Do you have any collections?

[Andy 7,730]

There are not too many Vader statues or figures that have truly nailed the helmet. It is very difficult to capture the nuances in both the dome and facemask.

The closest anyone ever came was the Marmit 12 Inch Figure prototype, which was never released.

Perhaps the best looking overall Vader statue goes to the Attakus:

[Thor 9,362]

I had a Darth Vader action figure as a kid, but I lost the cape, so he looked kinda naked and silly. I wonder if it's still in my parents' attic along with the other action figures (MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, TRANSFORMERS, M.A.S.K., plus Tarzan, The Phantom, Hulk Hogan and various other stuff).

[King Mark 3,975]

Here's the fig size comparison. The Sandtrooper is 12 inch line Sideshow Collectibles. The Kotoyubika Vader

(and Boba Fett) is smaller scale about 8 inches

[Trent B 354]

Guess that is on the small side all though still hard to tell a bit. I know this is asking a lot but could put a DVD case next to it so I can get a better visual on how tall the figure is?

[Koray Savas 2,260]

If the storm trooper is 12 inches, Vader looks like it's about 6.

[King Mark 3,975]

Here ya go Trent. It's slightly taller than a DVD (the DVD is resting ON the figure stand)

[Trent B 354]

Nice, thanks again. That's actually not a bad height for the figure. It definitely does look pretty good.

[King Mark 3,975]

It looks very good, but I would have liked it a bit bigger. Maybe not as big as the sandtrooper but somewher in between

[Xander Harris 9,674]

I got that Vader. It's very cool in person. I might get the Boba Fett to put alongside.

I still think the helmet looks off, as if the sculptor was trying to give him a mean expression through the mask. It looks great alongside the NECA classic Alien. Seems about scale.

[King Mark 3,975]

I disagree about the helmet. I think it looks TESB Helmet, which is a bit different than AHN and ROTJ helmet

It comes with an extra "Bespin carbon chamber" base with 2 pegs so you can put Vader and Boba next to each other.

[Thor 9,362]

I disagree about the helmet. I think it looks TESB Helmet, which is a bit different than AHN and ROTJ helmet.

Could you guys BE any nerdier?

[Josh500 1,620]

I collect two things:

John Williams CDs, meaning Original Soundtracks, Expanded Editions, Boston Pops albums, etc. etc.

Stephen King hardcovers (I have every SK book in hardcover)

I disagree about the helmet. I think it looks TESB Helmet, which is a bit different than AHN and ROTJ helmet.

Could you guys BE any nerdier?

[Wojo 2,458]

Here, toy nerds. Something else to collect.

http://toynewsi.com/index.php?itemid=17276

[Rachael Foley 10,162]

That is very realistic.....

[King Mark 3,975]

Probably be expensive

[Ollie 1,375]

Yes, I believe it's $200.00 US.

I think Hedji posted a link in the recent purchase thread.

[Mr. Breathmask 624]

I'm about to undertake my biggest challenge, as I finally begin building my model railroad layout this summer.

No more carpet central.

Will there be a thread keeping us updated?

[Ollie 1,375]

If anyone is seriously interested, perhaps.

I'm not much of a carpenter / electrician so it could get ugly.

[Andy 7,730]

Yes, I believe it's $200.00 US.

I think Hedji posted a link in the recent purchase thread.

Yep, I ordered one. For years, I've had a 1:1 replica of the Green Crystal, with nothing to display with it. This'll fit the bill nicely.

[King Mark 3,975]

I bought this Vader statue

http://store.kotous....tfx-statue.html

In the photos the pose looks weird. I saw it in a real display and said holy shit it's mine!

It's pretty huge too, and the actual Vader likeness sculpt is perfect .Best helmet of any figure I've yet seen

My only critique is that there's no AC pack for light up LEDS, because it looks amazing and I'd like to leave it on all the time

[MSM 194]

I bought this Vader statue

http://store.kotous....tfx-statue.html

In the photos the pose looks weird. I saw it in a real display and said holy shit it's mine!

It's pretty huge too, and the actual Vader likeness sculpt is perfect .Best helmet of any figure I've yet seen

My only critique is that there's no AC pack for light up LEDS, because it looks amazing and I'd like to leave it on all the time

Doesn't it look too skinny, more like the RotS Vader?

[King Mark 3,975]

I said I wasn't sure about it from seeing the official picture, but seeing it in person it was an instant buy

[MSM 194]

I said I wasn't sure about it from seeing the official picture, but seeing it in person it was an instant buy

I heard you. it doesn't look like the RotS Vader in real?

[King Mark 3,975]

Apart from the RotS shoulder pads he looks like Return of the Jedi , especially the helmet

Frankly I haven't noticed if he's too "slim" or not. To me the costume sculpt/paint and helmet accuracy is more important. He looks like he stepped out of the movie

He also looks a lot better if you place him higher than eye level rather than looking down on him, because of the pose. My guess is they took the pose when he jumps and lands on the Bespin chamber in TESB

[MSM 194]

Apart from the RotS shoulder pads he looks like Return of the Jedi , especially the helmet

Frankly I haven't noticed if he's too "slim" or not. To me the costume sculpt/paint and helmet accuracy is more important. He looks like he stepped out of the movie

He also looks a lot better if you place him higher than eye level rather than looking down on him, because of the pose. My guess is they took the pose when he jumps and lands on the Bespin chamber in TESB

It looks cool anyway.

