Clever Concept or Cardboard Crap? It's the POTF2 Jabba's Palace 3D Display Diorama!

In this video I introduce the POTF 3D Display Diorama -- a cardboard Jabba's Palace that you can use to display your action figures. At least in theory...

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

As a couple of people mentioned, I forgot to include Joh Yowza and Droopy McCool in the band. Turns out they had gotten put next to my "Max Reborg Band" (the band as if they had been taken over by the Borg from Star Trek) and they never got put back in their proper places. But this might be a good chance to take a look at that video if you haven't seen it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qanEZH5jj79le5Y

[@sthread9096]

Cardboard or not, I would have killed to have this as a young kid in the 80s...

[@EnigmaticPenguin]

I actually really loved these displays as a kid in the 90's. I had this one and Cantina version. I thought they were lightyears ahead of their plastic playsets of the detention block, Deathstar pit and Endor bunker they were putting out for a similar pricepoint. If they started producing something similar for $20, I'd buy them and reinforce them as needed. I think there's a market there.

[@ww2germanhero]

Looks like a more practical ideas. Not a fan of realistic dioramas, I would enjoy having stuff like this.

[@scockery]

These were close to $20 back in 1998 and that was when figures were $5 or $6 each. These were overpriced for the time and one reason why they flopped.

[@dwaynecuster]

Who would have thought that 24 years later, we would have the Jabba's Palace Adventure set and the upcoming Throne Room playset.

[@tperson8347]

I had both dioramas, this and the cantina, but I never opened the Jabba's palace display. I love how the unique Han figure looks in the window. There's something about it. It's art. This Han figure looks like it could belong in the POTF2 line, or the POTJ line, it really tied those two together nicely.

[@diyapia]

Before something like Haslab was even thought to have been possible...these shelf displays took us to that galaxy far, far away...we finally got our Oola AND an interior! Now, if Lucas would have only kept his ridiculous revision of Jabba’s band to himself...I do hate that sequence...

[@RansomeStoddard]

I loved the cardboard diaramas. As a kid I had the Kenner Bespin one, the cantina Adventure set with Blue Snaggletooth, and the Land of the Jawas with the escape pod. They never lasted but they were awesome.

[@Mikelectric]

episode 1 was so good i dont care wat anyone says

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I'm a fan of Episode One myself. I find I appreciate it even more now that I've seen the sequel trilogy

[@mattleuty5285]

@@MightyJabbasCollection finally people are getting brave enough to admit that they might have actually enjoyed Star Wars past the originals!! Good on you.

[@friendlyneighborhoodfella9300]

I was good

[@CartoonyAndor19]

Do you want to start a war?!

[@1980StarWarsGuy]

Agreed, Darth Maul is an incredible character, glad they brought him back for Clone Wars

[@alexcharles8541]

I had the cantina one of these, and it was pretty awesome as a display. I had my whole 3.75" collection in there at one time. Awesome review!

[@tomatomelvin]

Me too! It was like playing Cheers with your action figures lol

[@JasonALMS2010]

Oh man that KB Toys price tag brings me back. Very nostalgic for the POTF2 series but looking back, don’t love it too much aside from some of the more obscure character choices they made lol. Great video as always sir

[@MattsCollection]

I still use parts of this in my Jabba's Palace display. I've replaces the cardboard box throne with the proper throne from 2010, and I use the walls from the recent Walmart set. This makes a nice floor and backdrop still.

[@mattleuty5285]

Because you do your videos when you have content to show, it genuinely is fantastic when I get my notifications saying that you have a new video, it's something that I really do prep for. I get myself a drink and snacks and then press play!! Thanks for everything that you do.

[@Ray.Winchester1989]

I had this set when I was like 5 and I use to play on it all the time and lasted me like 2 years I was surprised

[@shakestheclone1995]

Excellent work on tuning up that POTF Jabba. I would never have guessed that what I was looking at. Amazed. Truly amazed.

[@VinylBlair]

The arms of your Wookiee suit are on point, the fur is perfect...!

[@darthmalgus1047]

This is becoming my favorite channel, lol. I’ve also added Jabba to my statue collection with the Jabba the Hutt and Throne Deluxe sideshow statue.

