Episode 87 : Grand Moff Parkins

The hosts are pondering a question of ethics - how should pursuing our hobby influence our public behaviour?Moving swiftly on, there are a plethora of new acquisitions from the team this month, and some great shout-outs from around the world wide web, including an excellent new collection room, and an unexpected Canadian discovery.Action Figure Face-Off features two Droids, a Gunner, and a smooth talking Smuggler. Who will emerge victorious?The lads discuss all the latest goings-on in the collecting world including a retrospective of the recent collecting event Echo Base Live, and interviews with the traders, punters, organisers and special guests.Jason and Spoons have paid a visit to Milton Keynes for the grand opening of Jason Joiner’s National Film and Sci-Fi Museum, and Rich catches up with Ron Salvatore to delve into Micro Collection minutiae.The licensee section sees the boys revealing their childhood reading habits and favourite literature, and moving on to look at British publisher Sphere, who released the paperback novels and tie-ins for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. The books themselves, and the associated store displays and related materials, are all featured.The feature interview this month is with Star Wars artist, collector, and costumer Marsha Parkins, talking about her influences, her artwork for Topps and other publishers, attending events, and her love for that galaxy far, far away. All this and the regular banter and bluster, look out for the podcast in the normal places.

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The Star Wars Vintage Rebellion Podcast is brought to you by five vintage Star Wars Toy collectors. The team discuss vintage star wars collectibles, recent threads and stories from across social media and forums, the current vintage market, oddball items, as well as covering stories that have been rocking the vintage collecting community. There are also interviews with all types of collector as well as an events section where you can discover Star Wars events in your area. All this plus much much more, so download this podcast now!