CUSTOM TOY DISPLAYS AT COLLECTORS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: STAR WARS MULTI DISPLAY AT PROMENADE-HOTH

[D. MARQUIS]

THE ONE THING WE LOVE ABOUT STAR WARS IS THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS AND VEHICLES THE TOY SERIES OFFERED. IF YOU ASKED ME WHICH WAS /IS MY FAVORITE CHAPTER IN THE SERIES- I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU- HOWEVER-THIS PARTICULAR STAR WARS DISPLAY WAS MY FAVORITE TO DESIGN. WE LOVED TO IMPROVISE BECAUSE WE REALLY COULDN'T AFFORD TO PURCHASE A LOT OF MATERIALS- BUT WE MADE IT WORK EXTREMELY WELL-WE CHOPPED STYROFOAM FOR HOURS WITH SCISSORS.YEAH- THE TEAM KICKED ASS ON THIS ONE. THESE WERE OUR FIRST DISPLAYS OF DETAIL AFTER WE PROTOTYPED THEM AT THE SHORT LIVED- TOPANGA LOCATION.(WHO WAS AROUND OR WORKED THE TOPANGA SHOP?)

*DID YOU KNOW?

A)WE USED STYROFOAM AND CARD BOARD FOR MOST OF THE STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENTS OF OUR DISPLAYS.

B)OUR DISPLAYS WERE SO COOL AND RESPECTED, THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE OPEN WITH ONLY A RAILING TO KEEP VIEWERS AT A DISTANCE FROM TOUCHING THEM, ONLY ONE (1)FIGURE WAS STOLEN. (THE FIGURE WILL BE REVEALED IN A LATER POST!)

C)MANY OF THE TOYS FOR OUR DISPLAYS WERE DONATED BY OUR CUSTOMERS-AND STAFF

THIS DISPLAY WAS A PARTICULAR DESIGN KENNY AND MYSELF WERE TRYING OUT TO SAVE MONEY BUY NOT BUILDING A TON OF INDIVIDUAL STANDING DISPLAYS- AS STAR WARS HAS SO MANY SCENES- SO WE CAME UP WITH DESIGNING ONE BIG DISPLAY INTO SECTIONS.
ABOVE THE DISPLAY WOULD BE THE AMAZING BATTLE IN SPACE. I WAS WORKING ON DESIGNING A STAR DESTROYER THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOVE THE ENTRANCE AT THE PROMENADE LOCATION -FACING THE BATTLE-BUT....YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. I WAS REALLY TRYING TO PUSH IT AS FAR AS I COULD WITH CAPTURING THE DETAILS TRUE FANS WOULD APPRECIATE.

[D. MARQUIS]