[@evanaraujo5329]

One of my favorite under appreciated channels on this platform. Keep it goingz

[@DocWolph]

Most people will stick their noses up at these cardboard dioramas and playsets. But they are a great idea for a lot of playsets. And consider if you wanted a LOT of them. You can just fold them up and put them away neatly when you were not using them. Some of the most interesting ones were either hybrids with plastic furniture and props with printed cardboard matte paintings or could be upgraded over time if you got the accessories later. The Millenium Falcon for example was such a Hybrid, though primarily plastic vehicle with a playset in the back. Most people turn their noses up at them today because you can print these sets at home yourself for way less, cost of the printer and media notwithstanding. I liked the idea. I had the Starbird base tower (a Milton Bradley toy). a massive playset that was only cost effective in cardboard. It did not come with much on its own, having a tower and a couple of mini action figures and a rover scaled to the Starbird spaceship toy. There was at least one more spaceship to the collection, a smaller truncated black ship that actually looked like the bad guys vessel more than anything. The Starbird was released after the Avenger a mildly more aggressive fighter ship variant of the Starbird. GIJoe was one of the first toy lines to eschew cardboard playsets and dioramas for big expensive plastic, often not well made, playsets. Star Wars, with their more complicated and expansive sets lent themselves to printed cardboard playsets much more. When Star Wars did do the plastic playsets, they were disappointing limited, out of proportion, vast rooms were now tiny cubbyholes, having only one often not well designed and hard to build right feature and costing an utterly ridiculous amount. But if it was good for GIJoe, surely Star Wars would benefit by it as well. Thing is hybrid playsets worked better for Star Wars in most cases. The whole thing led to me making my own cardboard playsets for much of my childhood. My "masterwork" was an expansive base that could cover a full sized bed with numerous rooms and chambers the right size for most activities in the base. Unfortunately, I never got around to making a proper garage or hanger for my vehicles or teh elevated second level (I actually had no room to store for that addition). For a while I was tempted to make full gaming environments for Warhammer, WH40K, and other miniatures games. But life made that more time consuming than I was willing and finally able to allow.

[@zbombzbyhislonesome]

Yes! This looks fascinating

[@CowboyMaster]

This looks so awesome!!!! I loved this video!

[@newwavepop]

personally i have always loved the old late 70s 80s cardboard playsets and miss them now. i still use this playset and the cantina ones for my display.

[@PaulieAFantoneJays19]

1995 to 1999 was my favorite era of Star War Figures for the franchise...They just seemed to know how to make a big deal on the packaging to make it that much more appealing w/o doing a whole lot...I just get don't that anymore w/ action figure those days

[@moncalamari8886]

Waited for this video since your Instagram post!

[@johnfrancis3795]

Great set!

[@R3troZone]

Hasbro legit released a cantina diorama set made of cardboard back in the 90s. I still have it somewhere.

[@Projekt237]

I had the Power of the Force Cardboard Mos Eisley Cantina set with the Sandtrooper as a child, and I absolutely loved it! Was the main reason for me to start building dioramas myself. Except I never use cardboard xD

[@jeffhansen7207]

I had the cardboard piece for about 2 years and it didn't last long. I have the new toy that was released last year. Very happy with it.

[@djdresden242]

I still have this in my display and I raelly liked these. They did a couple for Solo in a similar vein, and I think they're great.

[@tomatomelvin]

I loved this and the cardboard cantina as a kid.

[@CATALAN420]

Man i really love your videos, i think you are great, greatings fron argentina! (Sorry for my english)

[@dantooine4279]

Very interesting video! I would have a slave Leia instead of Boushh, Then you can also have the Han defrosted! And have Boba in there somewhere as well.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

I can tell you really like Jabba :) he has always been my favourite Star Wars character, I always wanted a figure of Jabba as a kid but I never did get one.

[@chrisnicholson2407]

Had one of these things when I was a kid. In retrospect pretty cheap, but when I was 8 years old it worked well enough. One thing I did with mine was have my dad cut a few pieces of scrap wood to insert in the hollow areas to fill them out. Helped a lot with stability. Also, the Episode 1 "Jabba Glob" was the far and away superior version of the character, lol.

