Hidden Things In Vintage Star Wars Toys

Sometimes the designs liked to sneak things into the toys!
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[@UberNeuman]

The strangest thing hidden inside the full-size Tautaun: Jimmy Hoffa.

[@MrSpankee02]

Flight 370.

[@KlockoFett]

This has been covered elsewhere, but for the IG88 action figure (much like snaggletooth's belt buckle) they had to invent feet for it. The model used in the film didn't have any, so there were no reference photos even possible. The feet were approved, and now to this day those are IG88's feet no matter where he's seen (models, comics, TV series, etc.)

[@KJ-tz7vc]

Junkman just blew my mind with the Holiday Special Snaggletooth revelation.

[@steveharvey2102]

It's cool about Snaggletooth and everything but I'm still waiting for someone to make a figure of my bae, Bea Arthur. She truly was a Golden Girl! Imagine, If she married C-3PO, she could be the Goldenrod's Golden girl, and permanent resident! ;)

[@captainrex4403]

I love how they put C3PO and R2 on the playset of Indiana Jones. That's awesome. Now think about this, Indiana Jones is everything Han Solo dreamt about while in Carbonite LOL

[@richardlee2120]

The real set on Raiders of the Lost Ark had C3PO and R2 D2 as hieroglyphs. The toy imitated the movie's Easter egg.

[@captainrex4403]

@@richardlee2120 yup, and that's awesome they did it for the toy too.

[@richardlee2120]

@@captainrex4403 I wish that modern Hasbro could be as clever. They haven't re-released a new Well of the Souls playset, or many playsets for that matter.

[@captainrex4403]

@@richardlee2120 well they tinkered with it in '08 and once again theIndiana Jones toys didn't sell that well so they scrapped it.

[@richardlee2120]

@@captainrex4403 Yes, and the 2008 Indiana Jones toys were very good, although lacking in playsets. Indiana Jones is not nearly as toyetic as Star Wars, and not really that kid friendly.

[@MM-fc9fz]

Early wooden thomas the train buildings had the creators signature hidden in the bushes.

[@futuramayeah]

I always thought that the logo on snaggletooth's belt was either a badly drawn M or a bird or a logo from another toyline because he was a borrowed mold from one

[@QT5656]

Junkman's videos are the perfect palate cleanser after watching hours of videos about unsolved murders and other spooky mysteries.

[@bradbrown8759]

So cool. I still have all original figs. & blue snaggle tooth buckle story was deep. Droid factory, D star, x wing, cantina, land speeder. But I see your troop transport. I lost that one regretfully. I loved the pre electronic voice buttons. You could hear the motor turning the sound records as loud as the voices. So rare. "R2D2 WHERE ARE YOU?"

[@thegeorgiealityshow359]

Thx for pointing those out Junkman, they did get by me & that there I didn't know.

[@hjwmachinehead]

there is also a lego set of indiana jones with the ark and the well of souls which got a R2D2 & C3PO

[@zcookie49]

That’s correct. I have that set 😀

[@loufher284]

"Be sure to drink your...... OVALTINE?!"

[@ahclem38]

The person responsible for the "Jan" on the Y-Wing label sheet was a guy. He also got his initials "J V D M" on the label sheet for a M.A.S.K. Boulder Hill playset hidden in a series of TV monitors in a computer terminal. The one time I recall him sneaking something into plastic was the Chewbacca Bandolier where he managed to get his and his wife's name, Jan and Martha, in raised letters in a futuristic font on the straps that hold the blue parts box on the bandolier. He was sweating that one because he thought he might get fired if they caught him.

[@steveharvey2102]

He was either very lucky, or very good at designing because I don't see anyone messing around with Lucas's creations and getting away with it.

[@Rebel-Unit]

That is awesome ⚡the bandleader...dang👍

[@figrindantatooine]

OK that opening cartoon was funny. It made me laugh like crazy. Wow. There were some really cool things I didn't know about. That Star Destroyer playset talking about an Imperial Grand Advisor character? Now I want to find one.

