Vintage Jabba the Hutt Action Playset (Kenner Star Wars)

This is a comprehensive overview of Kenner's Jabba the Hutt Action Playset, including some prototypes, international variants and bootlegs/oddities related to the set.
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[@mudkipadhd132yo2]

9:24 why do I need so many Jaba the hut figures you sound like my wife XD

[@jdigitalseven7]

I remember my older cousin had this. I would play with it at my babysitter's (his mom). So surreal that I remember everything about it. He had so many Star Wars action figures

[@kittfisto3135]

Slowly going to watch all your Jabba videos. I am a HUGE Jabba fan, and your videos are great. That soap though.

[@dansweet2499]

Me to I am jealous of this collection but glad he is sharing it

[@darryllong9726]

jabba is amazing

[@EliKlemmeck]

Your videos are really well done! Great collection.

[@everythingstarwars1889]

I have my vintage Jabba the Hutt action figure, but I need to find the arms. I'll try to find them.

[@Throwawrenchrestorations]

I have one

[@RAIHAN-he9bd]

Where you buy this

[@kangkinkang]

He looks like Garfield

[@Conefed]

As a child, I thought the dungeon inside was incredibly detailed, even a little scary

[@luisjpfan9622]

Pop

[@chriswheeler6092]

I remember it as being bigger than that.

[@GhoulsOfPlan9]

What would we Jabbamaniacs do without MJC & your videos filled with a huge plethora of facts and information about anything and everything Jabba-connected. Thanks for all that you do, friend.

[@ellisgriffiths7609]

4:19 NOOOOO!!! YOU KILLED JABBA!!!!!!!!

[@1980StarWarsGuy]

Your the one that made that vid of the custom LEGO Jabba palace based on the original one

[@admiralsnaccbar624]

*he also has no videos*

[@jerryparks3706]

This is an amazing review! You sir, are a legend!!!

[@jasonthornton-saunby5814]

As a child in the early 80s I used to cover Jabba in hair gel for an authentic worm riddled filth effect

[@squidsminion]

Thanks to you I recently bought it for around $12 without Jabba, railing, or crumb although I did already have Jabba and crumb.

[@manriquezfamily4323]

2:00 I always get him in the end jabba

[@legofiatmultiplafanwhomake7222]

Well... This jabba obsession is not healthy for you

[@admiralsnaccbar624]

I disagree

[@vintagetoykid9682]

This Jabba playset was my very first Star Wars toy ever… nearly 40 years ago - hard to believe, and I still have it!

[@Chalor.]

It might've been my first one as well. I'm like 99.9% certain I had that line art box version...and I do believe I got it from Sears. Unfortunately, my mom got rid of my Jabba, the Ewok village, and most all my figures long ago. Only ones that got saved were Amanaman (my favourite regular sized figure), Lumat, Max Rebo, and the cartoon Logray.

[@red_bearded_brian]

I got this set for Christmas when I was around four years old. It's still one of my most favorite Christmas memories of all time. I can still remember the weird smell (which my brother and I were convinced was intentional), and I could swear the eyes had a parallax effect so they seemed to follow you when you moved past his face. Unfortunately, it was lost to the great Star Wars purge of '98 when my mom began throwing out all our old toys since we had outgrown them.

[@megavide0]

9:18 "... You sound like my wife." (LOL!:)

[@christopherh4653]

When you said it was cherry scented, I smelled cherry really strongly. I thought I was going crazy but turned around and saw my 6 year old daughter using some hand sanitizer. HA!

[@azolivas]

I had this as a kid back in 1983. I vaguely remember burying it in our backyard like a time capsule. My parents still live there and now I am 43. One of these days I will go digging!

[@admiralsnaccbar624]

so uh... did you ever find it?

[@greencorduroy3018]

3:59 I don't know what figure I was expecting but it definitely wasn't The Great Goblin

[@omikron6218]

I thought it was going to be the Rancor

[@newwavepop]

for my display i use the old 90s cardboard Jabba palace with the base from the modern era set and a vintage Jabba cause i still think it looks best. in general im not a huge fan of the vintage figures and prefer modern, but some of the ROTJ figures were really nice sculpts and made a huge leap past the figures for the first two films.

[@highmcnoon9307]

"YOU ALWAYS GET EM AT THE END JABBA!" That line was perfect for the joke. I am also a huge Jabba fan and I enjoy your humor. Subscribed.

