What was your favorite Vintage (1977-1985) item?

[jedijaybird]

One of my many favorites was my Death Star Playset

I remember taking the trash monster with me to school everyday in my backpack

[RollaFett]

Ahhh, yes, the Death Star playset was pretty damn cool. That said, my favorite was the Star Destoyer Executor from ESB. I love how it had Vader's little meditation chamber!

[darthimmus]

It's a toss up between my death star playset and the Jabba the hutt playset/action figure.

[jedijaybird]

Come to think of it… the Dagobah playset rocked Big Time

[erikstormtrooper]

I loved my vintage dewback! Long after I had "outgrown" my other sw toys, I still had him hanging out in my bookshelf with my stormtroopers.

[jedijaybird]

I just brought one of my Vintage Rancors to work to keep my desk company while I'm slaving away… style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[obi two]

the at at was always my favorite, ive got a picture of me when i was about seven asleep cuddling my at at.

[Trilogist]

I have fond memories of Luke's X-Wing, but I can't remember if Artoo was part of the model or if he could be removed ...

[jedijaybird]

R2-D2 "detail-less head" was fixed with the fuselage and when you pushed it down it forced the wings to open in "attack-position".

[Sam Kenobi]

On the vintage stuff too?

[jedijaybird]

Yep…

[Sam Kenobi]

Nice!

[bigscreensatellite]

i know that look pretty lame now, but you still can't beat those old slide out lightsabres on Ben / Luke and Vader...

thay sorta havent reproduced those - which i'm kinda surprised about - all the sabres are solid and always 'out'...surely technology has evoleved whereby action figures can have retractable sabres like they used to in the 'vintage' days...??? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/saber.gif

[Sam Kenobi]

Laser pens, lol. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by Sam Kenobi@Jan 23 2005, 02:09 AM
Laser pens, lol. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif
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that could SO work....well sorta

i was thinking kinda like a retractable sabre (like a radio aerial)

[jedijaybird]

They kind of re-attempted the retractable saber deal with the first Anakin AOTC figure. And failed horribly IMHO

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by jedijaybird@Jan 24 2005, 01:50 PM
They kind of re-attempted the retractable saber deal with the first Anakin AOTC figure. And failed horribly IMHO
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which figure was this....???

i never took mine out of the packages - but don't recall this one???

[Horse_Head]

Originally posted by bigscreensatellite@Jan 22 2005, 02:01 PM
i know that look pretty lame now, but you still can't beat those old slide out lightsabres on Ben / Luke and Vader...

thay sorta havent reproduced those - which i'm kinda surprised about - all the sabres are solid and always 'out'...surely technology has evoleved whereby action figures can have retractable sabres like they used to in the 'vintage' days...??? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/saber.gif
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Them made a bunch for AOTC and maybe some for TPM that have a metal or plastic hilt with a plastic saber "blade" that you can put on or take off.

[Horse_Head]

I really liked this little die-cast Tie Fighter I used to have... that's the only thing in this pic I don't still have... ( 'cept the hair of course style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif )

[jedijaybird]

Awesome. I have to track down my vintage "Vintage-toy" photos

[Horse_Head]

Originally posted by bigscreensatellite@Jan 22 2005, 02:01 PM
i know that look pretty lame now, but you still can't beat those old slide out lightsabres on Ben / Luke and Vader... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/saber.gif
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Originally posted by Horse_Head@Jan 24 2005, 11:34 AM
I really liked this little die-cast Tie Fighter I used to have... that's the only thing in this pic I don't still have... ( 'cept the hair of course style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif )
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If you look at that pic closely you can see that Luke is already "missing" his saber style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif and that pic is from mid '78...

[Sam Kenobi]

Originally posted by bigscreensatellite+Jan 24 2005, 11:17 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigscreensatellite @ Jan 24 2005, 11:17 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-jedijaybird@Jan 24 2005, 01:50 PM
They kind of re-attempted the retractable saber deal with the first Anakin AOTC figure. And failed horribly IMHO
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which figure was this....???

i never took mine out of the packages - but don't recall this one???
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The very first one in the series. It came with . . . the box lookin' thing that . . . I think had magnets in it so it could flip open or closed with "the Force."

[jedijaybird]

Yep… figure #02/01 Anakin Skywalker - Outland Peasant Disguise to be exact.

