Since mounting my display stands, and helmets on the wall of my office, I haven't had a chance to take pictures of them or show them off, in good lighting.
The night I got everything mounted, I took some pictures, but I don't actually have a main light in here, yet, so I wasn't able to take any clear photos.
It's a fairly impressive-looking setup.
I had to paint one of the display cases because the black and white ones were out of stock. It was a pain, and I am yet to do the shelves, but once they're white, it'll look much better.
The helmets are Black Series, and Kaleb is a little bit afraid of them, or at least he had been.
He started crying when I showed him them, especially Darth Vader. He runs to the office and slows down as he gets to the doorway, and cautiously pokes his head in to look at them. It's actually really funny, but now when I am holding him, he reaches up and touches them. Although, he does so gently, and quickly takes his hand back as he makes contact.
I'm well on my way to having the entire set, there are 77 in total, not including any variants. Also, there are the final 17, who came out in 1985, which I'd like to collect too. Those can be a pretty expensive, so while there may be less, it may take a while to gather them all.
This side is a bit emptier than the other, but I'm hoping to change that soon.
I want to shift some of the gear I've picked up recently, which is currently cluttering my space, and I'll be taking some of that profit and putting it into these figures.
I'm slowly pushing toward collecting them though, regardless of any of that.
Kaleb got me the AT-ST Driver and the Cloud Car Pilot.
I'll admit, I never liked the look of the Cloud Car Pilot, I think he looks a bit goofy, but for the sake of the set, I had to add him to the collection.
It happened that both of these figures were being sold by a guy on eBay, based in Ireland, which was cool, and the main reason for going for these two.
None are broken, but R2 has lost a lot of his decal. I don't mind too much, but I'll be looking to replace him with a cleaner one, once I get the set finished.
Most of them are in good nick though, especially considering their age.
My focus will be gathering all of this stuff, and completing individual figures once I have the entire set. In some cases, you're looking to turn €15 into €50, depending on condition, and whether or not the figure is complete.
More so than value though, I just think it would make the collection much more impressive to see them all complete.
I've been told that these days, even good reproduction weapons can be expensive, and to be honest, original would be better, but I have no problem with repro. I don't intend on selling them, or anything, so it doesn't bother me.
I have a few in their original packaging, which I would like to display along the sides of the display stand, or maybe below it, which I think would look fairly cool.
Boxed, I have, The Rancor Keeper, Squid Head, Nikto, and an Imperial Royal Guard. There is a Jawa in a local collectables shop going for €500, which I would really like to pick up.
I've had most of these since I was a kid, but the vast majority, I've picked up over the years.
I have a lot of doubles, and in some cases, triples, and since my cousin is a big Star Wars fan, I'm thinking of passing him a bundle of stuff to get his own collection started.
I don't have many, but I can give him a good 6-7 of them, which would be a nice start.
