PHArchivist
Master Member
My usual story is that when I started, I picked up the original Death Star model in 1999 and it's been all downhill since then.
Although that's not completely correct. Around 1996-1999, I picked up a couple of Death Star surface pieces, a panel from the full size Return of the Jedi AT-ST, a Princess Leia belt from Return of the Jedi, several Krayt Dragon and Lars Homestead pieces from Star Wars A New Hope and a ton of stuff that was thrown out from the Episode I sets while I was visiting Tunisia in 1998 and 1999.
I really didn't get moving in earnest on original props until a couple of years later. Now I can safely say finding screen-used pieces is my primary focus in Star Wars collecting.
Gus
You put us all to shame, in a good sort of way!
Most of us would feel lucky to even see that icon in person, let alone own it.