I first read about this book in this month’s Wired mag. Even though I’m not an avid vintage SW collector, in fact I haven’t collected any vintage figures (I just have the ones from my childhood though I did buy lots of the 90’s reissued figures as well as Episode 2 figures in the past two years – that is another story altogether though as eBay and free time can be a very dangerous combination), I absolutely love these figures and not just because my Dad pronounces the word figures as fig-urs. They remind me of when life was simple, when an afternoon creating the Hoth base out of blocks and replaying the opening of “Empire” felt like it lasted for 2 months, when the world was just black and white (or red and green). God, I love original trilogy and those toys….

This book that John Kellerman has painstakingly put together should be requisite “Child of the 80’s” bookshelf material. It looks beautiful and even if you are never going to buy an original mint Darth Vader figure for about $50, you’ll love flipping through the pages any day of the week. It’s the kind of book that you wow company with (ok, fellow sci-fi loving nerd company) and that will make rainy days more fun. I would have ordered my copy already but I have a birthday coming up soon and a certain someone said, “Don’t buy it – send me the link.”