What is in YOUR attic?

[Sowth]

Wow! I hope you've got shares in Hasbro :-)

What's the story on the Sandcrawler? Looks great!

Will

[darklord1967]

Nice pictures. Quite an impressive Star Wars collection. I guess it would be safe to say that you are "a bit" of a Star Wars fan then ehh?

Thanks for the compliment! And yes... I like STAR WARS... but only a little bit. I'm mean... It's alright... It's not like I have an obsesion or anything...

Who keeps giggling like that???!!! Gosh-darn it!!! My life is NOT ruled by STAR WARS!!! How many times must I say the same thing?!!

Wow! I hope you've got shares in Hasbro :-)

Well, I wanted to buy some shares, but they wouldn't allow me to. Something about having a company policy against selling shares to people with mental illness / psychosis or some dumb crap like that...

What's the story on the Sandcrawler? Looks great!

Will

Thanks Will ! Yes, I love that Sandcrawler too, and it is definitely one of the showpieces of my collection.

Basically, I'm a really big fan of vehicles that are correctly-scaled for the action figures they are intended for.

Since 1997, the kind folks at Hasbro have gradually been accommodating me by re-designing STAR WARS fighter ships from the vintage Kenner line (that were way out of scale) into much larger toys (bigger X-Wing Fighter, Tie Fighter with Large Wings, etc)

Due to their enormous size, some vehicles (Millennium Falcon, Jawa Sandcrawler, Jabba's Sailbarge etc.) were just IMPOSSIBLE to make in a correct scale for 3-3/4 inch figures, and still have them be viable toys that could be sold in stores for a reasonable price.

So in the case of the Falcon and Sandcrawler, we were stuck with the tiny out-of-scale toy molds from the vintage 1970s.

Hasbro produced a fully-detailed plastic 6-foot long Millennium Falcon as a store display for TRU stores during the STAR WARS Trilogy Special Edition. This ship was basically a correctly-scaled Millenium Falcon if sized for 3-3/4 inch scale figures. I had to have it.

I won't bore you with the details, but eventually, I acquired a mint, perfect specimen for my collection. I made a box for it (to protect it from damage), and it is displayed in my second floor / attic space with Han And Chewie standing guard next to it.

Next, I set my sights on a correctly-scaled Jawa Sandcrawler. I considered this do-able as a BIG custom-scratch-built vehicle since there was only ONE Sandcrawler seen in A NEW HOPE, and I would not need a fleet of them.


I reached out to a very talented model-builder friend of mine living in South America, and commissioned the construction of this Jawa machine.

He pointed me in the direction of a giant Sandcrawler that he had already built that was being sold by the current owner (a friend of his).

We closed the deal, and five months later The Sandcrawler arrived at my home in a wooden crate large enough to fit a couch in.

The Sandcrawler is heavy (about 25-30 lbs.). It is build out of wood, styrene plastic, fiberglass, and magnetic studs that keep the compartment panels sealed.

There are three compartments that open up to reveal an interior "play environment: The Front Loading Ramp opens up into an "ore-processing station with crane winch and working lights. The top panel lifts off to reveal the Main Control Room with panoramic windows. This space holds about 16 - 18 Jawas. Lastly, the big panel on the SIDE of the Sandcrawler is removable, revealing the two-level Droid Storage Area with working lights.

The custom Jawa Sandcrawler measures 2-1/2 feet in height and 5 feet 2 inches in length. It currently sits atop a six-foot long folding banquet table with several action figures posed around it (depicting the "droid purchase" scene from A NEW HOPE)

[spiderrogue]

i i i...want to come and play at his house....too freakin' sweet!!! some great stuff that everyone has...
i dont have anything in my attic(since i dont have one, i guess)..but when i lived at home with my dad, i had all of my 80's joe stuff..boxes and boxes and boxes of it...and comics...but nothing like you all have...WOW!!!

[toysrus]

Attic

The house we own has a pretty crappy designed attic. The last time i checked there was blown insulation everywhere, burns the crap out of my lungs. I know we some Scorpions up there ( I live in Nevada ) and possibly our ghost hides there. Thats about all.

[livnxxxl]

Thanks for the compliment! And yes... I like STAR WARS... but only a little bit. I'm mean... It's alright... It's not like I have an obsesion or anything...

If the car you drive happens to be a landspeeder by chance THEN I think you may have a bit of a problem. Otherwise, you seem perfectly fine to me.

[Hotfoot]

I'm sure he has been trying to buy the original! Wheels and all.
Luke's Landspeeder - Photo - The World of Star Wars

or how about a replica?
Running Replica Of The Star Wars Landspeeder The UberReview

[livnxxxl]

I'm sure he has been trying to buy the original! Wheels and all.
Luke's Landspeeder - Photo - The World of Star Wars

or how about a replica?
Running Replica Of The Star Wars Landspeeder The UberReview

Don't encourage him.

