Gold Limited Edition Stormtrooper- umm.. Nope ..
Recently A collector sent over these images asking if they are authentic. A Rare Gold Limited Edition Stormtrooper. Sorry collectors this is about as fake a custom as you can get. It is obviously a gold painted stormtrooper on a reproduction cardback with a repro bubble. Note the awful footer as well. It is obvious from the font it is a reproduction card back. This figure was never released in the 1977-1984 era. It likely originated in Europe where repro bubbles and card backs are prevalent .
If you like customs it is another one to add to your collection, but buyer beware, it has little value and is not a legitimate Kenner release.
Images provided.
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1979 Kenner Product Catalog A look inside
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Page Images from 1979 Kenner Products Catalog. It is crazy to look at the figures shown in the stills and think of the value all three Double Telescoping Figures, and a Vinyl Cape Jawa. The catalog premiers Boba Fett with the concept art pictures as well. Look and drool. Concept Catalogs have been becoming increasingly popular to collectors and are rare prices are going form $200 and up for issues, – the Oldest being the rarest.
Kenner Star Wars X-wing Fighter some variations to look for
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The X-Wing Fighter is one of the most popular and known ships in the Star Wars toy universe. The first version of the fighter was released in 1978 By Kenner. If you are a collector of Vintage Star Wars toys and collectibles there are some things you might want to look out for in understanding valuations.
The first boxed versions of the X wing and most Star Wars toys had the LP logo on the box. The LP (long Play) logo was removed for the second release of the box. LP logo boxes are worth a little more as they were the first release. Both versions had the same white X- Wing ship.
The early X-wings are mld marked ©GMFGI- (General Mills Fun Group Incorporated) a division of Kenner , and dated 1978 There are 2 versions of the mold mark – the earliest version of the X wing contained the Pat. Pending body and most likely came in early LP boxes. The more common ship is the non Pat Pending ships.
Finding an X-Wing box white special offer sticker, or any Star Wars toy for that matter is like finding gold and can double to quadrouple the value of your box very easily.
The rarest box with a white Kenner X wing ship is the red ESB box. ESB saw the release of the Grey X wing and most ESB ships were the later grey X wing, that included the Battle damage stickers in a redesigned box.
Some things to look out for in collecting vintage Star Wars toys and a little help in understanding why on
e may sell for double or triple another even if they look similar- happy collecting
The Jawa Sandcrawler Vintage Kenner and Original Trilogy versions
The original Star Wars Jawa Sandcrawler is one of the rarest toys in the Kenner line. It was released in late 79 and was a remote controlled battery operated vehicle. It did not come with any action figures, but had plenty of play space for them inside.
Vintage and Original Trilogy Sandcrawlers.
It included a step down ladder, and elevator, the batteries were below a panel on the floor inside and the top hatch oped up. The remote control came with a metal antenna.
in 2004 Hasbro re-released the Sandcrawler as part of the Original Trilogy (OTC) toy line. The OTC sand crawler is a non electronic vehicle. It sports a very nice repaint which is more authentic to the actual film version. The top cockpit still opens, as well as the side door. It only came with a removable ladder, which is molded in a lighter brown color when compared to the original .
(original ladder left- OTC right)
The OTC Sandcrawler also included three figures. Jawa’s- which were a reissue and slight repaint of the POTF 95 Jawa’s. and RA-7 a repaint of the Death Star Droid.
The current market (2017 ) has vintage Sandcrawlers from $350 complete no box ,to $700 with a nice box and up to $1500 in a sealed box.
The OTC 2004 sandcrawlers can be found form $225 to $300 in a box, and around $150 complete out of the box.
R2-D2 Sensorscope ever looked close at the front sticker
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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.
Vintage Kenner Star Wars Stormtrooper COO marks
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I Thought I would lay out all the COO marks available on Stormtroopers. There are quite a few out there. Most Common are the 3 line Hong Kong as well as the 2 line Hong Kong, The Raised bar China is from ROTJ era it is legit. I still see people saying this is a fake, not true.
Several years age there were some recast bootlegs of the 2 line COO Stormtrooper being sold on Ebay, but these were super white, and had some distinct molding distinctions. I have seen none in the past few years out on the market.
Stormy’s have distinct molding sculpt differences , take a look at the heads and the back panels for starters.
some heads variation examples:
Stormy’s were molded i a variety of plastics form very transparent soft and rubbery white to a very dense white.
More info can be found in my guide :
Vintage Kenner Star Wars Action Figure Variations of North America
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