[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

I had both this and the cantina. At first even as a kid you think you’ve been ripped off-but if properly taken care of it proved a remarkable playset for figures that you could get for very little money.

[@admiralsnaccbar624]

That POF2 Jabba custom is pretty nice looking

[@_The_Worst_]

I bought this on eBay close to a year ago...👌🏼 I'm going to combine it along with the newer playset that was released and do some customization with everything...👍🏼💯✔

[@mrtodd4798]

I have the Cantina cardboard set and I think it is amazing. You can add extra pieces here and there, to where you don't really notice it's made of cardboard.

[@ww2germanhero]

I really liked this idea of a cardboard set better than "realistic" dioramas. It puts your figures into a scene without removing spotlight from them, nice.

[@DanakarEndeel]

Thanks for these videos, I really appreciate them!! I was one of those dumb kids who sold all my vintage Star Wars toys at a fleamarket at 25 cents a figure when I was 12 or so and now the adult me still has not forgiven myself for that. All I have left from that era is a vintage loose Darth Vader and that's it. :P To me it's a real shame that Hasbro never released a larger plastic playset of Jabba's Palace though and all we were given was that small 3-section display piece with Han hanging from the center wall. :( So I wasn't really all that enthusiastic about that Jabba's 'Palace' or the Tantive IV ... hallway. I love BIG playsets; not a minor section of a playset. :P But I guess for an actual Jabba's Palace playset of any significant size you'd probably need a HasLab kickstarter like that awesome $500 Khetanna sail barge or the upcoming $350 Razor Crest. At least that stuff, while expensive, does trigger my inner child and their massive size just looks phenomenal (provided you have the space). :D Sadly I missed out on the Khetanna kickstarter and when it did become available to us Europeans it was a lot more expensive than the original kickstarter. And ofcourse Ebay prices are even more ridiculous. Still keeping my eye on that Razor Crest though. It's €400 over here for the kickstarter but at least now European backers can back it through Zavvi. I even saw that Australian backers also have a way to get it through a local supply chain. Sorry for rambling but I really like what HasLab is doing and hope to see them making some large detailed display playsets at some point too. I was one of those who wouldn't have mind seeing a Dagobah playset but apparently that one was met with some heavy opposition from the fans. Maybe that's why HasLab suddenly ditched that plan and went with the Razor Crest instead. Unless the whole Dagobah thing was just speculation and rumor. ;) Anyways, thanks a lot for these videos and making me feel young(er) again! :P

[@philipmonihan8222]

I actually have this to go with my cardboard cantina but I've never unfolded it. Never quite had a spot. Always thought that Han looks like Lon Chaney Jr.

[@raymondz7152]

Very fun video 👍👍

[@justfrank3135]

I've never considered buying this set, even as I do like Jabba a whole lot. I do own the vintage Jabba playset, boxed and never opened up the bagged items. And I do own the Jabba and Han Solo set from the nineties. I do have the Jabba's dancers set, a nice set to use for a diorama. Nice video showing the content of this awesome set! I do like it, has some vintage feel to it...

[@Bubba-Fudd-bulletsmith]

I like what you did to the POTF 2 Jabba and the custom marvel comic Jabba is cool

[@vadoraid2517]

I must Streamed this 3 times. I like jabba. & never miss an opportunity to c “other’s displays”. I prefer & here 2020’s hard plastic 3 wall set. Found 2 on line (fairly cheap). On release these were impossible to get.

[@carlosescobar6973]

Wow!! All niceeee 🔥🔥

[@Skywohka]

We need more of this nowadays

[@mariofett13]

Nice work

[@andrewbowenssylvanianfamilies]

One thing that you could do to make the cardboard sturdier is to paste a sheet of corrugated cardboard to the backs of the sides, and put polystyrene blocks under the steps to reinforce them. I do this when creating scenery myself, and with a bit of paint, you can make the scenery look very realistic. I have some videos that show how to make scenery like this.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

That jabba painted looks good.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

I got a couple of these when they went on clearance many years ago. Tried making a "clamshell" version of the Carbonite block that would fit a Han inside it out of one of them (didn't work), and kept the other one as-is.

