Right after seeing the movie and before there were Star Wars figures, I dreamed of them. The best I could imagine at the time were rubber bendy versions that matched a beaten up Spiderman I owned. To actually have these figures was the official start to what would be considered "collecting" to me. I needed to have them all.
What really stuck with me was the colorful card-back packaging. The toy package photos, mixed with saturated colors behind the blister where the figure resided made me hang on to the open packages so I could look at the photos and the other toys I wanted on the back. The nostalgia behind these toy memories are some of the most vivid that I can recall from that age.
This new art piece is a fun/macabre statement on collecting. On the left, I have the vivid and colorful memory of the original 12 Kenner Star Wars Figures - with the words "Collect them all!" The purest way I look back on and cherish these figures. On the right, I'm depicting the other side of collecting, where it's all about value and variants, and less about being a kid. This is accompanied with the tag line "Dissect them all". A much less attractive representation of being a collector, and a loss of innocence in the toy itself.
I hope you enjoy - AND, if you will be in San Diego this year for Comic Con, stop by booth F5 and say hi! Let me know which figure was your first.
6 comments:
Saw this print of yours at sdcc, but you were sold out. Would like one of the color prints of the 1st 12 SW figures. Very cool!
Thanks Matt - Prints are available for purchase if you are interested. Also let me know what your favorite figure(s) out of the original 12 are.
Oh I'm interested. I always loved R2 the best. The only vintage toy I had as a kid. Some reason my parents didn't buy me more. I do also like 3PO and Stormtrooper.
Please email me at turbowars75@yahoo.com about pricing.
Great Info!!! thanks for sharing :-)
I just want to say a HUGE thank you Dave for the incredible Star Wars print I received in the post today. It was the perfect start to 2013. Unwrapping it this morning took me back many years to when I was a kid opening my first star wars figure for Christmas back in the 80's.
I've been collecting SW memorabilia ever since! Being from the UK I really didn't think it would be possible to get my hands on one of these prints, but you were very kind to ship it overseas for me!
I will now be framing this fantastic nostalgic piece alongside my figure collection.
Thanks again, I will definitely be recommending you to my friends and fellow SW fans.
Happy New Year
Paul H
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