Daniel is One With The Force. Well actually, he's just crazy.

It is no big secret that most Star Wars toy collectors are all grown-ups. They are neither ashamed to reveal this passion, nor do they feel the need to share them compulsively.

Therefore I had to chronicle the pleasure of meeting up with Daniel this week, a long-time friend and one who is strong in the ways of the Force, who invited us over to see his new rebel base.

If I thought I was crazy about my stuffs, Dan is worse.

His whole goddamn place reeks of 'em! Not a single space was NOT occupied by plastics made in China.

Whoah! A customised glass display cabinet!

The Battle of Hoth and Endor reenacted on the lower glass levels. Sweet.

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The AT-ATs looked damn cool. Must be the lighting or something. Check out the Hoth Turret with the trooper. Awesome.

Whoah! Jedi! And loads of them! A busy and bloody reenactment (above) of Jedi knights haggling over the price of fish with them Federal Droids at Tekka Market.

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Seriously, it's a mockup of the Battle of Geonosis.

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Whoah! Republic gunships to the rescue!!! Jedi are not good with bargaining, eh?

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The arrival of Sith Lord Palpatine with his entourage from the shuttle Tydirium. Vader is kneeling down, not as a sign of respect but most probably a consequence of bowel disorder from yesterday's Annual Force Vomit Competition.

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Seriously, this is a setup uncannily similar in Return of The Jedi. Even the troopers are in the correct sequence of formation. Whoa.

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"Yo, Palpy, I'm not feeling too good below. And I think I can't get up".

"The Dark Side in you stirs, methinks".

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There was literally so much stuffs everywhere, I just didn't know what to shoot at. Imagine a house with every single element an influence of the Force, and you'll get the idea of a big-ass residential toy gallery masquerading as a home. What an incredible collection.

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Dan is one of the millions of collectors worldwide who painstakingly collects these figures and displays them out for showcase. I understand that Dan spends at least a four digit sum each month scouring the galaxy for new stuffs, and is a keen buyer from auction sites Yahoo and Ebay.

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It's pretty amazing how Star Wars has garnered a relentless, undying obsession among it's rabid fans here. They don't give a rat's ass what people think of them all these years, kinda like the weird looks they get from people when they're hovering in the toy section of Takashimaya and Metro, carefully examining every figure on the hooks.

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I'm guessing it will stay for at least another decade or two, before some new phenomenon ( not Blossoms, Buttercup and Bubbles - please) takes over a new surge of collecting to a new height. Even then, I don't think Star Wars wil fade just like that in a whimper. Except maybe when Hasbro gets blown up in a nuclear accident or whatever - now that'll be an explosive way to go.

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And as the Dark Lord would say: "Impressive. Most impressive".

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