Sideshow Featured Collector DarthChrisDK

Christian Saenjaina Hansen (aka ‘DarthChrisDK’)

Location: Denmark

I started collecting back in 2011. At first, it was a few 1/6 figures, then I opened up my eyes to statues. One thing led to another, and my collection steadily started growing.

Christian Saenjaina Hansen (aka ‘DarthChrisDK’)

Location: Denmark

I started collecting back in 2011. At first, it was a few 1/6 figures, then I opened up my eyes to statues. One thing led to another, and my collection steadily started growing.

My hobby before collecting pop culture was photography, and I soon combined these two hobbies by taking lots of photos of my collectibles, and I even ventured into doing video reviews on YouTube, where I today go by the name of ‘DarthChrisDK‘. This was a big leap for a nerdy and shy boy like myself, but I’ve come to love it.

My collection as a whole has undergone significant changes over my collecting “career”. At first, it was very much about Star Wars. I wanted figures, statues, helmets, prop replicas and life-size busts. I soon expanded to other movie franchises, including Lord of the Rings and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Today, my collection has taken a drastic turn and I mainly collect comic book superheroes and villains. The beauty of collecting comic book statues is all those colorful and iconic characters that come together and create a collection that really pops with its colorful combinations.

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My collection represents everything that I love from the realm of pop culture. You’ll find all kinds of different pieces that somehow represent my favorite franchises. I also spend a great deal of time picking out the pieces that I want. So I don’t have as big a collection as many of my friends do, but with the limited size and space I have at my disposal, I try and make the best out of displaying them in an aesthetically pleasing way – at least in regard to my own personal taste.

His favorites

This is very difficult to answer. My life-size Boba Fett bust is signed by Jeremy Bulloch, whom I met at a convention. That piece is very dear to me. I’m also very proud to own the Alien Warrior Maquette and the Spider-Man Comiquette (Ariel Olivetti version). But ask me another day, and I will probably mention 4 other pieces.

His wishlist

Master Replicas Millennium Falcon (Studio Scale). This is probably the pinnacle of pop culture collecting for me. I’ll probably never get it, but that’s OK. You need something slightly beyond your grasp to keep you moving. 🙂