Maintained by Ron Salvatore (salfamily@aol.com)
Welcome to the Star Wars Collectors Archive Special Feature. The Special Feature is a section of the site that spotlights special interests in a way that is detailed, informative and comprehensive. Moreover, it allows for collectors to contribute to the Archive in a very direct and personal manner. You will find informative charts here, as well as articles, lists and galleries, each of which is focused on a specific area of collecting. We hope that you will find this section of the site enlightening, and we hope that it will continue to grow as we receive more valuable suggestions and submissions. If you have an idea that you think would make a good special feature, please read our submission guidelines.
Current Special Feature:
Super Models: A Look at Kenner Concept Models (Ron Salvatore)
The Woman's Day Empire Strikes Back Playsets (Ron Salvatore)
Star Wars is Forever: A Look Inside Kenner's Aborted Plans for 1985-'86 (Lisa Stevens & Vic Wertz)
The Woman's Day Outer-Space Station (Ron Salvatore)
Star Wars Celebrity Yearbooks (Gus Lopez)
The Bobacabana (Gus Lopez and Pam Green)
Star Wars Gold and Platinum Record Awards (Gus Lopez)
Unproduced Droids and Ewoks (Gus Lopez)
British Print Ads (Chris Harper & Ron Salvatore)
Recycled Kenner Star Wars Toys (Ron Salvatore)
Preliminary Coin Art Gallery (James Gallo & Ron Salvatore)
Guide to Catalog-Order Figure Packs (Ron Salvatore)
Star Wars Does New York: Kenner Toy Fair Showrooms of the '70s and '80s (Ron Salvatore)
Star Wars Kitsch: How Trends of the 70's Influenced Star Wars Merchandising (Pete Vilmur)
A Coin is Born: Kenner's POTF Coins, from Concept to Mass Production (Ron Salvatore) The Power of the Force Proof Card Checklist (Gus Lopez) Csillagok Haboruja: The Hungarian Carded Figure Checklist (Ron Salvatore) Empire Strikes Back Large Action Figure Boxes (Gus Lopez) The Timeless Meets the Obsolete: Star Wars on 8-Track (Pete Vilmur) Revenge of the Jedi Proof Card Checklist (Chris Georgoulias) The Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Kenner Action Figure Card Backs (Dan Flarida) The Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Kenner Mail-Away Offers (John Wooten and Ron Salvatore) The Comprehensive Guide to Cast and Crew Items (Gus Lopez)SWCA Poster Gallery (Pete Vilmur)The Comprehensive Guide to Collecting Micro Collection Figures (Rob Amantea and Ron Salvatore)The Comprehensive Guide to Uzay Carded Figures (Joseph Yglesias)End of an Era: Richard Cox Looks at Kenner's Vintage POTF Line (Richard Cox)Stephane Faucourt's Gallery of Meccano Advertisements (Stephane Faucourt) The Comprehensive Guide to Kenner POTF, Droids and Ewoks Coins (Gus Lopez) The Comprehensive Guide to Kenner Store Displays (Ron Salvatore) The Comprehensive Guide to Cereal Boxes (Gus Lopez) Article on Unproduced Micro Collection Figures (Rob Amantea) Article on Collecting Prototypes (Gus Lopez)