Continuing on the path Of Storm troopers. The Foot soldier and back bone of the Imperial War machine, I feature today the Imperial Storm trooper, He was the one I had a few of and my first army builder, although in the movies, they couldn't hit the side of a barn from a four foot distance, nor could they fight there way out of a room of unarmed men, They were ruthless and blood thirsty warriors in my battles of old. They were the front lines of my Star Wars invasions of a dresser drawer or a table top planet in the living room. Below are photos of one of the troopers I have, armed with their traditional blaster, the storm trooper featured the same articulation as any Star Wars figure, arm and legs, no helmet movement though, I was fortunate enough to be able to snag a POTF coin later in life and a carded one from the Empire Strikes Back, all featured below, when collecting any Star Wars figure, you need to look for one thing, a NON reproduction weapon, in today's market that is a very hard thing to find, because of back yard molders selling 'Reproduction pieces' for non reproduction prices, luckily I was able to find all of my collection prior to the flood of reproduction items, another Item to find if collecting loose are the coins, From POTF, many were made few are owned, and some can fetch upwards of prices over a hundred dollars. Some like the Storm trooper one below are cheap, Collecting carded figures is also an issue in the Vintage realm, many of shady sellers have shown there faces, selling resealed or re packaged figures as VINTAGE CARDED. Best place to find reliable sellers and or graders is in the forums of Rebelscum.com <http://rebelscum.com/>, many seller or buyers there will always send you to the right and reliable buyers or sellers. NEVER just buy from some on E-bay who one has horrible feedback or two is new yet dumping tons of Vintage carded figures….. A deal now a days in the collectable realm is almost always never too good to be true. The Storm trooper carded below however was, Unpunched and in pristine condition! :)
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