“Vintage Star Wars Weekly” is a video show that focuses on vintage Star Wars toys. A new episode is released on youtube every Monday. The main hosts of the show are Darth Beer and Admiral Wetbar. The show also features weekly segments from Princess Midori and Sebastian DiNapoli. There is a different vintage figure featured on the show every week, with video of variant figures and commentary being provided by Sebastian. Princess Midori reads viewer emails in her weekly segment, and she also hosts a monthly vintage figure give-away contest that is open to anybody who would like to enter. Episode #3 – May 26, 2008: The viewers asked for it, so here it is….. THE RECARDING EPISODE! Also in this episode: Princess Midori announces the winner of the Luke Skywalker give-away contest! INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING THE VINTAGE FIGURE GIVE-AWAY CONTESTS: The give-away contests will start on the first Monday of every month, and the winner will be announced by Princess Midori on the last Monday of every month. On the first Monday of every month, Princess Midori will show you the give-away figure in her segment of the show and she will tell you the name of that figure. If you want to enter the drawing to win the figure, all you have to do is send her an email. Her email address is: vswwmidori@yahoo.com The SUBJECT LINE of your contest entry email MUST contain the name of the figure she is giving away. For instance, if she is giving away a Darth Vader figure that month, then the SUBJECT …
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May 26th, 2008 - 2:57 pm
You REALLY think so? What gave it away? LOL!
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May 26th, 2008 - 3:59 pm
I think as long as you’re NOT trying to pawn off your recarded and reproduced stuff as original vintage items, it’s totally fine.
With the outrageously high price of actually buying vintage items, I can understand why collectors who just want to have a cool-looking collection would opt for repro stuff.
Collectors should be able to collect the way they want!
- Andrew
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May 26th, 2008 - 6:28 pm
im awnsering the question
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May 26th, 2008 - 11:37 pm
I like the recarding idea. I just cant afford to go out and buy all original MOC figures. At least if the kids and wife want to eat regularly =Þ Right now all my loose figures are stuck in cases, because I hate dusting them. Carding them would make life easier when I display them. I just bought a CD off ebay with card fronts and backs, still waiting for it to get here.
† MantisKid †
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May 27th, 2008 - 4:47 am
i like the idea of recarding as you can get more money for them when they are left in the box so yes i love the idea
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May 27th, 2008 - 1:45 pm
I can see why some people like to re card their figures. I just wish they would label them with a watermark on the back somewhere that it was a reproduction, so as time goes by or they are sold they could not be passed off as the real thing.
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May 27th, 2008 - 2:54 pm
You nailed it here. I could PROBABLY afford a complete set of original carded ROTJ and ESB figures if I built my collection over a period of a several years, but I could NEVER afford to build a collection of original carded ANH figures. The prices for the carded ANH figures are just INSANE!
Anyway, good to hear from you again Andrew. I just checked out your “Ewok Gospel Secrets” video here on youtube. VERY COOL. If anybody is reading this and hasn’t seen it yet, they need to check it out!
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May 27th, 2008 - 2:58 pm
I’ve seen the CD on ebay that you’re talking about. Maybe after you get it you could post on here and let everybody know if you like it or not. I’d be interested to know how many cardback images it has, and if the image quality is good enough to make good print-outs.
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May 27th, 2008 - 8:25 pm
Well, it came today. I havent printed anything yet, but the images are super clear. Even when opened in paint, and they are about 3x the size of the card they look great. There are about 145 total pics (card fronts and backs). A few are in an “extras” folder, customs I think. One I noticed (2-1B) looked kind of like it was scanned with a piece of clear tape on it or something, but still looks great. Seller name was allinfun2008. It was like 6 bucks total with shipping, so cant beat that.
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May 28th, 2008 - 7:54 pm
Sounds like you’re well on your way to making replica cardbacks then. If you need to know anything about recarding your figures that wasn’t covered in my 3-part recarding tutorial, just let me know and I’ll be glad to help out.