[@vinnyabrego547]

You inspired me to collect Jabba figures

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Cool! Which ones do you have?

[@cosydelong651]

Would you by chance have a extra jabba playset you would want to sell?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

No, but they are not hard to find on eBay and generally they aren’t too expensive

[@TimHayes]

Loved this figure! You could wag his tail! :)

[@jartladder15]

I was given a sealed salcious crumb figure as just a "bonus" to a purchase at a vintage toy show in 2010. Who knows how many the guy had!!! Thanks for the videos.

[@StarWarsObsessed]

Very entertaining video. It's amazing all the pieces you have in your collection. I have wanted some bootleg stuff like you show in the video but they are really hard to find.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

+Richard Dale Bootlegs are relatively common on eBay, but as I mention a lot of them aren't "genuine" bootlegs. In other words, they are made specifically to sell on eBay rather than being bootleg toys that might have been played with by kids at some point. They're still cool though.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

+Gladys Nieves I do plan to do that at some point. Not sure when though. These kinds of videos take quite a while to make.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

+Gladys Nieves Hard to say. I actually like all of the main characters a lot. Maybe Han Solo?

[@MB-pc4cs]

My brother got this. There w,re times during childhood, he won. ANYONE ELSE HOPING GENTLE GIANT DOES A JUMBO JABBA THE HUTT AND THRONE? It would be massive.

[@davepryor72]

Hi! I just discovered your channel as I was excited to get my new vintage collection Jabba throne. Looking forward to your review. I enjoy seeing all the videos you made here and I’m starting to work through watching them. I got my Kenner Vintage Jabba figure long after its original release. Strangely, I didn’t own one as a kid even though I had a ton of Star Wars figures. Being 12 years old when ROTJ came out, I didn’t collect everything from that film and kinda fell off of collecting Star Wars by the end of the line, like many. I got my Jabba playset in the 90s from a place called “Uncle Fun” in Chicago.

[@taradhar3200]

Just got one!

[@garrytuohy9267]

I never had the Jabba Play-set. I pretty much stopped collecting around Return of the Jedi. But my favorite item was the Landspeeder and all my favorite characters and play-sets were from Tatooine, especially Jabba's Palace.

[@HexNottingham]

Just expanding on the Jabba throne a little bit, I'm proud to say I have not one, but two Oola figures from the 90's. She is my favourite original SW trilogy babe. (Her and ANH Leia). (...and maybe Camie.)

[@melodramaticplastic7082]

Kudos for having a channel dedicated to toys from one character. Now there is true talent!

[@cramegg]

Archival videos seem unnecessarily low quality.

[@josephvisaarionovichstalin7760]

Gym teacher: no excuses class, you are doing pushups today, no making the "I have no arm" excuse. Me: 6:00 Gym teacher: fair enough

[@thomascouch4864]

Hmm, I'm curious on the line drawing box. I think i got it when I was a kid. Don’t remember the box but my Jabba didn't have a hookah nor the manacle though everything else. I am told it was purchased at Service Merchandise.

[@loganjorgensen]

I like action features that actually work primarily, fair trade for any aesthetic compromises imo. It was neat seeing the productions elements involved.😉 Oh so that's why there is so much of it, they simply made too many, kind of a simple explanation in the end lol. Found a video about repairing Jabba, seems there's a plastic chemistry conflict between the two material types, amazing how many toys suffer from that, melting or killing each other with contact.🤔 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZmrg3WuYryhqM0

[@ivanibarra5940]

Hello I"m from México and I have my Lili ledi Jabba since I was a kid, I'm 49, thanks for the videos, u make me laugh🙂

[@evanmiller2562]

I think being imprisoned underneath Jabba IS alot worse!!! Imagine having to lay there looking up st Jabba's belly or ass or god knows what he has underneath >_

[@spaghettidracula9710]

I’m attempting to sculpt the armrest for an original 1983 Jabba throne I acquired missing part. Can someone who has this piece please give the it’s measurements? I’d like to try to make it as accurate as possible.

[@rowntreeplayz]

I recently got an original Jabba with hookah pipe for $10 in mint condition in its original bag, now I'm going to track down a salacious crumb and the playset

[@paulrichie5891]

And this guys married ?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Sorry I’m taken

[@I_aint_creative]

I'm late but I wasn't born around that time but I did grow up with the lego jabbas palace although I cannot find it I do have jabba because before I moved it was my number 1 toy and heck when I moved and I had nothing but my ps4 I still had that lego jabba next to me while I slept so yeah

[@dallas2719]

This is probably my favorite KZbin video ever released

[@ToonamiT0M]

Toy Polloi has a video showing how to attach broken Jabba arms without gluing them in place.

