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Launched in 1994, the Star Wars Collectors Archive was the first Star Wars collecting site on the Internet.

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Star Wars Collectors Archive founder Gus Lopez reflects on the site's 30th milestone. Read Gus's full note here: blog.theswca.com/2024/08/the…
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This Archive Database highlight is a Coca-Cola bottle cover card used in Canada to promote a contest. Link below.
Vintage French Canadian STAR WARS Coca-Cola bottle cover for contest

ALT Vintage French Canadian STAR WARS Coca-Cola bottle cover for contest

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This Archive Database highlight is a clay sculpt used to develop the Luke Skywalker keychain released by Playco in the '90s. Link below.
Luke Skywalker keychain clay sculpt (1990s)

ALT Luke Skywalker keychain clay sculpt (1990s)

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Fresh out of #NewYorkComicCon, Yehuda Kleinman spotlights underrated #StarWars exclusives with vintage ties from Citizen Watches and Lionel Trains. Learn more: blog.theswca.com/2026/10/new…
New York Comic Con 2026

ALT New York Comic Con 2026

Exclusive Darth Vader watch from Citizen

ALT Exclusive Darth Vader watch from Citizen

Exclusive Darth Vader boxcar from Lionel Trains

ALT Exclusive Darth Vader boxcar from Lionel Trains

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This Archive Database highlight is an internal Kenner "spec sheet" concerning the Millennium Falcon action figure toy. It includes a photograph of the original model used to conceptualize the toy. Link below.
Vintage Kenner Star Wars Millennium Falcon internal "spec sheet"

ALT Vintage Kenner Star Wars Millennium Falcon internal "spec sheet"

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As this month's official #StarWarsReads literacy campaign kicks off, Yehuda Kleinman details the first editions and printings of the original #StarWars novelization. Learn more: blog.theswca.com/2026/10/sta…
Original STAR WARS novelizations

ALT Original STAR WARS novelizations

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This Archive Database highlight is an original paint-master hardcopy for the Yak Face action figure. Link below.
Vintage Kenner Star Wars Yak Face paint-master hardcopy prototype

ALT Vintage Kenner Star Wars Yak Face paint-master hardcopy prototype

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This Archive Database highlight is the original acetate sculpt of the 8D8 action figure, which was executed at twice the intended production scale. Link below.
Vintage Kenner Star Wars 8D8 2x acetate sculpt and regular scale figures

ALT Vintage Kenner Star Wars 8D8 2x acetate sculpt and regular scale figures

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Just in time for Oktoberfest, Jonathan McElwain delves into an obscure 1978 promotion from Rainier Beer involving everything from a bizarro #StarWars cantina to a cameo from Buster Crabbe of FLASH GORDON fame. Read it here: blog.theswca.com/2026/09/may…
"May the Fresh be with you" 1978 Rainier Beer t-shirt featuring R2-D2 and C-3PO

ALT "May the Fresh be with you" 1978 Rainier Beer t-shirt featuring R2-D2 and C-3PO

1978 Rainier Beer promotional poster featuring FLASH GORDON's Buster Crabbe among Star Wars cantina-like patrons

ALT 1978 Rainier Beer promotional poster featuring FLASH GORDON's Buster Crabbe among Star Wars cantina-like patrons

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In a third Meccano "featurette," Stéphane Faucourt discusses The Empire Strikes Back hand-painted figures used on Palitoy cards and a Meccano 1980 catalog. Learn more here: blog.theswca.com/2026/08/mec…
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK prototype figures from 1980 Meccano catalog

ALT EMPIRE STRIKES BACK prototype figures from 1980 Meccano catalog

EMPIRE STRIKES BACK prototype figures on Palitoy cardback

ALT EMPIRE STRIKES BACK prototype figures on Palitoy cardback

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This Archive Database highlight is a series of prototypes related to a Darth Vader figure from the Micro Collection. Link below.
Vintage Kenner Star Wars Micro Collection Darth Vader prototypes

ALT Vintage Kenner Star Wars Micro Collection Darth Vader prototypes

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If you haven't already, head to TheSWCA.com to learn all about Kenner sculptor Bill Lemon and the acetate medium and creative process he favored. Here are just a few of the amazing original sculpts featured in Ron Salvatore's article.
2-1B acetate sculpt by Bill Lemon

ALT 2-1B acetate sculpt by Bill Lemon

AT-AT Driver acetate sculpt by Bill Lemon

ALT AT-AT Driver acetate sculpt by Bill Lemon

Princess Leia (Hoth) acetate sculpt by Bill Lemon

ALT Princess Leia (Hoth) acetate sculpt by Bill Lemon

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In the second of a series of Meccano "featurettes" focused on packaging and marketing insights from the French licensee, Stéphane Faucourt identifies the presence of a rare double-telescoping Darth Vader figure in an early advert from France. Learn more: blog.theswca.com/2026/08/mec…
French Meccano advert featuring a double-telescoping Darth Vader

ALT French Meccano advert featuring a double-telescoping Darth Vader

French Meccano advert featuring a double-telescoping Darth Vader

ALT French Meccano advert featuring a double-telescoping Darth Vader

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This Archive Database highlight is the original acetate sculpt for EV-9D9, a figure developed for the unproduced Micro Collection Jabba's Boiler Room playset. Link below.
Vintage Kenner Star Wars acetate sculpt for unproduced Micro Collection EV-9D9 figure

ALT Vintage Kenner Star Wars acetate sculpt for unproduced Micro Collection EV-9D9 figure

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