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Just wondering what your guys oddities are on being Star Wars fans? What do you have that some people would consider outrageous? What do you have that makes you a real Star Wars nut?

For me, I have:
37 POTF and POTF2 Action Figures (7 Orange Card, 13 Green Card, the rest are POTF2)
06 VHS Cassettes of the old "Ewok Adventures" TV show.
02 Trilogy Box Sets (One Gold-Colored, One Regular)
01 Episode I: Movie (Of course!)
01 "The Ewok Adventure" MOVIE Cassette (Crappy SW, but it is SW!)
18 Star Wars Novels (This is really what Xizor wants to see )
04 Star Wars Posters (Why are these so hard to find? I wanted to make a wallpaper )
13 Magazines in sleeves that cover pre-release info of Episode I.
02 Complete Sets of the 24-Can Collection. (Pepsi, Inc.) One Set is German.
02 Gold Yoda Cans (Unopened w/ Soda inside) (1 German, 1 English)
06 Boba Fett action figures (Loose)
08 Star Wars Lego Sets (6 Pod Racers, 1 Gungan Catapult, 1 TIE-Fighter)
07 Star Wars: Episode I ticket stubs I have from when I watched the movie in the cinemas. (My wife has her 4 )
01 Star Wars: Episode I playstation Video Game (Don't ask, I don't even have a playstation, I just got the game )

Looks like a lot but it isn't really worth all that much, just a lot sentimental value

I have:
Over 100 Star Wars actions figures/creatures{POTJ,POTF,Epi.I)
All 3 original movies in both widescreen and pan and scan on video
TPM on video
Epi.I PC game
24 of the 26 Star Wars Epi.I cans{no Gold Yoda or Destiny cans )
5 Star Wars Epi.I toppers
1 Wicket Ewok doll{was my sisters}
Subscriber to Star Wars Insider
Own Epi.I Racer,Shadows of The Empire,and Rouge Squadron on N64
1 Star Wars ANH poster{original}
Epi.I ticket stub{from the 2nd time I saw it}
Star Wars novels including EPi.I and Shadows of The Empire
AND MUCH,MUCH MORE.

Just for your information, EJ, the Gold Yoda and Destiny cans are considered promotional, so technically you have the whole set I was gonna sign up on EBAY because they have destiny cans available on there occasionally but sadly enough they are expensive. I saw a beauty that even came in a casing from Pepsi, Inc., ended at about $108 I think.

I know UBH, but I still fell that I don't have the complete set. The cheapest I saw was in the Star Wars Insider magazine for $50.I guess it isn't meant to be.

I have:
OT Box set
EP1 video
EP1 soundtrack
A couple of pogs and a Watto toy from from Taco Bell

Hmmmmm..:/ That's it.

My list

Full screen OT video set
Wide screen Digitally remastered OT video set
OT Special Edition Wide screen set
Games: X-Wing, Tie-Fighter, Tie-Fighter vs. X-Wing, Balance of Power, X-Wing Alliance, Shadows of the Empire, Dark Forces I, II + Mysteries of the Sith, Rebellion, The New World, Yoda Stories, Ep 1, Racer, Force Commander
Posters: 7 (OT and TPM)
Books: All movie novels, Han Solo at Star's End and Han Solo's Revenge, Splinter in the mind's eye, Thrawn Trilogy, Bounty Hunter Wars (1,2,3)
Music: LP ANH, TESB, ROTJ, CD:ANH, Anthology, ESB SE, ROTJ SE, EPI, Ultimate EpI
Action figures: Some hundred from the OT (from when I was a kid) + several vehicles, and Darth Maul with Sith Speeder
Kits: Shuttle tydirium, Vader's Tie, X-Wing, B-Wing, Millenium Falcon, A-Wing, Tie Interceptor
Chairs: Infalable R2-D2 and Darth Maul
Piggy banks: full set of Qui-Gon, OB1 and Darth Maul
Guns and sabres: Han Solo's blaster, Speeder Biker blaster, Battle Droid blaster, Qui-Gon's light sabre, Maul's double light sabre.
Rest: R2+D2 shampoo, R2-D2 alarm clock, Imperial Guard playset and Tie Fighter pilot playset.