Also, be sure to enter the vintage figure give-aways that Princess Midori runs on the show every month, and that might be one less figure that you have to recard yourself. She’s going to start her next contest on this coming Mondays episode.
- Darth Beer
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May 29th, 2008 - 12:06 am
Any recommended source for blisters/bubbles?
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May 29th, 2008 - 3:59 pm
I think recarding is great for display. and ok for sale as long as the seller states item as recard. Besides, recarding can add new excitement to your starwars hobby. It has for me, and I haven’t got any cards or bubbles to get started yet.
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May 29th, 2008 - 4:34 pm
Go to ebay and search: “star wars blister”. Then just check out the listings towards the bottom of the page in the ebay seller stores. There are 3 or 4 ebay stores that carry them. I don’t deal with any one seller. I just always look for the lowest prices. All sellers carry the same bubbles. There are about 13 different bubble styles to choose from, so be sure you get the right one for the figure you’re recarding. If you’re not sure which one you need, just email the seller and they’ll tell you.
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May 29th, 2008 - 4:38 pm
Trust me, you’re going to love it. Your recarded collection will look awesome on display. The actual recarding process is pretty fun too!
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May 31st, 2008 - 4:40 am
i think recard is just another step up from just having a loose figure. But only for figures worth putting in the package. for example i would card a blue snaggletooth or any 12 backs but i would not do any rotj figures because you can buy most of those cheap enough that you do not have to recard.
-laksirvak
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May 31st, 2008 - 11:09 am
You have a good point about ROTJ figures being cheap enough to buy in original packaging, but the only problem with that is the fact that many of the carded ROTJ figures you find are on beat-up cards or have yellowed bubbles.
That’s why I decided to go ahead and recard an entire ROTJ set after I complete my ANH and ESB sets. That way my whole collection will be on perfect, unpunched cardbacks with nice clear bubbles.
- Darth Beer
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May 31st, 2008 - 8:05 pm
I would prefer having original carded figures, but I would not mind having a recard in my collection. I buy damaged/bad conditioned figures and carded figures from ebay for low price and I restore them best I can.
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June 1st, 2008 - 9:40 am
I just watched the video of your collection and it’s AWESOME! I usually don’t care much for loose diplays (most people here already know that I prefer recards), but the way you’ve displayed your loose collection is just SO COOL. Those glass cases look really nice, and they fit the vintage figures perfectly. Thanks for posting that video. I’m sure alot of collectors are going to love it.
Also, I see that you’ve subscribed to the show here, so welcome aboard!
- Darth Beer
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June 10th, 2008 - 5:07 am
sorry for callig him wetmore, and not wetbar, mist the name and saw the green mile yesterday.wtmore is kick ass. great show once agen, i wish i could contribute, i dont have my collection avieleble right now but soon. 5stars
the question: im ok whtih people doing it, i dont myself but im tempted, i dont like people selling them as misb, but if it ses carded its totaly ok whith me, and they look great also.
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June 19th, 2008 - 12:11 pm
Great information, thanks..
GHOST Seekers
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August 20th, 2008 - 3:40 pm
im guessing hasbro didnt make these figures?
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October 30th, 2008 - 5:04 am
great thanx thinkn of doing some recards to sell on as i have hundreds of loose figures,,,, i myself at present have 114 original moc all in exclnt condition,,,no cracked or brokn bubbles etc,,,i should really post a vid at sum point,,, cheers 4 the pointers on the recard thing
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October 30th, 2008 - 5:36 am
MEANT to ask ive been looking about where can i have my cards made for me like you do,,, seems the guy on ebay only really has the ones he has on auction that come with bubbles,,,im lookn for someone who can make just the cardback to my order wether 10 or 50 at a time any help would b appreciated
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July 22nd, 2009 - 2:45 am
How can one tell the difference between a vintage card and re-card?
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August 31st, 2009 - 3:34 pm
The re-cards look fun, however I just stuck to the loose figures.
Back in the 1980’s in England Palitoy would do “special offers” where you sent them a part of the card to get a new figure or accessory, so most of my cards got desecrated!
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