| Rebelscum came about back in early 1996, when it was known as "Philip's
Star Wars Pictures, Toys and Thoughts". Star Wars websites,
much less Star Wars "collecting" websites, were few and far between
in those early days. Originally a one-man operation run by Philip Wise,
the site was started reporting on the toy collecting community in the greater
Dallas, Texas area on November 20, 1996. With the arrival of the Star
Wars Special Editions, the hobby began to really heat up, and Philip
saw the need to expand the scope of his humble side project. It wasn't long
before he began making regular collecting reports from all across the world.
In October of 1998 Chris Holoka came on the scene to aid Philip in creating an all-new site, one that
would better accommodate the many facets that Pictures, Toys and Thoughts had been struggling to contain. This new website was dubbed "Rebelscum.com".
Philip is best known around here as the founder of Rebelscum. He lives
in Texas. When not answering email, figuring out what to add next to our publishing software, Philip can be found making heaps of sawdust in his woodworking shop or managing another
website interest, TheForce.net.
Chris lives just outside Detroit, MI and, among other duties, is the
resident graphics guru at Rebelscum. You can see more of his work
over at Toshi Station.
Mark, a resident of California, founded Hunter's Guild, a
long running site featuring The Galaxy's Most Wanted and many
popular polls that did a great job of getting feedback from collectors
on their most wanted Star Wars toys. Besides covering the day-to-day toy
news, he also maintains the popular Question Mark! section here at Rebelscum.
Dustin has been actively involved in the online Star Wars
collecting community for many years - and has written for more
collecting sites than Luke's had resculpts. From the old school
"Dustin's Figure Collection and News Page" to the popular "Twin Sun
Times" to Yakface.com (and probably
a few in between), we are very pleased to have his dedication to the
hobby here at Rebelscum. Dustin lives in the Cincinnati, OH area.
Dave represents part of the Canadian arm of Rebelscum, taking up
residence in Vancouver. Besides reporting on the collecting community in
the Great White North, he is best known as the artist and co-creator of
the Internet's first online comic book JawaForce.
A resident of the UK, Jeremy is the administrator of EuroRebelscum,
Rebelscum's European sister site. Jeremy founded is the
author of The
Official™ Price Guide to Star Wars Memorabilia. His greatest
aspiration is to visit every single Star Wars filming location
on this planet without getting divorced - and then publish a
book about it.
"The Hardest Working Man In Customizing!" That title is well-earned
by Dan! Since 1999, he has coordinated our Critique
of the Week feature, showcasing custom-created Star Wars toys.
Dan is well known (perhaps infamous) in the customizing community through
various websites, such as the FFURG
--(Forgotten Force Ultimate Resource Guide)-- where he runs the monthly
Casting Calls. Dan created and maintains The
Custom Alliance, featuring not only his own creations, but also those
of over one hundred other customizers. He was a major contributor to CollectStarWars.com
and now reports on customs, comic books, and all things Star Wars.
For more information, read Dan's
Custom Spotlight.
Stéphane (which is a male name in France so you don't get confused) is
the EuroRebelscum
correspondent for France and Switzerland. In real life he is a techical
engineer in thermal and fluid mechanics, but as his alter ego he collects
Classic Trilogy action figures - first on European packaging including
variations, second on US packaging (if they don't get released in Europe)
and third in loose condition for his dioramas. If you have any questions
on modern Euro/Tri-logo carded figures then Stef is your man.
Yet another Rebelscum Canuck, Shane has been involved in the Canadian toy scene on a variety of levels for over a decade. He is best known for his Star Wars tattoo website tattoosandtoys.com and his freelance writing for Star Wars Insider. Primarily a vintage Star Wars collector, Shane also collects vinyl and has a particular penchant for collecting some of the more oddball items that have been released under the Star Wars banner.
Jay lives outside Baltimore, MD but hails originally from Southern California. Having provided the initial slogan for Rebelscum.com, he is proud to be able to contribute to this amazing site. Having amassed a large collection of printed materials, Jay manages the Jedi Journals section, but other Star Wars related musings can be found at his site, RogueDesigner.net; which includes the comprehensive Comic Book Movie and Television Show Database.
Hailing from Portugal, José has been a Star Wars addict since he
saw Episode IV 1978, when he was 19. José joined Euro.Rebelscum
in 2005, after leaving BeJedi.com,
as a reporter to cover news and collecting in Portugal and Spain. His
favourite Star Wars subjects are books of every kind/theme (but
mainly comics and reference works), LEGO (which was the first toy he remembers
playing with) and the Star Wars Miniatures game from Wizards. A
few additions to his rules of collecting include anything to do with Yoda,
12” figures and trading cards (especially promos).
Grahame is originally from the UK, but now resides in Vermont. He joined the team in February 2006 when his Collector's Registry (mrcollectors.com) site became part of Rebelscum.com. Grahame focuses on collecting Star Wars props, and was also a 2004 and 2005 National Yo-Yo champion.
Paul Pritchard
Paul, Philip and Chris are all partners in Collecting Headquarters, which develops the content management software used to publish Rebelscum.com.
Rebelscum Slogan Contest Winners
Prior to the release of Rebelscum.com, we had a slogan contest.
Here are the very funny results.
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