Mad Old Lu
Super Freak
I'm finally getting around to making a thread of my figures. I've got Boba Fett coming this week, and since there's no room for him right now, I thought I'd take the opportunity to trim the fat as it were. My wife jokes that I must be breaking numerous fire code violations because of the high occupancy on my shelves! Therefore, I thought I would document the state of my collection at this point before I put some things away for a while.
I have always collected action figures ever since I was a young lad growing up in the 70s. Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man was possibly one of my first action figures, but certainly my first 12" figure. I loved that figure, but alas was lost to time. I eventually got him back in the early years of Ebay, though, and I really hope some toy company will create a new, high end modern version.
But collecting Sideshow and Hot Toys figures didn't start till early 2008, when I saw a web ad for Sideshow's newly announced 1:6 Indiana Jones. Raiders is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time, even above SW, and I had always wanted a great representation of the figure. I remember when I was a kid and Raiders had come out seeing a small ad to mail away for the 12" figure in Starlog magazine. Sadly I never was able to get it. So here was an opportunity to finally get my perfect Indiana Jones figure! I was very impressed my the level of detail and craftsmanship in the prototype photos. But $90? Ouch! My wife stepped in and offered to get him for me for my birthday in December (which is close to when he was scheduled to ship). She didn't know what she was getting herself into…
Well, after that order was placed, I started looking around the Sideshow site. And lo and behold, they do Star Wars figures too! And doesn't ANH Han look awesome! What's that? Only $65? Why that's an even better deal than Indy! ANH Han ended up being my very first Sideshow figure when he finally shipped in August that year, and I was blown away by the amazing details and poseability of the figure. Then I found Leia as Boushh on Ebay for a bargain, so she was next. Then Maul, then Anakin, and so on. I got 11 figures by the end of that first year. The total stands at 35, 36 if you count the Indy in Arab disguise.
This is my collection in early December '08, about 10 months after I discovered Sideshow.
Then after I got a nice Ikea cabinet.
Then added a few more figures.
Then after I added a vitrine for my desk top
And this is how is looks today, with a display shelf my wife got me for Christmas this past year to feature key figures.
I have always collected action figures ever since I was a young lad growing up in the 70s. Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man was possibly one of my first action figures, but certainly my first 12" figure. I loved that figure, but alas was lost to time. I eventually got him back in the early years of Ebay, though, and I really hope some toy company will create a new, high end modern version.
But collecting Sideshow and Hot Toys figures didn't start till early 2008, when I saw a web ad for Sideshow's newly announced 1:6 Indiana Jones. Raiders is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time, even above SW, and I had always wanted a great representation of the figure. I remember when I was a kid and Raiders had come out seeing a small ad to mail away for the 12" figure in Starlog magazine. Sadly I never was able to get it. So here was an opportunity to finally get my perfect Indiana Jones figure! I was very impressed my the level of detail and craftsmanship in the prototype photos. But $90? Ouch! My wife stepped in and offered to get him for me for my birthday in December (which is close to when he was scheduled to ship). She didn't know what she was getting herself into…
Well, after that order was placed, I started looking around the Sideshow site. And lo and behold, they do Star Wars figures too! And doesn't ANH Han look awesome! What's that? Only $65? Why that's an even better deal than Indy! ANH Han ended up being my very first Sideshow figure when he finally shipped in August that year, and I was blown away by the amazing details and poseability of the figure. Then I found Leia as Boushh on Ebay for a bargain, so she was next. Then Maul, then Anakin, and so on. I got 11 figures by the end of that first year. The total stands at 35, 36 if you count the Indy in Arab disguise.
This is my collection in early December '08, about 10 months after I discovered Sideshow.
Then after I got a nice Ikea cabinet.
Then added a few more figures.
Then after I added a vitrine for my desk top
And this is how is looks today, with a display shelf my wife got me for Christmas this past year to feature key figures.
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