Cal-Vintage

For several of us, it had been years since we'd last been able to see one another in person. For that to finally be remedied this past May at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim was a small miracle...

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The club's 4th trip to Victoria Gardens for the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library's annual Star Wars day was another success, and on May 25th at that! Stationed in our traditional spot in the m...

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Nearly two months later and it still feels like we're in recovery mode (and maybe a bit of withdrawal) from Star Wars Celebration Chicago. This convention was a whirlwind and a whopping 5 day...

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The club's 10th Anniversary celebration continued this past Saturday with our third group outing to Steve Sansweet's Rancho Obi-Wan . Our very own Dwayne Smith, whose first CAVSWCC appearance...

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As Han Solo followed the statement in the title of this post with an "I'm glad I could be here" that bottomed out the Harrison Ford disinterest meter, it became perhaps the funniest moment in ...

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2017 has turned out to be quite an active year for CAVSWCC. With two meetings and a return to the Rancho Cucamonga Library's "Star Wars Reads" event happening earlier in the year (to see phot...

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Last Saturday, CAVSWCC  had another display at this year's annual "Star Wars Reads" event at the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library. Set up within the main library and on the way toward a spec...

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This past Saturday, the club had its first SoCal member-hosted meetup in quite awhile at the home of Phidias Barrios, where his amazing collection "La Biblioteca" resides. Phidias and his famil...

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One youngster pointed out that the non-present Vinyl Cape Jawa was worth $53,000 in today's market. Enjoying the Empire Strikes Back Pop-up Book "Was the Mongo Beefhead Tribesman figure ...

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Star Wars and Minor League Baseball are two things that are awesome in their own right -- what could be better than the two of them together? On Saturday May 21st, CAVSWCC had a vintage roads...

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Baseball and Books! Here's a rundown of some upcoming events in Rancho Cucamonga. - STAR WARS NIGHT - Rancho Cucamonga Quakes SATURDAY MAY 21ST PRE-GAME: 5:30PM FIRST PITCH: 7:05PM   ...

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It had been a long time in the making, but the club finally made its second pilgrimage to Steve Sansweet's Guinness World Record-holding Star Wars collection at Rancho Obi-Wan . Vintage collect...

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Shortly before The Force Awakens hit theaters, I received an email from a producer at CCTV America inquiring about the club and whether or not any of the Southern California local members would...

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At long last, Star Wars Celebration is returning to sunny Southern California from April 16th-19th. For the first time ever, CAVSWCC will not only be in existence for a Celebration taking ...

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"Camelot...Camelot....CAMELOT!...." err, wrong film. Sorry, sorry everyone!  An interesting MPC banner from Return of the Jedi Continuing the May 4th tradition from last year, we had a ...

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Hey guys -- it has been an extreme delay since the club's last dispatch, but I've finally squared things up with the blog and wanted to share a post that I had prepared shortly after our last SoC...

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...the largest privately held Star Wars collection in the world. A fitting crossroads...  Though the California Vintage Star Wars Collectors Club doesn’t get a chance to meet all th...

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Though a few weeks late as far as getting in a second meeting in 2011, the club’s recent Southern CA get-together in Santa Barbara was a very good time. Over the summer, I had the opportunity...

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Hello California Vintage Collectors! Announcing (finally) the club's next meeting. I had hoped to have another get-together before the year's end, but this will do. I'll be hosting this go-arou...

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And the Red Devil’s glare, Blue Stars shining in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there… A certain sense of despair, of something missing was soon dispelled as ...

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Greetings fellow CA Vintage collectors! This is the official announcement and reminder of the club’s next meeting, which is to be graciously hosted by Trevor Wencl (rubberlike on Rebelscum)...

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The Fall 2010 Southern CA Meeting of November the Thirteenth was a memorable one! From discussing the ins and outs of odd encounters with dealers and fellow collectors across the country, a phen...

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It looks like we've got a tentative time and place for the next club meeting! It will be held in Glendale, CA on Saturday, November 13th. Huge thanks to Mark Enright (and family) for hosting. ...

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As life’s chaos continues (back to work, starting a graduate program and potentially moving), I’m reaching out to my fellow California Vintage brethren to reassure (or reassess?) that the ...

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Hi everyone, Well, the time has come. I'll be leaving for Orlando in about 48 hours and couldn't be more excited. I've caught up with all club t-shirt requests as of today, and am looking for...

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