[@ringokageyama6439]

I could have sworn that Jabba's eyes had the illusion of following you if you moved the head from side to side.

[@E53061]

One thing you can make to fix a broken arm peg is to pierce the peg/whole arm with red-hot needle/nail.

[@bsumner2]

Happy you're making videos now!

[@drjohnson920]

How hard to make the frog chamber bubble and the pipe bubble and have vapor come out

[@keithrobertson8101]

I still have this 100% complete and in great condition and have it on display

[@benlucke3208]

I own the vintage Jabba and have never had issues with the arms🤔

[@mr.revrac5602]

In the battle front 2 jabbas palace map they based the design of his throne on this toy, it has the grates underneath where he would sit

[@henryescat1104]

Come play with us... Forever! Lol!

[@derektorres6260]

my vintage jabba lost his arm with a complete break :-(

[@jamesburrough2855]

Salious Crumb was the best addition.

[@guszilla6806]

Need an asmr video of swirling jabba to sleep too please

[@brentdonley752]

Could someone please give me the box dimensions L W H please.

[@Gooie]

Does anyone know where to find this for fairly cheap

[@maxrc8364]

Somewhat is a Jabba worth to you these days, shipped to Canada

[@davidgarrett6951]

Mine got tons of play and now almost 40 years later has never lost its arms

[@shogun7664]

I remember getting this on my birthday with I was a kid

[@MrAntonin19]

I just bought my first vintage misb Star Wars playset, and it is... Jabba the Hutt! The condition is pretty nice. I got a very warm and fuzzy feeling taking this bad boy out of the shipping box. I have very clear memories of getting this toy for 1983 Christmas... I also bought the misb Rancor in the same haul. Now the challenge is not opening them! Thanks for sharing your passion and knowledge. Stay away from that Sarlacc pit!

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Congratulations. You've taken your first step into a larger world. :)

[@animatronicentertainmentdude]

Crazy to think that this was 8 years ago

[@Kristopher-ge7zc]

I got this set one year at Christmas.

[@gamingmafia264]

I like your videos so I subscribed

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

+Red21StandingBy Thanks!

[@gabedoggo5691]

Mighty Jabba's Collection how much do vintage jabbas go for?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I already answered this question of yours on another video.

[@gabedoggo5691]

Mighty Jabba's Collection which one?

[@neophytealpha]

Did have a Jabba, but someone stole mine years ago

[@TheDarthMasterChief]

your videos are so interesting. thank

[@RetrocadePodcast]

This held up as the best 3.75" version of Jabba for 27 years, until the 2010 WalMart Jabba's Throne version was released. So many figures of the original ROTJ line held up long passed the POTF2 and POTJ lines, including the original Max Rebo Band, which I feel still hasn't been surpassed in quality by Hasbro to this day.

[@willday9316]

The June Taylor Jabba Dancers!

[@lewispalen6530]

Got it !!! From Sears catalog !!!

[@colejohnsondrums]

How long is the jabba someone please tell me

[@laksivrak2203]

Love all your videos my brother

[@Godzilla5675]

8:50 😂 pile of crumbs

[@AlexaExtraordinaire]

I used to have that Line art boxed jabba at 7:55, complete in mint. I sold it long time ago though... sometimes (like right now) I miss it, but in all honesty I never played with it or displayed it so I hope it's new owner put it to good use. Great video!

[@bentbilliard]

I'd like to register a complaint about the hypnotic part. I tried many times but I never once got hypnoti... never mind the postman just brought a package of 20 Jabbas. It must have worked.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

My master plan is finally coming together...

[@leonalcock2735]

I love your channel

[@oele]

best eyes on a jabba fig imo.

[@ofakaprime762]

I am Jabbaglobba swibble glabba glab

[@ryanwieber2602]

Seeing the suckers on Jabba's underside, the idea suddenly popped into my mind that the Hutts evolved their tails to ensnare prey before devouring them. The one thing we see Jabba eating in Return of the Jedi is a frog, so it can be assumed that Hutts are carnivores or at least omnivores. Seeing as the arms of Hutts are too short to attack with, they could have evolved articulate tails with a function similar to the sucker covered tentacles of cephalopods. I'm not sure if this is brilliant or horrifying.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I like the way you think. I’m not sure there has been any serious exploration of this kind of thing but it is fun to think about.

