The Sandcrawler #31-Brian Stillman of Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys

We continue our celebrity Star Wars collector shows this week with Brian Stillman,  the writer and director of Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys!

Brian joins us to discuss the motivation behind his 2014 documentary on the history of the Kenner Star Wars action figure line.  It's an amazing film and has been a big influence on Dan and Mike and their fairly recent focus on vintage Star Wars toys.  

We discuss what went into Kenner deciding what the original twelve Star Wars figures should be and take a look at a wish list of characters that may have been considered.  What was the reason that the main villain of Star Wars, Grand Moff Tarkin wasn't made into a figure? Listen and find out!

Brian shares some great tips on being a focused collector and the importance of collecting something that excites you. 

Check out the Plastic Galaxy website and be sure to order a copy of this in-depth look at the toy line that started it all:  Kenner Star Wars figures. 

Thanks Brian!

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We are very happy to bring you a special Sandcrawler this week as we talk to award winning musician and engineer, Cory Churko!  Amongst his many accomplishments as a musician Cory has toured with Kelly Clarkson and Shania Twain and it was during a Shania Twain concert in 2015 that Mike spotted Cory on stage, wearing a Rebel Alliance patch on his sleeve.  After discovering that he was indeed a huge Star Wars fan we had to have him on the show to find out about his fandom and of course, what kind of collector he is. 

Cory shares what it was like growing up with Star Wars as a kid in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in the 70's and 80's.  He talks about what it takes to see a new Star Wars movie while on tour and also some of the very unique collectibles that he's received while touring.  There aren't too many people that can claim that superstar Kelly Clarkson has added to their Star Wars collection!

Be sure to check out Cory's band, Toque, which is a Canadian band covering classic Canadian rock.  We at the Sandcrawler especially like the band's logo.  With all that the fame that has come to Cory as a musician and engineer it was awesome to find out that he's just like us:  a huge fan of Star Wars and Star Wars collectibles.    

Cory's "A-wing Fight" video

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We are very happy to bring you a special Sandcrawler this week as we talk to award winning musician and engineer, Cory Churko! Amongst his many accomplishments as a musician Cory has toured with Kelly Clarkson and Shania Twain and it was during a Shania Twain concert in 2015 that Mike spotted Cory on stage, wearing a Rebel Alliance patch on his sleeve. After discovering that he was indeed a huge Star Wars fan we had to have him on the show to find out about his fandom and of course, what kind of collector he is.

Cory shares what it was like growing up with Star Wars as a kid in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in the 70’s and 80’s. He talks about what it takes to see a new Star Wars movie while on tour and also some of the very unique collectibles that he’s received while touring. There aren’t too many people that can claim that superstar Kelly Clarkson has added to their Star Wars collection!

Be sure to check out Cory’s band, Toque, which is a Canadian band covering classic Canadian rock. We at the Sandcrawler especially like the band’s logo. With all that the fame that has come to Cory as a musician and engineer it was awesome to find out that he’s just like us: a huge fan of Star Wars and Star Wars collectibles.

Cory's "A-wing Fight" video

Join us as we wrap up our respective July long weekend holidays. Lots of bbq and fireworks and of course, lots of Star Wars!

The guys get together over the shared Canada Day/Independence Day long weekend to discuss social media overdoing it again with the news from the Han Solo movie and the very fun Forces of Destiny animated series.

The toys for the new show look very unique and the guys may just pick up one or two for their collections. Dan shows his fellow fire fighters Rogue One and the guys discuss some people's reactions when they find out grown men collect toys. Dan helps Mike solve a very serious issue with his Rogue One figures (not really) and they share their most recent finds in I Wanted Everything.

Mike is featured on From4LOMtoZuckuss.com where he has a pretty cool photo essay involving a couple of Canadian rebels.

We've gotten tons of photos from fellow collectors and we'll be posting them soon!

What did we cover on this week’s show? More like what DIDN’T we cover!! From trouble on the Han Solo set, to Forrest Gump to Cars 3 to Beaver Tails this week’s show has it all!

Fellow Retrozapper, Mike Harris asks us what will we do with all our Star Wars stuff when the time comes. We gotta admit, we were kinda surprised with our answers. Do you have a long term plan for your Star Wars collectibles? Let us know on Twitter or via email!

Join us as we wrap up our respective July long weekend holidays. Lots of bbq and fireworks and of course, lots of Star Wars!

The guys get together over the shared Canada Day/Independence Day long weekend to discuss social media overdoing it again with the news from the Han Solo movie and the very fun Forces of Destiny animated series.

