(FLOSI'S Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

[The Mike]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

At least there's some nice T in that one.

Never saw the first season but I am fully aware of this gem.

 

[IronFingaz]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

At least there's some nice T in that one.

Testes?

 

[Darth Waller]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

Never saw the first season but I am fully aware of this gem.

That's the one. I mean, two.

Testes?

 

[MadCow]

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I stopped and started re-watching the first season.

I really, really want to re-watch the first season but the tone and feel of it ****ed with my emotions so bad that I went into a relapse of depression for a while. It may sound strange but that's part of the reason why I loved it so much.

 

[UTtoyfan]

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HOLY MOTHER OF ****!!!!!!!

On July 24 – 28, Hot Toys will once again be participating in Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK), the biggest pop-culture event in Hong Kong!

This year Hot Toys is partnering up with The Walt Disney Company (Hong Kong) to bring the biggest Star Wars presence in the event where a number of Star Wars collectibles by Hot Toys and life-size exhibits will be on display! Starting today we will give fans some sneak peek of what to expect at ACGHK!

Recently Hot Toys has showcased an impressive 1/6th scale Millennium Falcon cockpit at San Diego Comic-Con which has already fascinated many Star Wars fans! But we are not stopping there yet, as a complete and highly detail 1/6th scale Millennium Falcon measuring close to 18 feet (5.5 meters) long by 12 feet (3.7 meters) wide will actually be making an appearance at ACGHK! Its sheer astonishing presence will surely captured any fans’ attention!

If you want to see this spectacular exhibit in person, then you have to come to Hot Toys’ booth (E15-16) at ACGHK in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre this week!

https://www.facebook.com/hottoys/ph...58690437343/10152951943477344/?type=1&theater

 

[MadCow]

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[Avfin]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

Balls from the captain crunch

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

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Never saw the first season but I am fully aware of this gem.

Man I so pulled a Waller when I saw her in Percy Jackson... I was just waiting for her to grow up a little cause I knew she was gonna be a knockout !

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

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Seeing "Collectible" in this title means it may actually come for sale.

 

[furystorm]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

The hobby truly has become excessive and downright laughable in an extraordinary way. Implosion soon?

 

[ZE_501]

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The hobby truly has become excessive and downright laughable in an extraordinary way. Implosion soon?

The thought has crossed my mind. But hasn't it always been so?

I've seen photos of gigantic Hasbro collections. Cheap drugstore plastic, but amassed over time amounting to thousands of dollars.

Is this stuff in a weird gray area? There are fine art collectors who spend a great deal more for their items. One may argue that this is a sort of mass-produced pop art. Is it less art for being relatively populist and less scarce?

The one thing that frustrates me when trying to look at the big picture is the lack of data.

This stuff is niche, but how niche is it? What are the real numbers?

I have such a small collection it barely warrants the name; but I keep coming back to engage on boards like this not just for the subject matter but to see where it may all end up.

Thing is, while researching releases from several years past, I see in the archives that nothing ever really changes. People give accolades or ***** about the same things over and over.

Quality, price and choices have increased. I just can't get a handle on the market and how much money is really being made.

 

[furystorm]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

I do have original art as well, some paintings, and some comic art. Those are definitely expensive, but each is a one of a kind work of art.

The space and money that 1/6 Ties and Falcons would take up?

 

[Mad Old Lu]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

I think the release of TFA and the new movies will sustain the hobby for a while longer, at least for SW collectibles. And in turn that will probably help other lines stay alive as well, particularly older licenses like Alien. Nostalgia for those older sci-fi properties from our youths affect each other.

Avengers/Iron Man I can see getting a little old and tired. People are definitely slowing down in buying the figures, especially when they're just versions of the same character.

Batman will probably get a resurgence with BvS. The movie will probably help any DC figures like WW and Aquaman, especially if the movie is a hit and they go full steam ahead with the JLA movie.

But honestly I think these figures are the Hummels of the future. Our grandkids will be cursing us for burdening them with all this crap they'll have to get rid of and no one wants. Anyone who would want these will probably be dead or too old to care. So enjoy them while you can, and definitely don't think of them as investments!

 

[ZE_501]

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I do have original art as well, some paintings, and some comic art. Those are definitely expensive, but each is a one of a kind work of art.

The space and money that 1/6 Ties and Falcons would take up?

I also have a couple of pieces of original art (not pop-culture related) and no one would blink at the price, given that it's fine art. But again...just because something is mass-produced, does it make it less a work of art? Rarity may increase value but if you judge something solely on aesthetic and conceptual merits, perhaps rarity should not be a factor.

There will be no 1/6 production Falcon; it's conceivable they'd produce a couple of bespoke models for the millionaire collector (they do exist) but something with those logistical challenges would never see general release.

The 1/6 TIE is do-able, and relative to the space some collections take up, isn't really that big.

 

[galactiboy]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

Man, that's how it's done!

Seeing "Collectible" in this title means it may actually come for sale.

I still say it's unlikely to be produced... not to mention it really does seem (at least from the con picks) that it's undersized for a 1/6. And honestly if I'm going to drop $1,000 on a Tie Fighter (which I never would) I'd at least want it to be true to scale, not just big enough to fit a pilot

 

[ZE_501]

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[...]Our grandkids will be cursing us for burdening them with all this crap they'll have to get rid of and no one wants. Anyone who would want these will probably be dead or too old to care. So enjoy them while you can, and definitely don't think of them as investments!

