What's your latest purchase?

[Animal Mother.]

yes i removed those cheap silver sticker eyes and painted them white then satin gloss the whole bust to give spidey a shine including the eyes...sometime you can find spidey alex ross bust for cheap on ebay..i got this one for $150 6 months ago

Cool, thanks for the info. Didnt realize they were stickers. I remember them always being scuffed up though, even in the store display cases. And funny, cause I remember the pic on the box having white eyes. I'll definitely keep an eye out on ebay one of these days.

 

[xYx]

Arrived this morning...finally added this beast to my Lifesize busts collection...Venom # 8/300

That's the shiznit right there! Congrats man!
Pretty low edition number as well, I got #10!

 

[Vic Veins]

That's the shiznit right there! Congrats man!
Pretty low edition number as well, I got #10!

Thanks bro..glad to be a new member of the 1st Venom bust club..after seeing it in person for the first time,i'm still amazed of the quality paint application this bust has..this has to be the most wicked sick looking piece in my collection..

 

[jkno]

Recently I got a real deactivated British Sterling Mk4/L2A3 SMG Stormtrooper blaster with real M-40 Tank scope on it, and accurate T-tracks. It even comes with a cool metal plaque and an official deactivation certificate from UK (so is legal here too).

It is in PERFECT condition, since I've seen others with rust, and even with damage on various parts. Wanted this for years, but finally got it from a RPF UK member for a hell of a price. Couldn't believe my eyes, and is the real deal, not a replica.

It is simply awesome indeed, all the details that makes this very close to a screen used thing. Cannot get better than this, I got my blaster collection to a new level. A chapter of my collecting just closed, and another has opened.

 

[DeadLeaves]

Now, that is cool! Nice one jkno.

 

[jkno]

Now, that is cool! Nice one jkno.

Thanks you DL!

 

[Mr. Green]

Recently I got a real deactivated British Sterling Mk4/L2A3 SMG Stormtrooper blaster with real M-40 Tank scope on it, and accurate T-tracks. It even comes with a cool metal plaque and an official deactivation certificate from UK (so is legal here too).

It is in PERFECT condition, since I've seen others with rust, and even with damage on various parts. Wanted this for years, but finally got it from a RPF UK member for a hell of a price. Couldn't believe my eyes, and is the real deal, not a replica.

It is simply awesome indeed, all the details that makes this very close to a screen used thing. Cannot get better than this, I got my blaster collection to a new level. A chapter of my collecting just closed, and another has opened.

Nice but isn't SW fictional? Why would it have to be deactivated? Unless its a play along to the SW storyline as though its real. And is that magazine for bullets? I thought blaster is like shooting energy.

Again, nice purchase.

 

[jkno]

Nice but isn't SW fictional? Why would it have to be deactivated? Unless its a play along to the SW storyline as though its real. And is that magazine for bullets? I thought blaster is like shooting energy.

Again, nice purchase.

Because if not deactivated it would be a REAL weapon which could shoot bullets, which is not allowed on many countries. That is why in ESB and especially on ROTJ Lucas didn't even use real Sterling sub-machine guns anymore, but went instead in many cases with resin copies. This is the closest thing to what was used in A New Hope. It is a replica only because it replicates what was used in the movies but otherwise it uses exactly the same components used by ILM.

You could read more about the weapons of Star Wars here: https://www.partsofsw.com/index.htm , mine is BlasTech E-11 Stormtrooper Blaster Version C (also used by Han solo in shooting the comm panel in the detention cell bloc scene). Or you can look here in the Behind the Scenes section: https://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/E-11_blaster_rifle

Quote: "The E-11 blaster rifle prop was built from a British-made Sterling L2A3 sub-machine gun. To give the actors something to react to and to give rotoscoping artists timing reference when animating blaster bolts, the E-11 rifle props in the original trilogy—which were still fully operational firearms—were loaded with blank cartridges that were then fired to provide a practical effect. Because of this, expended 9mm casings can be seen ejecting from the props in several scenes in A New Hope, particularly during the assault on the Death Star's detention level. This can also be seen briefly in a closeup of Lando firing one in The Empire Strikes Back."

The pic below shows a real Sterling and an ROTJ E-11 blaster (mine is ANH)

 

[Skiman]

It still couldn't kill me jkno.

Ski

 

[DeadLeaves]

well, duh - it's been de-activated.

 

[jkno]

It still couldn't kill me jkno.

Ski

well, duh - it's been de-activated.

I could always hit Ski in the head with it. And trust me, he'd feel that weight for a couple seconds before passing out

 

[sithjedi171]

SSC Lando from Hastings.com

 

[IronFingaz]

Got this last week...

 

[aaronViolator]

Recently I got a real deactivated British Sterling Mk4/L2A3 SMG Stormtrooper blaster with real M-40 Tank scope on it, and accurate T-tracks. It even comes with a cool metal plaque and an official deactivation certificate from UK (so is legal here too).

It is in PERFECT condition, since I've seen others with rust, and even with damage on various parts. Wanted this for years, but finally got it from a RPF UK member for a hell of a price. Couldn't believe my eyes, and is the real deal, not a replica.

It is simply awesome indeed, all the details that makes this very close to a screen used thing. Cannot get better than this, I got my blaster collection to a new level. A chapter of my collecting just closed, and another has opened.

Jkno, that is killer man! Big massive Congrats...that better be ticked off as a grail find for you!

 

[Darkseed]

HT Dx Batman (x2)
HT Black Suit Spiderman (awaiting to arrive)
HT Mark II Unleashed (arrive on Friday)

 

[Vaako]

Got this last week...

congratz

i still have to wait till the end of this month before getting him

 

[Vic Veins]

I purchase this statue last week..even tho i'm not a fan of hollywood collectibles pieces mainly because most of their sculpts are awful and the paint applications are not great..I needed to add Aliens Chestburster to my collection.when I received him,I found the alien too pale and not bloodly enough.I decided to give it a make-over and painted more blood on him and heavy glossed the whole piece to give it a wet slimey look..before and after pix

 

[The Entity]

Just added this to my collection....

Very cool!
Congrats!

Recently I got a real deactivated British Sterling Mk4/L2A3 SMG Stormtrooper blaster with real M-40 Tank scope on it, and accurate T-tracks. It even comes with a cool metal plaque and an official deactivation certificate from UK (so is legal here too).

It is in PERFECT condition, since I've seen others with rust, and even with damage on various parts. Wanted this for years, but finally got it from a RPF UK member for a hell of a price. Couldn't believe my eyes, and is the real deal, not a replica.

It is simply awesome indeed, all the details that makes this very close to a screen used thing. Cannot get better than this, I got my blaster collection to a new level. A chapter of my collecting just closed, and another has opened.

Dude, awesome!
Major congrats, this looks badass!

Got this last week...

Congrats!


BTW, I almost thought you were really dissapointed with this, because I looked at your avi pic after reading your post

 

[Predatormaniac88]

Got this today, must say i'm really happy with this figure

 

[-jay-]

Got this last week...

Congrats Anders

My latest purchase

I had to wait for a replacement arm but it's here now and i couldn't be happier with this MK II.