Vintage Star Wars 12" figures...Discuss.

[English Paul]

I have a MIB set, all original. I acquired most of them in one shot in 1995 and finished the set not long after that. I treasure these as much as any of my Megos. Unfortunately, Darth Vader's arms have fallen off since this photo was taken. Sorry about the partial obstruction:

Dan, you are full of surprises. I just always think of you as `Mr WGSH`. It's good see another (Dark ) side to you. Very nice set.

[Boris71]

I had a luke and bobba fett from the originals, but I bought a ton of the newer ones, why did hasbro do that with the sith wave really, the boxing sucked, as did the figures

[jds1911a1]

Interesting that this would come up a day after moving some figures into my new Ikea "detolf's", as my Stormtroopers hand kept falling out of the socket. I thought it was a crude glue job an ebay seller never mentioned that had just escaped my notice. So, it's a plastic chemical reaction? anything one can do to prevent further erosion?

probably not. basially this is the plastic and rubberitself breaking down. much like superjoes piles of parts and ghost face the best you can do is try a polymer resoration (and it may not work). try to keep them in a no direct light/sunlight dry cool place (ie air contitioned room with a the shades drawn and the lights off except when you want look)

[Gorn Captain]

I have a MIB set, all original. I acquired most of them in one shot in 1995 and finished the set not long after that. I treasure these as much as any of my Megos. Unfortunately, Darth Vader's arms have fallen off since this photo was taken. Sorry about the partial obstruction:

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...ictures110.jpg

My only question being: why is your arm chair facing a brick wall instead of a great collection?

[English Paul]

Slowly but surely these guys are begining to take up quite a bit of space, but I am really enjoying them arriving in the post.
Boba Fett has to be one of the best large sized action figures ever.

A quick peek at my guys and gal so far.....


Flickr Photo Download: Vintage 12 figures

[huedell]

Great thread and thanks for the bump Paul and the pics guys!

[Evel KMego]

Another line on my "someday" list.This list seems to be continually growing......

[Tothiro]

I've had them all and sold and/or traded them... a few times.

Right now I only have the Chewbacca, R2 (missing his death star plans) and Jawa. I don't think I'll be getting rid of them again, but I always say that.

I miss the Luke and Ben a bit, but really just for the faces - I think I'm going to hit up a shrinker one of these days for whoever has scale kenner sculpts and merge the two addictions. The figures are great but I just can't support the size - they're way too big for my space.

Way back when I made a custom Kenner Darth where I swapped the head out with a custom base so he had a removable helmet top. The Anakin head underneath I did in a retro Kenner vibe - it looked pretty nice (if just a little MANTECH). I wish I'd kept photos because I don't know the person that ended up with it ...

Right now I've got my Kenner Chewie in one of those Hasbro VOTC 12" boxes, and he looks pretty happy there.

...Which reminds me it's time to post another !2" figure flea

[addicted2Mego]

These figures are all time classics for larger dolls of that era.I had every one except leia,They all had great quality and parts to feel like you were the characters at playtime.The new lines never turned me on at all and nothing can ever compare to this 12 inch line of a short lived shelf life of vintage action figures.