Sets currently are getting harder to find in nice shape. With washing the graphics begin to fade. Never Dish wash these. !
current values in Excellent shape with shiny bright graphics: take at lest 50% off for faded g or vitrified glass.
SW Set $40-80 each 10
ESB Set $35-50 each 5 to 10
ROTJ Set $25 30 each 4 to 6
Vintage Burger King Coca Cola Glasses promotion
Luke Bespin has an array of hair colors. and several head molds as well. – Here is a selection
Metal tin or pewter figures were the some of the earliest action figure play toys. Army figures from Britians Llido, Marx and other manufactures have littered sandbox’s yards and living room floors for over 100 years. With the release of matchbox, and later Hot wheels, die cast metal toys became a main stay of playthings for children, as well as collectors.
The Kenner toys of the 80’s continued that tradition with both figures. and vehicles and spaceships.
Originally Kenner released a collection of vehicles that were metal and plastic. This line included a Tie fighter, X wing, Lansdspeeder, Millennium Falcon Y wing and Star Destroyer. With the release of ESB the Snowspeeder, Cloud car, and the Tie bomber were added.
The 80’s also saw the inclusion of the Micro collection which were a collection of pewter painted figures with plastic molded play sets.
In the Early 90’s Action Masters became on of the first new era toys to sit on the shelf after the vintage line of Droids and Ewoks Items. The Action Masters set, although not real exciting, was a breath of fresh air for hungry collectors after a long drought of Merchandise on the retail shelves. . The line included a box set, carded sets of four figures, carded individual figures and one Mail in premium. Each figure came with a trading card. 
In 1997 Gallob busted the world of metal star wars ships open with the release of a line of small die cast ships. This line originally was only 6 vehicles. The line went thru a few pack variations, and was short lived, and not real successful. The first release was in odd packed round bubbles.Then repacked in more traditional packages.
A second release and change of packing included 4 more ships.
In 1999 with the release of Episode 1, The Phantom Menace 8 more ships were released. having the same stands as the previous ships, except black. Also released in 1999 was a collection of die cast Pod racers.
In 2004 the Titanium line was released, a test by Walmart the first year. then by 2009 having over 120 ships and repaint versions. The series has many rare ships and includes ships from the entire Star Wars Saga invcludint the EU, expanded universe and Clone Wars series. There were a few packing designs thru the series and 4 5 packs with an exclusive silver vehicle. Rarest in the series was a promotion of a Gold Tie fighter in a baggie that was exclusive to Star Wars Celebration .
A larger version ships and figures were also released thru this era. Called the Ultra Collection
2012 saw a short revival of previously released vehicles. shown right
2014 saw Disney Step in to the larger version of die cast ships with a great assortment of ships similar to the Titanium Ultra Collection Hot Wheels also stepped with a series of Die cast vehicles.
2015 saw new new ships in the Titanium scale, Renamed The Black series was similar to both the previous Titanium and Ultra series. These have fantastic detail and surely will increase in value over the years. I look forward to seeing what the future will bring to the world of die cast Star Wars ships !
Disney Store Ultra series ships-
This is just an overview of the Metal Die Cast – Star Wars Toys. Look for a more elaborate guide on the entire Metal die cast Star Wars toys in the future. There are many exclusives, mail ins and rare premiums throughout the series. I will elaborate on this isn the future.
Happy collecting If you would like to contribute to a guide on Die Cast Star Wars toys please contact me. !
Rogue One Black Series Titanium
If your a vintage Collector of Kenner Star Wars figures you likely at some point to have been fortunate enough to find an original collection of figures within a vinyl carry case. Its always fun to see what is under the trays. Once I found a bunch of the GM stickers, and several sabers hidden in the vinyl fold.
There are several versions of the Vinyl cases, and until recently not a real desirable collectors item, recently they have been increasing in value, but can still be found in the $20 to $30 US range. Some are more rarer than others, which is pointed out below. So here are the cases.” Images are from my first revision to my Vintage Star Wars Action figure guide check it out ! The first revision will will focus on and include in some accessories, and playsets. To get the guide got to SHOP on the Menu. and instructions to download.
