Collecting as a hobby

The Jawa I got when I was nine.

My mother bought me my first Star Wars action figure in 1981. It was a Jawa. When I got tired of the action figures, I guess puberty hit and my interests went in another direction, I sold all my 50 or so figures to a friend's little brother. Cheap I might add. Way too cheap. Maybe I should be thrown in The Great Pit of Carkoon for that?

When I became a father myself 20 years later, I felt regret over getting rid of my childhood's most priced possessions. I knew that many who grew up with Star Wars collected the vintage era but I didn't think of it more until one day when I found a box with old stuff in the attic. My first Star Wars action figure. The Jawa!  This became the start of my collection.

The Star Wars vintage toys was in the early years of the millenium rather cheap to collect. The Swedish market was in fact the buyers market. You could get almost mint condition loose figures for less than 6 USD. I bought a couple of figures or smaller ships per month during the first couple of years and my collection today is containing more than 40 figures and nearly a dozen ships of various size. My favorite until this day is Luke's landspeeder from 1977. Collecting Star Wars vintage became more popular over the years to come and the price went up. When it was announced that Disney was planning a new movie, it sky-rocketed. Today on the Swedish market, you will pay 20 USD and up for the same figures you payed 6 USD for only 7-8 years before.

Part of my collection.

Today I buy a figure or a ship/vehicle a couple of times a year, but the collecting as a hobby is also much about just that - to search and track down the perfect figure. Just the one you want. I usually pick one I don't have and make it a quest to find that particular figure no matter what bargains show up along the way.

As of now, I have a bookshelf with glass doors and no lighting to display my collection. I am working on getting a better type of display. Like glass monters stores use to display merchendise. My plan for the future is of course to have a room or atleast a whole wall for my collection. We'll see how it goes.

I am a fan of pop culture as you know, I collect other stuff as well. Anything from the movie or

Talking Heads' debut album

gaming world really. Mostly from movies though. Music is another thing, and here I collect some vinyl records. The direction of my vinyl collection today is towards music I grew up with, this usually means heavy metal and classic rock/pop, and new age and punk bands that sometime played at the legendary bar CBGB in New York during the 70s.

The classic rock/pop thing comes from my father's interest in music. I have been listening to Beach Boys, Otis Redding, Rolling Stones, Beatles and all the other great ones since I was newborn. No wonder that kind of music sticks like glue still.

I don't know what it is really, I like retro stuff. Nomatter what it is really. Mostly it goes back to the 60s and 70s but also in some cases further back. When I visited my brother who lives in Ohio I went to a local antique store and found really cool 1950s milk bottles  from an old dairy that once was found in the town there. I think the name was Wooster Dairy. Didn't buy that one because the logo was a little too worn off for my liking, but next time I will find one in mint condition. Old truck licence plates from the 30s and 40s was also very cool. They have a certain old feel I like, and they actually make a nice interior decoration wall piece.

Collecting as a hobby is my thing, and it can be exciting and really fun. The Star Wars collection is my main thing though and it probably will for a long time still. What is your favorite?

Later, awsome Nerds!

Loot crate theme for April is...

Loot Crate has delivered during the last months, and it looks like they will continue to do so. The theme for April is QUEST.

This crate will contain cool items from:

• Harry Potter
• Labyrinth
• Uncharted 4
• Vikings

I'm not a particular fan of any of these, but I do remember Labyrinth as a popular and cool movie with Jennifer Connely and David Bowie. This month looks like a give away.

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Later, awesome nerds!

Movie frenzy and Hardcore Henry

Lately I have been very busy with my studies and my project right now in my current course is to make my own blog website for this blog. Reason? I want total control of the layout. Blogger can not provide. The project is due this upcoming weekend and then I have another...pew!

Movie buff as I am, there is a handful of films coming out in the near future or has already premiered that I really need to see. My boys have their easter holiday from school, I do not(meh!), so certain movies must wait until perhaps the beginning of april before I can see them.

The three movies I like to cross off my list to start with is Batman vs Superman, never really liked the Batman movies much. Good enough films, but not my cup of tea. This one looks interesting though. London has fallen is another one. Maybe not a must see film, but I liked the first one (Olympus has fallen) and I will probably get my moneys worth of action. Allegiant is the third movie and I kind of liked the series and the first two was pretty good even though they pretty much fall under the same category as the Hunger Games franchise, just another approach.

To make my kids content, I probably need to take them to see Kung Fu Panda 3, with Swedish voice actors. Hate that, but necessary for my youngest.

Well there is also Henry...

I like new concepts in films and a lot of other stuff. Hardcore Henry falls under that particular category to say the least. I can't imagine anything like this has ever been made before. Thanks to The Reel Rejects and Ryan Right for the heads up on this.

Hardcore Henry is a movie shot in a first person view, like an fps game and the trailer looks freaking awesome! Scheduled premiere is April 8th. I am booked.

This is an action film form the eyes of Henry who is resurrected from death with a memory loss, the latter part might not be ground braking, hah. He must discover his identity and save his wife from a warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers. 

Hardcore Henry is directed by Ilya Naishuller and starring Tim Roth, Haley Bennett and Sharito Copley.

Watch trailer below.

Later, awesome nerds!