Investment? Right you are...never. It's a given that future generations won't understand what we were thinking nor will they care.

I'm only in my early 40's (!) and I'm not a morbid guy, but one of the things that keeps my impulse to acquire things like this in check is projecting decades into the future.

Personally, if I'm lucky enough to grow old and enjoy it, I want to be sitting in a garden, not surrounded by action figures.

My father was an older man when he had me; when he eventually passed away he had very little in the way of material possessions, because he didn't care for them.

I admired that all he kept were a couple of meaningful items which I still have. The rest was extraneous.

It's funny, my mother is quite the opposite and collects ... much. In that respect I'm very much of both my parents. I have the urge to collect things that entertain me or are meaningful in some way, yet I keep that collection strictly limited and purge material objects regularly.

I recently decided on keeping just three 1/6 Star Wars pieces and one 1/1 prop replica as references to my favourite childhood film. Who knows how long I'll retain them for? It's all passing entertainment anyway.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

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Sadly, my wife and I are avid collectors of all sorts of things like antiques, books and toys. We don't have children (or plan to), so it will be our nieces that will be cursing our junk!

I will say that I do try and keep my toy collection at a minimum (and relegated to my office). Most of our collections are more "respectable" and "mature" and are happily out on display throughout the house. I think we do have some treasures that may not be worth millions or anything, but will yield a tidy profit if they take the time to sell them.

 

[ZE_501]

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Sadly, my wife and I are avid collectors of all sorts of things like antiques, books and toys. We don't have children (or plan to), so it will be our nieces that will be cursing our junk!

I will say that I do try and keep my toy collection at a minimum (and relegated to my office). Most of our collections are more "respectable" and "mature" and are happily out on display throughout the house. I think we do have some treasures that may not be worth millions or anything, but will yield a tidy profit if they take the time to sell them.

Well that's the thing. If your collections aren't so niche as say, high-end toys...it makes transitions a tad smoother, maybe.

I spent most of life thinking I wouldn't have kids. Now we've been considering otherwise. We have a couple of years on the outside to decide. That also changes the way I think...about a great many things.

 

[galactiboy]

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The long-term collection and it's impact is certainly something to consider... I have a pretty large collection and I keep track of it, but if I know it would be a burden on my wife. Luckily one of my friends has already agreed (for now at least) to assist with selling off my collection should anything happen to me, and I'd do the same for him.

But what about in 20 years, and do I really want this stuff for that long Part of me says yes, but there is a small voice that wonders if I might just be as happy with a smaller/even more focused collection.

I could see slimming down to only vintage toys, some Original Trilogy SW 1/6 figures, and a few statues and props and being content with that.

 

[ZE_501]

re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."

The long-term collection and it's impact is certainly something to consider... I have a pretty large collection and I keep track of it, but if I know it would be a burden on my wife. Luckily one of my friends has already agreed (for now at least) to assist with selling off my collection should anything happen to me, and I'd do the same for him.

But what about in 20 years, and do I really want this stuff for that long Part of me says yes, but there is a small voice that wonders if I might just be as happy with a smaller/even more focused collection.

I could see slimming down to only vintage toys, some Original Trilogy SW 1/6 figures, and a few statues and props and being content with that.

There are two things that draw me to collecting anything:

1. Tangible references to stories (generally nostalgia driven) that I love.

2. Artistry and design. I'm a designer-maker myself and have a deep appreciation for these things.

When I was much younger, childhood to early teens I guess...I collected any number of things based on my interests at the time.

Inevitably, the interest would run its course and I would purge.

From my teens onward I was most occupied with chasing girls and generally seeing what life had to offer, and my more minimalist tendencies (from my father's side no doubt) began to emerge.

In just the last few years I began to look back. Time shows you what you've outgrown, and what sticks, if only as a fond memory. Star Wars is a great example of that; I was never into the EU or the games and so on...decades have gone by without me giving the films a thought, but the OT is woven into my childhood and I love it.

Upon discovering the heights toys and collectibles had reached a few years ago, I sampled all kinds of things. Most didn't stick; the chase is always more fun than the thing in itself.

But another couple of things happened:

(a) I discovered what I really like in terms of design and execution (scale, finish, articulation etc.)

(b) I realized I have no desire to recreate scenes, sets or teams of characters. The opposite of a completist, I only want to reference the whole with some small piece that resonates with me.

Regarding that second point; Star Wars is so rich, so filled with engaging design. But what did I need to have?

I need the hero. That's Luke.

I need to represent the technological aesthetic and a memorable bad guy. That'd be the Probe Droid and my favourite goon, the Sandtrooper.

I need a prop replica faithful to what I saw on screen. An RS Propmasters stunt helmet.

Everything else is just variations on a theme.

And that's how I decided on my Star Wars collection.

Sure, passing fancies may come and go. But to reference what I love without going overboard? That's it.

And if I fell in love with something crazy like a 1/6 TIE...I would be faced with the choice of variety vs. impact, because I wouldn't want it all. These are arbitrary choices at the end of the day, but we all make up our own rules as we go along.

As for other properties in 1/6?

Bruce Lee, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man. The last of which only because of Robert Downey Jr.'s entertaining portrayal and the gorgeous design of the Mark IV.

There's a ton of stuff I really like, but very little that I love. I've actually spent more time thinking about this stuff than actually acquiring it, which I guess is the most entertaining aspect of this idle hobby anyway. It's why I spend all this time geeking out on boards with fellow nerds.