The Imperial Shipyards
General Collecting => Action Fleet/Micro Machines => Topic started by: Gripen90 on November 25, 2009, 11:27:54 AM
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Hi y'all :)
I thought I'd post my collection of Star Wars Action Fleet. I primarily collect episode 4-5-6 vehicles and boxed examples (MISB preferred).
I had a decent Action Fleet collection back in 1997 but I traded it all away for TransFormers (Generation 1 - Scorponok, Dreadwind etc), but eventhough I did a great trade I still missed my Action Fleet vehicles. S
So fast forward 11years. In autumn 2008 I decided to get the Action Fleet vehicles I once had, and so I did bigtime... and even more came.
So what I display in the following was collected during August to November 2008 - all gotten of ebay.
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2691.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2708.jpg)
(I have to Green A-wings, but forgot to take a picture of the other one)
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2728Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2733.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1004.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1016Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1830Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2803Medium.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2799Medium.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2808Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2809Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2813Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2820Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2824Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1828Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_4091Large.jpg)
This big mofo is just pure awesomeness. The Death Star mode is brilliant - better than SW TF Darth Vader.
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2825Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2827Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1061Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2867Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_3952Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_2933Large.jpg)
(got 3 of them, 2 MISB one loose -see other one below)
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(pay attention to the different versions. One with battle damange and external hinged cockpit and tall box display stand. The other is clean and has internal hinged cockpit and low box display stand)
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A small overview (not up-to-date).
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/5Large.jpg)
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/7Large.jpg)
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/15Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/16Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/17Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/18Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/19Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/Star%20Wars/20Large.jpg)
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These two I got after the other pictures were taken in the living room :)
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(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_3144Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/IMG_3906Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1746Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1795Large.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/Gripen90/HPIM1803Large.jpg)
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Welcome to the Shipyards,
That is one hell of an impressive collection,
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Welcome to the Shipyards,
That is one hell of an impressive collection,
Thank you :)
I hope to get alpha y-wing, b-wing, cloud car and then a Rancor and a Sandcrawler sometime also, then I think my AF collection is complete in my book :)
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hi niels glad you made it mate :)
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Wow! That is SOME Action Fleet collection you have going on there! Some impressive looking items! And in such short time, to boot!
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hi niels glad you made it mate :)
Thanks Jay 8)
Wow! That is SOME Action Fleet collection you have going on there! Some impressive looking items! And in such short time, to boot!
Thank you ! I have a bad habit of when I'm going to collect I have a hard time stopping or at least not going "over the top".
Besides my Action Fleet I have my TransFormers collection which takes up hughe space, and then there's the Star Wars collection that also takes up a lot of room, and last there's my Power Rangers and Turtles which also take up a small amount of space.
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Cool collection there, do you have them displayed on a shelf?
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Wow, that is an impressive collection and all MOC, to boot.
Welcome to the shipyards.
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Daggone, I just got into these and you give me hope I will be able to score all my TESB wants. This looks awesome! These all look minty fresh too. I know one thing if you ever decide to sell any of these, I would be interested in a ton of em! Daggone nice.
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These need to be freed of their plastic cages. ;)
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These need to be freed of their plastic cages. ;)
Blasphemy! These look awesome in their original packaging! Just awesome!
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I had to put this great collection up on our front page! I still am looking at it! Boy do I wish I had a ton of these.
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These need to be freed of their plastic cages. ;)
Blasphemy! These look awesome in their original packaging! Just awesome!
No offense to the carded collectors, I'm a loose collector, never got into collecting boxed/carded items, I like playing with these items, not just look at a box. I've seen people having and displaying a boxed collection of Kotobukiya statues LOL. Should I have kept my MR AT-AT boxed? Or the MR Stormtrooper blaster or Stormie helmet? Or the GG busts/statues?
Higher end items are not to be kept carded unless they are acquired with the specific intention of resale (not my case). And toys are not to be carded either, where is the fun then, just looking at a box? :P These are not expensive action figures that will hold huge values if kept carded. There are guys on Rebelscum selling entire Action Fleet boxed collections and till today they didn't manage to sell them.
