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February 23, 2011 By 7 Comments

This Star Wars Fan has an impressive (but dusty) collection

Thomas Atkinson looks like Qui-Gon and has more than 13,000 Star Wars items in his collection. Check it out:

I caught this on the local news last night and you can just hear the anchor starting to laugh at the end of the clip. He then throws in a quick snipe at the guy before they cut to commercial. Is it possible for the media to report on a fan or a collector without mocking him? (Of course, some totally deserve it.)

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  1. IAreGeek says

    February 23, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Dusty indeed. I can understand the chore it might be to clean a collection that size but did you see the brush he was using? Seemed a little hard to be cleaning with.

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    • Brian says

      February 23, 2011 at 10:10 am

      Yeah, that was no feather duster!

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  2. christopher tupa says

    February 23, 2011 at 10:32 am

    Nice! Always cool seeing others collections!
    I’ve never dusted with a paintbrush though, but if it works…maybe a softer brush would work better

    Funny how it’s OK to mock toy collectors but no one ever makes fun of the guy with a room full of sports jerseys…

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    • Brian says

      February 23, 2011 at 10:38 am

      Agreed. I think this guy has an amazing collection — way more interesting than a bunch of LeBron James bobbleheads.

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  3. Thomas G. Atkinson says

    March 6, 2011 at 12:31 am

    Greetings! I’m the collector in question here. Thanks for posting the video! The bit of me dusting was quickly staged; I do use that brush for dust that gets in the tiny crevices of things, but for that landspeeder, I’d be more inclined to use a cloth. Didn’t have one handy.

    The news anchor could have been a lot worse. I was very happy with the reporter and cameraman who came to visit, and I thought the finished story was really very nice. I have seen a spike in visitors since this was broadcast — probably due to folks sharing the link to the online video. We live in the future!

    Thanks again!

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    • Brian says

      March 6, 2011 at 10:07 am

      Hey Thomas, thanks for stopping by! You have an incredible collection. I only mentioned the dust because the report seemed to focus on it 😉 You can dust it with a leaf blower for all I care, I was just enthralled by all your great stuff.

      I didn’t know you had a site until your comment, so I’ll give it a plug now…

      To find out more about Thomas’ museum, visit http://www.startoysmuseum.org/

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