The Vintage Pod is a Podcast for collectors of vintage (1977-1989) Star Wars toys and memorabilia. It is intended for both experts and new-comers and features hobby news, market analysis, and insightful interviews.
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Listeners of The Star Wars Collectors Archive Podcast that love the show mention: skye,The Star Wars Collectors Archive Podcast is the ultimate podcast for anyone interested in learning about vintage Star Wars collectibles. Hosted by Skye Paine, this podcast delves into the world of early Star Wars collectibles from all over the world, with a focus on Kenner action figures made from 1978-1985.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the wealth of information it provides about vintage Star Wars items. Skye and his guests are incredibly knowledgeable and share fascinating insights into the development and manufacturing of the original toys. They also discuss collecting terms, values, and newly found rarities, keeping listeners up to date on all things vintage Star Wars. Additionally, they interview passionate collectors and cover topics that you would never know about unless you listened to this podcast.
Another great aspect of The Star Wars Collectors Archive Podcast is its entertainment value. Skye and Steve have an engaging and entertaining dynamic that keeps listeners entertained throughout each episode. There are always a few laughs to be had, along with random French history facts and dad jokes thrown into the mix. Their enthusiasm for vintage Star Wars collectibles shines through in every episode.
As for potential drawbacks, some listeners may find that there is too much focus on Kenner action figures from a specific time period. While this is the main topic of discussion on the podcast, it may not appeal to those who are more interested in other aspects of Star Wars or different eras of collecting.
In conclusion, The Star Wars Collectors Archive Podcast is an incredibly informative and entertaining podcast for anyone interested in vintage Star Wars collectibles. Skye Paine and his guests provide a wealth of knowledge while keeping listeners engaged with their humor and enthusiasm. Whether you're a new collector or a seasoned veteran, this podcast is definitely worth a listen if you want to learn more about vintage Star Wars items.
No, it doesn't all suck. And what better way to remember that it doesn't suck than celebrating the Archive all...year...long!
Jonathan "Johnny Too-Much" McElwain joins the pod to talk about this ever expanding world filled with shirts, bottles and geography.
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)
SJoin 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 Hardwar 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
Two-pack of an episode! First The action goes boom with Mark Vanis and Jon Peck who talk about collecting the Face of Prune. Then on-the-ground reporting from skye at the Pensylvania International Collectors Event as he visits some of the best collections in the world. 2:53 The Hottest Lego set to get 5:15 Prune Face Discussion Begins. Ablism. 13:52 Behind the Steve 19:10 Skye-Ku 20:37 Figure Development: Painted Hardcopy 23:25 Jon Peck and Mark Vanis join the show. 33:22 Comic Book Men Story 35:12 Nugget from the Archive (Blueprints) 44:28 The Hardcopy Returns 47:15 Prune Swag 48:47 Weirdest Prune Face Item? 53:19 Unloved Item- Store Display 56:38 The Scrapped POTF Coin 59:22 Double Lighting Round 1:06:11 Market Watch Game -- 1:20:28 Episode 117 • Intro 1:21:47 Bruce Lieberman's House! (Rebo, Prop teeth, Hong Kong Collectibles, 1:32:20 Room Sales Banter (Holiday Special Photo, Elstree Audio Label) 1:39:05 Brad Portnoy's House (Chewbacca Central 1 – Hoojibs Art and More) 1:42:20 Steve Rensi's House (Chebacca Cental 2- Japanese Masks for Duncan 1:44:24 Andy Loney's House (ESB 12” Chewbacca, Japanese Stuff, 1:47:03 Mike DeStefano's House ( Autographs) 1:52:58 Mark Rusciano's Shipping Box Story 02:04:52 Bill Cable's House (A 3P0… and the Box Returns!)
The Ewok warrior turned poet receives laser focus attention on this month's episod as Ron Salvatore joins to ask “why in the world don't more people care about Teebo?” Why don't they care about alternate sculpts? Forgotten books? QC samples? Unproduced sculpts? Color-Me Cards? Table of Contents : 3:52 The Duality of Teebo 7:01 Roland Welker of Ewoks. 8:57 Skye-Ku 9:47 Joe Johnston's Ewok 14:56 Ron discusses Sneering Teebo and “Relic Sculpts” 30:13 QC Sample (actually interesting?) 32:38 Nugget A: Unproduced Teebo Animated Sculpt 38:49 Nugget B: Ewoks Teebo Mock-up Photograph 44:06 Advertisement: Pulp Empire by Paul Hirsch 50:05 Unloved “Color-Me Cards” 55:07 Market Watch game 01:03:00 Joe Johnston Revisited and Outro
How big were vans in the 1970s? Bigger than you can possibly imagine. Ron Salvatore joins the show to talk about the fad and how it interacted with Star Wars. Not just Kenner toys and the MPC model kits, but also the crazy custom painted vans of Mr. Van and a failed pitch to Kenner by the mysterious Mr. Van. Plus, what does it have to do with the Huffy speeder-bike promotion.
