Have you ever looked close at R2-D2 with Sensor scope the Stickers vary wildly. There are also single stickers and double stickers. 
Here are the different COO marks found on R2- Other variations can be found in the color of the Blue on dome, paint on legs, and he can also be found with a hard-torso- (hard plastic drum, a super rare variant. ) It appears the from is the same as the regular R2 since the dates are all 1977.
check out my guide on Figure variations for more info.
When you dig a little deeper into this old Jedi, theres a lot of difference between the COO variations.
There are several grey colors to the hair along with the white and distinct mold variations to his head. There are long and short fingers on the hilt of the saber hand. There are several saber and cape variations, as well as two distinct colors to both the brown plastic of his body, as well as his face. Some vars. are much rarer than others
More information on Obi-Wan variations in my Guide. 3rd edition now available for download.
Happy collecting !
www.starwarsfigurevariations.com
When Star Wars Came out in 1977 General Mills and Kenner were not ready for the onslaught of interest in toys for the movie. In fact it was not until 1978 toys hit the shelves.
This opened the door for a lot of Manufactures to fill voids in the market place. Here are some fun Vinyl action figure cases. Thee were available at Sears, Woolworths among others. The graphics are great on some of these cases, most were 12 figure, 24 figure cases can also be found. Its always fun to find one and see what treasure is inside. No matter your flavor if collected Mego Super heroes, or Star trek, or MASH, Micronauts Lord of the Rings, or Dungeons and Dragons, Zee Toys Metal masters figures these cases filled the bill.
I will be adding these to my glossary of my e book, Vintage Kenner Star Wars Action Figure Variations of North America.
Got any more versions not shown here, please share them with me would love to see what else can be found.
The next update is coming fall 2016,
I had to take a break over the summer, to many other projects. Ive been working on revisions, updates, and have added about 30 new variations. I have added new cardbacks, new words to glossary as well as more vehicles and playsets and bootlegs. . As always whenever you purchase you will get a notification of the newest update, and get the newest edition link and a free copy. The guide is north of 450 pages now. ! Heres a chance to take save $5 bucks
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US Kenner 65 back country card variations.
Summer has come to a close now on to editing new additions to my Star Wars figure guide. Here are Kenner ROTJ 65 bk card country variations.
From left to right: ROTJ / HK figures- blocked out, 65k “Hong Kong”, 65k” Taiwan”, 65bk “Made in Hong Kong or Taiwan”. The latter appears hardest to find of the four 65 back cards.
The Palitoy Empire Strikes Back – Star Wars Catalog With the exclusive Cardboard Death Star cardboard playset, as well as the unique Droid Factory and Cantina set.
A collection of Kenner Star Wars catalogs 1977- 1979 
The Vintage Kenner 1977 Star Destroyer Commander/ Death Squad Commander. has many variations- here are a few Things to look for are eyes colors, his insignia, color and type of grey plastic, head color, mold of helmet, gloss or matte finish to boots and gloves, as well the coo markings.
The Droid Factory Playset came out in 1978 in a Star Wars box. It was also released later in a ESB box. The ESB box version is much harder to find.
For the most part all things are similar, although there a distinct variation in the base color can be found.
From researh it appears the Dark Brown base came to late in the ESB box, making the brown base much harder to find. The lighter color base has been found in both SW and ESB boxes.
Of course the coolest part of the Droid factory set is the 3 lever R2-D2. with its funky 3rd plug in leg.
The world of reproduction cardbacks includes about every cad back and the bubbles are getting better and better.
The type is distinctly different than original card, The back is much paler. tape is holding the bubble on to card.
Here is a reproduction Anakin Power of the Force 1985 Anakin,
– notice cheap plastic coin.
-color off on the backside off, and fuzzy.
-type incorrect
