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Saturday, 12 December 2020

Carded Vintage Figures

I didn't have many carded original trilogy figures, but enough to say I had a collection.

Weequay (ROTJ)

The Emperor (ROTJ Trilogo)

Leia in Combat Poncho (ROTJ Kenner)

Bike Scout (ROTJ Trilogo)

Bib Fortuna (ROTJ)

Kaatu (ROTJ)

Kaatu (ROTJ Kenner)

IG-88 (ROTJ Kenner)

Teebo (ROTJ Kenner)

Ree Yees (ROT Kenner)

Nikto (ROTJ trilogo)

Yes, I could've put Klaatu and Nikto closer together, but without Barada the film reference doesn't make any sense (if you don't know, search for or watch The Day The Earth Stood Still)

I also have a couple of carded figures from the Droids and Ewoks cartoon spinoffs.

Sunday, 28 July 2019

Star Wars Letraset transfer sets

Dating back to the late 1970s, these were fab transfer sets that were great fun for kids, albeit very annoying when after rubbing neatly with pencil you found Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi's head hadn't transfered properly!

Of course, being a kid I didn't do them properly. Stormtroopers has to be jumping from the Falcon, mechanics were fixing spaceships as they flew by, characters intended to be far away in the scene appeared next to close-up characters. The adult in me is somewhat aghast as my childish efforts, though I admit a degree of rebellious pride too.

Thursday, 18 October 2012

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.

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot

One of my most treasured Star Wars possessions from when I was a kid is a book at aimed young reader's published in 1979 by Armada / Random House.

"The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot" was one of three Star Wars children's storybooks released that year. The other books were "The Wookie Storybook" and "The Maverick Moon" - sadly I had neither of these books and apart from pictures on the Internet, I've never seen them either.

In this story R2-D2 malfunctions, and nearly destroys the Millennium Falcon and then other rebel droids start malfunctioning too.

I like to think that my copy is in pretty decent condition - surprising really as I often scribbled on my books! I guess as it was a Star Wars book it was saved that fate.

Prices do vary on the book. Anything from a few pound for a poor condition to £100+ for a near new condition copy. I'll make sure I keep mine in good nick!

I updated this article in light of the latest mischievous droid, BB-8. I was thinking that a BB-8 adventure book would be a good idea. Of course, not ones to miss out on a marketing opportunity, Disney already have lots of BB-8 related merchandise, including many books already. Here's a few for you.

Monday, 1 October 2012

Star Wars - Ewok and Droid cartoon spinoffs

The Ewoks
Them lovable fluffy teddy bears from Return of the Jedi got their own cartoon series in 1985. Following the adventures of Wicket W Warrick (the cute little one who befriended Princess Leia in ROTJ) and his pals as they outwit the Duloks.

A few years after these cartoons were on the TV I bought a video containing several episodes. My kids enjoy watching these even now, despite the look and feel of the cartoons being very different to modern cartoons.

On a trip to Florida in 1994 I also managed to pick up an Ewoks action figure.I was surprised to see such as thing as they were never on sale in the UK.Same applies to the Droids figure purchased in the USA at the same time.

The action figure above is Urgah Lady Gorneesh. There were only 6 figures ever released from the Ewoks series - 2 Ewoks ( Logray and Wicket W. Warrick) and 4 Duloks (King Gorneesh, Urgah Lady Gorneesh, Dulok Scout and Dulok Shaman).

Droids - The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3P0
The storytellers from Star Wars returned in their own animated cartoon adventures. Antony Daniels reprised his part as Threepio. As it was a cartoon Kenny Baker wasn't really needed for Artoo!

At the time (early 1990s) I couldn't get hold of a pristine copy of this cartoon series, however, a friend happened to find an ex-rental copy for me.

As mentioned above, the Droids action figure was picked up in Florida. Only 12 figures were released plus some vehicles, including an A-Wing. The figure below is Jord Dusat.
I would've really loved to have picked up R2-D2, C-3PO from this series. The figures for these droids look a bit different to the vintage Star Wars figures from the movies. Boba Fett and the A-Wing Pilot also made in to Droids carded packaging.

Here's an advert from the US for the toys.

A few years ago Ewoks and Droids cartoons were released in DVD, however, for some bizarre reason they have been mashed together in to feature films instead of individual episodes. If you're interested you might be able to obtain these on the links below.

Sunday, 30 September 2012

Vintage Star Wars Rubbers and Pencil Toppers

Rubbing Up The Right Way With Must-Have Star Wars Stationery

As a kid, I collected a lot of knick-knacks. As a Star Wars fan, I had to have pretty much anything I could afford to buy. These Star Wars rubbers and pencil toppers were a good way to spend my pocket money.

These were collected in the early 1980s, with the possible exception of the old R2-D2 pencil topper (you'll know which one I'm referring to when you see it). This one is older.

Of course, pencil toppers were great for covering up the chewed end of your pencil!