[@locnar1]

Maybe it's nostalgia talking, but I had this as a 90's Kid and to a twelve year old who loved Star Wars, this kicked ass.

[@luggagethelegend2721]

That is so cool man

[@anondalorian3719]

I used to have this. It was great

[@derektorres6260]

I have this display, I have not set it up in years. I got it when it first came out. I used cassette tapes to make the throne more sturdy, I think it was 4, but it might have been six. (yes, I just aged myself).

[@BoshiYoshi]

I had the Cantina version. I remember opening it up, partially assembling it then getting frustrated and saying "nope". So it just remained in the box, never used. I think this one looks a lot better than the Cantina set.

[@R3troZone]

I also have the cantina diorama. I opened it when I first got it in the 90s but it remains folded up because I just don't have a place big enough to display it.

[@johnlouis4997]

I love this playset I actually used it to make my own jabbas palace 3.75 I used this playset I reinforced everything made the platform for the stairs longer to be more accurate to the movie I used 2 of the vintage collection Jabbas palace playsets and replace the cardboard throne with the newer Walmart exclusive one and then made 65 custom jabbas Palace background characters

[@lucasbubbjimenez4314]

That’s awesome to make it bigger maybe add the vintage collection Kenner one.

[@roysekulich5763]

You should mount the base to a thin Board to keep it straight and then use clear epoxy to make the cardboard solid. perfect for a display piece. Then I would paint it with clear dull coat to kill the shine.

[@MTB214]

I actually bought this recently and want to set it up with the newer plastic display. I just have the plastic one set up now.

[@user-kn8sm5yr8j]

That's a weird Jabba. When I was a kid, the one I bought sat sideways and he was brown... not green and yellow. :( As I watched the video further - your Jabba is SO much better... but still miss that one I had as a kid. =M=

[@vaderrappina9750]

This is the backdrop I originally used in the Jabba's Palace I made,then when the new palace playset came out I trimmed down the cardboard one to fit the new one in,but 75% of the cardboard one is still there,the area behind Jabba and floor mainly.

[@Christopherianmatt]

Here’s the thing: the play sets don’t really come with backdrops, and cardboard backdrops are the way to add atmosphere to your display, play set or photo shoot. They work like they do in a role playing game. The catch is that the play sets weren’t really designed to pair up with the cardboard sets. It would be better if Jabba’s throne could be placed in the Jabba’s palace diorama. Still ingenuity prevails.

[@vadoraid2517]

That piece could be cool with some modifications. Like reinforcing the cardboard print with balsa wood or beaver board. Because as is it appears way flimsy. But I like the newest 1 we got

[@rolfathan]

I swear that for the solo movie there was a target exclusive one made of a thick cardstock. Hasbro did take another shot at the cardboard playsets in more modern times. What I would love to see on the channel though would be a thicker, more sturdy cardstock one that YOU make. It could be pretty dang hard to do though.

[@ManCave1972]

I bought that same set and actually displayed my vintage figures on it for a while. I had to use tape too. Ultimately it was flimsy and not great. The Han Solo carbonite was a bit meh too but I still have that somewhere

[@garethjones2746]

I just watched this now and I think it’s an excellent way to display figures in a cabinet. I would love this, I wish they did some other ones like a Death Star scene or both base. $4.99 what’s that in £, bargain the figure is worth that alone

[@richardlee2120]

I really do like this and the Cantina Hasbro made, but agree it needed durability. I have two of these Jabba sets, with one to use with my vintage figures. It should have been made with vinyl like the old Mega playsets were done. A Hoth Echo Base display was also planned, but never made.

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

Provided the price is right, I honestly don't have a problem with this sort of product from a collector point of view since you're just going to set it up as a static display anyway.