Share a half-smirk with Skye and Steve as they work their way through Han Solo in his Trenchcoat and by Harrison Ford in his Ennui. We talk about the figure from his head mold to his signature coat and from Singapore to Mexico. Aaron Longbine joins to talk about focusing on Trenchy and Todd Chamberlain teaches us about the enigmatic John Marco, the illusive first replica prop maker and the first cosplay dealer. 5:09 Behind the Steve: Origin of the trench 9:30 Behind the Steve: Harrison Ford Wants OUT! 14:07 POTF Coin 16:24 Did Kenner Care about Han Trench? 18:44 R-Rated Skyeku 21:02 Han Trench Hardcopy mold, Three Trench Coat Prototypes 28:37 Nugget From The Archive – ERG Han Trench Test 32:47 The Tale of John Marco with Todd Chamberlain 47:20 John Marco the Muffler King? 50:52 Interacting with the man 58:30 How to document disappearing legends of the hobby? 01:02:33 International Han Trench Items: France, Europe, Singapore and Mexico 1:10:09 Han vs. Luke in Cardback form. Optimism vs. Cynicism 1:14:15 Aaron Longbine Joins The Show 1:31:07 The Kenner Hurt Debacle 1:40:41 Market Watch Game with Aaron
An episode so good it took two months to record! Jump aboard the Skiff with Skye and Steve as we contemplate the background character so good it he gets two outfits. Familiar face Ron joins to talk about “technical renderings” before OG Space Freak Beanie Wilkins talks about his collection. Then we jump across the pond to the east of England with Andrew Plant to talk about a sad childhood memory that led to a happy collection. Finally, we close the show with our thoughts on the legend, John Kellerman. 3:35 Skye-Ku 6:28 Behind the Steve with Corey Dee 11:10 Ron Joins the Show 14:55 The Unpainted Hardcopy 20:19 Cool Cool Cool (internal First Shot/Protomold) 30:37 Technical Renderings 36:05 Topps Cards Mania! 49:50 - Chris Wilkins joins the show. 56:45 7-11 Father/Son tumbler 1:01:17 – Nugget from the Archive- Trilogo MIscard 1:08:15 – Nugget 2: Klaatu-pac 1:14:57 – Market Watch Game 1:27:17 – Lightning Round with Chris “Beanie” Wilkins 1:36:11 – Andy Plant Joins the Show 1:54:20 – Steve's International Klattu Madness 1:56:20 – Model Trem 1:59:40 – Canadian's Know you're disappoiunted in Klaatu. 02:02:26 – Nugget from the Archive: German Klaatu Grail 02:04:00 – Unloved: Good, Bad and Ugly Klaatu Costumes 02:11:15 - Remembering John Kellerman
BOMBSHELL alert! There is a new never-before-known-about Kenner display in this podcast. Ron takes Skye and Steve on a tour through the early, early history of Kenner's merchandising involvement with Star Wars. What was available in Christmas 77? Table of Contents: 3:15 Was Kenner stupid and lazy in '77? 6:56 The Early Bird Controversy 11:57 Scholastic News Explorer? 17:58 Escape from Death Star Game 24:38 Kenner Painting Sets 28:39 Store Display Mania! 36:19 Conceptual Rendering of Displays 38:43 Never before known displays Bombshell! 45:07 Market Watch? 8x10s sold on Facebook 49:02 The Foley's Store Display 50:13 Early Bird Display
Skye and Steve discuss the impact of Mandalorian Season 2 on the value of different vintage Star Wars collectibles. Boba Fett, Weequay, Troop Transports, Luke and more! Best of all, we introduce a new feature “Ask Ron a Star Wars Question.” Plus, the “Episode 7” effect is theorized and explained, Skye antagonizes Ahsoka fans, spoilers are discussed and the show is interrupted by a Biz Markie alarm clock. Oh Snap! This is our first (last?) ever “video podcast” but the video isn't super great and Skye looks all twitchy for some reason, but check it out on YouTube if you want to see it anyway. Table of Contents; 00:00 Show Intro 05:53 #10 Winner and Loser – Droids Category 08:11 #9 – Bartender Category 10:25 #8 – Fish Aliens Category 17:11 #7 – Ships Category 20:43 #6 – Imperial Grunts Category 24:26 #5 – Ugly Ass Aliens 29:00 #4 – Cool Guy Category 34:53 #3 – Ugly Aliens 39:31 #2 – Mandalorians 46:28 -Honorable and Dishonorable Mentions- 50:49 #1 – Saga Defining Character Category 01:01:00 Closing Thoughts
Jonathan "Johnny Too-Much" McElwain joins the pod with Ron Salvatore to talk about collecting the vintage Star Wars Harris Stamp Kits.
The spooky Supreme Master gets to shine this spooky month as Skye and Steve talk about the Emperor, the bald Emperor, basement bounty hunters, micro emperors before being joined by Duncan Jenkins for some truly Duncan items. Then, Ben Sheehan and Mattias Rendahl join to talk about the adventure of publishing the new book on vintage Preproduction, the Cromalin Strikes back. Finally, Georgia's own Justin and Jason talk about collecting Palpatine. It's a full episode! Table of Contents: 5:13 Emperor Figure thoughts 8:38 Cardback Thoughts 10:28 Why the Emperor is the Best Character in the SW Saga 20:35 The Dark Side within us. 21:58 Behind the Steve 35:28 Skye-Ku 27:42 Vader's Father? Skye's Father? 42:09 Nugget from the Archive (Bald Emperor Hardcopy) 47:18 The Emperor Offer 54:51 Unproduced Emperor Micro Sculpt With Duncan 1:05:04 Unloved with Duncan. Spanish Chocolate Spread Sticker 1:11:44 Coca Cola Tumbler with Shuttles 1:15:38 Massachusetts Exclusive Plastic Emperor Cup 1:18:50 How Duncan can you get? Vinyl Drawstring Bag from Mexico 1:22:20 McCall's Fabric Patters 1:27:26 Ewok Bubble? 1:30:46 German Mustard Glass 1:34:38 Greek Mini Puzzles with Store Display 1:37:40 The Celebration IV Lucasfilm Auction at LA 1:47:00 Ben Sheehan explains Basement Bounty Hunters 1:55:04 The Cromalin Strikes Back! Mattias Rendahl interview 2:21:55 Jason and Justin talk Emperor! 2:28:30 65-C Back Rarity and Trivia 2:37:56 Double Lightning Round! 2:45:12 Market Watch Game