I will leave it all to my children.

queeq out

From 77' I have all the soft cover novels and "making of" including Splinter of the Minds Eye and an out-of-print ep4 novel with unusual limited-run cover art. Five complete sets of ep4 trading cards, a finished metal replica of the falcon, about 6 inches across, some action figures and posters. (I almost had a one sheet from the local theatre, but ended up with "Close Encounters", but its still the real thing and pretty cool). Actually I have too much stuff to mention, but the one sheet for ep1 that I acquired earlier this year is totally awesome. I got it mounted with a muted finish metal frame with golds, browns and tans that pick up the color of Anakins shirt and some of Obi Wan and Qui Gon and it was like PERFECT !!
Cost me almost $ 200 for the framing, but it was worth it !

Gundy wins!

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I have:

1977 Bubblegum Card Set (about 100 cards I think)
Every UK edition of the SW/ESB/ROTJ Comic from marvel (Circa 1977-1991ish)
50 assorted POTJ, POTJ2 TPM Action Figures
The complete set of TPM 12" Figues (1st Set) Boxed
10 or so 12" Assorted OT Figures. Boxed
Palpative and Gaurdc Collectors Boxed Set
3 Video Box Set of the Original Trilogy Release (W/S)
3 Video Box Set of the Original Trilogy Special Edition Release (W/S)
2 x Limted Edition Mail Away Mace Windu's both still in mailer box.
100+ Original Star Wars figures off of cards.
PC Games
Sound tracks on CD
Original copies of SW, ESB and ROTJ Novel
All Bantam books EU novels except Shadows and Courtship of Leia
All NJO Books to date
Plush 15" Tall Wicket

OK:
70 odd figures, vehicles etc...
Hundreds of Micro Machines
Trilogy on video, plus TPM and Special Editions. I wasn't bothered with the new Trilogy release
Jedi Power Battles, Episode I, Masters Of Teras Kasi and Rebel Assault II on PlayStation
Posters, books, keyrings, statues etc...
Nothing special though.

Oh yeah, the comic books. I have every Dutch edition.

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I just got the Ultimate Edition CD today...it is awesome.

I have the Original Trilogy on Special Edition Video set, as well as The Phantom Menace on video.
I have an Ewok, but it says 1997 on it, so obviously it's just a newer unexpensive toy.
A have the soundtracks to all the films currently released.
I have a lot of source books including The Star Wars Guide to Planets and Moons, The Star Wars Guide to Characters, The Visual Dictionaries for both the Original Trilogy and the Phantom Menace, The Guide to Locations in The Phantom Menace, The Making of the Phantom Menace, and many others.
I have many editions of the Official Magazine.
A little toy Yoda thingy and a toy Jar Jar that I didn't actually want to get.
The Episode 1 Insider's Guide CD ROM and the Behind the Magic CD ROM.
Rogue Squadron on the N64.
The Phantom Menace game on PC.
Episode 1 Racer on PC.
Force Commander on PC.

I haven't really got that much, just books and sources and things like that rather than toys and items.

I forgot about the Comics I have too. But I don't know their value <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=""> Does anyone know how much the Dark Empire comics are worth, I have issues #1,2,4,5,6

Forgot my new collection of Death Star II and Young Jedi CCG. Still pretty embryonic but growing.

I've got all the 4 movies and some posters, and the books for the 4 episodes. In other words the GL stuff.
The novels by Timothy Zhan and others are not Sw to me,
that's just spin offs. More like if I continued on the Mona Lisa painting. I was on the verge of starting to collect them, but then I came to my senses and decided not to even read them.

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There`s only one George Lucas!!!!!

Don't knock em til you try em. There are some bad ones, but on the whole they are very good and they have all been 100% endorsed by Lucasfilms and George Lucas.

The New Jedi Order books, so far I'm on my third, have all be impeccable. Also books like I Jedi where focus is tken off of the main characters and onto some new ones is very good too.

Yep, the good ones at least give you a nice Star Wars buzz. I will never consider them canon though. It gets to soap-opera-ish for that.

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Ooooooooooo....RC has a plush Wicket ! How cute and fuzzy wuzzy. Hehehe.

I bought a cuddly JarJar. But it's for my two year old son.

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Sure it is, queeq. Sure it is.

Yeah, queeq IS a Star Wars nut I see What about my comics, any estimates? They are all out of print in Germany so I would like to know.

There are specialist collectors out there that would proably pay good money if they are in any kind of condition.

Ratcat they are same condition when I bought them (Brand New!).

If they are in some kind of wrapper they are practically priceless, but even unwrapped mint condition is very good. There are some SW web sites around that will give you estimates of values.

