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1979 Kenner Product Catalog A look inside

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.

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Star Wars Kenner Land speeder the most popular Star Wars vehicle

The Land speeder is likely the most popular Vehicle of the Kenner Star Wars Universe-  It is also one of the Few Toys actually made In the USA in the Star Wars Kenner Line. There are variations of the vehicle  from other licensed manufactures.

here are a few box  cover variations included in my  Guide

 

More o the guide go to : www.starwarsfigurevariations.com

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Vintage Star Wars knock off vinyl action figure cases.

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.

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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.

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Got any more versions not shown here, please share them with me  would love to see what else can be found.

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Vintage Luke Skywalker Taiwan COO head variations

There is a unique head variation for the Luke Taiwan COO. Notice the elongated chin, compared to the more familiar head similar to the Hong Kong Figures, The elongated chin head appears to be more common than the more traditional molded head. My suspicion is the left two shown are ROTJ era figures, where the far right one is an early SW release 12 back TAIWAN release. The

Figure also has either a bar in the slot int he arm or no slot. And a few other differences which I have updated in the newest revisions of my figure guide.
12 back Taiwan figures are relatively hard to find compared to the Hong Kong figures, Luke, Leia, R2, Darth and Chewy were also released on 12 back Taiwan Cards.

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To answer a question from a collector, No Luke’ s From China are not fakes.

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Darth Vader Double Telescoping DT saber figure original vs repro

It can be hard to authenticate a DT (double telescoping) saber as original.  Reproductions are becoming rampant,  and a fake saber can be had for under $20. I am dedicating a page in my figure guide, Vintage Kenner Star Wars action figure variations,  to the issue of reproduction sabers. Vs originals. etc..

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Here are some pictures of an original saber-  marked N- originals can be found with marks for A to ZZ  and some with just a dot on the hilt also can be found.   They are slightly transparent, and with age they can be come very brittle. dsc09842

Reproduction sabers are becoming very precise-  but there are some things to look for-   Some, but not all Repro’s by Revalvit are marked REV on the hilt, theres are not marked abut have II mark on the hilt. Any saber that is unmarked should be suspect as being a repro.

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reproduction pix of relative saber form eBay
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reproduction saber by revalvit. pix eBay.

Note seam, on the shaft, rounder tip – REV on the hilt.  Ejection point marks on shaft. screen-shot-2016-09-10-at-8-17-41-am screen-shot-2016-09-10-at-8-17-02-am

pix of revalvit sabers- from website.

 

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Fall Update is Underway for Vintage Kenner Star Wars figure guide

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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

use the CODE: ”  take5online ”  if you want a copy now.  coupon valid thru 0ct 30 2016

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Kenner US ROTJ 65 bk card back Country variations

US Kenner 65 back country card variations.

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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.

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