Wicket is crowned the best character in Star Wars in this packed ‘Chive Cast as Skye and Steve are joined by Ron who takes us to the “Wicket Chick” (Kori Bailey), “Mr. Wicket Chick” (Trent Bailey) and “The Wicket Person” (Todd Chamberlain) who talk about sculpts, molds and candy bowls. Plus, we are joined by Mark Rusciano and Coopie to talk about hobby energy. What an episode! Table of Contents: 00:36 Wicket is the best Intro 10:39 Behind the Steve (part 1, Ewak) 17:52 Skye-Ku 19:57 Behind the Steve (Part 2, Warwick Davis is the Best) 25:15. Wicket's Last Name 30:00 Mark and Coopie join the show 32:05 Virtual Archive Party Recap 38:07 What is Peg Warmers 41:44 Virtual Archive Party Auction results 42:40 So-Be-It Lightning Round with Mark Rusciano 52:59 Todd Chamberlain's Insane Wicket Sculpt and Run (with Ron!) 1:06:00 Sculptor thoughts 1:09:22 Problems with Romanticizing the Kenner Employees. 1:23:12 Old Ugly Prototype Wicket 1:25:48 Kori and Trent Bailey Join the Show 1:29:16 How the couple came to collect Wicket 1:39:26 Who will buy the Photo Art? 1:45:04 Simplicity of Wicket Photo Art. And various Wicket thoughts. 1:49:34 Candy Bowl Loose Wickets 1:56:41 Original Wicket Workbook Art 2:00:00 Meeting Warwick 2:03:20 Market Watch of Wicket 2:20:30 Unloved Items (Australian Greeting Cards and Beanbag Chair) and outro
Skye and Steve talk about the great rebel commando leader and Ewok Queen, Leia Poncho! Unloved storybook, ugly poster, international variations! Jesus Chris Georgoulias joins to talk about the fabled pink poncho and Holy Spirit Ron piles on to discuss vintage sculpts and their reusage. Plus, a deal or no deal debate and an actually entertaining Market Watch game. Table of Contents: 3:57 General Leia Poncho movie and figure thoughts 13:02 Behind the Steve- Leia's relationship to Gender 18:01 Skye-Ku 20:07 Unloved (?!?) Ewok Storybook 24:36. Unlovable Terrible ROTJ poster 30:54 Around the World with Vintage Leia Poncho 34:42 Trilogo Endor Chase Box Set 38:51 Chris Georgoulias joins the shows 40:47 Ron Salvatore Talks about the Re-sculpt BOMBSHELL!!! 53:41 Deal or No Deal Debate with Ron and Chris 01:08:21 The Pink Poncho (Nugget from the Archive) 01:19:00 Steve Hoffman and Toy Shop stories 01:27:08 MarketWatch Leia Poncho 01:35:32 Outro
Skye and Steve talk torture with this episode about 8D8 and his role in Jabba's Dungeon. We get into the original designs, proof cards, cromalins, prototypes and playsets. Then, completist extraodinaire Duncan Jenkins joins to talk about some unloved international cards and has his first installment of “How Duncan can you get?” Plus, a market watch game with branding stakes. Table of Contents: 6:48 8D8 Character Talk 16:55 Original Design (Behind the Steve) 21:31 Skye-Ku 23:36 8D8Cardback Art 27:32 Trilogo and POTF 8D8 30:05 Nugget: Jabba's Dungeon Conceptual Mock-Up 34:09 Nugget 2: Jabba's Dungeon Cromalin 38:37 Vintage Vocab 2-Up 41:13 Deb-8D8: Deal or No Deal 45:14 Unloved Items (featuring Duncan) Myojo Noodle Cards 52:46 Peruvian Pepsi Cards 55:45 How Duncan Can You Get!?! Fancy British Stationary by HC Ford 1:01:23 Bradley Radio Headphone Watch 1:05:17 Japanese Jedi Press Kit 1:09:58 Kidnap Headboard 1:14:11 Dairy Time Yogurt Display 1:21:58 8D8 Marketwatch Game 1:32:11 Pointless Outro
Listen to this month's Blog Log to learn than you could possibly hope to learn in a thousand lifetimes about Kenner vintage coloring books. We learn about Canadian variants, why kids don't color inside the lines and Skye drops a language BOMB on guest Ron Salvatore's head. Plus Steve has a nice time, he's on this episode too, like usual. Table of Contents: 04:51 Coloring Book Reminiscing 12:26 SW Era Canadian Coloring Books 24:05 Blue Snaggletooth and Prototype images in Canadian Coloring books 28:12 ESB Era Coloring Books (American and Canadian) 33:06 Do Han and Leia hold hands before the meal? 36:59 The Great Bespin Mystery Image!!! (Editors note: it was based on a McQuarrie painting, but it is still wicked weird) 41:56 The “Metal” ESB book 44:23 ROTJ Era Coloring Books 50:34 Wicket The Ewok and Ewoks Era Coloring Books 1:01:51 Clint Garniss Frickin' Rules.
Skye and Steve begin their 11th season by taking a deep dive into the Sarlaac's pit to discuss Nikto in more detail than you thought imaginable. Movie thoughts, hardcopies, fake hardcopies, mock ups, Hungarian calendars, surprisingly cool foreign variants, POTF price watch and a completely optional poetry slam. Let the 77 backs begin with Boba Fett's lamest wingman.
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful pod, with Ron Salvatore at the helm of the SS. ‘Chive Cast. Listen as we check in with many different folks, in their cozy Covid confinement, lets us all have a toast. We'll talk about topics broad and wide like scams, Pokemon, Led Zeppelin and prototype finds. With Jonathan Robinson, McElwain too, A Justin Haynie, and his wife, Amy Sjoberg, A Lemkuhl bro, The Crimelord Brott, Reihle man, Iain Sanderson here on Captain Ron's Podcast!... also Yeuhuda and Gus.