You have to be nuts to stick around here.

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If they are in mint, or almost mint and you want to sell them then you really need to contact a specialist dealer. They are probably worth a few pennies.

I found the original comic of ANH in my closet, kind of neat to read it, Norwegian bubbles so the name Han is kind of confusing in Norwegian. Han in norwegian is the english HE. So when the english text said "what about Han,he ....so in Norwegian it is hva "HVA MED HAN, HAN......
And the bubbles are written in capital letters but then again I was only 9 at the time so i didnt care. I lved the comic and I loved the film, still do, so I didnt care.


What a lot of rubish, I must have to much free time to writ bullocks like this. Well one post closer to knighthood

Maybe if you persist long enough, you'll one day be a MASTER, like me. Teeheee.

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You having any luck hunting down your prices UBH ??

queeq, I can hear you shouting the whole way over here in the good old USA

It took a lot of practising, I can assure you.

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No one around here does that kind of stuff, I do know an antique seller from EBAY who sells comix so I can ask him.

About 5 years ago there were 3 or 4 comic dealers near where I live but they all went out of business. It's a rather specialist area, mainly dominated by DC and Marvel dealers.

Hey EvilJedi, guess what I just bought? A destiny can! Cost me 120 Marks!

What?! A destiny can for DM 120????? You win, UBH, you win.
Why on earth would you buy that?

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How much is that in us dollars?

I have never really gotten my hands on the exact exchange rate, but most Germans use the 2DM=1US type deal, so about $60US And queeq, why would I buy it? I dunno, check out my first post

You could have bought it from Star Wars Insider for $50 you know.

Plus shipping costs to Germany! That'll be even a bit more than US$60. In that case UBH got a good deal.

What does it look like? And what do you do with it, UBH?

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Yeah. What queeq asked.

Good apprentice. Have a cookie.

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You don't do anything with it...you put it in a little case I think..and let it sit there and rust...:/

That's what I figured. Sounds like money well spent.

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Rust? Don't think so. I sit it on a stand and stare at it in awe for hours!

You could bury it in the desert for 1000 years and then it would be priceless.

Does it have cola in it?...if so..it woulld definately rust..

I'm almost afraid to ask, but do you mean RC cola ????

Well, no...I think it would probably be Pepsi...but you never know..it might be RC..*grabs a can and shakes it hear if anyone screams*

(Gundark runs away, covering her ears before they get pulled off )

Pepsi... yuck.

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(Gundark sings) "Sometimes you feel like a nut...sometimes you don't...Almond Joy's got nuts, Mounds don't..." (Gundark wanders away, babbling....)

*queeq puts celery in his ears*

queeq abides... in silence

Well I guess that proves I'm a nut AND I am capable of staying on the topic.

There was never any need for you to prove you're a nut.

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I have two of the OT movies boxed sets, the old one and the newest one, I bought it just for the preview of EP2. I only have 11 figures, but I have 42 books. EP1, duh and 6 posters. There is a poster shop right across the street to my dorm and they have a bunch of SW posters. My favorites are the ROTJ poster with the Rancor and the EP1 with young Anakin and the Darth Vader shadow. I also own all the soundtracks and two t-shirts, and a Qui-Gon lightsaber. Oh, and I just got a SW calender too.

I almost forgot...my brother got me a Darth Vader watch that is like 3-dimensional..the helmet part is about an inch high. You ought to see the looks I get when I wear it...especially being a girl. Talk about nuts.

(Still a true fan )

Does anyone own the Shadows of the Empire soundtrack? I was wondering if it was any good.

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Whoa...back up the hearse. Shadows of the Empire soundtrack???? Methinks me didn't know there was one. Please enlighten me, queeq-darling.

Yes there is one. Check it out on Amazon. It exists and is done by a different composer. They used the John Williams stuff as well of course.
I was a bit reluctant to buy it, I was wondering if it was any good. It was based on the book, seems like a special project.

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It is very dramatic and its of no comparison to Williams work. They are lightyears appart, dont buy it!!!!!

Thanks for the inside info finti. Kind of hard to follow a soundtrack when you don't have the pictures inside your head.

Well, that's because you're not used to it I guess. I collect soundtracks and have done so for over 15 years. I listen to a lot of music I have never seen the movie. One can enjoy music WITHOUT pictures, Gundy-dear. In this case I guess it's more a musical journey through the story, inspired by the book.

