Kessel Run by Santiago Michalek

Posted on 12/04/2024 by mffanrodders

Santiago Michalek specialises in oil paintings of various modes of transport. From horses and cars to hot air baloons and trains. They really are vibrantly painted. Colouful and beautiful, i love the worn, used look that he’s able to inject into his paintings. Santiago states in his bio that he is fascinated by the concept of time in his subject. The effect of time on the machine, when it was built and how the machine may have influenced the lives of this that come into contact with it thoughout its lifetime?

Kessel Run is Santiago’s take on the Millennium Falcon and the battered freighter is a very fitting muse for his painting of George Lucas’s iconic spaceship. I always like the overhead aspect of the Millennium Falcon and the dark background makes a nice contrast to the light grey of the ship herself.

The original is 40″ by 40″ and is available for sale on his website. Unfortunately, i don’t have the funds to add this to my collection.

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LA Dodgers Star Wars Day

Posted on 12/04/2024 by mffanrodders

On the 06th May, the LA Dodgers are hosting a Star Wars night and one of the goodies up for offer is this souvenir of the Millennium Falcon flying over the Dodger Stadium.

Roughly five inches long, it’s cast in resin and is surprisingly heavy. As a UK resident, it’s really great to add these US sporting memorabelia items to my collection as they’re quite unusual. I have the Philidelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants, so i will be delighted to add another of these to the set.

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Trading Card by David Lee

Posted on 02/04/2024 by mffanrodders

I quite like the variety that the trading cards give me and i love adding sketch cards to my collection. I got this one from eBay on a whim. A 1/1 platinum plated card by David Lee.

I’m assuming that it is a sketch card. It’s signed (well, initialled) and dated by the artist. Obviously, it isn’t an official Topps card, but it is a pretty sweet image in my opinion and the finish really makes it stand out.

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Millennium Falcon 2023 Redemption Coin

Posted on 02/04/2024 by mffanrodders

I saw this 2023 Redemption Coin on eBay and really liked it, so i thought i’d take a punt on it.

Listed as a “2023 Star Wars Redemption Coin”, it was part of quite a nice 8 coin set. Unfortunately, i cannot find anything about it other than a reddit thread that says it’s from China and probably unlicenced. It’s actually quite a nice coin.

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“Passion Strength Power” Exhibition at the Parco museum

Posted on 27/03/2024 by mffanrodders

The Parco museum, Tokyo is hosting an exhibition of Star Wars art titled “Passion, Strength, Power” and is being showcased between 26/04/2024 to 13/05/2024. Featuring much art from local talent, as well as artists such as Daniel Arsham. Among the exhibits is this rather large sculpture of the Millennium Falcon by Ryuichi Ohira.

I appreciate that this is an artists mock up of this very public statue, but i do find the black and yellow colouring to be quite striking and I hope that the artist will post some photos once the exhibit becomes live.

Artist that are being featured a Hiroki Tsukuda, Ryuichi Ohira, Hajime Sorayama, Tetsuya Nakamura, Yoshirotten, Daniel Arsham, James Jarvis, Hebru Brantley, Julio Anaya Cabanding, Yoon Hyup, Nicolas Jullien, Stickymonger and TOKI.

There will be some collectibles for this exhibition, so i’ll keep checking to see if anything appeals to me and my collection.

Thanks to Mark Westall and the FAD Magazine for the heads up.

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Royal Mail “Iconic Vehicles” collection

Posted on 19/03/2024 by mffanrodders

The Royal Mint have just released a set of four coins based on the Iconic Vehicles of Star Wars.

The set of four coins has images of the ships that appeared in Star Wars: A New Hope. The first coin is the Millennium Falcon and there are a few versions.

The set is available as a high relief or a colour version. Both are quite lovely, i think. The coins come with a little booklet, which i think is quite nice. I like the fact that the painted version comes with a slightly different booket.

There is also a silver proof version of the 50p coin that is ready to display.

The gold and silver proof coints are more expensive and come in a very attractive display box. I’d love to invest in these, but alas, they are far too rich for my wallet. I think i can afford one of the 2oz silver coins as it’ll display nicely next to my shaped coin from the New Zealand Mint that i have.

These come with a beautiful display case, too. Mintage for each one is:

The brilliant coin is only £12 and appears to be unlimited.
The colour coin is £21 with a maximum mintage of 20, 010 coins.
The silver proof 50p coin is £71 and limited to 7500
The 1oz Silver coin is £103.50 and limited to 3000
The 2oz Silver coin is £195 and limited to 500
The 5oz Silver coin is £487.50 and limited to 200
The 1/4 oz Gold coin is £750 and limited to 250
The Gold 50p coin is £1220 and limited to 100
The 1oz gold coin is £2770 and limited to 100.

If you pre-order the set, you get free shipping, but i’ll only get the Millennium Falcon.


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Uno Star Wars Schematics card game.

Posted on 19/02/2024 by mffanrodders

This Star Wars Schematics version of the Uno card game looks really nice.

The presentation of this set is lovely, i thnk. The box looks great and the images on the cards themselves look sharp.

Nice to see droids as well as vehicles on the cards. The Millennium Falcon card is one of the black cards, which looks like it plays as a wildcard in the game.

I’ve not played Uno before, but it looks like a lot of fun. Put simply, you match your cards by colour or number to deplete your hand. When you’re down to your last card, shout “UNO!”.

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ESB Blueprints for the Ice Hanger at Hoth

Posted on 08/02/2024 by mffanrodders

I’ve been following Heritage Auctions for a while. If you’re a collector, sooner or later something nice, rare, or just unusual will pop up. Like this blue print of the ice hanger for The Empire Stikes Back.

You can make out the Millennium Falcon on the right side of the schematic and there is a faint image just above of the Falcon as you’d see her from the ground.

The schematic is 30″ by 54″ and does show signs of wear and handling. At the moment, bidding is for $500, but i expect to see that shoot up in the 42 days that the auction has left to run. I’d like to put a little bid on myself, but i’m having difficulty verifying my payment details.

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“Move Along” by JJ Adams

Posted on 08/02/2024 by mffanrodders

The original art is my favourite part of my collecting, i think. I stumbled across this original by JJ Adams idly searching for Star Wars Art. In this fun image, you can see a heavily graffitied Millennium Falcon parked outside of the Mos Eisley Science Fiction convention. Our heroes are queuing in front to get in with a plethora of SF robots behind them.

The hand embellished mixed media original is an impressive 1.5m by 1m and is signed by the artist. It’s on eBay now for £12, 995. There are also limited edition prints of 100 with 10 artist proofs available, too. These are priced between £540 and £995.

JJ is clearly a Science Fiction fan, as his work often uses multiple inspirations across the genre and utilises a lot of urban art, such as graffiti, or heavily tattooed heroes and heroines. It’s a nice, contrasting style and I especially like his work of Princess Leia with the sleeve.

JJ Adams is UK artist born in South Africa. His work has been featured in magazines such as Vogue and GQ and he has worked in conjunction with companies such as Rolls Royce and Bang and Olufsen. Quite impressive.

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75375 Midi scale Millennium Falcon

Posted on 01/02/2024 by mffanrodders

I just pre-ordered the new Midi scale Millennium Falcon toy from Lego and it looks really good.

Due to be released in March, it boasts 921 pieces and will be 13′ by 24′ by 19′ when built. I really like that the newer Lego stuff is being built with display in mind and that this comes with a nice stand and name plate.

I think the packaging looks superb. This is not the first Midi scale Falcon and i have the 7778 version that was released way back in 2009.

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