The ‘Chive Cast enters its second decade with our second attempt at an Ewok centered episode with Chief Chirpa and Logray. It is super poly-vocal Brisbane Brisbane Mike bringing the market watch fever, Ron talking Logray sculpts, Mattias chatting Chirpa, Dave Tree, David Quinn and “Crimelord” Dave Brott celebrating the first decade of the podcast and Mark Catley unveiling new Vintage Pod street art and explaining the Kiwi Card variants from his native New Zealand. All this plus a ton of usual features! Table of Contents: 00:51 Skye and Steve wax poetic about the first ten years of the podcast 11:09 Disney Plus and its impact on Star Wars Collecting 12:52 Archive Party V Update 13:55 Logray And Chirpa Thoughts. 15:54. Updated Cardback Matrices…48 Es? 17:54 Logray the Eminence Grise? 19:38 Best Naked Ewok? 22:57 Fire Emblem Figure? 24:51 Skye-Ku and more Figure thoughts (feat. Aerosmith) 31:16 Brisbane Brisbane Mike's Market Watch Game with Mattias 51:42 Kenner Commercial Theater 56:15 Fratastic Pete's Market Watch Game with Mike 01:10:23 Inside the biggest Chief Chirpa collection in the world 01:50:42 Logray and Accessories Sculpt with Ron 2:16:43 Dave Tree - The Great ‘Chive Cast Wank-a-Thon begins! 2:37:21 Mark Catley 2:47:57. The “Kiwi-Cards” – A brief introduction to The Short New Zealand Cardbacks 02:57:30 David Quinn reveals the Top 5 ‘Chive Cast Moments 3:08:30 Dave the “Crimelord” Brott Interview 03:23:24 Outro
First Skye and Steve break down the Vintage “Winners and Losers” of the Mandalorian. You won't believe the #1 loser! Then Ron joins to discuss the Yoda Draught of 1980 and early Yoda prototypes. Seriously awesome information! Table of Contents: 00:54 Intro 02:50 Fancy Steve Goes to the Movies 04:38 Skye's big time 501st Buddy 08:15 Mandalorian Thoughts (We all win when Vintage toys smash!) 13:15 Neal Scanlan is the Devil 14:46 We need Rian and Filoni -MANDALORIAN: Winners and Losers- 16:30 Number 5 Loser (Bib) 17:13 Number 5 Winner (R5) 17:56 Number 4 Loser (Power Droid) 18:35 Number 4 Winner (Jawa and Land of Jawa) 19:34 Number 3 Loser (Jabba's Goons) And Last Jedi discussion 23:04 Number 3 Winner (Ev-9D9) and the Toy Box discussion 24:42 Number 2 Loser (Bossk) 26:38 Number 1 Loser (???) 27:10 Number 1 Winner (Ugnaught) 28:52 Soundtrack Length Talk 31:05 Baby Yoda talk RON 35:00 Ron joins the show 38:58 Yoda joins the action figure line! (31-Back and 32-Back Timeline) 43:01 Jar Jar was the new Yoda 47:08 Finding The Yoda Sculpt with Fluffy! 51:09 Gimer Stick: A Star Wars Story 53:53 The Yoda Puppet 1:07:19 Internal Kenner Plannogram Shot 1:10:13 Porg vs. Baby Yoda, Skye vs. Mall 1:12:12 Mervyn's Commercial 1:13:50 Thanks Mortimer, and Goodbye!
Lando's Halibut Faced co-pilot takes center stage in this months show as Skye and Steve return to the silver mic once again. Broc Walker comes on the show to talk Nien Nunb Hardcopies, Toltoys, Sweepstakes fever, Proofs and coca-cola tumblers. This episodes features the great 2010 Hardcopy auction and outlines how a first shot went from Toy Shop to Broc. Plus an EPIC Market Watch game that proves that James Brown is better than Prince on the next vintage pod. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 02:29 The Havens Interview fallout 07:09 Skye and Steve's Personal lives and the showa 14:40 Muppet, Language, Racist, Labia (Very Diverse Nien Nunb Thoughts) 30:07 Skye-Ku 32:35 Vintage Vocab ROTJ 48 Backs 41:54 Australian and Canadian Nien Nunb 46:36 Kenner Commercial Break 50:42 What if you wanted to collect ALL Carded figures with Nien Nunb on it? 53:05 Broc Joins the Show 54:08 Nugget from the Archive (2010 Hardcopy Auction Story) 1:00:30 First shot: from ToyShop to Broc 1:03:54 Revenge of the Jedi Mock-up Proof Card 1:07:43 The ROTJ Kenner Sweepstakes 1:19:41 Unloved Item of the Month (Coca-Cola Tumbler) 1:23:05 Super Market Watch Game: Prince v. James Brown 1:35:58 Baseball talk 1:45:03 Outro
Jonathan McElwain joins the show to talk about all things vintage custom Star Wars cakes, before the dark times, before the Wilton license. Then he talks about Wilton! Also, a new fake item from Argentina is confirmed at the end of the episode. 00:52 Intro 4:44 Comedy Bang-Bang Interlude 5:32 Porg Cake Story 8:13 Jonathan Mcelwain's Heartwarming Cake Story 9:53: Mail Box News Magazine 18:48 Steve Starts The Chewbacca Cake discussion 22:47 Jonathan's Favorite Cakes 26:36 Wilton Cake Memoribilia 32:00 The Argentinian Fake Issue
