLL!!! Anyway, I kept the box there behind him as it holds all his Anakin gear, so it doesn't get lost.
Two new Unleashed figures are up here as well:Han Solo as Stormtrooper and Chewbacca from Ep. III
Bless my mom and her trips to the flea markets; here's another of her finds that she gave me, an item I probably never would have purchased myself: A stuffed Jar Jar Binks doll which again I believe is from Applause.
A GREAT collectible from the Star Wars Weekends of 2005 was this Darth Mickey Beanie that was going for HUGE money on eBay for awhile...I suppose he still is. I managed to get him online from Disney itself for regular price as part of some special offer they emailed me.
Next to Mickey are three M&M Star Wars Plushies, The Emperor, Vader & Luke.The Luke was a gift from my daughter. I had passed on these but she wanted to buy daddy something while out shopping with mommy and picked him, and of course I loved it. BUT, Luke looked kind of alone up there so of course later I grabbed the Vader, and then found the Emperor marked down enough to make me grab him too. I think three of those are enough though.
Did everyone manage to get all those Collector sets that came out whenever a Star Wars DVD came out? I did....well most of them anyway.
From the Episode III sets:Ep. III Set 1
From the Star Wars OT-SE DVD Collection:
From the Clone Wars Cartoon Season Two DVD collection:
There were sets like these for Clone Wars Season One that I apparently missed; perhaps someday I will hunt them down if they are not too expensive.
Wow, there's more stuff on this shelf than I thought...rolling right along...
Next up, the new Titanium Figures that came out this year.
The first two that came out were Darth Vader and also Boba Fett, ...there are two versions, the painted colored version and the "Limited Edition" Silver Finish version. This is when I sometimes HATE being a collector...yep, I bought TWO versions of essentially the SAME toy, because I bought into the "LIMITED EDITION!!!!" tag and thought they might be rarer and decided I needed BOTH versions. After a short while I realized that the silver versions are FAR from "RARE," in fact they're still all over the shelves as I'm sure you've all seen. Still, they are cool, just check out the close up of painted Vader and the close up of painted Boba Fett , both displayed with helmets removed to show their faces.
The next two to come out, The Sandtrooper and the bounty hunter Bossk I only bought the painted versions of...I learn from my mistakes sometimes.
Oh, BTW, obviously I removed the clear plastic covers for these because I was getting too much glare from the camera flash, but normally I keep the covers on to keep the dust off.
Wow, that was a LONG shelf!
I hope this is as much fun for all of you as it is for me...it's also helped me get a grasp on my collection in a way I never really had before, and made me dig back for information on exactly WHAT I have and WHERE it came from for many items I had sort of forgotten the history of.
Anyway, until the next chapter, as always thanks for following along!
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