May the 4th. Star Wars Day. A day for everyone who ever looked up at a galaxy far far away and never quite looked away. That includes me. I was seven years old the first time I saw Star Wars. Not in a cinema. At home, with the family, after school. My older brother, aContinue reading “May The Fourth be with you— The Figure I Could Never Leave Behind”
Category Archives: Movie Memorabilia
This Is SPARTA — Finding Leonidas in Geelong
March 9, 2007. The roar of an angry king shouting “This is SPARTA” rocked cinemas everywhere. Zack Snyder’s 300 had arrived — on IMAX and conventional screens — and nothing was quite the same after that. Every guy all of a sudden wanted to be a warrior. That included me. There was always something aboutContinue reading “This Is SPARTA — Finding Leonidas in Geelong”
You! Yes, You! — Finding Gunnery Sergeant Hartman at a Car Boot Sale
There are Saturdays where you get up, drive to a car boot sale and come home with a bag of nothing in particular. And then there are Saturdays where you get up, drive to a car boot sale in Mount Waverley, and come home with Gunnery Sergeant Hartman screaming insults at you from a box.Continue reading “You! Yes, You! — Finding Gunnery Sergeant Hartman at a Car Boot Sale”
The Relapse — Tony Montana and the Figure That Started It All Over Again
I thought I was done. When I left Belfast and moved to Melbourne, I made a decision. The collection had to go. Classic Star Wars figures, GI Joe and Cobra, movie memorabilia, toy cars, all of it. Sold. I told myself it was the right thing to do. A fresh start. A new chapter. IContinue reading “The Relapse — Tony Montana and the Figure That Started It All Over Again”
