It's appealing for sure; a way to go a bit further in depth on a theme or character.
Right now I am sitting on a full set of loose figures less the PotF releases, all in excellent to near mint condition with original accessories. My loose ships and playsets are being gradually upgraded to boxed examples. I've not gone after any Ewoks-themed items (e.g. Village, Battle Wagon etc.), mini-rigs or PotF/Droids vehicles. I've been concentrating on the screen-seen stuff. Just concentrating on hunting down boxes now mainly.
But if I DID do a focus, I think it would be on a bounty hunter. Fett is obvious but too expensive nowadays. Bossk is cool for sure and he has the benefit of more related stuff - like the mail-away offer and the CAP-2 mini-rig. I've always liked IG-88 too. My idea of a focus would be an example of the figure on each debut cardback (i.e. a debut ESB, a debut RotJ, a Trilogo, a PotF as applicable) and the major loose variations (e.g. for IG-88 the metallic and matte-grey finishes), and maybe a pre-production item or two.
Perhaps after I've accumulated a few more boxes I need, I'll think more about a focus. Here's a question - for you focus collectors, what's your focus, how far into it do you go, and do you maintain a "general" collection as well as your focus?
Cheers
d.
Right now I am sitting on a full set of loose figures less the PotF releases, all in excellent to near mint condition with original accessories. My loose ships and playsets are being gradually upgraded to boxed examples. I've not gone after any Ewoks-themed items (e.g. Village, Battle Wagon etc.), mini-rigs or PotF/Droids vehicles. I've been concentrating on the screen-seen stuff. Just concentrating on hunting down boxes now mainly.
But if I DID do a focus, I think it would be on a bounty hunter. Fett is obvious but too expensive nowadays. Bossk is cool for sure and he has the benefit of more related stuff - like the mail-away offer and the CAP-2 mini-rig. I've always liked IG-88 too. My idea of a focus would be an example of the figure on each debut cardback (i.e. a debut ESB, a debut RotJ, a Trilogo, a PotF as applicable) and the major loose variations (e.g. for IG-88 the metallic and matte-grey finishes), and maybe a pre-production item or two.
Perhaps after I've accumulated a few more boxes I need, I'll think more about a focus. Here's a question - for you focus collectors, what's your focus, how far into it do you go, and do you maintain a "general" collection as well as your focus?
Cheers
d.