The Crazy World of Superhero Collectors

Collectors of action figures may spend as much as Rp1 billion on their hobby. It is a craze arising from childhood nostalgia and the love of certain comics characters.

February 9, 2011

ROBOT C-3PO looks precisely like its original. It’s golden yellow and human sized, standing in a corner. On its left is R2-D2, a small robot with a dome-shaped head. The two robots decorate one of the glass cabinets put on display at Café Droids in Kemang, South Jakarta.

For Star Wars enthusiasts, they are familiar figures. They are the friends or supporters of two central figures in Star Wars: Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Keno

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