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About swShoebox.com

First, thanks for visiting!

This site was created as an alternative to using an excel spreadsheets, access databases, or some other of the tools floating around to track and edit Star Wars Miniatures collections and squads. As a professional web app and database developer, I wanted to expand and polish the functionality I developed for my personal use into something that could be shared and enjoyed by everyone that collects and plays the Star Wars Miniatures game.

The title of the site was inspired by a shoebox that actually still exists in the house where I grew up. It contains all of my original Star Wars figures, some of which I got as a present after seeing the movie for the first time when it was re-released in the late 70s (right before ESB came out). I decided it was a nice metaphor for an online place where people could dump their own Star Wars figures, browse the unit database and build squads.

If you have any questions or feedback about the site feel free to get in touch. I hope you enjoy using the features of the site, and I look forward to continuing to add and expand it in the future.



Want a Shoebox site for your game?

So far, there are two Shoebox sites - swShoebox for Star Wars Miniatures, and ddShoebox for D&D Miniatures. But the functionality of these sites could be applied much more generally to lots of different games or other collectibles. Having a site like this is would be a valuable and highly-used part of any online community, with built-in features such as:
  • Built-in user account system
  • Online figure/unit/card browsable database
  • User collection manager with units grouped into various set
  • Squad/deck builder - can be restricted to only those items in your collection or not
  • User-driven unit/card and squad/deck rating system
  • User-selectable "Favorite" squads
  • Searchable squad/deck browser
  • Unit/card advanced search on common criteria (factions, abilities, play cost, etc)
  • Full suite of administrator tools for adding and editing sets, units, and abilities
... and that's pretty much right out of the box with some moderate customization (based on the characteristics of your units/cards). Any more advanced features could be integrated easily with additional development.

I would be happy to speak with you if you are interested in having your own Shoebox site for your game or collectibles. Please use the feedback form to get in touch, describe your project and we'll take it from there. Thanks!

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The swShoebox name and logo, other web-page images, layout, design, and functionality are © copyright 2008 by John Evans. This site is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, LucasFilm or 20th Century Fox.
All images, logos and product and figure names, and other trademarks on this site are property of their respective owners. All unit images, the Star Wars Miniatures logo, and the Wizards logo are property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and used with permission. All unit and character names are used with permission by Wizards of the Coast within the Star Wars Miniatures game.

This site is a proud fan created-and-driven contribution to the SW Minis community!