The toys for the new show look very unique and the guys may just pick up one or two for their collections.  Dan shows his fellow fire fighters Rogue One and the guys discuss some people's reactions when they find out grown men collect toys.  Dan helps Mike solve a very serious issue with his Rogue One figures (not really) and they share their most recent finds in I Wanted Everything.  

Mike is featured on From4LOMtoZuckuss.com where he has a pretty cool photo essay involving a couple of Canadian rebels.

We've gotten tons of photos from fellow collectors and we'll be posting them soon!

Help us out by leaving your 4-star review so more people can discover the wonderment that is The Sandcrawler!  Give us an iTunes review, tag us on Twitter or send us an email and we'll feature it on an upcoming episode!

--Dan and Mike

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• The Sandcrawler #28:  Beaver Tail Revelations
• What did we cover on this week's show?  More like what DIDN'T we cover!!  From trouble on the Han Solo set, to Forrest Gump to Cars 3 to Beaver Tails this week's show has it all! 
• Fellow Retrozapper, Mike Harris asks us what will we do with all our Star Wars stuff when the time comes.  We gotta admit, we were kinda surprised with our answers.  Do you have a long term plan for your Star Wars collectibles?  Let us know on Twitter or via email!
• Stuff mac is In
• http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Canadian_Store_Report_The_Force_Awakens_Armor_Up_Sets_Found_At_Dollarama_173907.asp
• https://www.retrozap.com/action-figure-displays-special-modifications/
• https://www.coffeewithkenobi.com/attack-clones-arrogance-saber-darts/
• https://www.retrozap.com/family-homestead-the-star-wars-room/

 

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We barely made it through the week to bring you this new episode! Blue Shadow Virus had us both against the ropes (can you catch a cold via Skype?) but we are back with some Action Figure Therapy!

Maybe it’s the antibiotics in our systems but we’re talking about Tusken Raiders in Batman and an idea for a new Star Wars movie featuring two brothers.

We discuss the awful news of a major theft from Rancho Obi-Wan and discuss Jedi Temple Archive’s recent poll about what repack Vintage Collection figures would collectors want in the spring.

How do you pronounce Tantive IV?

Stick around until the end of the episode as we make a big, BIG announcement as The Sandcrawler takes another step into a larger world! Visit our brand new website!!!!! www.thesandcrawler.net

We barely made it through the week to bring you this new episode! Blue Shadow Virus had us both against the ropes (can you catch a cold via Skype?) but we are back with some Action Figure Therapy!

Maybe it's the antibiotics in our systems but we're talking about Tusken Raiders in Batman and an idea for a new Star Wars movie featuring two brothers.

We discuss the awful news of a major theft from Rancho Obi-Wan and discuss Jedi Temple Archive's recent poll about what repack Vintage Collection figures would collectors want in the spring.

How do you pronounce Tantive IV?

Stick around until the end of the episode as we make a big, BIG announcement as The Sandcrawler takes another step into a larger world!

Give us an iTunes review, tag us on Twitter or send us an email and we'll feature it on an upcoming episode!

 

 

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We celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars this week! Can you believe Star Wars hit the big four-oh on May 25? Neither can we but we do our best to digest it and we've brought along the "OT Curmudgeon" himself, Tom Berges from I Grew Up Star Wars to help us out!

Thanks to "Chris Fitzpatrick 87" for your humbling iTunes review of our show. We are so flattered by your kind words! Thanks also to Bryan Dyck for making us, well, collectibles! Also check out Bryan's goofy stop motion video that we talked about this week. Never too old to play with toys!

If you didn't attend Star Wars Celebration in Orlando this past April then you are eligible for a great contest over at Rebelscum.com where you have a chance to win a TON of swag, including something from The Sandcrawler!

Vanity Fair chose Star Wars' anniversary to preview their The Last Jedi cover feature. As always the covers look amazing but even more amazing is the poster that new subscribers can get. By the way, who the heck is this little guy?

This week in I Wanted Everything Mike picks up a couple more vintage Marvel comics and Dan loves the new Funko POP Luke in landspeeder. He's also picked up some Topps 40th Anniversary trading cards which are just full of nostalgia and are pretty darn cool too. The piece de resistance for Dan though is a very special gift from a fellow collector.

Tom Berges, owner of I Grew Up Star Wars.com website and Facebook group talks with us and we catch up on our first meeting at Celebration. Then Dan, the young punk of the show, poses twenty-one questions to the two old guys, Mike and Tom, and it's a ridiculously fun time. We're pretty sure no other Star Wars 40th Anniversary podcast includes references to lederhosen.