TIE Defender

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1. This one lives in my regrets as I passed up on two of them boxed some years ago on clearance at ToysRUs, still a grail item I’d like to add to my collection someday.

   • Definitely a grail item. I sometimes see these pop on Mercari for a semi-decent price. Though right now, one guy wants $450, which is nuts.

2. Just found one and listed it on Mercari, if anyone wants it haha. Just the ship and display stand, unfortunately no minifigures but I wonder if eBay might sell those separately.
   John, what’s the unique number on the base of the Defender pilot? I had one once and immediately could tell the pilot was unique to all the other tie pilots.

   • Yeah I saw that one pop up as well. The pilot is #4 with grey boots/gloves and gunmetal helmet. His helmet isn’t as shiny as the one that comes with the Interceptor.

3. Yeah… I get rarity, I do, but this is when if someone built and offered a resin printed one in identical scale, I’d just buy one of those. I’m normally wasn’t a repro guy for a lot of my collection, but when prices start to do this, it’s ridiculous.

   • Yeah, the prices are ridiculous I think. There are some Micro Machines I still want, but I’m not paying the $400+ price tags.

4. The Action Fleet vehicles were my favorite line in all of the star wars toys. It made me very sad when they went away and even more sad when they came back and they were either the Transformers versions, or the display ships without figures. I didn’t buy Any of those, not that I was protesting, it just literally had No appeal to me. I was still a youngen then and I was not a fan of transformers, nor would I try to justify to my mom why I had to have the display variant for so much more money, and didn’t even come with figures, I just didn’t want it/ The Tie Defender and the B-Wing were in my must have list, when I found out the line was was ended I thought I’d never see one again. I spent nearly 20 yeas on ebay randomly waiting to see one, And at a price that didn’t kill me just to look at. between $400- $900 most of the time. Earlier this year I found one still sealed still in mostly great shape I talked them down to $250.. And while that is still rough, I finally got my Tie Defender and as big as my collection is, it is my Centerpiece 😀 I always wished they would have gotten to a Star Destroyer version though.

   • Dude, I am so glad you got a TIE Defender. It’s an amazing model, but quite pricey to get. I know I’ve dropped a good bit on some AF stuff in the past. I think I spent way too much on the Trade Federation Tank, which I never saw at my local stores, but it’s an amazing model.

5. I was the one that was nuts enough to buy it lol I negotiated down a bit. But this was like a rare occasion where I had the money to get it and it was in the box with its figures. But Ive got it, it arrived today and it still amazes me how far its travelled. It was the last ship I needed before I moved on to the battle packs.

   • That is awesome news man. It’s a great ship to have.

6. I was lucky enough to find one of these at a local collectibles and movie memorabilia shop for $30 just a few years ago. They had priced it thinking it was a TIE Interceptor! And just a few years prior to that I splurged and bought a sealed Defender off eBay for $100. So I kept the one I had just bought, which was in better condition, and sold my eBay purchase for $300. Took the $200 profit and bought the final few Action Fleet ships I was missing! It was fun for a brief time owning two boxed Defenders. It’s the only ship I’ve left sealed.

   • That is awesome, and what a great price too.