A Dozen Vinyl Cape Jawa Figures Found by Dealer

Today we look back at the story of the collector and dealer that found the best deals and even a box of vintage plastic vinyl cape Jawas from the vintage Star Wars kenner toy collection!
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[@bradleyconrad678]

Here in Canada all my friends had vinyl cape Jawas. I had a cloth cape Jawa and thought I had the “rare different one”.

[@the_weed_in_your_garden9319]

I would never have wanted a vinyl cape. Actually even as a kid the vinyl capes were a pet peeve. They would rip around the arms and I just took them off.

[@cebtropico]

Can’t 😂believe he Scored that, that Bootleg was INSANE 😂❤😂

[@ciscodeer9094]

He seemed like an honest scalper, but what do I know, this is a good one Junkman

[@J19ves]

I remember “Plastic Dreams” well! Had a couple of real nice pieces from them in the late 90s.

[@3Storms]

I call bullcrap. There's no way one routinely "accidentally" discovered such perfect MOC specimens, and the capes look suspiciously like Ben Kenobi capes cut down.

[@reymed1670]

Even on FB their a couple with thousands Moc vintage sw figures and there not even in thier 40s repacking mint condition figures

[@tomlevier3615]

I remember his ads in Toy Shop.

[@JustinTyme33]

I remember watching this when you first put it out. I’m probably jealous of Mr Mint but I don’t like him. That said his dying young makes me think, was he really that lucky?

[@jeffstark8449]

Damn that's crazy! Don't think I caught this one the first time around.

[@chrisC052]

He's lucky running around with 100k in cash he didn't get his ass jumped.

[@foginternational]

Why doesn't this ever happen to me....

[@francoisregis2155]

Great video always interesting to hear your stories

[@CoconutDaddy]

I used to take the cloth robe from the Jawa and put it on my bearded guy adventure people guy and he was my obi one

[@stevegallo8483]

Mr. Rosen was either really lucky, or he had really good contacts and paid good finders fees or it was a combination of both. Can't deny his success or that people either loved or hated him. I never was a fan of his selling prices, as they were too rich for me back then.

[@DanBriggs3000]

Mr. Rosen went around the country buying up all the jawas he could right before the Prequals. One of those Jawas I had in my hands....I sold it to him, along with one of the skiffs you see him holding in his Toy Shop ad.

[@nostrem82]

have to say I've always felt he was nothing more than a parasite. always felt you collected for the love of the figures or line not to try make a buck

[@francoisregis2155]

Same for me

[@captlazer5509]

Speculators to help make those prices a little more crazier.

[@staceyguy891]

Nice upload junk man

[@darthwizzywizard]

Well you can’t take it with ya. Amazing. I remember this era.

[@mrstacyj9496]

cool, thanks for sharing

[@4fingas69]

Good one!

[@TonyStark-uu9us]

excellent vid

[@nick_knows_stuff]

He must have had good contacts and paid a good finders fee. Before everyone starts spewing their hate, there are things left our of this video, which is in now in my top 5 favorite videos. 1) Nobody was specific on what percentage he made reselling the cards and figures, you can't judge someone for flipping collectables. 2) He's no different than ebay or other places like card shops, comic shops and vintage toy stores that sell vintage cards and toys. 3) It sounds like he also bought large lots of collectables, and 99.99% of the time, businesses give you a discount on large bulk buys. 4) Collectables are only as valuable as how much somebody wants to pay (salt was worth more than gold at one time). 5) The more valuable a collectable, the more money you can get for it in an emergency. 6) The collectables market goes up and down, and 1 person can't affect the market going up or down. 7) There will always be collectables out of the reach of the average person, but with the willingness to do extra work and budgeting make the hight dollar items closer to your reach.

[@elrodimusflash9331]

Not surprising. The vynl cape were very common. When The figures were in stores.. It's on recent years that the vynll jawed were suddenly "rare"

[@ThatJunkman]

It was rare in the 90s. Always been a rare figure

[@GarretGrayCamera]

Is there a significance to the Jawas having a vinyl cape? I assume there is being vinyl is mentioned a lot, I just don't know what it is.

[@brandonthetoyandgamecollector]

The vinyl cape Jawas were produced in a very limited quantity because parents complained of the size of the figure, and it was being charged the same amount as every other figure. It was given a cloth cape and hood to give it more value to the other figures.

[@rumblehat4357]

Early in the production, Kenner switched from a vinyl cape to the cloth cape, making it pretty rare.

[@GarretGrayCamera]

@@brandonthetoyandgamecollector Thanks!

[@GarretGrayCamera]

@@rumblehat4357 Thanks! That makes total sense.

[@rumblehat4357]

@@GarretGrayCamera Back then I never even saw an actual jawa figure in a store until 1979. They were really hard to find for some reason. So it’s no wonder I never saw a vinyl caped jawa in the wild.

[@worstxb1playertylerteehc635]

Mr Forgery

[@saltrisha1]

My mom had a carded klattu that was Revenge of the jedi,she bought it at kmart let me open one,i wish i had it!!

[@ThatJunkman]

No she didn’t

[@reymed1670]

That's fake because the box would had mix figures

[@ThatJunkman]

No. Not the ones sent out for the giveaway. This isn’t a normal store ship box

[@reymed1670]

Do you believe this ???? Honestly?

[@johnblack9885]

@@ThatJunkman that’s a load of crap

[@johnblack9885]

Yeah I call total B.S. on this. Vinyl cape Jawas never shipped in a full case and are so rare. This has to be some more Stan Solo repro shit.

[@ThatJunkman]

The figures shipped for the theater giveaway was shipped by box, so they stores would know who they had and each store would get the same number. They didn't ship them in mix boxes to the giveaways, as they wanted each place to have the same number. So its easier to ship by case

[@johnblack9885]

@@ThatJunkman there was no theater giveaway with vinyl cape jawas. Urban myth.

[@MoneyManHolmes]

Was the box shown in the video the “actual” box being talked about? If so, maybe a collector just used an original box to store his figures in. The ad even shows that one of the Jawas had the proof of purchase removed. Very interesting story!

[@grimaldo99]

And now i wonder, is he in Heaven or in Hell for that greed? Life gets you, everytime. I bet he used that money for that Cancer. Smh. I am a collector too, i only keep my figs for 10 years or so, then i sell them so someone else can enjoy them as much as i did. Just remember, when you die, you dont get to take everything with you.

[@seankelly9541]

04:00. Josh Vilensky is a crook.

[@rickwj324]

Yeah.. That's either BS or the Luckiest S.O.B. on the planet!! :)

[@darthwizzywizard]

Back then it was real. Stuff like this happened. Lots of opportunities. The dates make sense. I grew up in that era of collecting.