Historian Fett
Hunter
'Sup to TDH community. I've been quietly poking around the forum now for about 6 months and figure it's way past time to introduce myself.
I was born in 76 and have literally been a Star Wars fan my entire life. Lucas' cinematic masterpiece dominated much of my childhood and sorta just continued doing so into the rest of my life. I've been collecting SW toys for most of my life and have, well, a bit of a problem on that front. I collect mostly vintage loose and all the new TVC in both a carded and loose forms. I also got bit by the Fett bug early on. He was always my fav. I even got a Slave I for my birthday when I was 6 that still sits in my office.
I live in North Carolina and am married with four daughters. All four of my kiddos have taken to Star Wars, so we've got SW toys literally all over the house. I am a history professor by trade, hence TDH name "Historian Fett." My school office is covered floor to ceiling with SW swags and toys. Ships are literally flying over my desk. When students come in they are always amazed and shocked. Some love it and some simply think I'm an uber dork. I guess, guilty as charged.
The end of 2019 while searching for SW toys I came across a Fett suit on eBay that I almost bought. Doing a little research I found my way to TDH and away I went. I'm currently in the early planning for an ESB screen accurate build that will meet 501st requirements. I'm doing loads of research and have already talked to some amazing, kind folks on here who have been super gracious to answer my endless barrage of questions (you folks known who you are!!!). I initially figured I'd just buy a complete Fett suit. How hard could that be to find? Well, that ended up being a pipe dream after passing on the eBay offering. In truth I largely bailed on that one b/c of the advice on here to avoid eBay. I haven't even made my first purchase to date, but I am slowly lining things up. Honestly, my biggest concern is trying to get the right stuff for a proper ESB build where I don't invest in the wrong products for what I'm trying to create. As big of a SW/Fett fan as I've been my entire life, I was shocked to find that somehow I missed the green to brown gauntlet change from ESB to ROTJ. Other than that, I'm working to slowly line up purchases, paintings, etc. I'm sure I'll do a WIP as details related to my build emerge.
See y'all around the board!
Cheers,
Stephen (Historian Fett)
I was born in 76 and have literally been a Star Wars fan my entire life. Lucas' cinematic masterpiece dominated much of my childhood and sorta just continued doing so into the rest of my life. I've been collecting SW toys for most of my life and have, well, a bit of a problem on that front. I collect mostly vintage loose and all the new TVC in both a carded and loose forms. I also got bit by the Fett bug early on. He was always my fav. I even got a Slave I for my birthday when I was 6 that still sits in my office.
I live in North Carolina and am married with four daughters. All four of my kiddos have taken to Star Wars, so we've got SW toys literally all over the house. I am a history professor by trade, hence TDH name "Historian Fett." My school office is covered floor to ceiling with SW swags and toys. Ships are literally flying over my desk. When students come in they are always amazed and shocked. Some love it and some simply think I'm an uber dork. I guess, guilty as charged.
The end of 2019 while searching for SW toys I came across a Fett suit on eBay that I almost bought. Doing a little research I found my way to TDH and away I went. I'm currently in the early planning for an ESB screen accurate build that will meet 501st requirements. I'm doing loads of research and have already talked to some amazing, kind folks on here who have been super gracious to answer my endless barrage of questions (you folks known who you are!!!). I initially figured I'd just buy a complete Fett suit. How hard could that be to find? Well, that ended up being a pipe dream after passing on the eBay offering. In truth I largely bailed on that one b/c of the advice on here to avoid eBay. I haven't even made my first purchase to date, but I am slowly lining things up. Honestly, my biggest concern is trying to get the right stuff for a proper ESB build where I don't invest in the wrong products for what I'm trying to create. As big of a SW/Fett fan as I've been my entire life, I was shocked to find that somehow I missed the green to brown gauntlet change from ESB to ROTJ. Other than that, I'm working to slowly line up purchases, paintings, etc. I'm sure I'll do a WIP as details related to my build emerge.
See y'all around the board!
Cheers,
Stephen (Historian Fett)