If this isn't the best story you'll read today about one mans obsessive love for Star Wars memorabilia, I'll eat my hat.
Luke Kay’s mammoth haul, which includes 16,000 costumes, props from Star Wars and other big screen classics, fills the house he lives in, another one he rents and two storage units.
This already sounds awesome right? Well wait until you read some of what he actually has.
Skywalker’s original light sabre from The Empire Strikes Back.
A full-sized moving version of Star Wars baddie Jabba the Hut
Full-size R2D2 and C3PO robots made from the same moulds as the originals.
An exact copy of the famous gold bikini worn by Princess Leia after she was captured by Jabba.
The distinctive orange flight suit and helmet worn by Skywalker in his X-Wing fighter in The Empire Strikes Back.
The jacket and trousers worn by the same character while he is being trained by Master Yoda during Star Wars: A New Hope.
An original Kit car from 80s hit TV show Knight Rider
Two full-size speeder bikes
That's right, two speeder bikes and a working Jabba the Hutt. If that isn't awesome I don't know what is. This truly is the uplifting story of the year.
The collection, which took more than a quarter of a century to assemble, grew so big that it even contributed to the end of his 21-year-marriage in 2006.
oh... maybe it's not so uplifting.
And although Mr Kay’s new girlfriend, Debbie Mawer, 26, has embraced the items and goes to events dressed in his costumes, the 42-year-old has decided to call it a day
Well that's kind of a happy ending. His collection is valued at more than 1 million pounds, so I guess the loss of his collection will be tempered with the solace that comes from a huge pile of cash and a 20 year old girlfriend. If I was him I wouldn't sell that Gold Bikini.... or one of the speeder bikes.
via the dialymail.co.uk
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