[@cernstormrunner7263]

When I was little I had a vinyl E.T. wallet. It wore out pretty quick and the vinyl ripped. I peeled the vinyl back and there was a cut down C-3PO figure card stuck in there to stiffen the wallet.

[@Inari007]

If you take the body off a Hot Wheels toy usually you'll find great Easter Eggs. Small dogs in the cars interior, bandanna peels, surfboards, bodies ect.....

[@doctorgoodguy1]

As far as I am aware you are correct about Snaggletooth being based on a Holiday Special character and not from the movie.

[@muttBunch]

Omg 3:01 that is crazy. I’m 15 minutes from Cherry Hill and I worked at 401 Kings Highway. Holy eff. Awesome

[@stevethefishdotnet]

Wow! I remember finding the Emily snake when I was a child. I totally forgot about that until you reminded me!

[@myramadd6651]

I had an original Rancor toy, and As a sculptor/painter, When looking it over, I found where the modelmaker who did the sculpt left a couple of fingerprints on the figure.

[@steveharvey2102]

Where are they? Any photos?

[@myramadd6651]

@@steveharvey2102 Sadly, I sold the thing a couple years back. but look down the scales on the lower back. you can't miss it.

[@arohk1579]

Great now I'm going to be going over every piece of my collection looking for stuff lol.

[@AzraelThanatos]

You know, with the Indiana Jones playset, along with Artoo and Threepio, it looks like they also put Vader on it

[@TimHayes]

Almost looks like Darth Vader is on that Ark covering design as well.

[@mem1701movies]

yet they couldn't get the lightsaber colors right

[@funnypicturescomics]

Hey Junkman! I've really been enjoying your toy history/kenner videos. They sure don't make em like they used to! Keep up the good work!

[@ThatJunkman]

Thanks

[@georgelea4297]

thanks junkman for sharing this information with us

[@Pertusetian]

I have my original Dagobah playset in storage, When I get it out, I'm gonna find these two Emilys. Pretty cool video J-man!

[@davidwx5207]

R2d2 was also part of the mothership in close encounters of the 3rd kind..

[@RansomeStoddard]

Kenner was always flying by the seat of their pants. It's no wonder so many cool things snuck past the reviewers at Lucasfilm. I heard there is a name on the Ewok Village, but I can't find it.

[@fanboy2015]

In 1998 I went to the Star Wars exhibit at the Smithsonian in DC. The studio miniature of the Falcon was there. The ship had small Champion Oil decals all over it.

[@anthonyreed3682]

They included the same decal in the Bandai Perfect Grade Millennium Falcon as well.

[@christopherlacher3544]

Hasbro has done similar things in the GIJOE ARAH line. Example is the Sticker on the Dragonfly contains the designers name. Various figures are molded in the likeness of various Hasbro employees also.

[@spookyman5468]

My high school band used to practice at our drummer's house around a mile from Stephen Hodges' art school business card address. Small world!

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

Imagine sculpting your face on the molded details of a Tauntaun's entrails..

[@tacticalmattfoley]

This example isn't a toy, but the sticker sheet from the Perfect Grade Millennium Falcon has Champion stickers and other auto parts related stickers.

[@omlettedufromage8588]

i remember hearing about the initials on the taun tauns tail... i have a vague memory that it wasnt "obvious" like block lettering at all and was done the way the hair/fur was layed... "T-L" or "T-J"... something like that

[@inthetoyroom4life]

They also put R2 and 3PO in the Indiana Jones Lego set on a sticker, it makes me happy to knlw that there's some kind of tradition there : )

[@QT5656]

Excellent again! I don't think I knew any of that previously. May the force be with you.

[@tommybenefield1480]

I've got an idea for a video!! Investigate who Emily is! I'm sure it's just a big puzzle that I'm sure could make a cool mini documentary.

