Dictionary of Hobby Terms

ANH
A New Hope.  The title for the original 1977 Star Wars film.
AOTC
Attack of the Clones.
CI
Comic Images.  Hold a license to produce plush character items as well as banks and gumball machines.
CI - CIV, CE, CJ
Celebration I, II, II and IV.  Celebration I was held in 1999 in Denver, Colorado.  Celebration II and III were both held in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2002 and 2005 respectively.  Celebration IV was held in Los Angeles, California in May 2007.  Celebration Europe was held in London in July 2007 and Celebration Japan in July 2008.
CW
Clone Wars.  Can be used to describe the toy line of either animated or "realistic" figures, Cartoon Network television series or the general time period in which ROTS takes place.
DPCI
Department Class Item.  Used by Target to identify store stock.
DST
Diamond Select Toys.  Obtained license in 2008 to produce 1:4 action figures, 1:3 rotocast figures as well as coin banks.
EP1
Episode 1.  Describes figures released during 1999 on the red cards with Darth Maul's likeness in the upper left corner.
ESB
Empire Strikes Back.
EU
Expanded Universe.
GB
Greatest Battles.  Re-paint line that ran in parallel with the 2006 The Saga Collection line.
GG
Gentle Giant.
H&V
Heroes and Villains.  Re-paint line that ran in parallel with the 2006 The Saga Collection line.
HTS.com
HasbroToyShop.com.  Hasbro's on-line retail store.
KB
K*B Toys
KOTOR
Knights of the Old Republic.  KOTOR and it's sequel are video games.  The first action figures from this property, Darth Revan and Darth Malak, are scheduled for a 2007 release in wave 5 of the 30th Anniversary Collection.
MIB
Mint in Box.  The item is in mint condition but the box may be open and in less than mint condition.  Can have tape pulls, price stickers and creasing.  The item inside should be complete and usually unassembled and in close to new condition as possible.
MISB
Mint in Sealed Box.  The item will be mint in a sealed box.  Box, which is only described as sealed, can have price stickers some shelf wear and creasing.
MOC
Mint on Card.  The item is in mint condition and still attached to it's backer card.  The card condition is not listed and can have defects including price stickers, rips or creasing.
MOMC
Mint on Mint Card.  Mint item, usually an action figure, on a mint card.  The figure and card should not show any significant wear, have no rips, tears or creasing.
MR
Master Replicas.
MRL
Museum Replicas Ltd.  See WS for Windlass Studios.
OTC
Original Trilogy Collection.  In 2004 to support the DVD release of the original trilogy toys were released in this special collection.
PF
Premium Format.  Sideshow's 1:4 scale mixed media statues.
POTC
Post Original Trilogy Collection.  The cardbacks from the OTC figures continued, in style, into 2005 but the numbering scheme started over at 1 with the first wave.  This line ran till the ROTS line took over.
POTF2
Power of the Force 2.  The 1995 - 1998 collection of Star Wars toys.
POTJ
Power of the Jedi.  Star Wars collection running from 2000 - 2002 and ended with the preview figures for Attack of the Clones.
ROTJ
Return of the Jedi.
ROTS
Revenge of the Sith.  Also used as a designation for the line of toys that were released in 2005.
Saga
Saga figures were released on blue cardbacks in 2002 for Attack of the Clones and continued through early 2004.
SDCC
San Diego Comic-Con.  Annual comic convention held in July in San Diego.
SL
Saga Legends.  Re-pack wave running through 2007 and into 2008.
SOTE
Shadows of the Empire.  Multimedia event in 1996 that consisted of books, comics, games, soundtrack and toys. Toy line ran in parallel with the POTF2 figures.
SSW.com
ShopStarWars.com.  Lucasfilm's on-line store.
TAC
Thirtieth Anniversary Collection.  This is the 2007 line of figures from Hasbro and may also be abbreviated as 30AC or 30th AC.  Figures included coin pack-in.
TCW
The Clone Wars.  Used to describe the 2008-2010 Clone Wars action figure line.  Sometimes abbreviated as just "CW."  This abbreviation is not used to describe the line of action figures based on the Tartakovsky micro series.
TFU
The Force Unleashed.  Video game and multimedia event in early 2008.  Included wave of Hasbro figures.
TLC
The Legacy Collection.  New line launched in July 2008 to run parallel with the Clone Wars line.
TPM
The Phantom Menace.
TRU
Toys-R-US
TSC
The Saga Collection.  Beginning in 2006 this new line contains characters from all 6 movies and is released in themed waves.  Each figure included
a stand and holo pack-in.
TVC
The Vintage Collection.  Abbreviation for the Hasbro action figure line starting in the Fall of 2010 and running for an estimated two years.
UGH
Ultimate Galactic Hunt.  Three-part promotion in 2006 with silver foil packaging and silver vac-metalized stands.  VTSC figures contained coupons for George Lucas as Stormtrooper mail away and silver metal Titanium vehicles.  Continued in 2007 with gold coins and gold foil packaging while the VTAC figures had a mail away offer for 7 coins.
VOTC
Vintage Original Trilogy Collection.  Twelve figures were released on vintage style card backs and all figures were highly detailed and articulated.
VTAC
Vintage Thirtieth Anniversary Collection.
VTSC
Vintage The Saga Collection.  Vintage style cards similar to those in the VOTC line.  Five characters were released in the initial wave (Luke X-Wing Pilot, Endor Han Solo, Scout Trooper, Greedo, Tusken Raider).  A sixth figure, George Lucas as a Stormtrooper, was a mail away exclusive using coupons included in each of the five VTSC figures.
WM
Wal-Mart
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WS
Windlass Studios.  A division of Atlanta Cutlery and sister company to Museum Replicas Ltd.  Obtained a license in 2008 to produce costumes from the Star Wars universe.