THANK YOU WOOKIEE COOKIEE. YOU ALSO HAVE A GREAT COLLECTION. REMEMBER COLLECTING COMES FROM THE HEART SO WE ALWAYS VALUE OUR COLLECTION AS OUR LITTLE TREASURE OF JOY AND FUN, NO MATTER HOW BIG IT IS. THAT IS WHAT COUNTS, THE FUN COLLECTING BRINGS.
SINCE YOU MADE A COMMENT AND I'M A SUCKER FOR WORDS, I WILL DESCRIBE HERE MORE OR LESS WHAT YOU SEE IN THOSE PICTURES.
FIRST LET ME SAY I'M PROUD OF MY COLLECTION AND THE TIME AND EFFORT I HAVE PUT INTO CREATING MY STAR WARS WORLD.
............THE WALL UNIT
THE WALL UNIT YOU SEE WITH THE WORDS CARVED IN SAYING: "STAR WARS", I BUILT IT MYSELF IN A THREE MONTH PERIOD OVER AT A FRIEND'S GARAGE. I DESIGNED IT, DID THE PLAN FOR IT AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
THE TOP PART OF THE UNIT OPENS UP, GIVING EASY ACCESS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF LIGHTS WHEN THEY GO OUT.
............THE LIGHTS
BEHIND THE WORDS "STAR WARS" THERE ARE TWO FLORESCENT LIGHT FIXTURES COVERED WITH A CLEAR GREEN PLASTIC TUBING, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE LIGHT TO BE SEEN IN THAT PARTICULAR COLOR. THE REST OF THE UNIT USES HOLOGEN LIGHTS WHICH ARE LESS DAMAGING TO THE PLASTIC THE FIGURES ARE MADE OF AND THEY CAN BE DIMMED.
ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE UNIT CAN BE CONTROLLED FROM A SINGLE SWITCH UNDERNEATH MY COMPUTER DESK.
.............THE LOGOS
THE IMPERIAL AND REBEL ALLIANCE LOGOS ON EACH SIDE AT THE TOP OF THE UNIT AS WELL AS BOBA FETT'S LOGO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE UNIT ARE WOOD HAND CARVINGS I MADE AND LATER PLACED IN HOLES PREVIOUSLY DRILLED. THE BACKS OF THESE LOGOS ARE PROTECTED AND HIDE THE LIGHT FIXTURES BY USING JUST REGULAR CEILING PANELS WHICH WERE CUT TO SIZE.
.............THE SHELVES
THE SHELVES ON THE UNIT ARE ADJUSTABLE, ALLOWING FOR EASY PLACEMENT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE FIGURES. ALSO THEY ARE TEMPERED GLASS SHELVES, GIVING ENOUGH SUPPORT WITHOUT BREAKING. I JUST RUN MY COMMTECH READER UNDER THE GLASS SHELVES TO HEAR THE EP 1 LINE OF FIGURES TALK WITHOUT THE NEED OF MOVING THEM AROUND.
.............LIFESIZE CHARACTERS
THE THREE LIFESIZE FIGURES: YODA, WATTO AND ANAKIN, I OBTAINED THROUGH DIFFERENT TRADES AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY I GOT ALL THREE TOGETHER FOR UNDER $600.00. THE ANAKIN ALONE SOLD FOR OVER $1000.00 AS A JCPENNEY EXCLUSIVE AND NOWADAYS IS GETTING CLOSE TO $2000.00.
.............THE BACKGROUND
THE BACKGROUND OF THE UNIT WAS HAND PAINTED. I ALSO APPLIED TO IT HUNDREDS OF "GLOW IN THE DARK" LITTLE STARS. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THE FEELING YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE UNIVERSE. THIS IS DUE TO THE REFELECTION OF LIGHT PICKED UP BY THE MATERIAL THE STARS ARE MADE OF.
.............STANDARD FIGURES
I HAVE EVERY SINGLE FIGURE MADE FOR THE 3 3/4" LINE SINCE 1995 UP TO THE FX-7, INCLUDING FOREIGN EXCLUSIVES SUCH AS THE EOPIE. THIS INCLUDES ALL CINEMA SCENES, BEASTS PACTS, ETC, ETC. I RARELY COLLECT 12" FIGURES.
THE FIGURES YOU SEE UP ON THE WALLS ARE VARIATIONS.
I HAVE ALL VARIANTS RELATING TO THE RED CARDS WHICH WERE THE FIRST ONES THAT CAME OUT IN 1995. THERE IS ALSO AN EP 1 YODA WITH LOGO, A BLACK VEST DARTH MAUL, FREEZE FRAME SANDTROOPER AND SO FORTH.
EVERY SINGLE LOOSE FIGURE AND SHIP YOU SEE IN THE ROOM I HAVE DOUBLES OF, UNOPENED AND PACKED AWAY WITH LOTS OF CARE.
.............CENTERPIECE AND TABLE
THE CENTERPIECE OF THE TWO SPEEDER BIKES( LUKE AND SCOUT TROOPER) IS A DIORAMA I MADE, JUST HINTING THE SCENE OF THE CHASE IN ENDOR. THE TABLE THE CENTERPIECE RESTS ON, IS ALSO MY OWN DESIGN. I USED 4 QUI-GON GINN LIGHTSABERS FOR THE LEGS AND GAVE IT A METAL STRUCTURE AND A TEMPERED GLASS FOR SUPPORT.
.............THE POSTERS
THE POSTERS ARE ORIGINAL COPIES WHICH I PURCHASED AT "THE ENDOR STORE" IN WALT DISNEY WORLD AND THROUGH THE FAN CLUB AS WELL. THEY HAVE BEEN CUSTOM FRAMED TO AVOID WRINKAGE AND YELLOWING OF THE MATERIAL.
.............WHAT'S NEXT?
I WILL BE DESIGNING AND PUTTING TOGETHER A "BUILT IN THE WALL" UNIT FOR ATTACK OF THE CLONES, USING LIGHTS AND CARVINGS AS WELL.
SINCE MY COLLECTION HAS GROWN SO BIG, SPACE HAS BECOME A KEY WORD, THEREFORE FORCING ME TO CREATE ROOM WHERE THERE WILL BE VIRTUALLY NONE. WELL, I CAN ALWAYS TAKE OVER OUR GUEST ROOM BUT I KNOW MY WIFE WILL PROBABLY BLAST ME TO OBLIVION :winknudge .... JUST KIDDING!
NOW MY BUDDY TALON AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS BUILT FOR HIS ROOM. SO WITH A PIECE OF PAPER, A PENCIL, TOOLS AND THE NECESSARY MATERIALS I WILL KEEP ON BUILDING HOUSING FOR THIS PLASTIC UNIVERSE, WE ALL SO PROUDLY CALLED "MY STAR WARS COLLECTION"