[@LEGENDCITYest1963]

On the left foot of the Kenner Yoda 3 and 3/4 it says Grogu is my love child

[@wadehinden5940]

You have nice information on the Star wars items. All good. Glad you are doing this. Thanks 👍

[@KJ-tz7vc]

The Y-Wing wears Jan's Tramp Stamp.

[@spacemansabs]

Lego City license plates have the initials of the designer who worked on it. More recently they have changed it to also include other members of the team, like graphic designers or instructions designers etc. to make things more fair.

[@reneelolley6019]

Excellent job as always D!!

[@michaelmiller44820]

There are designer names hidden inside the original "Return of the Jedi" Darth Vader helmet/neck piece. I noticed this when I saw the "Star Wars: The Magic of Myth" exhibit.

[@peterburr77]

Another Star Wars - Raiders of the Lost Ark connection: check out the cover of Marvel’s The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones comic #17. Note the resemblance to Princess Leia.

[@ThatJunkman]

Never notices that before

[@peterburr77]

I also found a Darth Vader shadow in Conan the Barbarian #79, also Marvel, which came out in late 1977. I’m guessing Marvel was trying to capitalize on the success of Star Wars by sneaking in some subtle references.

[@TheFarrierphil]

Thanks buddy, I didn't know about a few of these👍👍!

[@BigAL68xyz]

That tree stump was Yoda's dining room table. The house went over that part.

[@lukelasnier7298]

Love that kind of videos

[@joelbeckley7924]

You wouldn't happen to need a replacement Yoda play set missing everything would you? LoL I've got one and parts to the death star play set. Fyi great video man.

[@ThatJunkman]

I got one already sadly missing everything also

[@johnzig1386]

I dont remember a lizard in that playset, just that root/snake thing. Indiana jones thing? My mom noticed it. Also thought across from c3p0 was a Vader looking guy. Man, i dunno how many times Raiders figs stood in for SW bad guys! That Nazi Thot(tott?) had perfect hand for force using! And as a nazi, he looked Imperial enuff to be Emperor's buddy! Great vid, Junkman! Thank you!

[@nathanmihopoulos1138]

Anybody here remember the old days of the junk closet??

[@ThatJunkman]

I hope not :)

[@Karemaker]

Junkman you've been putting out awesome videos lately.

[@ThatJunkman]

Thanks

[@MrChristopoop]

I think you got a boost in viewers recently from your Star Wars trailer reaction vids! Noticed your newer videos have more views by time I watch em. Nice job!

[@ThatJunkman]

Yes that helped. Lot of views

[@nerdbot37]

What if you had said "tauntaun bootie"?

[@XMattingly]

“I spent more time looking at a tauntaun’s ass than anyone should” 🤣🤣🤣

[@CrazyPlantLady007]

The Lego Indiana Jones set has the images also!!!

[@quinncollects6764]

Brilliant I love stuff like this Easter eggs

[@simonfox6735]

Great video junkman

[@cernstormrunner7263]

Every time I see that holiday special snaggletooth pic I think hes wearing a Michael Jackson THRILLER jacket

[@ThatJunkman]

Jackson took his style and added zippers :)

[@DoYouNerd]

This was great--loved these! The belt buckle was really cool. And thank you for looking so much at a tauntaun's ass just for us. The Indy Easter egg is great too--love that it made it to the toy!

[@ThatJunkman]

The things I do for you guys. Like looking at a tautaun ass

[@steveharvey2102]

And I thought they smealt bad, on the outside...!

[@DoYouNerd]

@@steveharvey2102 On the bright side, inside is always.... Luke warm.

[@DowntheRabbitHole0]

Open belly Tauntaun owner here and if there are initials on that tail they're hard to see. I notice the right hand side of the tail has slightly more random hairs/fur shapes half way to the tip than the left side and MAAYYYBE there's a capital letter H in there but it's probably my imagination. Similarly on the right hand side of its ass near the bottom edge of the open belly "hatch" there kinda appears to be either a M or. W but again I might be seeing things cuz I want to see them as opposed to them really being hidden there. Awesome video though .