So, finti, what's so bad about it. Dramatic isn't necessarily bad, is it?

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Once again corrected by my master...Sigh...(Gundark goes and sits in corner, pouts)

No dramatic isnt always bad, but let me refrase myself. Very over dramatic and.... I just mean it it is, well just as bad as Brittany Spears and that is BAD!!!!!!
OOps I did it again. Barfbag anyone?, a lot of them.
Williams work rule, Shadow in the dustbin.
But then again taste is very hard to discuss.
Just my humble opinion.

Well, I figured as much. That's why I was reluctant to buy it. It could be so much less than JW's work. I mean, I know a lot of soundtrack composers but I never even heard of this guy. Can't even remember his name.

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Well at least the book was pretty good.

Ah, nuts !!! (Just to comment on topic. Hehehe )

I just read the comic, and my nephews had the nintendo game.I read someplace that The shadow of the empire was a story GL very much wanted to film.

Well, it definately wasn't bad. That is, I only read the comic and I played and finished the game. But it all sounds very intriguing.

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Queeq, the score for 'Shadows' is by Joel Macneely, he was responsible for the score to the recent 'Avengers' movie, but don't hold that against him! The score itself tries to sound like a SW score and actually succeeds in two instances, one being 'Beggar's canyon chase' and the other 'Night skies',the latter of which features the 'Imperial march' and the 'Force' theme. A bold attempt, but proof positive that the only man that can score SW is John Williams.

So what would you say? Should I buy it?

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What about eh.... NO!!!!!!

I know how you feel about it. I want to hear CW's opinion.

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Cool cuz i just gave it to him

Queeq, i noticed a few posts back that you are a fellow soundtrack collector, if that is the case then it may be a bit more up your alley than Finti's, the music tends to lean towards the style in TPM, I.E. Lot's of choral arrangement's, if you have played the game 'Shadow's of the Empire', then you will have heard at least some of it playing on these levels: Swoop bike chase, the sewers and the Skyhook battle. In my own personal opinion, it rates okay, it did not do anything to disgrace the Star Wars name.

I'll have to play those levels again then just to check them out again. I can't really remember them.

You're a soundtrack collector as well? Who are your favourite composers aside from JW?

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My other favourites are Jerry Goldsmith,(The film may have been dodgy but Star Trek: TMP remains an excellent score.) Basil Poledouris,(Conan the Barbarian is awesome.)Vangelis(Blade Runner) and John Barry(the Bond themes). On the outer fringes is James Horner, although a lot of his scores can be repetitive. Who are your faves Queeq?

If im not mistaken they uses the same theme for Castaway as they used in Bravehart.

Goldsmith is OK, so the Poledouris' Conan (especially the first one). I love Vangelis (Blade Runner, 1492).
Horner is not outside the fringes in my book, but he is moving into that direction. I hate him being so repetitive, he did so many great and varied scores when he became famous.

I love Danny Elfman (all of it), Hans Zimmer, Maurice Jarre (although I know little of his latest work if he is still active that is), James Newton Howard, Carter Burwell and Angelo Badalamenti.

I don't know about Castaway. Did they?

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Ah yes! The brilliant Danny Elfman i forgot him! The original 'Batman' score features high on my album list, i'm eagerly awaiting to see what he does with the 'Spiderman' score. Hans Zimmer is also very good, i was very impressed with 'Gladiator'.
As for 'Castaway', the 'Braveheart' Theme was used over the trailers (a common practice) maybe this is what Finti meant.

Ohh right. They do that kind of things a lot.

I liked Hans Zimmer's scores for Pacific Heights and The Rock as well, but Gladiator is excellent.
My favourite Danny Elfman is Batman Returns or Edward Scissorhands. I felt Batman Returns was a lot better than Batman, more like a huge suite. The Penguin's theme is awesome.

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Thanks CW i just saw the trailer for castaway so thats where I heard the tune.

Another mystery solved...

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Finti, no problem mate! Speaking of Vangelis (which we aren't, but what the heck) i'm looking forward to the soon to be released Blade Runner DVD 2 disc set, with that fantastic score remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1! I hope this is the definitive version of this film as it's almost getting as bad as a certain trilogy in the rebuying stakes, what was you guys opinion of the film when you first saw it? Style over substance or instant sci-fi classic?

The Braveheart soundtrack was fantastic. I confess to having bought Titanic also.

The girl humming on the titanic soundtrack is actually Norwegian, her name is Sissel and she has a fantastic voice. She also teamed up with Warren G on a song called Prince Igor.

