My last entry displayed the lovely gifts sent to me by my wonderful blog friends , now I want to show you how it all started.

This collection pales in comparison to the collections some of you have, but hey, it's mine, and I'm proud of it!

Due to limited space (which I hope to resolve one of these days) I had to display everything on the same shelf, and some of it I set out on the dining room table.

First up, we have my models. I worked on these about 25 or so years ago. I'm glad I found them when I did, because the glue is starting to dissolve, and everything is falling apart.

R2 & C-3PO (there are a few of R2's "spare parts" behind 3PO's leg.)

Millennium Falcon

Luke's Snowspeeder, complete with little Luke and Dak

I also have an X-Wing somewhere--I can't find it, and I'm afraid it's completely fallen apart!

These are buttons I ordered from the Fan Club "store" from Bantha Tracks, the newsletter of the fan club at the time. 1978

And speaking of Bantha Tracks........... This is the letter the members of the Fan Club got when they were trying to figure out what to call the newsletter.

This is a stack of Lucasfilm Fan Club magazines, the predecessor to the Insider. Some of them are still in their "plain brown paper wrapper".

My Official Star Wars Fan Club keychain

A cup and bowl set from Empire Strikes Back

A set of glasses from Coca Cola.

Some assorted ticket stubs (come on, you know you saved them, too!)

A pair of Lucasfilm Fanclub Patches

This is a book cover I got when joined the fan club.

Looking back, I'm wondering where a kid got all the money to buy these things! I was one lucky little girl!

Two copies of the original Star Wars novel--I had to buy a second one because I wore the first one out. It's being held together with masking tape.

12th Edition
16th Edition

The rest of the Original Trilogy in paperback

The Empire Strikes Back in hardback, also well read

In this notebook are my Topps trading cards. I have been collecting these from the start.

This was my very FIRST Star Wars soundtrack from 1977. This, children, is known as an
8-track tape. I played this thing to death until the arrival of cassette tapes.

And, of course, you can't forget the good old vinyl record album. (I'm still trying to find my Original Star Wars soundtrack record. I can't find it!! It wasn't with the rest of the records!--It's probably with that X-Wing model!)

These are my vinyl soundtracks, and "The Story of Star Wars" Turn the record over! and The Empire Strikes Back Story: "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker".

Bonus soundtrack: The Original Battlestar Galactica

This is a birthday card my sistergave me--the one with the yarn buns. On the inside, if you can't read it, it says, "Gotcha something I knew you could use. I know you like the picture, But I think the inside is neat, too. (Who's lookin' at the inside?)" Neat......the lingo of the times!

I also have three Kleenex boxes, with cut-outs on the bottom that you can color yourself. Sorry, they were actually Puffs. But who cares when your nose is running?

And this is my wonderful blanket I covered up with when I was cold, and sometimes when I just wanted to feel close to my heroes.

Wow, this is getting very long, and I'm tired from posting all the links, so I'll bring this to a close. I want to conclude with one of my most prized possessions:

An official REVENGE of the Jedi patch. I wonder how many of these were sent out before GL decided to change the name? I am tickled to actually OWN one of these.


My next entry will include more audio and video memorabilia.

See you later,

GB