There was a planned but unproduced mini-rig of a small one manned craft that was made to plug into the mandibles in the front of the Falcon that ended being used for Lando's falcon in Solo.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that "escape pod has a very interesting history.
@toddsmith95983 жыл бұрын
Wow, the Max Rebo arm-legs was news! Thanks Scott.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Once you know it you can't unknow it
@RedSiegfried3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Yep, mind blown!
@originaluddite3 жыл бұрын
I'm reeling a bit from that one.
@recoveringsoul7552 жыл бұрын
So he's playing the instrument with hands and feet, appearing essentially spread-eagle to the audience? Ok then
@madhat2k3 жыл бұрын
Bib Fortuna's staff in the post credit scene at the end of The Mandalorian. Vintage figure came with it but he never had it in ROTJ.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Great example!
@ryanangelastro5043 жыл бұрын
God I love that scene.
@gavalar74853 жыл бұрын
Love these deep star wars dives into concepts etc. Even though I still have my 70/80s SW toy collection I still get giddy goosebumps seeing and hearing about them. What can I say, Im an addict!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I"ll keep making em if you keep watching em
@gavalar74853 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Deal!
@captcrouton3 жыл бұрын
Took 7 years of piano lessons as a kid, and Max Rebo was a kindred spirit to me. Never got the figure though.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
That is great. I never had a SW avatar for Violin, but I did have Sherlock Holmes. I know how you feel!
@everettst.claire8703 жыл бұрын
The extended Wampa scene was a cool addition to the special edition of the film. The only one of the original 3 that I liked all of the additions.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I liked VERy few of the changes to the films.
@everettst.claire8703 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 most are unnecessary. I was hoping that once Disney bought Lucasfilm that they'd release a 4k version of the '94 remaster. Where they cleaned up some of the original special fx, but didn't add anything. They should do like they did with the original Star Trek series. You can watch them as they originally aired or with some upgraded establishing shots and minor tweaks to the fx in the episode. Bestbuy, about 15 years ago, released a version in a cool tin with both versions. However the original versions looked terrible. There are some pretty good Lazer disc transfers out there.
@ebomb11333 жыл бұрын
I agree wholeheartedly. I appreciated the addition of Bespin windows during Chewie and Leia's escape as well.
@recoveringsoul7552 жыл бұрын
@@everettst.claire870 I had the original on VHS, probably still in storage. I watched them ahead of seeing the special releases, snuck out for the midnight show and left my husband home with the baby. I wanted to refresh my recollection from the original trilogy so I could spot the changes
@maverick72913 жыл бұрын
That last one with Max Rebo blew my mind. Great vid!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Once you know it you can't unknown it. Please feel free to share with others online. It helps the channel a ton!
@TokiWardguitar3 жыл бұрын
I refuse to accept anything other than the Robot chicken Canon for what happened to Max Reebo after Jabbas sail barge was destroyed
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Well yeah, obviously.
@jasonhinman37653 жыл бұрын
I am...enlightened. You are educating me on what I didn't know about every toy I owned as a kid born in 1976. Starting with Mego's all I played with were action figures, until Nintendo.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Your comment is a perfect segway to as video I am working on now!
@jjlloyd80173 жыл бұрын
Really looking forward to this one! That vintage Kenner stuff hits the nostalgia button hard for me.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Oh i have a lot more too!
@arctrooper9993 жыл бұрын
Sometimes just seeing the Kenner packaging is just as nostalgic as the actual toy.
@theincrediblemisternobody87243 жыл бұрын
My cousin Peter had the Trash Compactor playset- I was lucky that he was cool enough to let me play with it as a child . . . I can still vividly remember the scent of the foam trash bits. Great memories!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yeah my best friend Shaun growing up had it. What a toy!
@alexcharles85413 жыл бұрын
Hey Scott, big fan- I love your videos! I plan on starting my own Action Figure line, and your videos are very informative! I just wanted to drop a line and thank you for your passion. You’re a real inspiration man.
@ajclements46273 жыл бұрын
Good luck, I’ve always wanted to see my OCs as custom figures.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Well if you ever need help with starting a line look us up at Spectorcreative.com
@alexcharles85413 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 absolutely man!
@luxorjr3 жыл бұрын
You may wish to include the Han Solo in Hoth gear. The Kenner figure is in a blue coat when the original coat was actually brown and this confusion influenced the costuming of Cassian Andor (Diego Luna).
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Great example!
