a little OT: star wars figure/vehicle art?

[Bronty]

Uh...yeah. That piece is killer. Is this stuff out there or in the Hasbro archives?

 

The Transformers stuff is out there. I'm not sure if it was because of the licensing from Takara or how much of the art was originally done in Japan, etc but there is a great deal of G1 TF art floating around.

 

GI Joe, on the other hand, is all mostly still with Hasbro. Well, pre-1990 stuff anyway. There's a greater amount of post-1990 out there but it's not as desirable because the characters are pretty lame and the art doesn't feature the explosion backgrounds.

 

Like i said earlier, there are only approx 7 known pieces of pre-1990 figure art outside their archives and one piece of pre-1990 vehicle art, which is the Wolverine piece i referenced earlier. There is some European vehicle packaging art out there, one of which you can see in my CAF gallery:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1020862

 

And framed up here:

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1020864

 

Nice BUGG!

 

Somebody's got some great TF stuff then, wow

[Dave Aikins]

This is the X-wing painting my buddy Dave Groff painted and still has. It sadly never made it to the shelves.

 

http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=48715

 

 

He's also checking to see where he put the Ewok Battle Wagon painting, but this is the box:

 

http://www.finalfrontiertoys.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/P/O/POTF_Ewok_Battle_Wagon_AFA_80_11020749_2.jpg

[dspair]

Awesome!

 

This is the X-wing painting my buddy Dave Groff painted and still has. It sadly never made it to the shelves.

 

http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=48715

 

 

He's also checking to see where he put the Ewok Battle Wagon painting, but this is the box:

 

http://www.finalfrontiertoys.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/P/O/POTF_Ewok_Battle_Wagon_AFA_80_11020749_2.jpg

[Bronty]

I like how this thread has already turned up a sectaurs piece and two Star Wars pieces at the mere mention of possible value

[Bronty]

I guess it's like scarface said... first the art gets the money, then it gets the respect...

[Dave Aikins]

The 2 Star Wars pieces turned up because someone who occasionally posts here wanted to join in the conversation...

[Bronty]

Don't take it personally. I'm not questioning your motives and I'm glad you shared all that with us, it was interesting.

 

But there were some decent numbers thrown around. If we have that discussion and the numbers thrown around are $100 then you might never pipe up and in fact might be offended that so little was thought of your friend's work. And Mitch never bothers to ask about the sectaurs art, because, well... selling a $100 piece can be more trouble than its worth.

 

I'm not questioning your motives; I take you at your word and honestly I couldn't care less what they are anyways, I'm just glad you added to the discussion.

 

But when the numbers are bigger the discussion is invariably juicier.

 

(For example: say that your friend's star wars art was $1m. You (or he) might well, and with good reason, be sharing your friend's biography with us and talking to the auction houses and planning the press release. Juicier).

[Eric Seffinga]

[Bronty]

That was consructive you can roll your eyes but its still true People still bring up the asm 328 sale. Dollars bring interest and interest brings dollars; there's a symbiotic relationship there

[ShaneTurgeon]

I'm excited to see which Sectaurs art Mitch has. Sadly it's a like that suffers from very little interest so the dollar value on it won't near as high as stuff like SW and TF but i definitely know a few people who might be interested in it!

[Bronty]

I was thinking the same thing. I remember liking sectaurs Id love to see the art. if it was better timing I might be interested myself

[artdealer]

As soon as I know something I'll post it here.

MI

[Bronty]

happened across these on CAF today and while I think the images were posted years ago I thought it would be new and fun for some of the people on this thread.

 

From what I recall these GI joe pieces were viewed at Hasbro HQ by a small group of hobbyists a few years back. I understand they remain corporately owned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[J DUB]

Thanks for sharing. Those are awesome. They bring back some great childhood memories. Some of the best toys I have ever played with.

[ShaneTurgeon]

Hasbro displayed all of that stuff at the GI Joe con that was in Rhode Island a few years back. Wish i could have attended!

[Bronty]

Hasbro displayed all of that stuff at the GI Joe con that was in Rhode Island a few years back. Wish i could have attended! hijacked the art at gunpoint

 

[Bronty]

Id love to see an auction (or a private sale for that matter ) for something like the destro or storm shadow. I know if I were selling those Id ask something like 50k or more for destro and more for storm shadow. They are certainly at least as cool as any 80s comic art that sells for 50k

[artdealer]

I have a marginally OK shot of the Sectaurs art from the artists widow.

How do I upload a picture to here?

MI