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Each to their own, I guess, Serg. I'm sure that Tamer gets a little thrill looking at his minty collection. I do know one thing. I seem to make more selling loose items on ebay than carded. People want that cheaper shipping price, I guess, especially the overseas buyers. Very seldom do I come across a MOC collector there. It happens, just not very often.
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Thank you very much all :)
At present time they are all stacked in a room. I simply don't have any shelfspace for displaying.
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Regarding the collection being boxed. First of all since I haven't any place to display them loose, keeping them in boxes is much much easier.
Secondly I highly enjoy having everything that come with a figure/vehicle (depending on toyrange).
Also I very much enjoy the "toy store feeling" with having these boxed or carded - it brings back nostalgia from the days of when I was younger and checking the stores for new excited stuff - I still get that kick out of it.
It's important for me to state that I do NOT collect sealed stuff with the intention of selling it again - no I collect to keep (what a curse sometimes).
As far as value for these Action Fleet vehicles I got mine of ebay and prices differ a whole lot. E.g a Mint In Sealed Box (MISB) Rogue 2 Snowspeeder sells around $65, but usually you can get lucky and fine one that no ones bidding on. I usually search ebay a lot before making a purchase.
Besides my Star Wars collecting my largest passion above all is TransFormers (G.1), and here prices are on a totally different level and original boxed/carded figures are immensely expensive - and if AFA graded you may want to rob a bank first.
I collect loose, Mint On Card (MOC), Mint On Sealed Card (MOSC), Mint In Box (MIB), Mint In Sealed Box (MISB) depending of what I want and what I collect.
Hell most of all my collecting is sealed since I have 0 room for display purposes... that has to wait till I some day get the space requirred.
However my ultimate passion is this black C-AT :D
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If you want to see what else I colloct you can take a look here - there's most of what I got.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-collection-showcase/142781-my-humble-tf-1984-till-today-collection-18.html
ANd a few video (though not up-to-date)
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A walker and a black cat! I happen to have one of both and can understand the passion. I will totally flip out if you tell me that cat's name is Vader which mine is!
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A walker and a black cat! I happen to have one of both and can understand the passion. I will totally flip out if you tell me that cat's name is Vader which mine is!
Hehe no - it''s Amos :)
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Got hold of an extra MISB Rogue 2 Snowspeeder and an AT-TE and Escape pod pack. Also took a picture of my loose Rouge 2 Snowspeeder and loose Luke S' Red 5 X-wing and Vader's X1.
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Updated with pictures of MISB AT-AT, Jawa Sandcrawler, A-wing the clean version and with internal hinged cockpit and low box display stand. O0
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Which version AT-AT if I may ask? I am still jonesing for the silver and gold version ones and then I think I am almost there.
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Which version AT-AT if I may ask? I am still jonesing for the silver and gold version ones and then I think I am almost there.
Mm it's in the updated in the 1st picture thread, 2nd last picture. It's the "ordinary" one I suppose you'd call it with the SW silver logo :)
Are there more variations of the AT-AT (mouldwise) the the ordinary, 2x remote versions and the new saga ?
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Which version AT-AT if I may ask? I am still jonesing for the silver and gold version ones and then I think I am almost there.
Mm it's in the updated in the 1st picture thread, 2nd last picture. It's the "ordinary" one I suppose you'd call it with the SW silver logo :)
Are there more variations of the AT-AT (mouldwise) the the ordinary, 2x remote versions and the new saga ?
I guess it depends on the size. Today I just ebayed an x-ray version of the atat which came in a two pack with an x-ray x-wing. If you see any decent deals on one of those gold or silver versions and they are momc let me know as it would be much appreciated.
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Which version AT-AT if I may ask? I am still jonesing for the silver and gold version ones and then I think I am almost there.
Mm it's in the updated in the 1st picture thread, 2nd last picture. It's the "ordinary" one I suppose you'd call it with the SW silver logo :)
Are there more variations of the AT-AT (mouldwise) the the ordinary, 2x remote versions and the new saga ?