It's a strangely on-topic episode all about Lando in his Skiff disguise as Skye and Steve talk about the character, his outfit and a lot about his toys. Long time hobby mainstay David Gaule joins the show to discuss his absolutely incredible Skiff focus, to posit that many of his Argentinian prototypes might be fakes and to unveil a never-before-shown Kenner photograph. Plus he lends his talents to Kenner Commercial Theatre and a market watch game. All this plus so many unloved items, a discussion of Disneyland and a WTF “are we good?” interview with Michael Havens. All this on this first ever hundo broken ‘Chive Cast Table of Contents: 06:21 Steve's trip to Disneyland 12:40 Lando Skiff Mania 20:38 Behind the Steve 27:37 Skye-Ku 29:27 Tskuda Lando 33:33 Nugget from the Archive (Unproduced POTF) 37:22 David Gaule joins the show 42:36 David's Pre-production Run 55:24. The Great TopToys fake? 01:09:05 Blueprint talk 01:10:15 Modern Applause Sculpt 01:12:10 Two Different sign-offs from Smile 01:13:16 CMYK Proof talk 01:15:42 Lando Gets Closer in Proofs 01:18:41 Star Wars Babies? 01:20:24 Never Shown Before Uncensored Toy Reference Photo 01:29:37 Kenner Commercial Theater 01:35:42 Visiting the Hasbro Offices 01:40:16 One Dollar Vlix Market Watch Game 01:48:07 So-be-it Lightning Round 01:57:32 Unloved Italian Stickers 02:00:56 Unloved Topps Cards 02:03:07 Unloved Ugly 02:05:14 Unloved Coloring Book 02:11:14 Michael Haven's Interview 02:59:15 Outro
Years after Skye married Steve, Steve now marries Skye and the two go on a fantastic vintage Star Wars 100th episode honeymoon in Iceland and former Yugoslavia. It's a deep dive in a shallow pool as we cover every single vintage item known of in the two countries that did not exactly have Star Wars fever. We feature stories of Steve's cousins and interviews with Skye's wife, Marjena Popovic, and her friend, Zemo. We are talking Books, magazines, stickers, posters and more handbills than you can shake a Steve at all on the new ‘Chive Cast. 7:55 Steve's Guide to Icelandic Star Wars Collectibles 10:10 Icelandic Star Wars Names and Books 18:98 Icelandic Handbills. 30:55 Marjena and Skye's Guide to Yugoslavian Star Wars Collectibles (and history) 41:17 Yugoslavian Star Wars Posters (Part 1) 42:35 The Yugoslavian Star Wars Novel 1:03:22. Zemo on (sort of) growing up Star Wars in Yugoslavia 1:12:13 Yugoslavian Star Wars Posters (Part 2) 1:18:19 Yugoslavian Comics (part 1) 1:33:57 The Importance of Ewoks 1:43:25 Why Marjena Has No Toys 1:58:19 Skye and Steve's Outro aaabzktt
“The Honesty, which is kindness, that comes across as cruelty.” This episode is about collecting the Biker Scout, but it is also about the pre-Facebook / Post-Facebook collector divide. We talk about the rocket rider's short snout and proofs while also penning an open letter to the unofficial leadership council of the FaceBook collectors. We invite John Alvarez and Joe Yglesias -the eternally old-and-grumpy Stattler and Waldorf of vintage Star Wars - to share tales of old hobby beefs and how it used to be on Rebelscum. John pipes in to discuss how he built his storied and dismantled Biker Scout run and then Joe helps us to think about where the Scout DNA hides in Vintage bootlegs. Plus FX Master history lessons, VHS commercials, Quartz Stop Watches and an improvised Market Watch on the Gretzky Podcast! Table of Contents 01:30 Show intro 10:34 Open Letter to the FaceBook Gods 22:30 Actual Biker Scout Talk Begins 28:40 Behind the Steve with the “Rocket Bike” rider 37:20 Skye-Ku 38:12 Netherlands Biker Scout Stuff 42:35 John and Joe Tell Tales of Trolls Past 54:30 Nienast debate 1:03:14 The Great FX Master Scam History 1:13:13 The guy who didn't understand what a Yak Face hardcopy is 1:27:30 John's Old Biker Scout Run 1:47:30 Biker Scouts DNA in the Bootleg 1:51:32 Nugget from the Archive (Unproduced clock, Stopwatch Layout Art) 1:59:10 Havens debate and John 2:03:09 Unloved Item (Ditty Bag) 2:07:15 Vintage Kenner Commercial 2:11:30 Biker Scout Improvised Market Watch 02:15:45 Short Mouth Variant 02:17:22 CBS-FOX Video Sweepstakes Ad and outro
What is a Protomold? How is it different form a Hardcopy? How was it made? Who made it? So many questions, amazing amounts of answes coming from Ben Sheehan, who just wrote the blog post about. Ron Salvatore joins to add his prototype knowlege, Steve keeps it on the rails, and Skye talks about his mom's underpants. In other words..its a typical 'Chive Cast!
