It’s an age-old dilemma, especially when collections get so large that space is the biggest consideration – do the figures stay on their cards like Stinky Pete, or run free like Woody and Buzz? Rob Wainfur from The Bearded Trio has faced this quandry over the past year and decided to write a post about it.
For years I had these figures stored away, slowly getting bent and out of shape, showing no love for them. So out of the crate they came and I opened the first one. An Episode 1 figure. The rip felt satisfying if a little unnerving. But then I tentatively pushed the figure out of the packaging and held it in my hand. A brand-new Star Wars figure out of the packaging and now in my hand. I smiled.
I placed the accessory in its hand and played with the figure for a few minutes. I was still smiling. I still had doubts thinking “shall I keep the packaging? At least keep the back, right?” No! I decided to go for broke and open them all. Packaging be damned! Thankfully, I had previously ordered zip bags for figures from www.vintagestarwarscollectables.co.uk, a reliable source. I had labels and a pen so wrote on the label for each figure what year it was, what series it was from and of course the name of the figure. This was great fun in itself.
Even the loose figures I had fun with. Some I had no idea what or who they were or what accessory it was supposed to have. Yes, I know I should know all their names but there are so many! Thankfully Steve Sansweet and his excellent range of books, especially this one helped me identify them.
Holding all these figures in my hand and their accessories made me wonder why I didn’t do this years ago? Hearing the Commtech chips work for the first time was an unexpected laugh, not knowing how bad their voices were (you can watch a video I did below which was shot in April 2020.) Holding up a slide from the movie that was included with some of the figures was also a joy to do. Experiencing these figures as toys for the first time and not as a collectable. Not only that I went from crates and crates to one fancy storage box with all my recently opened figures in it. It made me feel happy that at any point I could grab this box and dip my hands into a sea of Star Wars figure.
- Hardcover Book
- Ireland, Justina (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 432 Pages - 07/27/2021 (Publication Date) - Random House/Star Wars (Publisher)
