Rocket Riding along the FaceBook Divide: The SWCA Podcast #99

“The Honesty, which is kindness, that comes across as cruelty.” This episode is about collecting the Biker Scout, but it is also about the pre-Facebook / Post-Facebook collector divide. We talk about the rocket rider’s short snout and proofs while also penning an open letter to the unofficial leadership council of the FaceBook collectors. We invite John Alvarez and Joe Yglesias -the eternally old-and-grumpy Stattler and Waldorf of vintage Star Wars - to share tales of old hobby beefs and how it used to be on Rebelscum. John pipes in to discuss how he built his storied and dismantled Biker Scout run and then Joe helps us to think about where the Scout DNA hides in Vintage bootlegs. Plus FX Master history lessons, VHS commercials, Quartz Stop Watches and an improvised Market Watch on the Gretzky Podcast! Table of Contents 01:30 Show intro 10:34 Open Letter to the FaceBook Gods 22:30 Actual Biker Scout Talk Begins 28:40 Behind the Steve with the “Rocket Bike” rider 37:20 Skye-Ku 38:12 Netherlands Biker Scout Stuff 42:35 John and Joe Tell Tales of Trolls Past 54:30 Nienast debate 1:03:14 The Great FX Master Scam History 1:13:13 The guy who didn’t understand what a Yak Face hardcopy is 1:27:30 John’s Old Biker Scout Run 1:47:30 Biker Scouts DNA in the Bootleg 1:51:32 Nugget from the Archive (Unproduced clock, Stopwatch Layout Art) 1:59:10 Havens debate and John 2:03:09 Unloved Item (Ditty Bag) 2:07:15 Vintage Kenner Commercial 2:11:30 Biker Scout Improvised Market Watch 02:15:45 Short Mouth Variant 02:17:22 CBS-FOX Video Sweepstakes Ad and outro