[King Mark 3,975]

Well the other Koto Vader (Bespin) is really small and 1:8th scale, so this one being 1:7th scale I was not expecting much bigger. But it it is, it's a bit larger than my sideshow collectible 12 inch Sandtrooper which is supposed to be 1:6th scale

That's what made me buy it, because it's pretty big and impressive looking

[tharpdevenport 4]

I'm pretty sure I have the largest collection of non DVD ripped unreleased "Buffy the Vamprie Slayer" TV series score; From Walter Murphy, to about twenty to thirty minutes of season six.

I also have, though this is not remarkable of unique, all the Far Side comic works. In order to have it sall, sans the special covers for the duplicate material smaller books, you have to get:

-- All the anthology volumes (five or six, as I recall)

-- The Pre History of The Far Side

-- The Last Chapter and Worse (the final cartoons, and something like 30 more made after it ended, never seen by the general public until this book)

"There A Hair In My Dirt" is by Larson, but not strictly The Far Side, plus it was ridicuously childish.

I even have the VHS tapes of the Halloween animated specials, the aired, and the un-aired one. These were back when they were not on DVD.

[King Mark 3,975]

I have the big bounded Far Side collector's books . And all the Anthologies in paperback. I used to read it every day in the newspaper

Ok so the Vader is 11 1/2 inch in crouching position, so he'd be about 14 inches high if standing straight

[MSM 194]

I have the biggest collection of The Sound of Glory cds, about 14.

[Trent B 354]

Here's another thing I like to collect. I'm still missing several ships. The original TOS Enterprise, the Enterprise-A, the Reliant, the Borg Cube, Deep Space Nine, Future Enterprise-D and I believe that's it. Hopefully next year I can pick them up.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/BigT1981/DSC05480.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/BigT1981/DSC05483.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/BigT1981/DSC05485.jpg

[Wojo 2,458]

What does God need with a starship?

He takes them to bed, with nice floral patterned bedsheets and everything.

It wasn't weird before. Fixed.

[Trent B 354]

Nice floral patterned tablecloth. Very spacey background for your spaceships.

Actually that's my bed sheet.

[Wojo 2,458]

I thought as much, but didn't want to @$$ume.

Sounds like a subject for our next "get to know your fellow JWFanners" thread. "Show us your bedsheets."

[Trent B 354]

I thought as much, but didn't want to @$$ume.

Sounds like a subject for our next "get to know your fellow JWFanners" thread. "Show us your bedsheets."

lmao. It's not my regular one. I accidently spilt some OJ on my regular sheet the other day and had to wash it.

[King Mark 3,975]

I got these. Very nice

http://jediinsider.c...rt=0&sl=8|13886

[Andy 7,730]

Those are cool. I have the larger scale ones kotobukiya did a few years back, and I love them. Kotobukiya does some nice stuff.

[King Mark 3,975]

I thought they were the same except detached from that base

[Greg1138 3]

Outside JW CD's, I only really collect DVD's....I used to collect Star Wars stuff, but fell on hard time during divorce and something had to give...

...I have around 1,200 DVD's...I lost count...I only buy ones I'm going to watch (preferably repeatedly)...no prons....a few rare-ish ones now...and at the moment I'm buying them at about the rate of 1 every other day. My latest purchase was the box set of "20 Million Miles to Earth/Earth Vs The Flying Saucers/It Came From Beneath The Sea". The one before that was a cracking Australian horror/thriller called "Rogue".

[Trent B 354]

The Kotobuyika statues are pretty cool.

The Vader in this photo is a Kotobuyika that my girlfriend got me for my birthday a year or two ago.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/BigT1981/IMG_0269.jpg

The Maul figure I got her for Christmas in 2010 and that's by Diamond Select.

[Thor 9,362]

Outside music, I can't really say that I collect anything, no. And even as far as music is concerned, the 'collecting' aspect really only applies to Williams, Elfman and Goldenthal (and certain non-film music artists). The other things are more about exploration than acquisition.

I used to collect a bit when I was a kid. Tried stamps for a brief period of time, but was quickly bored. Then there were comic books, of which I had thousands. But again, this was mostly a pragmatic interest (things were given to me rather than me going out and seeking them). Had action figures too, but not for the collecting, only for playing.

I've never collected film memorabilia of any kind.

Damn, guess I've never really been a 'proper' collector after all.

[indy4 160]

According to my ticket collection, since I saw the Dark Knight in July of 2008 I have been to the movie theatre 44 times.

[Trent Hoyt 13]

I save all my tickets as well. I have every ticket to every movie/concert/event that I have been to since 1997. Im looking for something cool to do with them. My friend made a bar in his basement and he stuck all the tickets under the glass covering the bar. It's a great conversation starter.

[Thor 9,362]

I remember saving cinema ticket stubs as a kid too, but I threw them all away before I moved out. There are limits to the amount of "crap" I can store in my tiny apartment, after all.

[Wojo 2,458]

My friend made a bar in his basement and he stuck all the tickets under the glass covering the bar. It's a great conversation starter.

That's an awesome idea. Well, having a bar is a cool enough project in the first place, but to actually put interesting tidbits under the glass for patrons (friends) to discuss is even cooler.

There's a bar about an hour from my house that I frequent when I'm in the area, and they have all kinds of newspaper trimmings and book excerpts under the glass of the counter. The trouble is that the lighting is pretty poor and after three or four or twelve, my eyes aren't really good for reading anyways.

I have a few cardboard boxes full of old movie and sports game tix, and countless other paper knicknacks, that I'm saving to scan and then store in a photo album. I just haven't had the right rainy day yet.