Obi-Wan Kenobi's ETA-2 Jedi Interceptor

 Revell Model of Obi Wan Kenobi's Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor

I think this was a model made by Revell. I'm not sure of the date, but I think it was for sale in shops in 2012. Unfortunately, and very unlike me, I don't think I've kept the box. 

It's been on a shelf gathering dust for the past 12 years. I found out whilst researching the ship that the edges of the wings fold. Of course, this was after I'd taken and uploaded the pictures. If I get a spare moment (and I remember) I'll add photos with the wing tips in position. 

Palitoy ROTJ 1983 Competition Promotion Comic Entry Form

Entry Form for Lucasfilm/Palitoy Star Wars ROTJ 1983 Competition

Whilst rummaging through my comic collection I found this old competition leaflet. To be honest, I'd completely forgot I had it, so it was a nice "oh yeah, I remember this" moment.

The competition was to win some Palitoy toys including a special viewing of Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Transport and AT-ST vehicles. To enter you had to finish of the story outlined in the comic. I honestly can't remember if I entered the competition or not. I suspect I had intentions of doing so and never got around to it. 

Pretty cool, huh? I think so. I wish I'd entered the competition though. 

Value and rarity?

I've scoured the internet, and whilst I've seen a few websites on the internet with images that at first glance look the same, but they seem to be two-page ads from comics/magazines. I have to date only found one website with an another example of this comic/competition entry form. 

Difficult to put a value on it. If there were definite plenty of other examples out there then in it may be £40-60 ball-park. Certainly I've seen similar leaflets go for this type of money on eBay. Scarcity could push the value up a lot more. That's just my gut feel, and I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination so don't quote me on it. 😊

AT-ST Scout Walker

If you ever had one of these then there's a good chance you tried tying a couple of twigs to some string and tried to recreate the scene where the Ewoks crushed the cockpit in Return of the Jedi. No? Just me then.

The AT-ST Scout Walker was and still is awesome. With a button at the back to make it walk like a drunken robot chicken and a cockpit to stick a couple of figures (even big enough for a Wookie) it was great for taking the action outside. yeah, it might've got a little muddy but in them days we played with our toys.... alot.

That said, this one isn't the actual one I played with as a kid (see, in the beginning) but it is an original (aka vintage) early 1980s toy.

I should've taken the picture with an AT-ST commander....

Original Landspeeder

In my opinion the Landspeeder from the original 1977 Star Wars movie was one of the coolest toys around.

It was simplistic yet it hovered! Yeah, alright, there was some small wheels underneath, but so did the one in the film - They just used special effects to blur it out. But in a young boys mind, when his Luke, Ben, C3-PO and R2-D2 figures climb on board the X-34 Landspeeder they're gonna hover that bad boy right in to Mos Eisley!

Hoth Mini Vehicles

Here's some pictures of some mini-vehicles from Episode V "Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back" that enabled kids around the world to recreate the battle of Hoth. Some of these vehicles were not in the movie - just from the imagination of the Star Wars toymakers!

Was it Dire Straits and Sting who sang I want my MTV-7?!

 

 

A couple of my boxed Star Wars mini vehicles for the planet Hoth are in "Return of the Jedi" boxing. Not quite as valuable as Empire boxing, but, in the world of Star Wars collecting, anything boxed is good!

 



Chewbacca conclude that assembling a vacuum cleaner was harder than fixing the Falcon

Radar Laser Cannon

"I thought they smelt bad on the outside!"

Here's a superb video from the wonderful Robot Chicken.


We'll have more about Robot Chicken Star Wars soon.