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Posted by Steven J Kirk (Member # 1135) on October 07, 2015, 08:58 AM:

Okay, so we know there are a lot of serious Star Wars collectors out there and we know that a Derann feature of the film might reach £1,000 BUT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STAR-WARS-C9-5-REVENGE-JEDI-R2-D2-BLANK-NAMEPLATE-MISPRINT-PROOF-AFA-WORTHY-R2D2-/141778032718?hash=item2102a1184e

... it is a piece of cardboard. Folks. That is what it is. It is a piece of cardboard.

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on October 07, 2015, 10:07 AM:

I have a cardboard story...

About 10 years ago my brother, a big Lionel train collector bought a collection of trains and empty boxes from a store owner and after going thru everything we found a nice set box in great shape for a set of trains from 1956 (can't remember the set) that is listed in the price guide for $9,000 complete.

We decided to list the box for the set on eBay and see what happened...we started it at $200 and within an hour it had bids at $1000....ended up selling for $3800, we could hardly believe it! Turns out the fellow who bought it was a set collector and had the set and needed the box to complete it. He had missed out on one some time earlier that sold for $7000. The box we sold had a small water stain and he told me if the water stain was not there he would have been willing to go higher.

At the time we said...it's only a cardboard box....but it had the right set # stamped on it!

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on October 07, 2015, 01:05 PM:

Don't be surprised (and no doubt a little annoyed) if it gets bid up! [Frown]

A friend of mine has an actual pre-release theatrical poster of "Revenge of the Jedi". I've told him to wait until the last few weeks before the new movie, when the "feeding frenzy' for all things STAR WARS comes to it's highest bidding idiocy!!

By the way, on a slightly related note ...

Did they release any of these new STAR WARS trailers on 35MM for the theaters, or are they all just digital files?

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on October 07, 2015, 05:30 PM:

Did a trailer for "Revenge of the Jedi" get out on Super 8? I'm sure I read a review for one.

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on October 07, 2015, 05:36 PM:

Yes there is a super 8 trailer for Revenge... I don't have it but I have seen it.

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on October 07, 2015, 06:15 PM:

Not sure about super 8 but it's available on 16mm.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on October 08, 2015, 11:07 AM:

Yes, the strange thing about it, is that it's different from another trailer of "Revenge of the Jedi". I used to have it, and at least some of them were printed on LPP film stock.

Posted by Steven J Kirk (Member # 1135) on October 11, 2015, 09:01 PM:

Definitely there will be film distribution of The Force Awakens, it seems. IMDB now has this as release formats:

35 mm (Kodak Vision Premier 2393)
70 mm (IMAX DMR blow-up)
D-Cinema (also 3-D version)

Doesn't mention super 8 [Frown]

Posted by Tim Robinson-Ayer (Member # 2521) on October 17, 2015, 08:48 AM:

I have one of those pre-release Revenge of the Jedi posters. It was printed in an issue of weekly Variety. It is very nice, however people overestimate their value. I've never seen one go for more than $100-200 on eBay.

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