@GrilloTheFlightless3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, I can understand why Kenner made this in blue. On screen it always looked blue to me, before I ever owned the action figure. I know now that it is brown and I’ve seen footage of the costume close up in storage. It’s definitely brown. But it just looks dark blue on screen every time I see it. I’m guessing it’s the way the scenes were lit or something. The best bit, as a child thinking it was blue, was at the time there was a big craze for parka jackets with fur-lined hoods. We all had them as kids, and mostly they were blue. So when we saw ESB we all thought we looked like Han Solo (except the occasional kid who’s mother got him a green one). So it was quite disappointing as an adult to find out it was brown all along!
@bhop00733 жыл бұрын
It looks blue to me, always has. I never knew it was brown until now, but I think the reason is because it's usually got a lot of snow on it and snow looks light blue in the shadows. 🤷♂️
@luxorjr3 жыл бұрын
This has all the hallmarks of the blue/gold dress image from a few years back. We interpret colour based on the surroundings and the time of day then make allowances. Resultant of this quite complex computational interpretation by our brains is an incorrect series of Han Solo toys!
@BlackieNuff3 жыл бұрын
Okay, that Max Rebo thing blew my mind... all this time I thought him some kind of "elephant" alien with standard human-like anatomy (arms, legs, torso, head). His "ears" are actually flippers and his "arms" were actually his legs (AND arms, if you will)... wow... mind blown like both Death Stars...
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
One big blue explosion
@dimeone13 жыл бұрын
That was great - it totally threw me with the rebo arms/flippers thing! I also loved seeing the troop transporter in mandolin - I had proper flashbacks to the original toy! Thanks for sharing the vid
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yeah that Max Rebo thing is a real eye opener. Glad you enjoyed the video, topics also always welcomed!
@cheddarcheese79283 жыл бұрын
Holy crap!.I never knew the Troop Transport had an actual record player in it...Either that’s amazing or I’m easily entertained!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
It could be both
@georgetrapp66663 жыл бұрын
It was fun, that if the batteries were dying, it didn't just stop working, it just began to play slowly. To this day, I can still remember hearing my neighbor's model croaking out a pathetic version of "R 2 D 2 , w h e r e a r e y o u ...?" in a voice that no longer resembled C-3P0's.
@scockery3 жыл бұрын
@@georgetrapp6666 If you took apart the vehicle and played the record backwards, it would say "Darth Vader is Luke's father" and also "Paul McCartney is dead"
@KasumiKenshirou2 жыл бұрын
I think there was a second version of the original toy released where they removed the record player stuff. (I never had either version, this is just what I remember from various KZbin videos.)
@BlackieNuff3 жыл бұрын
Okay, that Max Rebo thing blew my mind... all this time I thought him some kind of "elephant" alien with standard human-like anatomy (arms, legs, torso, head). His "ears" are actually flippers and his "arms" were actually his legs (AND arms, if you will).
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I"m seeing double...
@Stopher24753 жыл бұрын
I had this. Wish I’d hung onto it. Lol. That mini record is amazing.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Crazy tech for the time!
@StormX63 жыл бұрын
Tbh, I’ve always liked Max Rebo having 2 arms and 2 legs.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
And I like to think I have super powers but that is also just not true. ;-P
@StormX63 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 unfortunately :( wouldn’t it be nice?
@ericrook783 жыл бұрын
I liked the regular TIE Fighter but the TIE Interceptor was my favorite vehicle. The troop transport was also a favorite of mine and I loved the mini-rigs. Great toys. I still have all my vintage figures and vehicles, some with the box.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I finally got a TIE as an adult and I do love it. I agree the Interceptor is the coolest version
@vergames41393 жыл бұрын
Correction while yes the Imperial transport did appear in rebels it actually predates before that to a Legends book called the Imperial handbook which went in depth of the inner workings of the Empire, it may have appeared before that.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Before Kenner though?.
@DanyTV793 жыл бұрын
Cool video! The Mandalorian also references Rocket-Fire Boba Fett, lol! When I saw that was hilarious!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I know right!