[bigscreensatellite]

Originally posted by jedijaybird@Jan 25 2005, 01:35 PM
Yep… figure #02/01 Anakin Skywalker - Outland Peasant Disguise to be exact.
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oh of course...i never noticed that before...doh.... :moptop:

[Ithorian guy]

the good ol hammerhead figure, might not be worth much, but heck, still the best ithorian figure to date in my opinion.

[AMG]

Jabba the Hutt's playset. I got it when I was a kid, and to this day I think it's the coolest. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[leiaorgana]

I have this Leia figure in her Ceremonial Gown....

This is not that old... but it's from the OT.... so here it is...

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[Master Magnus]

I remember the first Star Wars action figures I was given, it was the Cloud Car pilot, C-3PO and R2, and later it was to grow. I lost my first collection when my family moved to an other city here in Sweden 1985, and my second collection disappeared in the early '90s (I do, however, still have the vehicles). Whenever I think of my childhood collection, it's that Cloud Car pilot that comes to mind.

[RollaFett]

Ahhh...the memories. I love how the trash compactor had little foam cubes that served as the 'trash'.
How about the plastic capes for Vader and Obi-Wan and Lando? It didn't take too much for them to tear and become useless.

[Master Magnus]

Originally posted by GollaFett@Feb 15 2005, 05:31 PM
Ahhh...the memories. I love how the trash compactor had little foam cubes that served as the 'trash'.
How about the plastic capes for Vader and Obi-Wan and Lando? It didn't take too much for them to tear and become useless.
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Oh, yeah, I remember those! They were flimsy, but as I recall, none of those was broken for me.

[jedijaybird]

Originally posted by GollaFett@Feb 15 2005, 09:31 AM
Ahhh...the memories. I love how the trash compactor had little foam cubes that served as the 'trash'.
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One of my first toys was the Death Star playset.

A little trivia here: What three colors did the "trash" come in? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[RollaFett]

Orange, yellow, and green

[jedijaybird]

Nope. Blue, Yellow, & Gray

[RollaFett]

Dammit. What about the green rubber monstor that was in there as well?

[RollaFett]

Dammit, I just wrote the color. What a moron.

[Sam Kenobi]

Eh, what?

[empire21]

My original mint condition anakin skywalker...oh wait, I only have that when i'm asleep

[Sam Kenobi]

I have a the first two Anakin's. Which one are you dreaming about?

[empire21]

the 1985, sometimes I have the one with the collectors coin.

[Sam Kenobi]

Ah.

[jedijaybird]

I have the mail away version… no coin for me style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

[Fuzzball]

Hi - I'm a newbie - first post - woo hoo! I'm fairly old, and Star Wars was my life when I was little, so I have a really hard time picking a vintage favorite. I think I'd have to choose my TaunTaun with the slit belly that you could stuff Luke halfway into. I LOVED that thing. I wish I had a picture to post. As for a smaller figure - I would have to choose my R2D2 with the pop-up lightsaber style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif Love my Artoo style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/inlove.gif

BTW, I'm female, late 20s, currently into collecting the larger statue items (like the ones from Gentle Giant and Sideshow's newest line). And I'm getting really really excited about ROTS style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happydance.gif

[Bretsch]

Wellcome Fuzzball.

Mine was Squid Head action figure.

[jedijaybird]

Yes, Welcome to the GS… I suspect you'll fit in just fine around here!

[empire21]

Welcome fuzzball, just ask jedijaybird to post the TaunTaun pic for you. He seems to have them all, especially a certain 1985 Anakin figure style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/saber.gif

[jedijaybird]

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[Horse_Head]

Originally posted by Fuzzball@Mar 29 2005, 01:34 PM
BTW, I'm female, late 20s, currently into collecting the larger statue items (like the ones from Gentle Giant and Sideshow's newest line).* And I'm getting really really excited about ROTS* style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happydance.gif
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Welcome... you may want to change your gender setting to Female in "My Controls" and Enjoy the GS

[Fuzzball]

Originally posted by Horse_Head@Mar 29 2005, 06:14 PM
Welcome... you may want to change your gender setting to Female in "My Controls" and Enjoy the GS
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Oh - woops style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif I didn't even notice that! Thanks for telling me. I'm not really a big discussion board poster normally style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohwell.gif We'll see how long it takes me to get addicted style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[Sam Kenobi]

Any second now . . . style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

Welcome!