Dear Secret Santa,
Sorry to be so late in writing you.
I've been looking over the toy room trying to think of a few things to put on my wish list. The trouble is, I've managed to pick up almost all of what I've wanted all year long. I've passed on a lot, and I'm feeling like I might be difficult to help out this year. That's really not new, my wife has been telling me that for years.
Let's get the really big one out of the way first. What I want for Christmas / life in general is a shot at being on Survivor. I know, it's nuts, but it is a goal of mine. I've been working really hard on it and if there's anything you could do to help out I'd really be grateful.
Now that that is out of the way, there are a few Star Wars items that would round out the collection.
You probably know I have three kids. We open
everything and we play with it. We set stuff up and we knock stuff over. There are a lot of lightsaber fights with the figures and each other. We've been sticking to the 3 3/4" line for the most part, and a few of the little Galactic Heros guys. My daughter has the 12" Leia w/speederbike, the 12" Biker Scout w/speeder and the 100th Luke, but I think she's all set with those (ie doesn't play with them much).
I bought my son the Sam's Club Mustafar set for Christmas, and I should have the Space Station finished by then as well if the CNC guy gets me the parts I need. Check out the sketches
here. Something to put into the Space Station would be cool, if you're of the customizing nature. Control panels, benches, rebel hanger transports - anything cool that makes it more playable.
What we could really use are lightsabers for the figures. Any normal saber is great. The ones with the detachable handles seem really fragile, so we play with the solid hilt ones and some figures just go without in big battles.
We don't really build "armies" per se, but with the amount of clones released this year we find ourselves with quite a few. One place we're a little understaffed is Jawas. We bought the Sandcrawler this year, and they have trouble keeping the droids in line. We also like astromechs, but we've picked up all of the ones so far except for the EE sets...
So here's my first ever actual list of stuff I'm looking for / interested in... It's going to be weird to see it all written out...
ModernLightsabers and accessories, loose (3 3/4")
Jawas, loose (3 3/4")
Ewoks, loose (3 3/4")
Jorge Sacul, loose (3 3/4")
Mail away Han Stormtrooper, loose (3 3/4")
Regular Luke Stormtrooper (not cinema scene), loose (3 3/4")
EE Astromechs, loose (3 3/4")
Rebel Fleet Troopers w/swivel knee, loose (3 3/4")
Obi-Wan's E3 Starfighter
RealStands (We're about 50 short, so really any would help)
Saga Hoth: Veers, AT-AT Driver, Droids 2-Pack, Snowtrooper, Derlin
Holiday Yoda
VintageLeia gun (don't shoot me, a repro is fine)
Small head Han Solo
Death Star Rope (don't shoot me, a repro is fine)
Death Star foam (don't shoot me, a repro is fine)
DV Star Destroyer light bulb, light bulb holder and red cover to Meditation Chamber
DV Star Destroyer white plastic "u" that holds up the hologram screen
Acrylic Dome to the Mini Rig Rebel Tank
Vintage POTF and beyond (except Stormtrooper Luke and General Lando)
Wow. That's a lot. Maybe I need to rethink my life. Please know that my list is really specific, and in no way do I expect you to find anything on it. I hope it can be a guide to the kind of stuff we're interested in - but we also like surprises.
One more thing Secret Santa, will you please write a short note about why you're still here doing what you do with Star Wars and include it with my package? You don't have to, but I'd be really interested to read what you get out of Star Wars in general and Star Wars plastic toys specifically.
Thanks!