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ESB Cases
Kenner released several Playsets during the early era of Star Wars toys. These were often overlooked by vintage era Star Wars collector collectors, and until recent could have been picked up for fairly reasonable prices. Here are the unique playlets of the Kenner Star Wars universe 1978-1979 era.
The most valuable of the Playsets is The Cantina Adventure set- with the rare Blue Snaggletooth.
A Highly sought after and made of just cardboard- the set was not real exciting- but has one of the rarest of the Star Wars figures The Blue Snaggletooth The playset was simple a cardboard backer and figure display base with white pegs to hold figures in place.
The Largest of the Playsets was the Death Star- at near 3′ tall is was quite a large set. The Death Star has a lot of play features from the Laser Turret on top, and the swing across the Death Star Trench, Trash monster in the Trash compactor. and an elevator to each floor. The part which went missing constantly was the rope for the death star trench. still a hard piece to find in a vintage set. The set offer a lot f play activity for kids, and is a nice display set for figures today.
NO DROIDS ALOWED “We don’t allow there types in here” The Creature Cantina may have kept droids out but was the party spot of Mos Eisley. just a cardboard back and a door, with a few figure stand swivels.
The Land of the Jawa’s Playset offered another cardboard back, with an elevator, and escape pod. It is a nice display piece, but offers little in play ability. The elevator lifts up and down , and the Escape pod pend so you can put the droids in .
The Display Stand , same as a mail in premium, but war releases in a box version, which is extremely rare. The stand, not actually a playset, was a early Star Wars mail away collectible which of recent has seen large increases in value.
The Droid Factory included the 3 legged R2D2 figure. It came with numerous bodies wheels and leg to create unique robots, comelier to Micronauts. The set was also released in a ESB box.
The 3 legged R2 is hard to find in mint condition, the legs which came with this set has fragile tabs which break easily.
The PlayDoh action set playset. was one of the first Star Wars toys designed for younger Star Wars fans. It was not a playset for the Kenner action figure line, rather a mold your own figure set.
Internationally: Palitoy UK release its own version of the Death Star, A Cardboard playset totally different than the US version, Also release in Europe was the Droid Factory, which had variations t the Stickers of the droids, and the R2 figure.
One of the only Star Wars things that was available in the small town I grew up in in Northern MN was the Topps Trading cards.
The Star Wars series began with the blue series in 1978, followed by the second series or red cards, then the yellow 3rd series, the 4th Green series, and finally the 5th Orange series. The 4th green series of cards saw the unique C3PO card- the 207x as it has become to be referred as has A very excited C3PO. It is sought after, by collectors, although both the 207 cards are one of the hardest to find in the series.
Each set has 66 cards, there are 11 stickers in each series. A total of 330 cards and 55 stickers. The stickers are hard to find in good shape. There are 1st edition and 2nd edition cards notated by the number of stars on the front bottom- at the beginning © line
Collectors want cards in Excellent condition, cards with bends, creases and wear have little value today, as lots of hundreds can be found online for wale for penny’s per card.
Also produced was a sugar free set of stickers. They are very rare due to limited distribution. The card set consisted of a foil package with 56 “wrappers” around the gum. Not exactly thick as a trading card. The wrappers are very rare.
Around the world, other sets of Star Wars cards made by other manufacturers: many unique in size and design, more on International Star Wars cards later.
Three other sets of cars or stickers, were released at the beginning of the Star Wars saga.
Wonder Bread released, what I believe, the first collectible Star Wars item to hit the stores.
A series of trading cards inserted into a pack of bread. A very nice looking series of 16 cards. It is difficult to find the cards without stains form the bread. This was long before “safe” packaging.
General Mills, the Big G , and owner of Kenner at the time, created two series of cards/stickers , inserted into cereal boxes, and as a mail in premium.
Released in Cereal boxes were the Sticker series of cards. shown above. They were in Franken-Berry, Boo Berry, Count Chocula and Lucky Charms cereals. There are 16 sticker cards in the set. 4 cards could be found per cereal brand.
The other set was a mail in premium set with a vinyl card holder. The set is highly sought after and had 18 cards. They were thin paper and came with the vinyl card sleeve booklet. The premium was A Big G premium box top mail in offer.
Happy collecting