Hear Skye and Steve live from the Collector Social Podcast stage and from the show floor of Celebration Chicago, 2019. We talk about the Archive Party, C-3P0s eating competition, their collector track panel, grooming Wookiees, buying Lobby cards and interview Derby, Salvatore, White, Lev, Warren and our very own Grammy Daddy. All this and some iffy sound quality on the 98th Vintage Pod. 2:10 Jasper Nixon Returns 5:56 Archive Party IV Recap 9:31 C-3POs Eating Competitions 12:07 Positivity and mending rifts 14:09 Talk about the Panel 16:15 Skye's Big Purchase of a Plush Display 23:43 Steve's Lobby Cards 27:40 Canadian Paploo 30:50 Anthony “Grammy Daddy” announces contest winners 34:45 Ron Salvatore Hates Star Wars (and the podcast) 39:30. The Rocket Fett 40:56 Tom Derby joins the show briefly 46:33 Bruce White Talks Leia 49:21 Jasper from the Show Floor 50:51. Interview with Lev (from Toy Tokyo) about his last Uzay 53:04 Warren Tells a happy tale 56:17 Skye Meets the New Chewbacca
Jakub Burzyński joins Skye to talk about growing up buying bootlegs in Poland as well as his new book on the subject, Far Far Away. This interview was once a part of an April fools joke. If for some reason you want to hear and watch the original version (filled with weird jokes and music) then you can find it here: http://theswca.com/podcast/chive_97.m4a
Ol' Three Eyes is Back as Skye and Steve discuss Ree-Yees, his deleted scene, his original design, his cigar habit, his video game skills, his photo art, his sculpt, his trinoculars and even his dixie cups. Gus Lopez joins the crew to talk about the John Mollo sketch book, the unproduced White Witch and the 25th Anniversary of the Archive Panel at Celebration Chicago. Finally, Chris Georgoulias and Pete Fitzke hop on to discuss the recent Prop Store auction. All this and a discussion of the most recent scandals from Hasbro and Red Letter Media. Table of Contents: 12:34 – Skye-Ku and bad high school joke 15:08 – Behind the Steve and Flip the Script 25:08- News (Hasbro Retro, Red Letter Media Controversy) 39:27 – Prop Store Auction Intro. (Chris and Pete Join) 54:56 – The Ride on Speeder Bike Auction 1:02:46 – Giant Canadian Plush Chewbacca Display 1:07: 01 – Paploo Soft Copy Coin and Star Trek 1:09:57 – Vintage Vocab (Photo Art) and Steve's “discovery” 1:19:48 – Gus Lopez Discusses the “Trinoculars” 1:23:26 – Gus Discusses the John Mollo Sketchbook 1:30:00 – Gus Disgusses the White Witch 1:37:32 – Dus Gisgusses Celebration Chicago Panel and Archive Party 1:42:56 - Nuggets from the Archive (Ron's Sculpt and Hardcopies) 1:54:00 – Unloved Item (Dixie Cup) 1:59:40 – Feedback and Baseball Returns!
After speaking with Skye and Steve about collecting and the Great White North, Toby Black and Chris Porteous share their amazing interview with the production manager for all Star Wars toys in Canada, Gord Warren. You will learn a lot from this interview by one of the people actually responsible for getting the toys into the hands of children. We have a great lightning round and sudden death overtime market watch on this 95th ‘Chive Cast. Table of Contents: 06:29 The ‘Chive Cast List of Ennemies 09:20 Toby and Chris Join the Show to talk about Canadian Collecting 21:18 The Amazing Gord Warren Interview 40:10 Market Watch with Toby and Chris 01:01:11 Lightning Round with Chris and Toby 01:20:52 Outro
Ron Salvatore joins Skye and Steve to discuss a beautiful and gigantic piece of unused ROTJ Kenner art. What was this Endor scene intended for? Was it for a never released display? What does it have to do with the Northern Renaissance? Is it, in fact, the greatest piece of Kenner art ever? Then, we go over ALL the details for tickets and premiums for the upcoming Archive Party IV at Celebration Chicago. Sculptures! Cereal! Prices! Pizza! It is all on this double blog-log-pod. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 2:38:00 – Ron Joins The Show 5:04 – Potential Unused ROTJ Kenner Display Art Described 7:40 – Ron Explains how the piece came into his collection 12:10 – The Specialness of the Art 13:13 – What was this Art For 15:00 – Connection to ROTJ Space Display 24:09 – The Northern Renaissance Connection 27:02 – The Archive Party Discussion Begins 32:01 – Food at the Party 37:43 – The BIG contest 38:45 – Bill Cable's Key Art 41:34 – Cardback and Coin Art 45:03 – The Coin 46:03 – The Sculpture 50:13 – Pricing tickets
Skye and Steve talk about the worst character in the Star Wars saga, Bib Fortuna. We discuss different colored capes, amazing toothpaste figures, dentist post cards, beezers, Paint-by-Numbers and then are joined by the #1 Bib collector in the World, Phidias Barrios. He regales us with the stories of his amazing collection and how it was made. We're talking everything from the wax sculpt to the strange and exotic patent references that you have definitely never even thought about. An episode so good, you'll be saying “Yay wanna wanga” and “Yay Jabba! Yes Badda!” 02:26 Skye Explains How PSAs made him hate Bib Fortuna 06:19 What there is to love about Bib 08:12 Bib's Coin Text 08:56 Majordomo talk 11:14 Behind the Steve on Bib Fortuna's Design Origin 17:07 Skye-Ku 18:38 Unloved Item of the Month (Paint by Numbers) 23:45 Vintage Vocab (Red Cape, White Cape, Burgundy Cape) 41:13 Spanish Colgate Bib Fortuna 48:07 Oral-B Dentist Postcard Set 53:53 Skye Plugs his stupid music YouTube channel 56:19 Phidias Barrios Joins to discuss his mind blowing collection 57:22 The Wax Sculpt (and what is a Wax Cast?) 01:03:20 The Unpainted Hardcopy 01:06:03 The Painted Hardcopy 01:10:02 The Protomold 01:19:09 Bib Fortuna Smash Bros Market Watch Game 01:29:40 Nugget from the Archive (Bib's Patent References) 01:48:13 Outro