[@candoentertainment9118]

Damnit man. I had that Star Wars projector that I see on your shelf.

[@harrycollins3248]

Did the Junkman's wife make him take his childhood into the attic?

[@ThatJunkman]

Junkman’s wife is an ex :)

[@harrycollins3248]

@@ThatJunkman Didn't see that coming.

[@thermometerman1824]

@@ThatJunkman who needs a wife when you have star wars toys?

[@Bighuge12]

Yes There is a Darth Vader next to the r2d2 on the Indiana Jones thing

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

Only 30 grand subs? You're hilarious! Thanks for the upload!

[@Elementalfigures]

I know the dagobah playset has some name on it 😯

[@henryfuller7742]

Awesome video

[@_The_Worst_]

Man, this video was so fun and chock-full of cool tidbits and awesome hidden details and information...💯✔ I just never wanted it to end...🧒

[@ThatJunkman]

I hope to find more. If they sneak them into star wars you know they had to well less known lines. Cause it be easier

[@davidjones6470]

Excellent vid

[@chiliswerve9457]

Great video!

[@Elementalfigures]

A merry Christmas to the junkman great shows keep em rolling remember 2023 is your year💥💥💥💥💥💪

[@shawnhull9988]

Something new that I didn’t know about. 👍

[@Nick-zn1vj]

I'm not really into Star Wars but, I found your video very FASCINATING!

[@ThatJunkman]

Thanks and not always Star Wars stuff. Mostly hit no always but hope you find some stuff worth watching

[@Nick-zn1vj]

@@ThatJunkman I think I will👍

[@fryewerk]

I've put a few easter eggs into toys I've worked on. The Hasbro Iron Man 3 "Battle Vehicle" (convertible sports car) has the simple wing car company logo that I designed in my childhood on the front. The logo is also on the more obscure "Mighty World" brand fire truck above the grill. That truck also has a tire tread design based around the shapes of California, Oregon, and Washington- the states that I lived in.

[@ThatJunkman]

Cool. Love to hear even more

[@martok2112]

JunkMan, I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I love your new animated intro...and the nod you give to Filmation with the opening logo. Kudos to the artist who worked that up for you. Also, may I profess my abject jealousy that you have an ALIEN 12 inch figure from 1979!!! I remember when that first came out, I wanted one so badly. Alas, it was almost as quickly pulled from shelves because at the time, people thought it was not a good idea to have a toy for kids based on an R-rated film. (I do, however, have a xenomorph from ALIENS...so, kinda got what I wanted.) May the Force Be With You and Yours, JunkMan.

[@ThatJunkman]

Thanks and believe it or not I found that alien for $20 a few months back

[@martok2112]

@@ThatJunkman That's great! Good find, amigo! :)

[@BlackieNuff]

Hahahaha, nice replication of the "Filmation" logo!

[@mem1701movies]

I have an original MILLENNIUM FALCON with ORIGINAL BATTERIES! they're fuzzy...

[@charlesmartin7635]

Thank you another video was 3 years old but due to my comment about the Star Trek mask of captain Kirk being Mike Myers and you understanding I'd say that was a great video and there was some knowledge in there I did not know thank you love your show keep it up I'll keep watching thumbs up big guy

[@ThatJunkman]

Thanks for watching.

[@charlesmartin7635]

@@ThatJunkman all good really enjoy the content

[@llcooljoe001]

Damn, good information :)

[@JeffTheFutureJaros]

Cool Video Junkster.

[@StarWarsJay]

Hey tauntaun backside watcher. I found an unpenned lizard. Do an image search using “emily lizard dagobah playset”.

[@tomperkins4965]

Doing a review on plastic Galaxy and the People vs. George Lucas documentaries

[@KJ-tz7vc]

"Emily" is actually Dagobahnian for "Reptile."

