Staff and Moderators Bio's

Admin/Webmaster

Mark, aka Yoda027, was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and has his Bachelor's degree is Fine Arts with a concentration on Graphic Design. Mark owns and operates several collecting websites including Yodasnews.com, Voldemortsvault.com and Starwarsminigames.com. Mark also built a collection room in his home to house his every growing collection and has a broad collecting focus. He has been married 6 years and has a 4 year old daughter.

Asst. Admin

Sergio, aka Lord Chableo, is software engineer from Austin, Texas. He is married with no children. He collects several Star Wars lines and products, as well as several other Gentle Giant products.

Editor/Writer

Pete, aka swabie2424, is a screenwriter living in Burbank, California along with his wife and two year old daughter.  A graduate of USC film school, he’s worked in both film and television for over a decade.  His parents bought him the Kenner Star Wars early bird action figure kit when he was four years old, and a life long addiction began! Pete is also the proud papa of the Most Wanted Section here.

Design/Photography

Phil, aka philnjill, is a married father of five in WA state who wishes Gentle Giant would adopt him as a surrogate child and lavish him with products. As it stands, he instead spends his hard earned cash on a wide variety of stuff - not just from GG, but many others as well. His eclectic collection encompases Star Wars, Star Trek, NASA, Buffy, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, LOTR, The Muppets, Alien/Predator, Battlestar Galactica and more, really, than he has space for. He likes to play with Photoshop in his spare time.

Head Moderator/Contributor

Rob, AKA Robbathehutt is a Carpenter who lives in Vancouver Washington. Rob has a bachelor's degree in Biology but found the idea of counting fish in Alaska unappealing. He is married with two daughters. Untill recently, he was an avid Hasbro collector but is now focusing on Gentle Giant products and Trading Cards.

Database Wizard/Registry Admin

Dave aka dpatera, is the brains behind the ever evolving GGC Registry and the automation of the Most Wanted Section.

Price Guides/Contributer

Tim, aka VaderRx, is a Pharmacist from the great state of Texas. He is married, and is the proud father of a young son. When he isn't rearranging his Gentle Giant collection into different configurations, he stays busy destroying people around the world on Halo 3.

Event Correspondent/Bust Ups Expert

Matt, AKA big_matt, is a banker who live in Rockland County, NY, but is a true Bronx Boy at heart. He is married with 1 son, and another one on the way. He has recently vowed to stop collecting Hasbro Figures, and has moved his obsession to GG mini-busts. In addition to SW items, Matt also collects Wolverine (X-Men, not University of Michigan) paraphernalia.
 

Moderator's

Mod to the Mods

Susan, aka Cirielle,is an electrical designer. lives in Richmond VA with her husband and 5 year old daughter. She is an avid collector of statues, mini busts, prop replicas, toys, and 12" figures from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Serenity, Transformers and various other lines. Her addiction to collecting can be traced back to her Grandpa and Grandma. They gave her a love of science fiction and a love of keeping things.

Moderator/Overnight Watchman

Steve, AKA Smatt4u, is a Retail manager who lives in Cambridge in the UK. He has a Degree in computer science which he studied at college many years ago but decided it was not the life for him and decided to get into Retail. He is now a retail manager training to be an area manager for a large clothing company. He collects many things from many companys (i.e GG, MR, Code 3) and many others from a wide variety of films. Star Wars, Lotr and the Matrix are his main focus, but he does collect a selection of others. I keep an eye on things when my US colleagues are fast asleep.....

Moderator

 James, aka Darthmatrix. I live in the great state of North Carolina. I'm currently an accoutant/consulant for our local news paper. I live with my lovely wife and our two year old son. My hobbies are collecting GG bust and SS LOTR stuff, but my favorite thing to do is just spent time with my family.

Moderator

 Ian, aka ARC, spends his days working as a Software Engineer and loves every minute of it. He collects many things including GG, Star Wars Fiction, beer steins,and Mineral Specimens (AKA rocks). When he is not at work or on GGC  he spends time with my wife and soon to have baby number 1 in April. Also in April he will be married for three years and has have enjoyed every minute of it.
 

Moderator

Joe, better known on the web as "Jedistarkiller" or "JSK" or short, was born, raised, and resides in Northeast Ohio. He is currently attending college and majoring in Graphic Design and minoring in Art History. His love for Star Wars extends into his early childhood, ever since watching ANH he was hooked. He hopes to not only become a successful graphic designer but also an artist in his own right. In fact he has become the sort of the unofficial artist of GGCollectors.com designing t-shirts, avatars and many wallpapers for the site. And sorry ladies, he's taken!

Moderator

Matt, aka Susiesmatt, is an avid collector of Gentle Giant's Star Wars mini busts, statues and maquettes. He currently lives in Massachusetts with his lovely wife Susie, and works as a printing press operator. Matt has been hooked on Star Wars since the first time he saw The Empire Strikes Back when he was five years old. In addition to his impressive collection of Gentle Giant products, he is also working on a Star Wars tattoo mural to wear his love of Star Wars on his "sleeve"! He also enjoys playing Halo 3 with the GGC Mini Busters.
 

Moderator

Michael, aka wyldaxe, is a programmer in Eugene Oregon. He is married and has two sons. He is fairly new to the Gentle Giant collecting community having started his collection in late 2006. His Gentle Giant collection, as well as his Hasbro collection, is mainly focused around ROTS Clones. Along with Gentle Giant busts he collects a wide variety of figures including Star Wars figures, assorted McFarlane figures, and many other anime and fantasy figures. His goal is to someday get a house where he can have a room dedicated to his ever-growing collections

Moderator

Howard (aka OxBeard)

 

 

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