Title: The Wedding of Anakin and Padmé
Artist: Lacey Marie Simpson
Book: Star Wars Darth Vader #1 Continue reading
Day 184: Queen Amidala Celebration Ceremony figure
Item: Queen Amidala Celebration Ceremony
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Line: Original Trilogy Collection Transitional Figures
Number: ’05 #4
Price: $4.99
The back of the card reads: “Queen Amidala and the inhabitants of Naboo celebrate their victory over the invasion of the Trade Federation. The Queen wears a decorative parade gown as the jubilant crowd cheers their freedom. The Gungans present Amidala with a Globe of Peace to thank her for her heroic efforts to protect the inhabitants of Naboo.”
When the original trilogy collection figure line came to an end, Hasbro continued to use the same general design for a handful of figures before the Revenge of the Sith line began.
I may have purchased this figure at Walmart.
Day 183: Queen Amidala Glow-in-the-Dark Action Wall Scenes
Item: Glow-in-the-Dark Action Wall Scenes
Manufacturer: Illuminations
Price: $5 (originally $10.99)
The Queen Amidala Glow-in-the-dark action scenes include 8 stickers of the Queen in distinct costumes. There is also a Naboo Royal Starship and numerous Naboo symbols. Illuminations’ line included 30 different designs,
I purchased the item Saturday at Tampa Bay Comic Con.
Day 182: Queen Amidala French poster
Item: The Phantom Menace – “La Riene”
Country of Origin: France
Size: 174.5 cm x 118 cm Continue reading
Day 181: Star Wars Masterwork Padmé Amidala #8 Silver Parallel
Title: Padmé Amidala
Set: Star Wars Masterwork
Manufacturer: Topps
Card: 8
Edition: #56/99 Silver Parallel
Price: $9.99
Star Wars Masterwork is the most premium Star Wars trading card set ever created!
Printed on 72pt stock, the base cards are of extremely high quality. There are numerous levels of parallel versions of base cards.The so-called silver parallels despite looking more bronze, numbered to 99 of each base card, is the third rarest parallel behind the green /50 and the gold 1/1.
I purchased this card on eBay on February 16, 2015.
Day 180: The Senator #180/200
Title: The Senator
Artist: Craig Drake
Edition: 180/200
Size: 11″ x 17″
Price: $37.49
Craig Drake has now done several licensed pieces of art for Lucasfilm including the key art for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, but his first works were a series of five women of Star Wars which also included Aayla Secura “The General”, Aurra Sing “The Hunter”, Leia Organa “The Princess”, and Ann and Tan “The Twins”. I believe I only own “The Senator” and “The General”. Those five are among several used in a 2013 calendar. Both this print and the calendar were exclusive to StarWarsShop.com.
I bought this print from StarWarsShop.com on December 2, 2009.
Day 176: Queen Amidala key ring
Item: Queen Amidala key ring
Manufacturer: Unknown
Size: 1 5/8″ high
Number: 02
Price: $6.99
I don’t really know the providence of this item. I bought this from Vendstock, Inc., and they may be the manufacturer of this item. It is dated 1999 on the bottom and it appears to be numbered “02”. They were selling four other key chains.
Day 175: Star Wars Celebration II Official Program
Item: Star Wars Celebration II Official Program
Artist: Matt Busch
Price:
Star Wars Celebration II was held in May 2002 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Matt Busch created the key art used on the official program.
I purchased the program at the convention center as I attended Celebration II.
Day 174: Queen Amidala watch
Item: Queen Amidala Star Wars Episode I chatacter watch
Manufacturer: The Nelsonic Watch Co.
Price: $10.50
Nelson released several watches to capitalize on the return of Star Wars to movie theaters. This Queen Amidala watch is notable in that Sabe is pictured rather than the queen. Original retail price was $29.99.
I purchased this watch on ebay on July 12, 2015.
Day 173: Black Series #01 Padmé Amidala action figure
Item: Padmé Amidala action figure
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Line: Black Series 3 3/4″
Number: #01
Price: $9.99
Hasbro’s 3 3/4″ Black Series began in 2013 with what had originally been planned as a wave of Droid Factory figures. Padmé Amidala kicked off the line as figure #01 and was joined by seven other figures in the first wave. It had been since 2002 that Amidala was produced in a midriff-baring figure in this scale. In 2015, the figure saw limited release on a Droid Factory card.
I purchased this figure at Toys R Us in Summer 2013.