What is a grail? Is there a definition? What about so-called “Grail Inflation”? Is it about the objective rarity, or, about the subjective desire? Either way, Joe Yglesias's most recent purchase of a Bootleg Uzay Mock-Up Prototype Hoth Troopie qualifies. He tells the 20 YEAR story of its discovery and purchase. 00:56 Intro to Switzerland 02:55 Brick through Joe's Window 06:03 The Archive Grail Classification System Explained 09:21 The Archive Grail Classification System Illustrated with Chewbacca 12:50 What is the prototype Mock-Up bootleg Uzay Hoth Trooper? 17:14 Lev brings the trail out of Turkey 19:43 Lee buys it from Lev…who is Lee? 20:58 The time Joe traded a Rocket Fett for a Head Man 26:57 The grail makes its first magazine appearance in 1999 27:46 Who is Tom Derby and how did he help get the grail to Joe 33:42 Outro to Switzlerand
Skye and Steve peak behind the fake beard of General Madine with special guest focus collector, Broc Walker. We discuss the General's Jedi outtakes, nugget of alternate sculpts, talk about head pulls, go deep on bagged samples from Macao, plus an epic Market watch game. Plus, Gus Lopez drops in from Argentina to give a brief and technologically abbreviated unloved segment on vintage candy wrappers in honor of Halloween. Table of Contents: 12:45 – Behind the Steve Debuts! 18:40 – Skye-Kus 25:45 – News: Gonk Scam 37:20 – News: Underoos 39:30 – When Steve's hous almost burned down 45:20 -- One Dollar Vlix Market Watch Game (ALCS Version) 57:45 – Gus talks (briefly) about Candy Wrappers 01:04:25 – Broc Talks Montgomery Ward Flyer! 1:08:58 – Madine Different Sculpts. Nugget from the Archive 1:17:09 – Macau Bagged Sample 1:35:33 – Blueprints 1:28:30 – Kenner Store Baggy. 1:34:16 – Tri-Logo Madine
Skye and Steve hit the road and record a show LIVE at some of the greatest vintage Star Wars collections in the world during the recent New York State Collector Event. We interview friends, family and collectors about their favorite items from the collections of Ron Salvatore, Yehuda Kleinman and Paul Chu. Plus, we take you with us as we walk, talk, travel and party together on a boat and in hotels. Steve gets initiated into the Pop-a-Jalop ritual and Skye conducts a strange interview with artist and bootlegger supreme the Sucklord. Then, Ron and Yehuda become official Guest Hosts for the second half of the show as they take you through the first ever ICCC convention in Nashville. At Ron's House: 02:49 – Kenner Plush Fat Jawa 05:15 – Kenner Golf Trophy 06:26 – Bunny Ear Trooper 08:18 – Rio Scrapbook 10:44 – Yoda Bootleg Toothbrush Holder 12:12—Black Bespin Guard Focus: Hardcopy, Sculpt and QC Sample 18:52 – Boat At Yehuda's AT-Attic: 20:19 – Alex Bickmore talks Jessica Meade Head Mold 23: 41 – Elaine Grief Talks Stretch Pennies and her husband talks about the ceiling 26:57 – Kevin Lentz Discusses Bootleg Indonesian Little Golden Non-Read-Along-Books 28:17 – Anne Jenkins Discusses Power Spark 29:35 – Duncan Jenkins discusses Hebrew Language books and VHS 31:26 – Jonathan McElwain discusses Yupi 36:09 – Modern Lovers: Fruit Loop Han Troopie with David Brott Nonsense: 34:21 – (drunken nonsense) Poppin' Jalops with Yehuda, Ron, Ross and Mattias 50:28 – (sober nonsense) The Ronkonkoma Dunkin' Donuts Story with Ron and Skye At Paul Chu's 56:10 – Mattias Describes Tusken Raider Photo Art and Negative 01:04:01 – David Gaule Describes Boba Fett Color Separations and the RECENT history of their discovery 1:08:22 – Paul Chu introduces The Carded Rocket Fett 1:10:05- Erik Janniche Explains the discovery of the Carded Rocket Fett 1:15:43 – Ron tells of matching the Toy Fair '79 Negative to the Carded Rocket Fett 1:22:49 – Paul describes Rocket Fett Negative 1:25:58- Jonathan McElwain talks about a Paperweight 1:27:00 – Steve Rensi, Alex Bickmore and Derek Ho talk about Popy Inserts 1:29:51 – The UZAY run 1:31:11 – The Head Man story with Jonathan Morla and Paul Chu In Chinatown: 1:38:14 – Skye goes to Sucklord's Suckhole In Nashville: 1:49:05 – Ron and Yehuda Go to ICCC 1:50:30- Pete LeRose talks Vinyl Cape Jawa Values (Market Watch) 1:51:56 – Yehuda unboxes his VIP package 1:53:49 – Michael Havens talks ICCC 1:57:09 -- Yehuda talks about Factors Jewlery Display 1:58:40 – Duncan Jenkins discusses panels and buying Canadian Comics (Unloved Item) 02:01:53 – Ryan and Cathy Peck Discuss Cosplay (Space Freaks of the Week) 02:04:31 – Christopher and Stephanie Riley Recap the Show 02:07:16 – Steve Danley Man Out
This episode features Kenner Puzzles in the US and Canada from 1977 to 1979. Ron Salvatore joins to discuss his article and Canada's greatest know-it-all Scott! Bradley Bradley jumps in to talk about the Canadian versions. We learn about the mysterious disappearing rebels from the medal ceremony, the meaning of “electric mauve” and Canadian food promotion featuring monstrous gobblers. All this plus a little discussion of the Archive Party at the end of the show on the eighth “Blog Log Pod.” 06:31 Common Misconceptions about Kenner in 1977 09:40 Irwin toys selection process 10:17 Why no Indiana Jones in Canada 11:45 Kenner Board Games (and why Ron hates them) 13:41 Skye's Gazebo Story 16:10 Electric Mauve! (Puzzle talk begins in earnest) 18:10 Second Series Puzzle 21:42 Kenner Sucked at non-Toy products 25:26 Kenner needed more photos! 27:14 The Problematic Space Battle Puzzle 28:50 The Victory Celebration. Disappearing rebels. 38:43 Where were these things made? 42:23 Which Star Wars Scene represents Online Dating? 45:55 Hard to Collect? 46:26 Luke and Leia Weird Image 47:30 Banta! Banta! 47:58 Corridor of Lights (A new focus is born!) 51:47 Canadian Puzzles Discussion begins 52:58 Irwin Sucked at non-Toy products 53:50 Canadian exclusive puzzles (Stormtroppers) 55:03 Boring Canadian Exclusive Puzzle 55:43 Death Star Exclusive Puzzle 57:26 1995 Han Penis-finger Puzzle 58:07 Skye's inevitable language segment 01:00:28 Irwin Breaks the Language Law! 01:02:28 Alpha-Getti Gobbler and Promotion 1:09:05 Schneider's Bacon and Wieners Promotion in Canada 1:17:00 Archive Party IV Details
