Podcast appearances and mentions of tom berges

On this episode I talked to Tom Berges from IGrewUpStarWars.com who went to visit Skywalker Ranch and ran into George Lucas twice by accident on different days. This is a flashback interview which was recorded in October 2018, give it a listen and enjoy this amazing story Tom tells! IGrewUpStarWars.com Pre-orders @ Entertainment Earth Black Series 2013 - Fall 2020 Black Series 2020 - Now The Vintage Collection 2010 - Now The Retro Collection 2019 - Now GalacticFigures.com Facebook Community (GFC) GalacticFigures.com Facebook Page GalacticFigures.com on Instagram GalacticFigures.com on YouTube The Black Series @ Entertainment Earth! (sponsored) The Vintage Collection @ Entertainment Earth! (sponsored) The Retro Collection @ Entertainment Earth! (sponsored)

On this episode of 3 Geeks and a Microphone Art, Russ and Dean are joined by two very special guests. Michael French from Retroblasting and Tom Berges of I Grew up Start Wars for a no holds bared discussion on all things Star Wars from what it was like being there in 1977 to toys and the acquisition by Disney. Join us while we make the jump to light speed on this episode of 3 Geeks and a Microphone Questions or Comments? 3geeksandamic@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threeGeeksandaMicrophonepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwMDyEKWA-cOkDd5qrtM7fw Podcast: https://anchor.fm/3geeksmicrophone Retroblasting: https://www.youtube.com/user/retroblasting Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RetroBlasting Igrewupstarwars https://igrewupstarwars.com/

From 1977 to 1982 Leonard Nimoy guided us through a wide variety of strange phenomena on the syndicated, half-hour show “In Search Of.” On this episode of Dreamland, Melinda and Aaron learn a ton about Bigfoot from Spock himself, as well as special guest Tom Berges from I Grew Up Star Wars. In this episode we discuss four episodes spanning “Bigfoot,” "The Swamp Monster," "Monster Hunters," and "The Abominable Snowman."

This episode was recorded at the Weber Grill bar in downtown Chicago 2019 during Star Wars Celebration. Listen to Tom Berges and Criz Bee talk about their experience while half-way through Star Wars Celebration. Please listen, subscribe and leave a review!

We interview two lifelong Star Wars fans - Tom Berges from igrewupstarwars.com and Michael French from RetroBlasting - about what it was like to live through "The Dark Times," i.e. the years between 1983 (release of Return of the Jedi) and 1997 (The Star

Tom Berges, founder of I Grew Up Star Wars, was an actual BMX Bandit back in the 80s, and he shares with us all kinds of insight into what it was like to be one of those rad BMX freestylers!

On this special Halloween show, Tom Berges from www.igrewupstarwars.com joins us to revel in the spookiness of the scary urban legends we grew up with in Generation X!  Everything from poisoned candy to LSD tattoos to Bloody Mary is fair game as we get ready for tricks and treats.

Tonight we welcome special guests Michael French from RetroBlasting and Tom Berges from www.igrewupstarwars.com. Tom talks about how he got into becoming a Droid Builder, and how far he has come with building his R2-D2, the robot that led to the interest in all the robots made in the 70s and 80s. We talk about some of the more interesting robots, including the Tomy robots, Lego robotics, Starroid Radio Robot, HERO 1 and TOPO, and Sico.

We celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars this week! Can you believe Star Wars hit the big four-oh on May 25? Neither can we but we do our best to digest it and we've brought along the "OT Curmudgeon" himself, Tom Berges from I Grew Up Star Wars to help us out!Thanks to "Chris Fitzpatrick 87" for your humbling iTunes review of our show. We are so flattered by your kind words! Thanks also to Bryan Dyck for making us, well, collectibles! Also check out Bryan's goofy stop motion video that we talked about this week. Never too old to play with toys!If you didn't attend Star Wars Celebration in Orlando this past April then you are eligible for a great contest over at Rebelscum.com where you have a chance to win a TON of swag, including something from The Sandcrawler!Vanity Fair chose Star Wars' anniversary to preview their The Last Jedi cover feature. As always the covers look amazing but even more amazing is the poster that new subscribers can get. By the way, who the heck is this little guy?This week in I Wanted Everything Mike picks up a couple more vintage Marvel comics and Dan loves the new Funko POP Luke in landspeeder. He's also picked up some Topps 40th Anniversary trading cards which are just full of nostalgia and are pretty darn cool too. The piece de resistance for Dan though is a very special gift from a fellow collector.Tom Berges, owner of I Grew Up Star Wars.com website and Facebook group talks with us and we catch up on our first meeting at Celebration. Then Dan, the young punk of the show, poses twenty-one questions to the two old guys, Mike and Tom, and it's a ridiculously fun time. We're pretty sure no other Star Wars 40th Anniversary podcast includes references to lederhosen.

It's been a real push getting this one out but the team have worked hard to ensure that there was a podcast released in time for all you wonderful listeners to have us with you on your journey's to Celebration Europe this week. Joining the crew for the main interview is pre-production collector Oliver Sudweeks who talks about his connection with the toys and his love for pre-production items as he talks about his R5-D4 pre-production run as well as white cape Bib Fortunas amongst many other items. On this months Newest Acquisitons Jez covers many new purchases including Land of the Jawas playset, Force Light Sabers, Remedial Learning kits and plush Ewoks alongside many many other stunning items. I grew Up Star Wars founder, Tom Berges joins Grant for this months Oddballs whilst in Market Pete follows up his popular toy shop series as he speaks with Gordon Dobson and Johnny Burgess. Rich brings us more rebel briefings and we couldn't resist for this month's intro as we bring back the opening question. We also have a special roundtable which helps lead us into Celebration, the team have a set of stunning postcards designed for a giveaway and are delighted to be joined by Dan Tearle, Corey Galal and Mark Daniels as we discuss all six postcards available in the giveaway. We hope you enjoy the show and don't forget to stop by and see us at Celebration. Much love!!!!!!

This week on Blast Points, Jason talks with awesome dude Tom Berges. Tom is the creator of the warm & fuzzy website home for Star Wars memories, I Grew Up Star Wars. Jason and Tom talk Star Wars, action figure love, the joys of the Holiday Special, the highs and lows of Star Wars Atari games, collecting and what it all means to them. It's an awesome way to spend your May the 4th basking in the wood panel and shag carpet past of the saga we love. check out : http://igrewupstarwars.com or Tom's toys podcast at : http://galaxyoftoys.podbean.com contact Tom on twitter at : @TomBerges if you dug the show please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, i will read it on a future episode! honestly! talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! also look up Blast Points on Facebook and Instagram! your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact Jason at Gibnerd@hotmail.com May the Force be with you, always.