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Thursday, 29 May 2025

Binding Bars Slide Grips

I'm not sure of the age of this item - it's likely to be somewhere in the ball-park of 2010-2015, but honestly I really don't know.

When my kids were growing up I'd buy them books and "art-stuff" from a shop called "The Works" (a UK discount retail chain). They often had Star Wars sticker books at a reasonable price, and the kids loved sticking the stickers in, although the stickers often ended up on their bedroom furniture too! I recall getting something Star Wars arty from there too but for the life of me I can't recall what it was, though it was possibly some drawing outlines to colour in. Anyway, the paper (presumably scribbled on) went in the recycling, but I kept these grips, thinking they may be of use.

Value-wise, I guess it depends on a few factors. I believe there's always a market and that will influence the value, though we're only talking a few quid.

Star Wars Attack of the Clones Stationery Set

Official Star Wars stationery set from 2002 (the year AOTC came out), sold in the UK by Grosvenor.

This stationery set comprises of 2 pencils, a ruler, a rubber (or eraser, if you will) and a pencil sharpener.

As you can see, it's unopened. I have plenty of pencils so no need to break in to this. Besides, it's collectable, right? Well, yes, though I don't think it's appreciated in value much since I got it.

Although it doesn't explicitly state Attack of the Clones, we know it is related to this particular Star Wars film because the year of issue and the fact there are clone troopers on the ruler.

Friday, 23 September 2022

Star Wars C-3PO's Exercise Book

C-3PO's purpose may be human-cyborg relations but he also makes a snazzy cover model for this 1977 Letraset Star Wars exercise book, especially set against the starry blue background.

This 24-page faint ruled exercise book has survived from my childhood. I say survived, but, well... there's not much of this book left. The pages are gone - it's just the cover remaining. But it's here, so this Threepio collectable gets documented on this blog.

I love the fact that on the back there are some "inter-galactic" translations of a handful of English words in to strange alien languages such as French, German and Italian!

On the inside of the cover there are some stickers - E.T. and Weetabix - I've even included a photo of these for your amusement (or your disgust, if you're a purist who can't stand the thought of a kid in the 70s spoiling this future collectors item). At least I had the foresight to keep this.

Is Uncle Owen interested in buying this collectors item?

Perhaps, if the back of the book had some bocce translations! Complete and good condition examples may fetch £25+. Not sure about the cover only. Sure, there's a value, but I wouldn't be sure on guessing. Funnily enough, the stickers inside may add to the value.

Sunday, 30 September 2012

Vintage Star Wars Rubbers and Pencil Toppers

Rubbing Up The Right Way With Must-Have Star Wars Stationery

As a kid, I collected a lot of knick-knacks. As a Star Wars fan, I had to have pretty much anything I could afford to buy. These Star Wars rubbers and pencil toppers were a good way to spend my pocket money.

These were collected in the early 1980s, with the possible exception of the old R2-D2 pencil topper (you'll know which one I'm referring to when you see it). This one is older.

Of course, pencil toppers were great for covering up the chewed end of your pencil!