My Re-Carded Star Wars The Force Awakens Figures - Vintage Retro Style!

azheat01

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• Apr 24, 2016

• #21

B-Movie Zombie said:

Great work on those!

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Thank you.

As I'm working on these I decided I wanted to also redo the back to reflect the current product line. I decided to re-card these 13 so I'm going with a custom "13-Back", very similar to the original "12-Back". I completely redid the top half. I still need to work on the bottom half, adjust some text, etc.

 

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azheat01

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• Apr 25, 2016

• #22

I decided to change it once again, going to stick to the original 12 Back design. I removed one figure but will change the back again if / when I do some of the other figures. I completely re-did all the text and cleaned up some of the old images. Couple more minor tweaks then it's good to go. The image below is printed on regular printer paper, it looks much better when I print it on my high resolution mounting paper.

 

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tomm1999

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• May 13, 2016

• #23

These are awesome, nothing beats the vintage packaging. I have one of these kits for a esb yoda. I'm too afraid to seal him in. You can get the criss cross pattern in the bubble glue (around the perimeter) using small file.

 

darth_myeek

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• May 13, 2016

• #24

Lovely job!

Just needs a $1.99 (Ayr-Way, K-Mart, Children's Palace, Sears) price sticker. Ok not really.

Please do a run.

 

azheat01

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• May 13, 2016

• #25

darth_myeek said:

Lovely job!

Just needs a $1.99 (Ayr-Way, K-Mart, Children's Palace, Sears) price sticker. Ok not really.

Please do a run.

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Thank you. I may possibly do a run...........

tomm1999 said:

These are awesome, nothing beats the vintage packaging. I have one of these kits for a esb yoda. I'm too afraid to seal him in. You can get the criss cross pattern in the bubble glue (around the perimeter) using small file.

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Thank you. Great idea, I may need to try that!

 

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BB8

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• May 22, 2016

• #26

Fantastic job! I agree, the vintage cards are the best. One suggestion I might make is adding the cardboard "triangle" that came with the first 12 backs. At least all of mine have them. Also, are you planning on making the back matte?
Once again great work.

 

azheat01

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• May 22, 2016

• #27

BB8 said:

Fantastic job! I agree, the vintage cards are the best. One suggestion I might make is adding the cardboard "triangle" that came with the first 12 backs. At least all of mine have them. Also, are you planning on making the back matte?
Once again great work.

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Thanks. I was going to add the triangle in between the legs. I messed around with it but I didn't like how it distracted from the figure, so I didn't use it. When you say back matte, you mean the figure display as seen on the back side of the card?

 

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BB8

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• May 22, 2016

• #28

Sorry I wasn't clear. I mean the back of the card where all the 12 figures are listed. Mine have sort of a matte finish on the back and a bit glossy on the front.

 

azheat01

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• May 22, 2016

• #29

Oh, yes, I'm spraying them with a matte varnish.

 

SpaceMind

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• May 28, 2016

• #30

These are fantastic!!

 

OldKen

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• May 28, 2016

• #31

First off these are really awesome.

2nd of all, I'd love to place one of these in toysRus or wal mart and watch as a collectors mind is blown! LOL!!!

 

azheat01

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• Aug 28, 2016

• #32

I was able to briefly jump back to this project today and complete four more cards.



I didn't like the original design I had for Rey and went with this one, I think it looks great as a figure card.



Also completed BB-8.........



Kylo Ren......



And I did a custom Takodana Encounter Finn with blaster and Luke light saber.........







I have two Poe Damerons to finish as well as a few others.

 

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azheat01

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• Aug 29, 2016

• #33

Sorry, pics fixed.

 

cjchiu

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• Aug 29, 2016

• #34

These are just beautiful. Have you made anymore tweaks to your backs?

 

azheat01

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• Aug 30, 2016

• #35

cjchiu said:

These are just beautiful. Have you made anymore tweaks to your backs?

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Thank you. No, just the one back where I added photos of the current figures. It's on page 1, post #22.

 

Stormy320

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• Aug 30, 2016

• #36

Those are way cool.

Most of the toys I saw from Force Awakens didn't seem that cool or cheap.

 

ecl

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• Aug 31, 2016

• #37

Fantastic. Looks so much better!

 

azheat01

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• Oct 30, 2016

• #38

Finished the last three I had on hand. Sadly, I need to move away from this project to work on some others, but I do love how they turned out. I had originally planned on displaying these in a cabinet next to some of my vintage figures, but I changed my mind so these are going up for sale shortly.



Here they all are:

 

Last edited: Oct 30, 2016