Has collecting Vintage Star Wars gotten worse? If so, why?

Gather round the fire to hear a harrowing tale of authentic rarities , clear fakes, questionable fakes, false identities and "tricycle sales."" Plus a charity auction!

Somehow, Skye never uploaded this episode before the unofficial hiatus. So, here it is...the FINAL show in this enhanced format. Table of Contents: I'm not going to listen to this again, so I dunno, just listen to the thing.

Which vintage (and modern) Star Wars collectibles "won" the new Obi-Wan Kenobi show on Disney+ Table of Contents: (Contains Spoilers) 0:00 Intro 8:32 # 10 Winner- Emperor 10:33 # 10 Loser 12:16 — Interlude about music 17:40 #9 Loser - R2 and 3P0 20:01 # 8 Winner - Jawa 23:41 #8 Loser - Star Destroyer 23:41 # 7 Loswer - Rebel Snow Speder 28:34 #7 Winner - Imperial Probe Drois 31:02 # 6 Winner - Stormtrooper 35:26 # 6 Loser- Imperial Troop Transport 36:28 #5 Loser - Anakin Skywalker 37:59 #5 Winner - Power Droid 40:48 #4 Loser - Cantina Aliens 41:53 Steve and Skye’s Wacky Dino-Assassin Aside 46:35 #4 Winner - Leia 50:52 #3 Winner - Obi-Wan Kenobi 58:05 #3 Loser - Tusken Raiders 59:07 #2 Winner - Darth Vader 1:08:56 Interlude on Vader Obi-Wan Duel 1:15:33 #2 Loser - Luke 1:18:22 #1 Winners and Losers

The Short 79 back season begins with Ewok Bowman, Lumat. Mattias joins to talk about Mechanicals, foreign carded figures, unlicensed ceramics and an epic, consequential market watch game. Part of the 122nd Chive Cast. Table of Contents: 08:00 Grumpy Lumat’s Story and History 16:47 Unproduced Zephee 19:45 Skye-Ku 21:28 Mattias Joins The Show 24:54 What is the deal with 79 Backs 29:21 What are all the Lumats? 33:41 Ledy is NOT THE SAME as Made in Mexico 34:57 Trilogo Madness? 41:02 Vintage Vocab: Mechanical / Final Comp 1:01:21 Unloved Item - Bootleg ceramics 1:04:09 Market Watch Game and Outro

Join Skye, Steve, Ron and Yehuda as they discuss the wonderful world of early, unlicensed miniatures.

Join Skye and Steve as they identify which vintage Star Wars collectibles won and which ones lost the “Book of Boba Fett”. Luke, Tuskens, 8D8, Rancor Keepers and all the Boba you can shake a Gaderfi stick at. Table of Contents: 3:43 2D Clone Wars Discussion 6:57 #10 (X-WING / GAMMY) 9:59 # 9 (R2 / 3PO) 11:56 #8. (NIKTO, BARADA, WALRUS MANS, GREEDO / KLAATUS 16:34 #7 (JAWAS / CHEWBACCA , BOSSK AND OTHER BOUNTY HUNTERS) 20:57 # 6 (SLAVE 1 / OTHER OT SHIPS) 26:15 # 5 (BIB / JABBA) 35:40 # 4 (8D8 / 9D9) 35:10 #3.5 (Max Rebo/Other Skiff Folk) 40: 40 # 3 (Rancor / Rancor Keeper) 45:10 #2 (Tusken / Luke) 58:48 #1 (Boba / Fett)

Join Skye and Steve as the discuss the only toy based entirely on the emotion of grief. Ron joins to teach about rough clay sculpts, Palitoy ads, Dixie cups and Yupis. Plus, quite a bit of bear discussion on this month’s chive cast Table of Contents: 3:58 The value of the Worst Figure ever? Trump Stance? Bored? 10:04 The Kenner and Palitoy Commercial Difference 17:53 Behind the Steve- Everybody is loved and Hardware Wars? 25:54 Skye-Ku 27:01 Ron Joins the Show 44:16 What is a “Clay Rough” sculpt 53:41 Unused Clay Micro Soldier, or, How the Rancor Keeper Sculptor got his job at Kenner 59:04 Palitoy Adverts - Nugget From the Archive 01:04:41 Unloved Item: Yupi 01:11:22 Dixie Cups 01:13:02 Kink? Rancor Keeper is a Bear 01:15:42 Market Watch Game 01:19:46 Bear Focus Collector?

Skye and Steve chuck the AT-ST driver out of the cockpit in this episode which reveals a shocking conspiracy about the character. Hardcopies, Sculpts, Alternate photo-art, lots of beautiful modern and some Australian cereal madness. Plus, what the hell is a mirr-a-kit? 02:15 The AT-ST talk begins Conspiracy 20:06 Skye-Ku and Skye’s Ninja Story 24:50 -Broc’s Run Explained Sculpt,Mold, Hardcopy,Protomold,First Shot 37:15 The Original Photo art of the AT-ST Driver 40:42 International AT-ST Carded Figures: Tri-Logo, Lili Ledy 42:32 Polish AT-ST Figures 49:16 Nuggets From the Archive – PowerSparks! 59:30. An Interruption! Australian Decoder Discs? 01:03:45 UNOLVED: ROTJ Pyjamas? 01:05: 54 UNLOVED Mirr-a-Kit 01:12:25 Carded Micro Machine 01:18:50 Market Watch “Game”

Duncan Jenkins joins us from the cobwebbed cloisters of his Sithsonian Crypt. Every item has a relation to Halloween, can you figure out what it is… before it is tooooo late??? Table of Contents: 3:43. Finnish LIquorice 8:44 Hershey ESB Treys with Collector Cards 12:21 Bootleg Rubber Toys 18:01. Spanish C-3PO Mobile 23:25 Scholastic News Explorer with Rick Baker 28:57 Mexican Googly-Eyed Wicket 30:26 Blue Harvest Rain Jacket 32:57 Jabba the Hutt Finnish Monster Magazine 35:31 Halloween Cards Galore 46:00 Taiwanese Match Book 51:34 Bootleg 45-RPM “Arturito” Mexican Funk Song 53:39 Bootleg 8-Track Star Wars Song 58:31 Bootleg 45-RPM, Italian Ewok Celebration Song and Do Do Phone Me 01:00:00 Jedi Ghost Toothbrush 01:07:33 Spanish Cap Gun 01:10:59 Bootleg American T-Shirt - Costume-o-Rama 01:13:43 Croner Stormtrooper Costume 01:16:36 Mexican Bootleg “Darth Vader- Enemy of He-Man” costume 01:21:30 British Cheryl C-3P0 Costume 01:23:25 Canadian Fameux Halloween C-3P0 Halloween 01:28:25 French César Tusken Raider Mask 01:30:48 Line Art for Ben Cooper Ad 01:32:05 Canadian Fameux Halloween Chewbacca Costume 01:35:00 Outro and Haunted Dead (tape) Story