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Vintage Vault: Ice Lolly Jolly

Lollies, masks, stickers and more from your local ice-cream seller. Star Wars teams up with Lyons Maid.

Vintage Vault: KP Outer Spacers – Identified Flying Objects

Remember KP Outer Spacers? Learn about how the popular corn based snack helped defeat The Galactic Empire.

Vintage Vault: Collecting Star Wars before Star Wars

Star Wars collecting before Star Wars was even released and other early products from Collecting Tracks host Richard Hutchinson.

Make 2022 a vintage year with the official Echo Base calendar

The team at Echo Base have come up with another gorgeous calendar to raise money and celebrate your love of vintage toy collecting.

Vintage Vault: HC Ford Part Two: Return of the Jedi branded range

HC Ford released a lot of stationery products in the UK in the early to mid 1980's. Here's part two, the Return of the Jedi branded range.

Vintage Vault: Sphere Books, the 70’s and early 80’s home of Star Wars novels in the UK

New Fantha Tracks contributor Andy Preston strolls down memory lane to discuss Sphere books.
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Leicester Vintage and Old Toy Shop: Toy Shop On Tour web series starts next week

A new web series taking in vintage toy shops from around the UK? Don't mind if we do!

Echo Base: Palitoy vintage collectors guide

Echo Base delve into the UK toy archive for their latest collectors guide.

Kim Simmons announces Kenner Star Wars Photography Volume 3

Kim Simmons announces Kenner Star Wars Photography Volume 3.
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Looking back to the making of Shadows of the Empire

Look back 24 years to Shadows of the Empire.

Vintage Vault: HC Ford Part One: Star Wars Branded Range

HC Ford released a lot of stationery products in the UK in the early to mid 1980's. Here's part one, the Star Wars branded range.

Vintage Star Wars auction could hit £250,000

A vintage auction is set to break records today in Dudley.

The Retro Draughtsman: Roadtrip USA

The Retro Draughtsman is looking to make a road trip with a vintage day theme.

Rocket-firing Boba Fett sells for $62,239.24

A rocket-firing Boba Fett has just sold for $62,239.24.

Interview: Tony Roberts of Analog Toys

Our latest interview is with toy collector Tony Roberts of Analog Toys.

Hasbro Pulse and the history of playsets: A World Within a World

Hasbro Pulse take a look at the history of their action figure playsets.

A New Proof Kickstarter Opportunity

A New Proof - a book on Kenner Artwork may have a new print release
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Empire40: Bounty Hunter Capture Log

More great content from Empire40 as Dave Tree walks us through the Bounty Hunter Capture Log.

Vintage Vault: Great Galactic Blaster Bubbles

Before the Empire Strikes Bath with suds there were Star Wars bubble baths from Cliro in the UK.

Vintage Vault: Palitoy 12a new discovery

42 years and more discoveries made with Palitoy vintage Star Wars.

Vintage Vault: Fox and Arco Spacewar Wars

Why has the Fox v Arco Spacewar 1978 court case reappeared?

Vintage Vault: Star Wars and Letraset Part Three

We take a look at the UK childhood staple Letraset in Part Three of a series.

Vintage Vault: Star Wars and Letraset Part Two

We take a look at the UK childhood staple Letraset in Part Two of a series.

Vintage Vault: Star Wars and Letraset Part One

We take a look at the UK childhood staple Letraset in Part One of a series

Vintage Vault: Under the hood of Emperor Palpatine

We take a look at the extraordinary original design of The Emperor

Twelve Months of Echo Base

The team at Echo Base have come up with a great way to raise money and celebrate your love of vintage toy collecting.

Vintage Vault: Touchline smile money bag coin purses

We take a closer look at the Touchline range of coin purses from the mid 80's.

Vintage Vault: Harbert Delights

Richard Hutchinson presents an amazing Italian vintage Star Wars find and an interview with an Italian collector

Vintage Vault: Luke Farmboy, the original and still the best

Richard Hutchinson takes a look at Luke Farmboy and why the original is still the best

Palitoy Death Star playset video

Take a 360 tour around the glorious Palitoy Death Star playset.

Vintage Vault: Mail the Force be with you

Richard Hutchinson takes a look at the H.E. Harris Star Wars stamp kit from 1977.

Vintage Vault: Identifying Kenner card art sources wave 2

Richard Hutchinson takes a look at the origins of the character artwork on the second wave of Kenner action figures.

Book Review: Guerra Estella II

Richard Hutchinson reviews Guerra Estelar II a journey through South American vintage Star Wars collectibles.

Vintage Vault: Identifying Kenner card art sources

Richard Hutchinson takes a look at the origins of the character artwork on the Kenner first 12 action figures.

The Power of the Force vintage Star Wars exhibition in Portugal

Gonzalo Diaz-Faes looks at the Power of the Force vintage exhibition in Portugal.
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Vintage Star Wars figures in the Toy Story 4 trailer

Toy Story 4 is set to feature 2 Star Wars stars.

Reflecting on the great Star Wars theft

Revisiting the great Star Wars theft which shocked the collecting community and still has repercussions to this day

Vintage Vault: Millennium Millennium Falcon

Richard Hutchinson examines the Millennium Falcon in this week's vintage post

Engineering an Empire – most definitely NOT another collecting book

Engineering an Empire - a soon to be released book looking at the lives of the former Kenner employees
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