Blood for the Baron!

Shaunyboy wrote:Not sure if it passes as an achievement as such, but I couldn't let a 'round up' of the year's highlights go by without a special mention of a greatly valued new figure in my collection this year.....THE BARON! What a superb convention exclusive figure!
I said it at the time and I'll say it again now, thanks Jim and everyone else who made it possible. Great addition to my collection and I can't wait to buy more characters if you do them in the future

Good call, Baron was a great addition. I would give my prized left testicle to get an articulated squad leader (Pretty please).

I knew that the past year would be great as my deal with Browny started bac in Dec 2011 and now my collection has been beefed up with quite a lot of army building stuff. As Graham I constantly found or was offered so many nice items that my budget was blown a bit out of proportion and the consequence may be a sell off of some of my priced collection. I was a bit scared when my Excel sheet showed £12.000+ and that was with some very conservative prices and actual prices on some of the rarere stuff……will have to make sure the Mrs' doesnt find that file

No long term aims or grand plans I'm just aim on enjoying the journey & soaking up what ever surprises come my way via toy fairs, Charity shops & boot sales.

I'm trying to avoid is buying any more modern stuff (unless a cool t.v. related Hot Wheels car turns up) & keep it all purely vintage.

Star Wars/ wise I really must stop waisting money on buying duplicates of figures simply becouse 'it's in really nice condition' or 'I've got the gun for that one @ home' & instead save up for one of the larger vehicles or playsets I don't have.

I suppose the biggest achievement was getting my Star Wars MOC into some nice display cases, my biggest shock (apart from Roll Call 3) was totaling up my collections into a value. Whoops is all I can say.

I don't have any set goals, I find that the random approach is more rewarding, plus you don't get frustrated if you miss your goals. That is just me though.

Like a lot of you I want a nice display case this year and to finish my series 1 collection (would like a really good condition German Stormtrooper).

Lidl are doing a fairly nice display case at the moment for £60:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//lid ... =6&nf=TRUE

Might give some people some options.

I have both of those (£29 & £59) and they are really great. If you view my Figure Collection shots the large one is the one holding my Cobras

What can I say I didn't do a huge amount 2012, got a few nice things and got a new display sorted. I haven't worked out how much I spent (I don't care) and I've not really got any kind of target for 2013 a few I might do but nothing amazing.

I got a HQ during the year (from Johnny Red), which completed all the items I want in my Palitoy collection. I guess my biggest achievement has been my small custom display at Snibston Discovery Museum.

Since October my collection room has been packed up as I try to sort out some space to display Action Force alongside James Bond. Not much time to allow me to press on with this, so I really want to get this sorted in early 2013 and then my focus will be back to customs (I have 4 or 5 large boxes of toys ready for custom projects).

ODB wrote:Lidl are doing a fairly nice display case at the moment for £60:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//lid ... =6&nf=TRUE

Might give some people some options.

Got one of these today! I won £40 on a scratch card so I thought I'd put it to good use. Just finished building it.