[@mattdawg83686]

I was always curious to know why Kenner never colored the figure to match his onscreen counterpart?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Lucasfilm had a coloring guide for their characters that told which Pantone colors to use, so I think Kenner was mostly just following that. As for why they decided on that particular color, I think they just decided that a light orange was the closest approximation to his main orangey color, but it is interesting that they didn’t even attempt to make him green at all.

[@grivius12]

Simplemente hermoso

[@sithlover9186]

4:08 Jabba:Mercy!

[@YodaPagoda]

There wasn't any doubt that I wanted this for Christmas 1983, but my memory is kinda sketchy as far as when I got this, because I got the Scout Walker for Christmas too. The only thing I remember is having both in my collection, and my Jabba ended up being the shadowy leader of my Cobra organization when I started getting into GI Joe.

[@vernonwilmervideo]

Dude your videos are the best. This one is no exception. Kudos!

[@EvolWe]

Thanks for a nice video ya I have lots of fond memories from when I got Jabba on my birthday Every Christmas until I was like 12 years old I tried build Jabba's palace out of plain cardboard. Lots of joy came from making a working trapdoor for Ranccor. (which I actually never had).

[@z_monty]

How did you acquire that Jabba mould? It's beautiful

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

From another collector. They are obviously quite rare

[@rustyblades2566]

I still remember the day I bought the Jabba playset. My Aunt Janine drove me down to the local toy store in Wentworthville... (Parramatta area in Western Sydney) and I purchased him with my allowance for about $20 or less?. My Aunt commented how patient I was in the car for not opening him there and then. I totally understand your obsession w/ Jabba, M.J.C.!! . Remember before Jedi came out and watching Empire and wondering who Jabba the Hutt was when Vader mentioned him to Boba Fett in Cloud City!!.....ah the memories

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

6:11 There is a way to fix those arm pegs, and it requires certain LEGO pieces.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Yes, Toy Polloi did a video about it a little while back

[@ShpookyMetal]

haahaahah

[@megatronacepticon]

I was around 7 at the time the Power of the Force 2 toys representing the A New Hope Special Edition came out and I remember seeing the Jabba from that and similarly taking an instant shine to the character for whatever reason. By complete coincidence around the same time we were shopping for furniture and I encountered one of these original Jabba the Hutt figures, serving as part of a collection of toys intended to keep children amused while their parents bought furniture. At that time I assumed it was a recolor of the new one and didn't realize it was its predecessor from the 80s. The toy had seen better days and had no arms, but the tail-wagging feature still worked. The store has changed hands since then, so I have no idea where armless Jabba resides today, but I'm sure he kept plenty of other kids entertained over his years at that store.

[@Guernicaman]

Never understood why Hasbro didn't try the whole eyes cast from a seperate plastic on any of their newer Jabba figures. Instead the eyes are always part of the rest of the body, which makes him look odd & somewhat off despite the sculpt having more detail.

[@paulclancy4221]

I loved this toy as a kid. I remember one of the arms kept falling off. Living in Ireland, I had the European version.

[@CrashHeadroom]

"his belly movments are almost..hypnotic" "yes........it's like a lavalamp o.o"

[@ColeWalker]

You actually made Jabba my favorite character lol. As of now I only have the original Jabba and 1997 figures

[@ronnypaul1400]

Awesome. I was 10 years old when ROTJ came out. Loved Jabba the Hutt. My favourite character. I enjoyed the first half of the movie more than the second half. I wanted this playset, but my mom took one good look at the shoddy plastic used to make it and that it was made in China (or Taiwan???) and said no, you can't have it. Last time I saw it for sale brand new was at a clearance outlet years later. I think it was going for $10 at the time. When it was brand new it was $20. They used to sell the whole line of ROTJ at a place called "Consumers Distributing". It was a catalog store. Every year you'd get a catalog in the mail. Then you could go to the store, fill out a "pick-slip"and one of the retail helpers would run to the back into the warehouse and pull it off of the shelf and bring it out to you. That's all the store was. Just a front counter.

[@V1C10US]

There used to be a chain of surplus stores where I live called "Axe Man", which (fittingly) sold Jabba heads in the 90's.

[@julienmorriss5295]

nnnNNERRDS?!!!