Forum Handle:

arniec

Email:

arniec@swactionnews.com

 

 

Birth Date:

September 12, 1974

 

 

Collecting

 

    Primary Collection:

Hasbro 3.75" modern line

    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.

 

 

Real Life

 

    Job:

Computer Systems Engineer

    Family:

Married

    Hobbies:

Podcasting, Star Wars, photography, music, movies, writing

    Location:

Pawnee, IL (just outside of Springfield)

 

 

Favorite Collectible:

Wedding invitation (mine) signed by Carrie Fisher, Jeremy Bulloch, Billy Dee Williams, and others the weekend before our wedding.

 

 

Miscellaneous:

Also host of the Star Wars Action News Book Club and host and producer of Propaganda: The Official Master Replicas Podcast

 

 

Forum Handle:

marjoriec

Email:

majorie@swactionnews.com

 

 

Birth Date:

August 1

 

 

Collecting

 

    Vintage:

Kitschy items

    Modern:

KUBRICKS!!!! All kinds

    Hasbro:

I like hunting for them...

    Other:

I tend to favor Japanese toys

    Special:

Starbucks city mugs; Antique Pyrex bowls

 

 

Real Life

 

    Job:

Dilberville

    Family:

Married to The Arnie

    Hobbies:

Gardening and knitting if I can find the time

    Location:

Cornfield

 

 

Favorite Collectible:

My Toronto Maple Leafs Yoda, customized by my darling husband.

 

 

Forum Handle:

Darth Prime

Email:

darthprime@swactionnews.com

 

 

Birth Date:

April 10, 1977

 

 

Collecting

 

    Hasbro:

Former collector of 3.75" lines, vehicles, creatures, and the like, Galactic Heroes, Titanium Series, Star Wars Transformers, 7" Unleashed.

    Other:

Gentle Giant Mini Busts, select statues and maquettes. Selective prop replicas and Sideshow Collectibles products.

    Special:

Anything and everything Darth Vader. Secondary focuses on Boba Fett, General Grievous, and Jabba the Hutt.

    Non-SW:

Former collector of Superhero figs, Transformers, Lord of the Rings

 

 

Real Life

 

    Job:

Software Engineer

    Family:

Wife, kids, and pets

    Hobbies:

Drawing, fencing, camping, and the great outdoors, teaching my son the ways of The Force to become a Jedi like his father.

    Location:

Southwest Minnesota (USA)

 

 

Favorite Collectible:

eFX Luke Skywalker's X-Wing Starfigher "Red Five" Signature Edition

 

 

Miscellaneous:

Has aspirations to get a costume good enough to join the 501st/Rebel Legion/etc.

 

 

Forum Handle:

KrispyKenobi

Email:

scott@swactionnews.com

 

 

Collecting

 

    Vintage:

Have my collection of figures from when I was a youngster but am missing quite a few of the POTF figs

    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

    Hasbro:

Ummmm....yes please!

 

 

Real Life

 

    Job:

Kitchen Manager of a "Legendary" steak house

    Family:

Hot wife, crazy dog, and a loud nocturnal cat

    Hobbies:

Work Hard, Play Hard

    Location:

Tulsa, Oklahoma-USA (Technically just outside of Tulsa)

 

 

Favorite Collectible:

Varies by day and mood

 

 

Forum Handle:

TheGingerPrince

Email:

steve@swactionnews.com

 

 

Birth Date:

4th December 1973

 

 

Collecting

 

    Vintage:

I have one Darth Vader action figure (unfortunately with only a single telescoping lightsaber)

    Modern:

MR Force FX Lightsabers, MR .45 Scaled Lightsabers

    Hasbro:

3.75" action figures and select creatures & vehicles, Titaniums

    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

    Special:

Experiences of travelling to Star Wars filming locations

    Non-SW:

Scars from science experiments gone wrong

 

 

Real Life

 

    Job:

Secondary School Science Teacher

    Family:

Married to Suzanne (collects Galactic Heroes & Pocket Dragons)

    Hobbies:

Watching Live Comedy, Drinking Wine, Supporting Manchester United, Cooking and Listening to good music (not all at the same time!)

    Location:

Manchester, England

 

 

Favorite Collectible:

The 'Polish' Darth Vader medallion that I picked up at a collecting panel at Celebration Europe in 2007 (my grandfather was Polish)

 

 

Miscellaneous:

Contributors to the Star Wars Action News forums named my house Cloud City.

 

 

Forum Handle:

Brock

Email:

brock@swactionnews.com

 

 

Collecting

 

    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...

    Modern:

Couple of statues, an MR saber, nothing much.

    Hasbro:

My primary area of collecting, 3 3/4 inch figures.

    Other:

SW Books - Novels and reference. Have some TPBs of the comics, too.

    Special:

Trading Cards

    Non-SW:

Just some stuff I like, but nothing I would call a collection.

 

 

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]

 

 

Forum Handle:

Nathan Butler

Email:

nathan@starwarsfanworks.com

 

 

Birth Date:

October 17, 1979

 

 

Collecting

 

     Vintage:

continuity story materials

     Modern:

continuity story materials

     Hasbro:

none

     Other:

archival Star Wars fan audio materials

     Special:

none

     Non-SW:

DVDs (particularly season sets of television series); Babylon 5; 24

 

 

Real Life

 

     Job:

High School Social Studies Teacher

     Family:

Single with immediate family in Indiana

     Hobbies:

Audio production; writing

     Location:

Fairburn (Atlanta Metro), Georgia, USA

 

 

Favorite Collectible:

My own personal binder of materials from when I wrote for Star Wars Tales (drafts, pitches, artwork, contracts, etc.)

 

 

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).

 

 

Forum Handle:

GaryX

 

 

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.