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Offline Drewbacca

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What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« on: December 13, 2015, 12:36:51 PM »
I bought an original movie theater ROTS poster and that was a pretty penny (about $300 + custom frame + UV glass). Just wondering if anyone else has items or collects SW's stuff like me?
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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2015, 01:08:44 PM »


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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2015, 02:45:43 PM »
I once spent enough money at Ace Hardware one year buying bits and bobs for building lightsabers that I got a Christmas card from the President and CEO of the company thanking me for being one of their top 10 customers that year.  Does that count?  I got a $2500 gift card from them as a "thank you" as well.

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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2015, 11:52:51 AM »
For me (so far), its Harp's Starkiller/Kylo Ren Mashup. :azn:



I once spent enough money at Ace Hardware one year buying bits and bobs for building lightsabers that I got a Christmas card from the President and CEO of the company thanking me for being one of their top 10 customers that year.  Does that count?  I got a $2500 gift card from them as a "thank you" as well.

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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2015, 12:17:30 PM »
I once spent enough money at Ace Hardware one year buying bits and bobs for building lightsabers that I got a Christmas card from the President and CEO of the company thanking me for being one of their top 10 customers that year.  Does that count?  I got a $2500 gift card from them as a "thank you" as well.

wow that's incredible! what a gift!
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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2015, 12:32:37 PM »
For me (so far), its Harp's Starkiller/Kylo Ren Mashup. :azn:




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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2015, 09:40:49 PM »
vader ANH LE helmet from eFX for roughly $800
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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2015, 09:44:17 PM »
For my 40th birthday, I had a saber commissioned that was around 1200-1600 (lots of trades and parts collected for a year or so).





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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2015, 02:24:09 PM »
Yoda Graflex CF v5.  That one was a pretty penny... or two...

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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2015, 04:35:01 PM »
While I didn't keep track as closely as I should have, probably the $1500+ I spent building my second saber. I went through a lot of testing and trial and error with different aspects, so supplies added a lot to the cost. One example would be, 3 sets of 3 4x6 vinyl graphics for my etching resist. That was $100+ alone.

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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2016, 10:11:14 PM »
Just wondering if anyone else has items or collects SW's stuff like me?

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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2016, 01:27:02 PM »
My Graflex 2.0 build I'm working on right now, the Canadian dollar isn't at its best and shipping just hikes the price up even more...
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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2016, 01:57:56 PM »
Nothing like the above for single item but $520 with shipping for an artists rendition of Vaders TFA melted helmet. But in the past 4 months I have purchased 7 of the recently or soon to be released saber hilts and all the guts to build them so lots and lots of $$$. Too afraid to add it all up.

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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2016, 03:52:25 PM »
$2800 for a single piece.
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Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a Star Wars item?
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2016, 10:42:05 PM »
Nothing like the above for single item but $520 with shipping for an artists rendition of Vaders TFA melted helmet. But in the past 4 months I have purchased 7 of the recently or soon to be released saber hilts and all the guts to build them so lots and lots of $$$. Too afraid to add it all up.

I'm keeping a spreadsheet right now tracking all of my expenses on sabers, including a global total of all expenses. Pretty sobering tbh hahah
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