[Hotfoot]

Don't encourage him.

I'm considering it myself!

There once was a Trek Shuttlecraft on eBay that went for under 10K.

[Sowth]

Great story on the Sandcrawler, it's an absolute beauty! I remember those Falcons too, didn't each TRU raffle them after they had them displayed? Nice pick-up.

Hopefully you'll end up with a convrerted warehouse one day with room to set-up all the potential dioramas you've got there.

Thanks for sharing,
Will

[darklord1967]

Great story on the Sandcrawler, it's an absolute beauty! I remember those Falcons too, didn't each TRU raffle them after they had them displayed? Nice pick-up.

Hopefully you'll end up with a convrerted warehouse one day with room to set-up all the potential dioramas you've got there.

Thanks for sharing,
Will

A converted wherehouse might be nice someday. The way things are going, 'm going to be needing it sooner rather than later...

Thanks for writting, pal!

[livnxxxl]

A converted wherehouse might be nice someday. The way things are going, 'm going to be needing it sooner rather than later...

Thanks for writting, pal!

One can never have too much space when it comes to collecting.

[livnxxxl]

Great story on the Sandcrawler, it's an absolute beauty! I remember those Falcons too, didn't each TRU raffle them after they had them displayed? Nice pick-up.

Hopefully you'll end up with a convrerted warehouse one day with room to set-up all the potential dioramas you've got there.

Thanks for sharing,
Will

I remember seeing those Falcon's hanging up in the local TRU stores as well. I had never thought to inquire on them at that time. What was I thinking? I guess I was thinking of the logistics as to how it would fit in the car (it wouldn't) and where would I put it once I obtained it.

[darklord1967]

I remember seeing those Falcon's hanging up in the local TRU stores as well. I had never thought to inquire on them at that time. What was I thinking? I guess I was thinking of the logistics as to how it would fit in the car (it wouldn't) and where would I put it once I obtained it.

Believe it or not, I CARRIED mine all the way from the home of the New Jersey Resident who sold it to me to the nearest Railway station. I carried it like a sack in an enormous clear plastic bag with the radar dish and two guns inside. The station was about eight city blocks away.

I would take short rests, pick it up and haul it some more, etc.

Once at the station I boarded a New Jersey transit train to New York City. I stood in the vestibule of the train for the entire 45 minute ride, holding the ship upright on its edge against the wall.

After we arrived in NYC, I carried the ship to the nearest subway station, (about 4 city blocks) and boarded the train to my home in Brooklyn.

The station entrance was about 1-1/2 blocks from my door.

Needless to say, there were some strange stares from folks as they watched me carry a ship as tall as me all around town.

I even got one cash offer on the way home from one guy who must have been a fan. Naturally, I refused.

Now "Millie" (as my wife and I affectionately call her) is a proud addition to my collection.

[livnxxxl]

Believe it or not, I CARRIED mine all the way from the home of the New Jersey Resident who sold it to me to the nearest Railway station. I carried it like a sack in an enormous clear plastic bag with the radar dish and two guns inside. The station was about eight city blocks away.

I would take short rests, pick it up and haul it some more, etc.

Once at the station I boarded a New Jersey transit train to New York City. I stood in the vestibule of the train for the entire 45 minute ride, holding the ship upright on its edge against the wall.

After we arrived in NYC, I carried the ship to the nearest subway station, (about 4 city blocks) and boarded the train to my home in Brooklyn.

The station entrance was about 1-1/2 blocks from my door.

Needless to say, there were some strange stares from folks as they watched me carry a ship as tall as me all around town.

I even got one cash offer on the way home from one guy who must have been a fan. Naturally, I refused.

Now "Millie" (as my wife and I affectionately call her) is a proud addition to my collection.

That is a cool story. After all of your efforts to get her home safe I would not have taken any offer for her either. The great story alone is worth the price of keeping her. At first thought I could not imagine the above story unfolding like that in today's time. You would have probably have been tackled before you made it to the Railway station with all of the security these days. Then on the other hand if the security is as lax as some of the airports shown on the news these days you may not have been tackled or even stopped. You may have just walked right on like you did in your original story with just only a couple of stares. In any event I am glad that it was a positive ending. I am glad to hear that "Millie" made it home safe and sound.

[livnxxxl]

I'm considering it myself!

Have you noticed that he never did actually respond to that inquiry. Man, He does have it bad! kidding...

There once was a Trek Shuttlecraft on eBay that went for under 10K.

Now I could personally go for one of those.