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Arnie Carvalho: Producer & Co-Host
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Forum Handle: |
arniec |
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arniec@swactionnews.com |
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Birth Date: |
September 12, 1974 |
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Collecting |
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Primary Collection: |
Hasbro 3.75" modern line |
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Other: |
Gentle Giant mini-busts, Gentle giant statues, Master Replicas lightsabers, blasters, and
studio scale vehicles. Sideshow Premium Format statues. Books. CDs. Kubricks. Bust-Ups.
Hasbro Titanium. Hasbro Transformers. WOTC Minis.
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Real Life |
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Job: |
Computer Systems Engineer |
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Family: |
Married |
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Hobbies: |
Podcasting, Star Wars, photography, music, movies, writing
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Location: |
Pawnee, IL (just outside of Springfield) |
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Favorite Collectible: |
Wedding invitation (mine) signed by Carrie Fisher, Jeremy Bulloch, Billy Dee Williams, and others the
weekend before our wedding.
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Miscellaneous: |
Also host of the Star Wars Action News Book Club and host and producer of
Propaganda: The Official Master Replicas Podcast
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Marjorie Carvalho: Host & Public Relations
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Forum Handle: |
marjoriec |
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Email: |
majorie@swactionnews.com |
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Birth Date: |
August 1 |
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Collecting |
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Vintage: |
Kitschy items |
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Modern: |
KUBRICKS!!!! All kinds |
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Hasbro: |
I like hunting for them... |
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Other: |
I tend to favor Japanese toys |
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Special: |
Starbucks city mugs; Antique Pyrex bowls |
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Real Life |
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Job: |
Dilberville |
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Family: |
Married to The Arnie |
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Hobbies: |
Gardening and knitting if I can find the time
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Location: |
Cornfield |
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Favorite Collectible: |
My Toronto Maple Leafs Yoda, customized by my darling husband.
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Jason Spieth:
Staff Writer & Webmaster
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Forum Handle: |
Darth Prime |
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Email: |
darthprime@swactionnews.com |
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Birth Date: |
April 10, 1977 |
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Collecting |
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Hasbro: |
Former collector of 3.75" lines, vehicles, creatures, and the like,
Galactic Heroes, Titanium Series, Star Wars Transformers, 7" Unleashed.
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Other: |
Gentle Giant Mini Busts, select statues and maquettes. Selective prop replicas
and Sideshow Collectibles products.
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Special: |
Anything and everything Darth Vader. Secondary focuses on Boba Fett,
General Grievous, and Jabba the Hutt.
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Non-SW: |
Former collector of Superhero figs, Transformers, Lord of the Rings
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Real Life |
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Job: |
Software Engineer |
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Family: |
Wife, kids, and pets |
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Hobbies: |
Drawing, fencing, camping, and the great outdoors, teaching my son the ways of
The Force to become a Jedi like his father.
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Location: |
Southwest Minnesota (USA) |
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Favorite Collectible: |
The Jabbarama, The Tri-Fett-a, SE Code 3 Darth Vader's TIE Advanced
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Miscellaneous: |
Has aspirations to get a Darth Vader costume good enough to
join the 501st.
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Scott Reed:
Staff Photographer/Reporter/Correspondent
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Forum Handle: |
KrispyKenobi |
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Email: |
scott@swactionnews.com |
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Collecting |
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Vintage: |
Have my collection of figures from when I was a youngster but am missing quite a few of the POTF figs
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Modern: |
Opener of Hasbro figures but occasionally keep a few extras carded, Hasbro vehicles, ACME character keys, some different odds and ends that catch my fancy
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Hasbro: |
Ummmm....yes please!
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Real Life |
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Job: |
Kitchen Manager of a "Legendary" steak house |
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Family: |
Hot wife, crazy dog, and a loud nocturnal cat |
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Hobbies: |
Work Hard, Play Hard |
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Location: |
Tulsa, Oklahoma-USA (Technically just outside of Tulsa) |
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Favorite Collectible: |
Varies by day and mood
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Steve Nixon:
Roving Reporter/Correspondent
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Forum Handle: |
TheGingerPrince |
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Email: |
steve@swactionnews.com |
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Birth Date: |
4th December 1973 |
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Collecting |
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Vintage: |
I have one Darth Vader action figure (unfortunately with only a single telescoping lightsaber) |
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Modern: |
MR Force FX Lightsabers, MR .45 Scaled Lightsabers |
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Hasbro: |
3.75" action figures and select creatures & vehicles, Titaniums |
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Other: |
Star Wars autographs, Hand-made Star Wars Costumes and prop replicas, Star Wars books, Star Wars trading cards, Star Wars playing cards & card games |
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Special: |
Experiences of travelling to Star Wars filming locations |
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Non-SW: |
Scars from science experiments gone wrong |
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Real Life |
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Job: |
Secondary School Science Teacher |
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Family: |
Married to Suzanne (collects Galactic Heroes & Pocket Dragons) |
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Hobbies: |
Watching Live Comedy, Drinking Wine, Supporting Manchester United, Cooking and Listening to good music (not all at the same time!) |
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Location: |
Manchester, England |
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Favorite Collectible: |
The 'Polish' Darth Vader medallion that I picked up at a collecting panel at Celebration Europe in 2007 (my grandfather was Polish)
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Miscellaneous: |
Contributors to the Star Wars Action News forums named my house Cloud City.
