Collecting folk hero Steve Denny regales the ‘Chive Cast with tales of finding literally thousands of carded figures and prototypes in the wild wild Midwest of 1980s and 1990s Cincinnati. Learn about the proof finds, Canadian Droids and Ewoks, UDEs, 4-UPS, Rocket Fetts, Revenge Proof Sets for $50 and the mysterious Mr. X. Plus, Skye unveils a conspiracy theory that may lead to the greatest scandal in the history of the hobby. All this on the cursed 83rd Vintage Pod! Brought to you with the help of John Wooten and kennercollector.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

06:40 – News: Steve’s At The Movies Podcast Launches

10:52 – News: Theft at Rancho Obi-Wan

14:55 – Skye’s Worst Joke Ever

24:00 – Skye’s Boat Trip

37:31 – Storytime: Steve Denny’s Inconceivably Huge Canadian Haul – Droids, Ewoks and Sandcrawlers

48:30 – Story time: Zteca influence on Kenner and Banana Boxes?

52:04 – Toy Shop memories and Die Cast Display’s with Ron

59:16 – Vintage Vocab – Proof Cards and a proof’s voyage

1:09:58 – The New Management of Kenner Collector.com

1:13:39 - Storytime: How Steve Denny found ALL the proofs

1:19:40 – Chinchillas Attack!

1:20:29 – How many Rocket Fetts?

1:21:59- Mr. X and His Magical Chalk Box of Prototypes

1:25:11 – Micro Prototypes

1:27:00 – A most peculiar trade (how many Snowtroopers?)

1:29:51 – Father’s Day Memories

1:32:15 – How to Get Rid of Revenge Proofs

1:36:22 - Skye’s Theory of the biggest