Hi guys,
I’ve been meaning to post a quick shout out to Christian from GW Acrylic – the second coolest person with that name on the forums.
For more than a year I’ve heard only good things about Christian and his acrylic business. The thing is, I already had a decent supplier of acrylic in the UK and I do my best to be a loyal customer to those who merit it. More and more though I noticed how much Christian contributed to the forums, not just through his acrylic supply but through his thoughtful and knowledgeable posts on SW vintage topics. I’m the kind of the guy, like most of us, who prefers to give his business to like-minded people.
The decision to switch suppliers was also made easier by Christian’s new range of popy display cases. They are brilliant! Not only that but they are priced well and shipping costs are decent. Christian will also package all his products up better than anyone. I received a big box from him a couple of days ago and I actually caught myself commenting to my wife that they were packed TOO WELL. I didn’t think the day would ever come when I’d say that!
Christian has been collecting SW vintage for years and when I spoke to him he told me that he only decided to start up the business because back then there wasn’t a good supplier of cases in the EU/UK for his own collecting needs. Obviously things have kicked on pretty well since then. GW Acrylic plan to continue designing new cases for us until they’ve covered every SW collectible, a huge task but one that you can feel that they will relish.
Check out these boxes of acrylic ready to be dispatched. Christian and his crew will be busy boys…
Here’s my Popy Luke Bespin below, plus another shot of it with a bunch of fresh cases from Christian. While I sometimes hear collectors refer to acrylic cases as ‘prisons’, I think they really bring that extra edge to my display cabinet. I do have AFA cases as well but I’m still on the fence about the value AFA brings to our beloved hobby – that’s a debate for another day!
You can buy fantastic cases for your MOCs (including Meccano and GI Joes), Japanese Popy figures, early bird kits, proof cards and even riser steps for your loosies. So if you ever need a hit of acrylic – you can’t say I didn’t tell you where to go. Here’s a sample of their early bird cases – just beautiful.
You can order from GW Acrylic’s Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/GWAcrylic
Or from this link on the TIG forum:
http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t2140-gw-acrylic-new-stock-products-now-available-moc-loose-steps
Thanks for reading.