This month's podcast is dedicated Jabba's squid-faced barge henchman and venetian blind enthusiast, Squid Head. Skye gives you the top five reasons this figure is hot as FIRE and Steve breaks down the character's design just before Derek Webster stops by as the Space Freak of the Week (like Raphael Sadiiq). Ron R.A. “Ron-Ron” Salvatore Mundi stops by to ask the greatest unasked question in Vintage Collecting…Why is Hammerhead called Hammerhead? He also shares memories of collecting modern (?!?); talks about the weekly “Ad of the week” on the Archive's Facebook page, discusses his completely updated vintage catalog multipack article from theswca.com and helps Skye give a damn about Squid Head cape colors including a discussion of the brown and the pink. You'll learn what a soft good sample is and what isn't a salesman sample. Mike Cooper pops by to discuss Satanism in Star Wars, the unproduced Mongo Beefhead Tribesman, the Mexican Squid Man, an unloved puzzle and plays a high-stakes market watch game. All this plus Obi-Obi-Obi Ozzy on the latest Vintage Pod. Table of Contents: 00:07:54 Top 5 Reasons Squid Head is HOT 00:14:07 Steve's Squid Head thoughts 00:17:13 Cardback Art Meditations 00:18:21 Palace vs. Barge: The Distinction Must Be Made 00:26:37 Skye-Ku 00:28:01 Flip the Script: Chris Walas and Squidface? 00:33:00 Derek Webster is the Space Freak of the Week (like Raphael Sadiiq) 00:46:36 Ron joins the show and shares Squid-thoughts 00:49:35 THE BIG QUESTION: Why is Hammerhead called Hammerhead? 00:50:54 Vintagesploitation Explodes: Baby Gap 00:56:30 Modern Collecting Nostalgia-rama with Ron and Skye 01:02:10 Ron's Weekly Vintage Advertising Facebook Posts 01:07:19 ALL about Vintage Catalog Mailers 01:21:03 Brown Caped Squid Heads: What is the Deal? 01:30:32 Pink Caped Squid Head: What is a soft goods sample? 01:37:06 Mike Cooper Joins the Show: what is he all about? 01:44:25 Vintage Video on Satanism and Star Wars Toys 02:02:22 Obi-Obi-Ozzy 02:03:52 Nugget from the Archive: Unproduced Mongo Beefhead Tribesman (featuring Grandma talk and Gwar Analysis) 02:19:58 Lili Ledy Ficha Technicas and Hombre Calamars 02:22:32 Unloved Item: Jabba's Fiends Puzzle 02:31:03 Squid Market Watch (Plus Golden Grail and J-Slot Boba Sale Discussion) 02:53:50 Lightning Round 03:07:35 Feedback
Skye and Steve analyze and review Solo A Star Wars story by breaking down which vintage Star Wars collectibles will benefit from the movie which ones will suffer from it. From Snoopies to Troopies, Chewie to Han and from 3P0 to Gonk, we cover it all in our now traditional top 10 Winners and Losers lists . How can a new movie impact the collectability and the desirability of 40 year-old toys? Listen to find out our take on the 90th ‘Chive Cast Vintage Pod: A podcast story, anthology. 00:01:32 Opening Thoughts on Solo 00:04:43 Skye's Rant against Slate, NPR, Cinemasins, Red Letter Media Style Film Criticism 00:11:53 # 10 LOSER (B-Wing Pilot) 00:12:54 #10 WINNER (Bossk) 00:16:27 #9 WINNER (Death Star Droid) 00:18:50 #9 LOSER (Rancor) 00:20:08 # 8 WINNER (Falcon) 00:21:59 Steve's Soundtrack rant against re-used sound cues. 00:25:57 # 8 LOSER (Non SW Han Solo Figures) 00:30:40 #7 LOSER and WINNER (X-Wings and Tie-Bombers) 00:32:18 # 6 WINNERS Imperial Commander and AT-AT Commander 00:37:12 Steve's rant against Lawrence Kasdan's screenwriting 00:41:19 #6 and #5 LOSERS (Snoopies and Troopies) 00:43:39 #5 Winner (Han's Blaster) 00:47:52 What about the Bandolier? 00:49:40 # 4 Winner (??? A Droid ???) 00:54:03 # 3 Winner and Loser (??? Head Trouble???) 00:59:38 #2 Loser (??? Skye is probably wrong about this ???) 01:01:22 # 2 and # 1 Winner (???Lando and Chewie, but Which order???) 01:04:09 #1.5 WINNER (Bantam Books) 01:20:18 # 1 LOSERS (Neal Scanlan MUST be stopped) 01:21:43 Eat at Denny's… Pray for Death
Bill Cable discusses the first ever confirmed 45-A back C-3PO. After searching for 20 years for this debut cardback, he finally finds one. What is the story? What is up with proofs? Peruvian droids? How did it happen? Is there another?
Skye and Steve walk the plank with Weequay this month and discuss his Don Post Mask; his connection to Moby Dick; his cardback image; his original nameplate; his Blue Harvest faux prototypes (faux-totypes); and his original fate. Phidias Barrios joins to talk about his amazing run of our favorite Sandy-Wrinkled-Noble-Sailor-of-the-Dune-Sea and fights with Tommy “Money Train” Garvey in a spectacular Market Watch. Enjoy more Garvey action as Katie's brother explains the newest feature on the Archive: “The Community Digest.” Plus, we spread some love and talk about for the Bickmore boys, “American Toy and Furniture,” old toy stores in Kentucky and Skye says at least 3 objectively inflammatory things that are probably wrong on this month's episode of Steve's Vintage Toys Collecting the Archive with Skye and People!
APRIL FOOLS EPISODE- Katie Garvey Talks Nail Polish Collecting.