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Stormtrooper
Living in a country that was under Soviet rule until 1990 was quite hard since there were no Star Wars toys at all - though Star Wars was for me and young Romanian generations like a light tower illuminating the darkness. I managed to watch SW (ANH) and ESB on cinema but ROTJ we had to watch on a VHS tape at a friend since emperor Ceausescu didn't allow it in cinemas.
As for toys I had tons of them, no SW though. I had die-cast cars and tanks small soldiers etc., even some Soviet toys that I've seen selling on ebay for hundreds of dollars. I started collecting other items early 90's and started with the small but cool lines of Action Fleet and MicroMachines.
When these 2 lines were canceled by Hasbro I got into collecting higher end starting with Kotobukiya statues and going through Gentle Giant statues (busts didn't appeal to me - I have just a few), Medicom figures, Sideshow figures and PF's (and soon 1:1 busts), Master Replicas & eFX prop replicas.
I totally changed Star Wars my focus to Original Trilogy Imperials and sold out all my prequel figures and collectibles. I also collect anime especially Ghost in the Shell, Terminator (T1 & T2) and Predator (1 & 2), but also other items that I find interesting.
As for 1/6 collectibles I started with Kotobukiya (maybe some are 1/7, but still close) and I really liked their superb details. Then I got the RAH Stormtrooper and BHS and Vader. I didn't start collecting Sideshow until getting the PF Vader and in 1/6 until Praji, which was my first SS 1:6 figure. Now I got all SS OT Imperial figures excepting Thrawn (I might get him later).
I was stunned by the quality of the Hot Toys figures, when I got the HT T-800 Endoskeleton I was amazed looking at all those tiny details and movable joints and fingers. Then I had to have the BD Endo and got it too. I also got the RAH Ghost in the Shell Motoko Kusanagi figure and the Appleseed figures. Between these I managed to score the Predator 2 BD and Machiko and recently Predator 1.
All these 1/6 figures are now part of my collection and haven't sold any of them. Can't wait to be able to display the whole collection in one place, right now it is separated in 2 places: at the small apartment where i live now and at the new house where I intend to move soon.
The 1/6 are addictive for a few reasons IMHO:
- good scale - perfect for display, they don't take too much space
- excellent details at this size, the clothes look cool, (for comparison on Hasbro's SW 3"3/4 figures cloth capes look bad), human faces on some HT/SS figures look like miniature actors
- companies who do their best in producing high quality figures and good customer service (especially SS)
- price which most of the time is ok (cheaper than props and PF's and sometimes as good as those)
As for toys I had tons of them, no SW though. I had die-cast cars and tanks small soldiers etc., even some Soviet toys that I've seen selling on ebay for hundreds of dollars. I started collecting other items early 90's and started with the small but cool lines of Action Fleet and MicroMachines.
When these 2 lines were canceled by Hasbro I got into collecting higher end starting with Kotobukiya statues and going through Gentle Giant statues (busts didn't appeal to me - I have just a few), Medicom figures, Sideshow figures and PF's (and soon 1:1 busts), Master Replicas & eFX prop replicas.
I totally changed Star Wars my focus to Original Trilogy Imperials and sold out all my prequel figures and collectibles. I also collect anime especially Ghost in the Shell, Terminator (T1 & T2) and Predator (1 & 2), but also other items that I find interesting.
As for 1/6 collectibles I started with Kotobukiya (maybe some are 1/7, but still close) and I really liked their superb details. Then I got the RAH Stormtrooper and BHS and Vader. I didn't start collecting Sideshow until getting the PF Vader and in 1/6 until Praji, which was my first SS 1:6 figure. Now I got all SS OT Imperial figures excepting Thrawn (I might get him later).
I was stunned by the quality of the Hot Toys figures, when I got the HT T-800 Endoskeleton I was amazed looking at all those tiny details and movable joints and fingers. Then I had to have the BD Endo and got it too. I also got the RAH Ghost in the Shell Motoko Kusanagi figure and the Appleseed figures. Between these I managed to score the Predator 2 BD and Machiko and recently Predator 1.
All these 1/6 figures are now part of my collection and haven't sold any of them. Can't wait to be able to display the whole collection in one place, right now it is separated in 2 places: at the small apartment where i live now and at the new house where I intend to move soon.
The 1/6 are addictive for a few reasons IMHO:
- good scale - perfect for display, they don't take too much space
- excellent details at this size, the clothes look cool, (for comparison on Hasbro's SW 3"3/4 figures cloth capes look bad), human faces on some HT/SS figures look like miniature actors
- companies who do their best in producing high quality figures and good customer service (especially SS)
- price which most of the time is ok (cheaper than props and PF's and sometimes as good as those)