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 admins and operates several collecting websites including Yodasnews.com, IndianaJonesCollectors.com, Voldemortsvault.com, HaloCollectors.com and Starwarsminigames.com to name a few.

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 8 years and has a 6 year old daughter.

Asst. Admin/Price Guides Team Leader

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.

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.

Registry and Most Wanted Manager

Dave aka dpatera, is the brains behind the GGC Registry and the automation of the Most Wanted Section as well as  many other technical duties.

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.

Mod to the Mods/News

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.

Event Correspondent/Event Photography

John, AKA Thx-182, travels the county for GCC covering events such as SDCC, Wizard World and Star Wars Conventions. He is also a very active member of our message boards and also does the the convention on-site photogrpahy.

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.

Moderator's

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

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

Cindy, aka. yodateacher is a middle school special education teacher in the great state of Texas. TVOLS, a member of GGC, is her son and is graduating from high school this year. She finds great joy in her job and loves teaching the kids the way of the Force. Many of her students call her the Star Wars teacher. Her love of all things Star Wars started when A New Hope first hit the theaters in 1977 and the minute the AT-ATs walked on Hoth she was hooked!! She has an impressive collection both at home and in her classroom. Gentle Giant got a hold of her with the ANH Luke Mini Bust and she has not slowed down collecting GG products yet!

GentleGiantCollector.com, GentleGiantCollectors.com, CollectGentleGiant.com, GGCollector.com and GGCollectors.com are owned and operated by Kid4Life LLC. All Rights Reserved.