3.75" Collecting Thread

[Mondragon]

It had a fruit roll-up as a Palps hologram

LOL! I never had that thing or payed close attention to it,
I never realized that's what that was supposed to be!?

late 80s already had some cheap hologram stickers, or even those flicker images like on Secret Wars shields would have been better than what they came up with. They weren't even trying.

Though it looks more like an old coal burning oven, that light up meditation chamber, still seems pretty neat for it's time.
Could he actually sit in it...?

...maybe to meditate on the good old days?

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

Ahsoka Lives

 

[ArtDamage]

Anybody got the mando n1 in hand yet? Would love to see some pics. Hopefully get one to go next to my razorcrest

 

[MyenShi]

Anybody got the mando n1 in hand yet? Would love to see some pics. Hopefully get one to go next to my razorcrest

Bossk did a thorough review. Looks good.

 

[MasterRazzerr76]

Here my Spaceship Collection

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

The Book of Boba Fett

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

Hostile Takeover

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

Daimyo​

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

The Glutton

 

[potato]

I was able to pick this mammoth at my local collectibles store on a trade. Got a good deal since the two carded figures were missing. Looks like I might have to pull my Detolfs away from the wall to fit her better.
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where did you get the corridor diorama fits so well inside the detolf.

 

[Darth KirBayBey]

where did you get the corridor diorama fits so well inside the detolf.

It's one of the Jazz Inc's Detolf dioramas

 

[Eukalyptus]

Here my Spaceship Collection

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Is there any offering to switch out Slave 1‘s cannons for a more realistic look? The toy shooter pulls this ship down, and I have all 3 for the Fett collection.

 

[MasterRazzerr76]

Is there any offering to switch out Slave 1‘s cannons for a more realistic look? The toy shooter pulls this ship down, and I have all 3 for the Fett collection.

i have try to source one of similar scale but the only way it can be done now if find a model and print it out

 

[jaztermareal]

This baby (GI Joe USS Flagg) was US$110 back in 1985 - equiv to maybe US$300 today - so was four times the length and almost half the price (Flagg you bought in-store, Ghost will have sizable extra shipping costs.)

As context, the Hasbro Ghost is around the same length as the Night Raven/Blackbird aircraft the red-haired boy is holding.

I wish we could get impressive amd reasonably priced toys in stores today. Can you imagine how many adventures our kids could have playing with such toys.... instead we get..... standard sized Star Wars vehicles that we will almost mever see on store shelves for well over 100 dollars a pop. Yikes.

 

[Felinx]

Wow was putting on display some older (late 2000s) 3 3/4" figs and noticed the joints on one of my 3POs crumbling when I posed it, like the plastic had gone off with age.

Tried a few other protocol droid figs (Hoth red 3PO, K-3PO etc) and found they were all the same. It's the kind where they started to do much more realistically proportioned sculpts and close to super articulation (bendable knees, twist-able thighs etc) that seems to be affected. Haven't noticed this issue on any non-protocol droid figures at all.

I'm a bit bummed - these are figs that hold up really well today sculpt-wise. I thought of just gluing the limbs to the torso, but on some super articulated 3POs the crumbly plastic comprises a small but visible part of the upper thigh area (ie not just hidden inside)

 

[a-dev]

That's a shame. I was disappointed to find the paint crumbled and flaked to hell on one of my nice golden C-3POs. Though I hadn't stored him in great conditions - the attic. And any Stormtrooper or Biker Scout stored up there?

 

[Felinx]

A few older 3POs (that really just have the 5 points articulation) still seemed okay.

Another bummer was I went to pose my ATST (the newer mold bigger version) and 3 of the 4 joints nearest to the body (that sort of "spacer bar" part that makes the legs go out wide) cracked. When I took a close look I couldn't believe how thin the plastic was on joints that support the weight of the bulky head. I think it may have been a combo of the thinness coupled with age - it's maybe a bit over ten years old (version before the Hoth one)

The newer mold ATSTs have a tough time standing up anyway (the latest updates they fixed a bit) due to those spacer bar extra joints so I guess I'll just glue it together as a statue (with some limited articulation) and mount it to a base like a statue. It;'s a really nice sculpt.

