Topic: Vintage - From Past to Present - Last 17 and New Wave for 1979

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Yesteryear, I followed some auctions on ebay Germany. A few figures of the “Last 17” were up for auction on this Saturday night.
And they were in extraordinary good shape. All parts and accessories are original.

So this is what they go for/what they are worth here in Germany.

I hope you enjoy just to look at those beautiful figures. And if you own them yourself, well, lucky you!


So let’s start of with my absolute favorite:

Han Solo in Carbonite - LOVE that likeness. Kenner absolutely nailed the look of Harrison Ford back in ‘83...

SOLD for 70,11€ (~$74.32) plus 4,99€ shipping


- Philipp

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Next up was Luke Skywalker (Endor)


SOLD for 107,66€ (~$114.12)


Three friends of mine were also watching those auctions and one of them pormptly sent me a picture of his shelf. Well, he got ‘em all!
We had some Vintage fun yesterday.

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Luke Skywalker (Stormtrooper Disguise)

SOLD for 96,03€ (~$101.79)

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Leia Organa (Bespin) 1980


SOLD for 43,06€ (~$45,64)



...and the mighty Saelt Marae...

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Yak Face


SOLD for 200,00€ (~$212.00)

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Jawa (soft goods)


SOLD for 26,39€ (~$27.97)



...and another rare one...

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Hoth Rebel Soldier (dark brown variant, no COO)


SOLD for 196,03€ (~$207.79)

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Imperial Gunner - 1984


SOLD for 68,77€ (~$72,89)

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So another friend of the squad sent me a link to a really cool custom fan project last night:

Here you have the chance to buy 13 all new Vintage style figures that could have been, but never were actually done.

You can buy them loose or carded.

I hope the “special offer” is affordable to you. I must say I can’t, but maybe there’s somebody out there who can. Loooks like they’re definitely worth the money.

They’re called The Fans Strike Back:


https://www.thefansstrikeback.com/kennertoys


So what do you think? What are you expecting Hasbro to release in The Retro Collection? Does it bring some nostalgia to you or only confusion and bad feelings about this?

Let me know!


Have a good Sunday everyone! And as mama always said, go play outside for a while! Be nice to each other!



- Philipp

[Tamer]

Pretty cool. I like that custom vintage site. I need to go share that!

Nice day to take a walker outside!

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Spector Creative made a video of what Kenner had planned to continue the original Vintage line. I think he did some outstanding research and found some rather interesting material, most of which I hadn't known before.
To me the "dark times" began when Disney bought Lucasfilm and made the Sequels, but I figure these are the second dark times after the endless seeming gap between 1985 and 1995:

When Star Wars left the Toy Aisle. The long lost plans for a 1985 Kenner line extension post ROTJ

This should make for a nostalgic Sunday!

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About the only time I can think of when I really felt the old vintage style toy nostalgia was when the POTF Line came out. I remember there being an entire aisle filled with it and an end cap. I haven't seen that type of real items since. Other than when the Legacy Line first came out and my local wal-mart had 50 cases of the McQaurrie IGGY Wave. That was nuts.

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I need to share this on the front pages btw. Neat stuff Philipp.

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This morning I found a documentary about Kenner and how they developed the STAR WARS toys some of us grew up with.

You can watch it on YouTube by clicking here.

Doube-click on the embedded video for full size screen

Vintage Star Wars: Kenner Documentary: Plastic Galaxy: Vintage Star Wars Figures

Video uploaded by Star Wars The Vintage Collection Please, leave a like and subscribe!

[Tamer]

Nice, time to give this a look see later.

Off to the front pages.

Thanks for making us aware of it Philipp!