Well, I have BOTH Titanic CD's and I think they're great.

As for Blade Runner, thanks for informing me about the release of the 2DVD set. I was about to buy the Director's Cut DVD without any extra's.
Blade Runner has always been a great favourite of mine. I went to see it because of Ford, but I felt the world Scott visualised was extremely compelling. My countryman Rutger Hauer played his best role ever in this film. But I must say that the Director's Cut is a lot better.

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Queeq, as far as i can tell, the new edition of Blade Runner has some sequences that were cut from the final film, such as the scene where Deckard visits Holden in the hospital, but i don't know if they have been spliced into the film or not. The film contains some of my most favourite lines of dialogue in any film, the Roy Batty speech: "I've seen things you humans wouldn't believe." Awesome!

I have seen those scenes in a 'Making oif Blade Runner' made by the BBC a few years ago. Or was it somewhere else? Could have been on the internet though?

Yeah, I loved Roy Batty line as well as the rest of it. "I've seen things you people couldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain."

Did you know Rutger Hauer wrote those lines himself?

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Queeq, there is a book out there which you may/may not be aware of, it is called 'Future Noir:The making of Blade Runner' By Paul M. Sammon, HB/442pp. If you like Blade Runner,(which you do) then i cannot recommend this book enough, it offers a fascinating look into the troubled production from it's early beginings, through to the excitement of the discovery of the 'Workprint' which lead to the 'directors cut' and beyond, it is on the Orion Media label.

While i've got a bit of time , i'll just run through my SW collection. (Ahem) Here goes:
BOOKS
All current SW novels available (Barring the Lando Calrissian trilogy)
Making of Star Wars souvenier book
Original Star Wars comic adaptation
The world of Star Wars poster mag collection
Making of ESB book
ESB storybook
ESB Comic adaptation
Making of ROTJ book
ROTJ: Creatures and droids compendium
ROTJ Comic adaptation
ROTJ storybook
Star Wars Chronicles (My most favourite book)
All the Boxtree SW Guide books
SW:The myth and the magic
The Star Wars Archives
The Illustrated SW Universe
The Art of SW,ESB,ROTJ and TPM
Star Wars Portfolio
All the DK books
Making of TPM
TPM Comic adaptation
Various graphic novels
SOUNDTRACKS
RCA Victor Special Editions SW,ESB and ROTJ
TPM Original single album
TPM The Ultimate Edition
Shadows of the Empire
VIDEOS
Executor limited edition release tin box set (Comprising all three movies VHS W/S with Making of's....Trailers and interviews + script book and Matte paintings)
Star Wars Trilogy 2000 re-release boxset
TPM W/S VHS
The Making of TPM VHS (British Fan Club exclusive)
COMPUTER GAMES
Rebel Assault II, Masters of Teras Kasi, Rogue Squadron, TPM, Jedi Power Battles, Shadows of the Empire and Episode I Racer
ACTION FIGURES
73 Original action figures
50 Power of the Force action figures
Millennium Falcon
X-Wing
Slave one
TIE fighter
Speeder bikes x 2, Swoop bike, Jabba and Dewback.
Various Micro Machine playsets and vehicles.
Phew! I think that just about covers everything....Until Episode II, that is.

I know where I'm goign to break in tonight.

And thanks about the book tip. I'll look into it.

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Yeah, what was the adress again CW.

Hah! You'll have to get by my Stormtrooper Room Guard first! Or failing that my Interactive Yoda, although he isn't very intimidating ("Away put your weapon, i mean you no harm" Yeah, that really sends 'em running for cover!

Well, the storm trooper can't shoot straight, so he's no problem. And I'll trick Yoda with some Twix and then... finti and me are in the clear. And then your interactive Yoda will say : "Gone is all your stuff. Told you I have"

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Nice one!

*Han Solo voice* I know...

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Han Solo voice my foot, sounds more like tweeky from Buck Rogers!!!!

"Adventure! Humph! Excitement! Humph! A jedi craves not these things, on the other hand...A Twix! Exceptions there are to every rule! Yes,yes Heh Heh."

I take it we're talking small caramel and chocolate biscuits here?

Yeah, that's right....Er, i think so, unless it's something totally different in Queeq's home town, is it?

No. Twix is an international brand allright. Everyone knows it. It used to be called "Raider" here a long time ago, before they changed it to Twix.

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