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R2-D2 17 Figures (1977) Kenner Merchandising Is Forever

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The Jabba The Hutt Dungeon Action Playset (1983) Kenner

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neatlypumpair:

This sounds way inkier than it needs to.

This set is just a “reskinned” version of the Droid Factory released a few years earlier. Kenner did this quite a bit with Star Wars toys, repurposing beige, sandy Tatooine play sets for white, snow Hoth sets.

It was a pretty cheap move considering the huge profits Kenner was surely raking in. Funny how we never really caught on or seemed to care that much as kids.

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The Jabba The Hutt Dungeon Action Playset (1983) Kenner

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Jabba The Hutt Action Playset (1983) Kenner

whimsicalitycircuit

when the square sides swing by it looks like it says jabba the butt

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petete0628

Vintage!!!!

trentallsman

I still have this set! (except it never had Jabba’s hookah thing. I always wondered what went in that spot..

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officerserpico:

I have fond memories of watching ROTJ (on Betamax! taped off of HBO!) and playing along with this set…

Glob, I used to play with this when I visited my grandma as a kid and it was awesome.

I have part of this set. My godfather gave me Jabba, his platform and Salacious Crumb. Best gift everrrr.

It’s official, grandparents love Jabba!

cigarette4children-deactivated2

Dude. You rule.

stephen-david

There’s a comic book/vintage toy/movie memorbilia pawn show/antique store in town, and they have literally every vintage Star Wars playset. Ewoks village. Hoth. Jabba’s palace. The Death Star. I’m tempted to start going in and buying a piece every week. An AT-AT would be pretty awesome to have.

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If you or anyone in your family has a history of addiction, then I would strongly suggest that you stay as far away as possible from vintage Star Wars toys.

stephen-david

That would have been good information to have known 18 years ago when my dad started buying me Star Wars figures.

seholsincs

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Jabba The Hutt Action Playset (1983) Kenner

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Ewok Village Action Playset (1983) Kenner

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Turret & Probot Playset (1981) Kenner

stephen-david

I don’t remember Chewie getting into a wrestling match with the probe droid…

kaiserwilhelm

Still have it! Pics coming!

twinfountain

Yesterday my dad just handed me a plastic bag with a probe droid head and the turret in two pieces.

changterhune

I just feel uncomfortable with the word “probot.”

Nope. No. No. Nope.

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crappieworld

This is one of the best so far. Probot looks kind of helpless here. If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s possible to feel sorry for a 30-year-old piece of inanimate plastic, the answer is a resounding “yes.”

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Haha, yeah, this is pretty much all the Probot does, besides blow up of course. It must have had a self-destruct.

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merchandisingisforever, stepping up the gif game

mzseason

I kind of want to give it a hug. is that weird?

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Turret & Probot Playset (1981) Kenner

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Rebel Command Center Adventure Set (1981) Kenner

stephen-david

Sensorscope R2 is probably my favorite vintage Star Wars figure. I didn’t know it was a playset exclusive.

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merchandisingisforever:

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merchandisingisforever:

Yeah, that’s why it’s a bit more valuable.

No way he captures R2

Bad arse vintage style

That’s some nice-looking packaging. I love the Tauntaun’s pleasant expression on the backdrop: he looks like he’d be a good partner to have when trudging around the frozen expanses of Hoth.

Ha, ha, yeah, that Tauntaun has definitely got a Falcor vibe going on.

this is awesome! i had the one with the turret and the probot.

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Imperial Attack Base Playset (1981) Kenner

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One of my favorite toys as a kid. Figures from a lot of different lines saw action in this thing: winter-themed G.I. Joes, M.A.S.K. figures, Indiana Jones, and probably a few others that I’m forgetting got some use out of it when it wasn’t occupied by my two Snowtroopers and a few of their less-appropriately-attired buddies. It’s one of the few toys I’ve ever owned whose action features weren’t a detriment: blowing up the command post and the bridge never gets old, and sending a figure or two flying through the air with the foot-pad-thingies is pretty fun, as well. Love that box art, too: while it’s cool to see painted representations of the toys in action (a la the Hasbro Joe figures), I’m a sucker for a well-photographed display of the actual toy itself; the Kenner Star Wars stuff set the bar pretty high for that approach.

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My tauntaun doesn’t have a saddle, so it looks like the Rebel is sticking out of the tauntaun’s back. Makes it easier to recreate the post-Wampa cave tauntaun sleeping bag scene, though.

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vamosvideo:

Think I had this one but not with all those extra stormtroopers and whatnot. Only rich kids had those. Rich kids got everything.

I loved playing with this when I was a kid. Loved.

final-girl

I had many, many figures (stored in a giant Darth Vader bust), but this was the only playset I had. That’s okay, because the collapsing ice-arch action couldn’t be beat anyway.