Hi guys. Well this is it. My first post. Starting this blog is a huge risk to my ego – who the hell knows if this is going to be an utter failure or a raging success. One thing that is certain is that it won’t be a financial success! Let’s be honest, most star wars bloggers aren’t in it for the money, it’s all about our love and passion for this great hobby of ours. Even though I’m often teased about my collection, I am a proud collector and it brings me amazing joy, not just because of the toys themselves but due to the whole collecting process – researching the toys, hunting my targets, pulling the trigger and then finally displaying my purchase in my star wars figure cabinet. Last but definitely not least of these joys is that of making friends with other like-minded collectors.

I haven’t been collecting for much more than a year now but it really feels like it has been years. I’m barely finding time for anything else (other than work and my wife of course) in between trawling ebay, posting on blogs and facebook groups and reading other blogs. I have always felt a strong affinity with the figures and I still mourn the loss of my childhood collection that was stolen from outside my classroom in primary school. I got back into it immediately after my wife took me to a vintage star wars exhibition in Paris early last year. I was reading a lot of SW comics at the time so it wasn’t such a leap to start collecting. It was actually my wife’s idea – which I remind her of every time she complains about my SW spending!

While my blog is pretty much empty at this point, over the next couple of weeks I plan to post a few interviews with collectors and write some updates on happenings in the community. I will most likely limelight my Luke Skywalker focus sometime over the next month.

So welcome to the blog. I hope you enjoy the upcoming content.

Bobbybobs