I guess it depends on the size. Today I just ebayed an x-ray version of the atat which came in a two pack with an x-ray x-wing. If you see any decent deals on one of those gold or silver versions and they are momc let me know as it would be much appreciated.
Surething I'll watch out for that. MOMC is that mint on mint card ?
I'm used the the TransFormers collecting abbrevations :)
MOC = Mint On Card
MOSC = Mint On Sealed Card
MIB = Mint In Box
MISB = Mint In Sealed Box
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Which version AT-AT if I may ask? I am still jonesing for the silver and gold version ones and then I think I am almost there.
Mm it's in the updated in the 1st picture thread, 2nd last picture. It's the "ordinary" one I suppose you'd call it with the SW silver logo :)
Are there more variations of the AT-AT (mouldwise) the the ordinary, 2x remote versions and the new saga ?
There is the JC Penny remote control version as well, coming with 3 buttons and a LED on the AT-AT's head.
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There is the JC Penny remote control version as well, coming with 3 buttons and a LED on the AT-AT's head.
Yep I was referring to that version as well since the KB toy version only had packaging differences afaik. :)
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wow, that an impressive collection
awesome
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There is the JC Penny remote control version as well, coming with 3 buttons and a LED on the AT-AT's head.
Yep I was referring to that version as well since the KB toy version only had packaging differences afaik. :)
Hate to kinda hijack your thread, but what did the JC Penny one look like? I have two packaged ones now one, with a window display box and one boxed with just a pic of the remote.
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Hate to kinda hijack your thread, but what did the JC Penny one look like? I have two packaged ones now one, with a window display box and one boxed with just a pic of the remote.
No problem :)
It's a good question. I've never seen the box of the JC Penny version, only the loose AT-AT and the remote. As mentioned previously by jkno the remote has 3 buttons and a small led light on the AT-AT.
I can't remember it in detail - I haven't seen one in years .
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Here is a pic off Google, seems this one was a catalog offering hence the mail-a-way box, you Action Fleet guys would know better if there was 2 versions, ie mail-a-way and retail packaging
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Sweet, gonna have to look for that one.
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The JC Penney 3 button remote control AT-AT is one of the rarest Action Fleet items produced
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Looks like Tamer is in for an elusive hunt, any idea how often these pop up for sale?
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The JC Penney 3 button remote control AT-AT is one of the rarest Action Fleet items produced
Great, that would be me. Trying to find the rarest one there is. Ok, lets take this to my question thread, we are jacking this thread with my wantan stuff.
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Looks like Tamer is in for an elusive hunt, any idea how often these pop up for sale?
They are rare, but a good friend of mine scored one 2 weeks ago. You need luck and patience. But be aware that the original box is plain white cardboard nothing fancy. for me the JC Penney is not important at all, in fact I consider it the ugliest of the bunch, right above being the SAGA snow/toothpaste spit version.
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Finally I can add this one to the collection... this Alpha version with 1 clear top canopy has eluded me many times.
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Sweet! It's always nice to get that one item that has been eluding you for so long!
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That is nice.I am pretty sure that I have got that set loose somewhere.
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Sweet! It's always nice to get that one item that has been eluding you for so long!
Indeed it is... now I "just" need Alpha Y-wing, B-wing, Cloud Car and a Rancor. I have found the on ebay all from one seller, now I just hope he'll ship to my destination and accept my offer ::)
If that deals gets in house I'm so done with my SW AF collection.
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WOOHOO - just had to share the news. SUCCES - the seller accepted shipping abroad and also accepted my offer ;D
FINALLY Alpha Y-wing, B-wing, Cloud Car and Rancor will complete my collection... I'm sooo thrilled. vadsab
When I have all in hand I'll make an updated display with everything + also make a video tour since I got a nice good digi'cam.
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Congrats on the new acquisitions! :)
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nice one niels!
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And the last ones they have arrived ;D ... now I don't think there's much more to hunt for... this is pretty much "completion" for me and my SW AF collection O0
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Sweet ones, I am gonna have to have that cloud car concept eventually. Minty fresh they seem. If you ever sale again, please let me know!