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2018 edition – Newest Update Now Available!

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The 2018 Update is now online!
The Newest version of my book Vintage Kenner Star Wars Figure Variations of North America is up for sale on the web.

go to : www.starwarsfigurevariations.com

previous buyers will be receiving a code via email to get the newest copy for free. !
I have edited valuations, added about 50 more pages, some new fig variants, and vehicles, and corrected some errors.
get your copy now on sale for 24.99

It is a downloadable PDF, so you can export to a tablet for easy use.

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R2-D2 Sensorscope ever looked close at the front sticker

by From My collectionNews and other Star Wars collecting stuffVintage Kenner Pix of figures or variations

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.

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Vintage Kenner Star Wars Stormtrooper COO marks

by From My collectionNews and other Star Wars collecting stuffVintage Kenner Pix of figures or variations

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

3rd Edition update now available :

check  www.starwarsfigurevariations.com for more info

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Vintage Luke Skywalker Taiwan COO head variations

by From My collectionVintage Kenner Pix of figures or 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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Galaxy Empire Star Wars POTF knockoff Bootlegs

by From My collectionNews and other Star Wars collecting stuffVintage Kenner Pix of figures or variations

If you were lucky enough to hit  discount dollar stores  in the 90’s , you know the one’s, with lots of cheap China plastic lining the isles- You may have found these.. One of the few Bootlegs Lucasfilm did not catch and got into the US market.

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Galaxy Empire toys were knock offs of the POTF sculpt of  figures but about  6″ tall. The packages are dated 1997. The cardbacks are very flimsy

The entire release included 7 total figures, with some paint ops in the series.

heres the list.  of what to look for.

Luke, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Chewbacca as Snoova, Darth Vader, and a Stormtrooper.

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Northland Toy show 2015

by News and other Star Wars collecting stuff

The best toy show in Mpls.  is over for this year, and were exhausted. Scored some great deals. and sold some great toys, thanks to the  dealers who do it and the collectors who come. I made some appraisals on some unique Vintage Star Wars figs, but had to burst a few bubbles on Repro posters.

Awesome pickup on the  Mego Wayne foundation- and I said good by to my Fortress Maximus.   DSC07420 DSC07422 DSC07421 DSC07419DSC07411

our booth in 2015 – with my Son Oskar giving a hand this year.

 

mark your calendars for 2016 the first Sunday in May – see you then !!