[@Acrocanthosaurus]

Jump cuts. Why did there have to be jump cuts.

[@wadehinden5940]

MAY the force be with you

[@Vexer-rl9fq]

Man it's interesting what these people got away with. Wonder if toy designers still do this but with more sly techniques.

[@ThatJunkman]

I bet they do

[@scifiguy26]

Informative as always Junkman👍...now I'm going to go look at some Taun-taun Ass😁

[@williamkopko5775]

Kay bees toy store was great I miss the malls in the 80s had toy stores , pet stores. Arcades. Ect

[@keokike5634]

The other character on the ark looks like Darth Vader

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

Is that not also Darth Vader on the Ark with 3PO?

[@ThatJunkman]

No. It’s an Egyptian

[@williamkopko5775]

Did you the Robin Hood tree house wax the same as the the Ewok PlaySet

[@simonfarrell6585]

Great vid! Also Why did the original TIE Pilot figure smell of black berries? & 4-LOM of mushrooms?

[@ThatJunkman]

First time I heard that on e

[@simonfarrell6585]

@@ThatJunkman check him out, I think PALITOY over here used black plastic that was also used in smelly toys, very popular in the 80s. Every TIE I came across stank of blackberry, I can still smell it now 👍

[@CAPTBBERRY]

@@simonfarrell6585 OMG!!! I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD A SMELLY TIE PILOT!!! I thought he smelled like something from Strawberry Short cake. they were made by Kenner too. My cousin she had them and I had star wars. I thought there was a mix up at the factory and that is how I got mine. Funny story now to this day when I open a new fig. I always smell it lol. Thank for letting me know that I wasnt crazy LOL

[@LextheRobot]

@@CAPTBBERRY I remember that smell and I also suspected it had something to do with the scented toys from the Strawberry Shortcake line. My sisters were too old to have any SS toys, but my neighbor's sister had some and the TIE Pilot's scent would have fit right in with those.

[@simonfarrell6585]

@@CAPTBBERRY ha ha, yes it was def strawberry or some sort of Berry! Happy memories👍

[@wfthrock]

I wish I could afford to be a vintage Kenner MOC / MIB collector.

[@alanduncan1980]

Ever hear of a metal C3PO from early 80's? It's the same size as the plastic one, looks identical, but has no moving parts.

[@ThatJunkman]

Who made it

[@alanduncan1980]

@@ThatJunkman I don't know. Back in the mid 80's my uncle gave me his Star Wars collection. He had almost everything. One of them was metal 3PO. My mom kindly donated the whole collection one day to a charity shop while I was at school. I was pissed! Still am to this day, but that 3PO was something I haven't seen anywhere else to this day. It was silver, cast from steel. It looked like they used the same die as the plastic Kenner one. Anyhoo... There ya have it.

[@LeslieJones_RSTRCTD]

You could even argue, that it's Darth Vader on the other side of the R2D2 hieroglyphic on the Indiana Jones toy. 😉

[@atomicmonsterart3952]

Growing up, I always assumed it was Leia.

[@theviking6052]

I want that emperors shuttle behind you so bad..lol if ya ever want to trade I got a lot of cool Star Wars stuff. I got 10 battle ready sabers??

[@qualityserviceexperts9996]

See-Three Pee-Oh, hahahahaha!

[@battroidattack]

The sticker sheet for the GIJoe Vamp vehicle one of these is decals was labeled “smegma” with the text reversed as a joke by the designers and the higher up’s at Hasbro didn’t find out!

[@ThatJunkman]

That’s cool. Didn’t know that

[@D.Pensak]

“Gotta love That Junkman - he knows his s**t.”

[@backroom12]

Taun taun ass should be a t shirt 😂😂😂 wonder if Jan or Emily ever publicly commented all these years later about their names being on a Star Wars toy . Especially Emily since she was probably a kid back then and had no idea about it happening

[@mise__en__scene9670]

i've got an open taun-taun belly but i couldn't see any initials on it :(