[@mrcydonia]

I wish they'd make a big plastic film-accurate Jabba's Palace playset, and a Cantina one, too. Maybe for the next Haslab?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

There is a 3D printed playset being planned by Taylab Toys that I will probably be making on the channel. It looks very impressive

[@colossalbadger9997]

This gave me some major flashbacks. I picked this out for myself (at K-B Toys, believe it or not) and my parents said that they would buy it for me but I would have to wait for Easter to open it up. This was in like 2004/2005, so it must've been on major clearance or backstock brought out to fill the shelves during Revenge of the Sith's run. I remember sitting at the kitchen table building this with my dad and then bringing it back to my room and putting all of my star wars figures in it. I had a ton of just old vintage Kenner figs and potf along with the saga collection Jabba and I had so much fun with this flimsy thing.

[@stephenmiller4091]

There are a couple companies that produce background scenes for action figures. I'd love to see the big companies release there own offerings for current lines like MOTU, Marvel Legends, DC, TMNT, Star Wars, & GI Joes. Neca would be down with making backgrounds or 3D displays, but they'd probably find a way to incorporate rubbery plastic.

[@fluorosco]

Thanks for the drummer idea. I wanted to know how to get the head to turn properly. So is it glued on the body now? What paint do I get too?

[@StarWarsObsessed]

Very nice! I have one but not the space to display it! LOL!

[@emilflognoid1532]

Glue it to some poster foam board... I think it’s pretty cool!

[@samtimmers5788]

I love Your video’s

[@ExtraKnight7]

I remember picking these up on Clearence for £1.99 brought two and the opened one sat on my shelf for years. Loved the Han figure and that was worth the price of admission in my opinion. Have we ever had that version of Han again?

[@Mikelectric]

to be fair the art on that cardboard is nice

[@jdioramasjdioramas2814]

I had this set nice

[@judefaber]

Imagine if hasbro released a big pack with reproductions of the kenner Jabba the Hutt playet, and some of the figures from that scene!

[@ultramaximusreviews]

Instead of using tape that will change color over time - you should laminate the cardboard and that would make it stiffer and more durable to play with.

[@JD-Media]

If they released these as seperate kits with a cheaper price tag these would have been awesome!

[@1sunnyday1]

I reinforced mine with Foam board, this did the job and was no longer wobbly.

[@CaretakerWanted]

I wouldn't mind a modern piece, but like you said, it depends on the price.

[@erikdavidson4914]

I would like to see a 3D printed carbonite Han Solo both implementing size and detail from frozen and thawed versions.

[@MrChristopoop]

We usually stuffed Jabba’s platform and the stair case to help them keep their form.

[@o.robertolson9837]

Interesting, but I want to see some videos about your "high end" items and rare collectibles.

[@MagicMartin666]

The artwork is excellent, it's just the flimsiness of the cardstock that is the issue. This could be easily glued onto foamboard sheeting for added stability.

[@lepterfirefall]

You would lose the rear art though....

[@lloydwynn1343]

Wish i still had mine. Got destroyed after several moves. Nice fur btw hehe ;)

[@paulsackman3122]

to me the only problem is marketing instead of selling it as a 3d diorama that includes a han figure, it shouldve been sold as a han figure with bonus diorama

[@MADDROBBO666]

I had that TPOTF 3D Jabba Palace!

[@manteeification]

Thank you for this video! Would you know what the measurements of this diorama is?

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

It was okay for the price. I agree that using thicker cardboard would have massively improved this.

[@fantasticthriftyfox]

I wonder if you could mount all of that onto mdf board. Which would give it a bit more durability?

[@peterdunlap7126]

i glued the base to form core it helped

[@bensanfilippo4]

Nice

[@ringokageyama6439]

I recently unearthed my 80's model of Jabbas Palace. The palace itself is made out of that really fragile plastic

[@CMB76]

I have a couple of these as well, and actually, really like them. I had one set up for display for a while but put it back in the box. This makes me want to dig it out and check it out again. On a side note, are you planning on getting the Jabba Maquette and Rancor prop replicas from Regal Robot? They are super pricey (especially the Rancor) but look very cool.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

CMB76 I have the Jabba on order but just couldn’t justify the price of the Rancor. I would love one but it’s way more expensive than I had expected if I’m honest.

[@dollplexus74]

omg. 22 years ago. i just find it. i will buy one to.

[@pepperminttheelfff]

I love these star wars toys

[@3.75istheway7]

I like how all the figures are potf