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Brock: SWAN Book Club Liaison/Correspondent
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Forum Handle: |
Brock |
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Email: |
brock@swactionnews.com |
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Collecting |
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Vintage: |
I have one heck of a collection from my childhood, but it is well played with. Hoping to get a display collection going one day... |
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Modern: |
Couple of statues, an MR saber, nothing much. |
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Hasbro: |
My primary area of collecting, 3 3/4 inch figures. |
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Other: |
SW Books - Novels and reference. Have some TPBs of the comics, too. |
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Special: |
Trading Cards |
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Non-SW: |
Just some stuff I like, but nothing I would call a collection. |
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Favorite Collectible: |
I have a Revenge of the Jedi poster I got in 1993, which I framed proudly. And the steel comb music box that plays the Star Wars theme. [See SWAN's 100 Episode for pictures of both]
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Kevin Gawthrope:
Staff Photographer/Reporter/Correspondent
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Forum Handle: |
DarthGawth |
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Email: |
kevin@swactionnews.com |
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Collecting |
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Vintage: |
3 3/4, Vehicles, Cards, Lunchboxes
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Modern: |
3 3/4, MR Mini Sabers, Minis, Kubricks
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Hasbro: |
3 3/4, Vehicles, Minis (WOTC)
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Other: |
Comics
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Real Life |
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Job: |
Interactive Project Manager/Art Director |
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Family: |
Married, Father of 1 |
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Hobbies: |
Anything Star Wars |
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Location: |
Arizona |
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Favorite Collectible: |
Vintage EV-9D9 carded from the Lucasfilm Archives
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Nathan P. Butler: |
Story Collecting Segment Contributor |
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Book Club "Continuity Ambassador" |
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Forum Handle: |
Nathan Butler |
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Email: |
nathan@starwarsfanworks.com |
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Birth Date: |
October 17, 1979 |
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Collecting |
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Vintage: |
continuity story materials |
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Modern: |
continuity story materials |
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Hasbro: |
none |
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Other: |
archival Star Wars fan audio materials |
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Special: |
none |
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Non-SW: |
DVDs (particularly season sets of television series); Babylon 5; 24 |
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Real Life |
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Job: |
High School Social Studies Teacher |
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Family: |
Single with immediate family in Indiana |
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Hobbies: |
Audio production; writing |
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Location: |
Fairburn (Atlanta Metro), Georgia, USA |
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Favorite Collectible: |
My own personal binder of materials from when I wrote for Star Wars Tales (drafts, pitches, artwork, contracts, etc.)
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Miscellaneous: |
Published credits include writing "Equals and Opposites" in Star Wars Tales #21 (collected Star Wars Tales
Vol. 6) for Dark Horse Comics, a self-published novella and audiobook (Echoes), an article on the Star Wars
Super Collectors Wish Book, 4th Edition, and other materials. Fandom efforts include StarWarsFanworks.com, the
Star Wars Timeline Gold, five Star Wars radio shows (including one of the earliest, ChronoRadio), and various
Star Wars fan audio dramas (including the first ever released online, Second Strike).
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Mark: Forum Design Administrator
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Forum Handle: |
Yodasnews |
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Miscellaneous: |
Mark was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and has his Bachelor's degree is Fine Arts with a concentration on
Graphic Design. He is married and has a 3 year old daughter.
Mark takes care of the technical end of the forums as well as some graphical design elements and animations
for the site. Mark is also the administer and owner of several collecting websites including
Yodasnews.com,
Starwarsminigames.com and
Voldemortsvault.com.
Mark has been involved in the collecting online community for over 10 years and in addition to running his
collecting sites, has also built his own collection room in his home to house his Star Wars collection which
includes thousands of items on display from Vintage Carded figures to the latest Gentle Giant releases and
everything in between.
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Gary Price: Graphic Designer
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Forum Handle: |
GaryX |
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Miscellaneous: |
Known to the rest of the civilized world as Gary Price, Gary X is one of the foremost collectors and
experts on autographs from the Star Wars films. He is the founder of
Wattographs, having splintered it
off from the highly popular Autograph Central website in 2000. His Star Wars autograph expertise
(and second-to-none rolodex of Star Wars actors) found Topps Trading Cards calling on him to help get
the 25 signers for their Evolution card set.
Gary X is also the author of the forthcoming Collecting the
Autographs of Star Wars: A Reference Guide. He is also recognized as a "super collector" contributor to the
Star Wars Super Collector's Wish Book
by Todd Carlson, providing autograph pricing and articles.
Gary X handles graphic design and celebrity contact for SWAN. He resides in the Denver, Colorado area.
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