It has been super fun getting out my 3 3/4" stuff after maybe 7+ years. I have all the best vehicles and figures of the past 15 or so years and they are so cool to see together. Standouts are the Dagobah swamp weed Xwing, the Imperial shuttle (wow), the snowspeeder, TIE Bomber and cloud car. They all look like scale models. The shuttle displayed with wings open (I have it supported on a clear plexi tower) has to be one of the coolest 3 3/4" displays.

 

[Felinx]

That's a shame. I was disappointed to find the paint crumbled and flaked to hell on one of my nice golden C-3POs. Though I hadn't stored him in great conditions - the attic. And any Stormtrooper or Biker Scout stored up there?

I would say to people - don't store your modern figs with their black plastic weapons in the same zippie bag. I know not to do it with Kenner stuff, but didn't think of hasbro. It does seem to make the plastic discolor on some figs, especially white ones like stormies. A few of my late 90s/early 2000s snowies - ironically from same year as that Coldplay song - went almost slightly greenish (not great sculpts anyway so no great loss.)

It's also funny pulling out that notorious Walmart Jabba - sticky and slimy! You can clean the sliminess off though. I saw that someone is selling a resin cast of the rubbery lower part so the fig can be salvaged. My SE Dewback also went slightly slimy in places, but not bad and really easy to wipe off.

 

[a-dev]

A few older 3POs (that really just have the 5 points articulation) still seemed okay.

Another bummer was I went to pose my ATST (the newer mold bigger version) and 3 of the 4 joints nearest to the body (that sort of "spacer bar" part that makes the legs go out wide) cracked. When I took a close look I couldn't believe how thin the plastic was on joints that support the weight of the bulky head. I think it may have been a combo of the thinness coupled with age - it's maybe a bit over ten years old (version before the Hoth one)

The newer mold ATSTs have a tough time standing up anyway (the latest updates they fixed a bit) due to those spacer bar extra joints so I guess I'll just glue it together as a statue (with some limited articulation) and mount it to a base like a statue. It;'s a really nice sculpt.

It has been super fun getting out my 3 3/4" stuff after maybe 7+ years. I have all the best vehicles and figures of the past 15 or so years and they are so cool to see together. Standouts are the Dagobah swamp weed Xwing, the Imperial shuttle (wow), the snowspeeder, TIE Bomber and cloud car. They all look like scale models. The shuttle displayed with wings open (I have it supported on a clear plexi tower) has to be one of the coolest 3 3/4" displays.

Yeah, I've not been able to bring myself to consign my 3.75 inch StarWars to the past. I did have a period where I was really pissed off with Hasbro for denying me all avenues to the Sailbarge except the aftermarket, a time when I considered quitting their products and offloading everything I had - but things have changed. Hasbro Pulse EU now ships to all of Europe which they didn't before. This means I was able to get the Boba Fett Throne Room, that recent set of Jabba goons etc. And there's always a chance they'd make the Barge available again. It's the only major gap in my collection.

They're still making some good stuff - great vehicles, diorama playsets and background characters.

I would say to people - don't store your modern figs with their black plastic weapons in the same zippie bag. I know not to do it with Kenner stuff, but didn't think of hasbro. It does seem to make the plastic discolor on some figs, especially white ones like stormies. A few of my late 90s/early 2000s snowies - ironically from same year as that Coldplay song - went almost slightly greenish (not great sculpts anyway so no great loss.)

It's also funny pulling out that notorious Walmart Jabba - sticky and slimy! You can clean the sliminess off though. I saw that someone is selling a resin cast of the rubbery lower part so the fig can be salvaged. My SE Dewback also went slightly slimy in places, but not bad and really easy to wipe off.

Ahh ***t!