@goth_fraggle3 жыл бұрын
but wasn't this kinda done in AOTC as well? Jango's jetpack has a rocket on top of it as well
@lyleslaton30863 жыл бұрын
I had the Imperial Troop Transport, despite it not being in the movie it got a LOT of play time. The sound was extra cool, especially when you consider the generic sounds of the other vehicles.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
That record player went far
@zobblewobble17703 жыл бұрын
While not changing canon, I have heard that Lucas film/ILM used the Kenner Tie Fighter for background Tie Fighters in Return of the Jedi.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I heard this as well
@benwillis58403 жыл бұрын
Loved the mini-rigs as a kid...it was years before I suddenly thought "hey...that wasn't on screen!" My brother had the INT-4 and MLC-3 and I had MTV-7 (which I think was the best). I'd love to see them pop-up on screen.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Well just check out the Droids cartoon!
@benwillis58403 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I don't think the 3 I remember appear in Droids.
@exoticcarfactsofficialchan70503 жыл бұрын
Can hardly wait to watch this episode 😁👍
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Proud of this one!
@colt539xrdrt3 жыл бұрын
So . . . Just had my mind blown by the Max Rebo news. Awesome video. Keep up the great work. Thank you, Scott.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Glad ya like! Please be sure to share with others online. It helps the channel a ton
@QT56563 жыл бұрын
Great video! I remember being confused about the Tie fighter rear windows/engine. Thanks for explaining the basic toy vs depiction history. Max Rebo was a genuine surprise and a worthy finish! 👏👏👏
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
That Max Rebo part still shocks me! Feel free to share with friends online, it helps the channel a ton
@almightycinder3 жыл бұрын
Droopy McCool was made too tall by Kenner. You can see him in front of Lando at one point, and he's far shorter than the Kenner figure would suggest. He was played by 4'4" actor Deep Roy, best known for the Oompa Loompas in the Johnny Depp Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. It'd be interesting to know if his species showed up elsewhere, and which height they followed.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yeah you know, I don;t think we've ever seen him or his species show up. And yes on the height. Good call
@georgetrapp66663 жыл бұрын
Ortolians. They are only mentioned in some of the books. They are said, however, to smell pleasantly like vanilla, especially when there are groups of them present. Also, I think I recall, they are overly helpful, especially when you don't really need help.
@luxorjr3 жыл бұрын
The Imperial Troop Transporter had appeared officially in print and onscreen in Star Wars REBELS before it appeared in the Mandalorian. The Star Wars REBELS appearance then heralded a Lego set (75078) that then initiated an appearance of that toy in the Lego Star Wars Freemaker Adventures.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think I mentioned that in the video
@luxorjr3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Ooops I may have missed that bit. A friend of mine did the deco on a few of the Lego figures and got an screen credit on Freemakers.
@smileyp45353 жыл бұрын
Toys may be more varied in the 80s but the best action figures are the ones with good articulation, I will die on this hill
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
You are not alone
@michaelcasper96123 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, definitely never knew the Max Rebo information. I seem to learn something new every Spector Creative video. Thanks!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Glad to be of service! Please feel free to share videos with others, it helps the channel a ton!
@batmanofsanantonio53313 жыл бұрын
The Max Rebo info just BLEW MY MIND!!!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Feel free to share with others, it helps the channel a ton!
@andrewgrant29903 жыл бұрын
This was such an awesome video! I love these dives into SW toys with your love of the brand showing. Have you ever looked more into the Ralph McQuarrie & other concept art? I've often thought when mining nostalgia these could produce some more fun toys! Thanks again for these awesome videos & for every personal touch!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I may do just that now!
@crimsonwerecat3 жыл бұрын
Funny you mention the "Legomi" as a friend naming a character from dialogue or sound effect, as myself, as a kid, I used to call Jawas "gutitis" for their sound of "Utini" hahaha
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
That is awesome! Now I can't not think that. And apparently Utini means "come here"
@JCetto.26123 жыл бұрын
Scott... you're saying that Max Rebo is not accurate and I have to tool him and customize him to look accurate? Ok... challenge accepted!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see what you do!
@aaronsugar72283 жыл бұрын
I had the Death Star playset back in 1979 or so, and yes, it was a really epic doll house!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
A doll house of doom!
@MrJtmendoza1803 жыл бұрын
Hi Scott! Thank you very much for the Max Rebo info, I didn't know this before I watched your video. Also the trivia on the TIE fighter, mini rigs and the droid in episode VI, much appreciated. I have been a fan of Star Wars since I first saw it on betamax tape in the 80s and I have been collecting figures since it re-released the original trilogy in the 90s. Stay safe always.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
You too! Nothing but positive times ahead
@maxmiller56193 жыл бұрын
9:49 while that's similar to the real dianoga, it's not 100% accurate. If you look closely, that's actually just a Rathtar from The Force Awakens repainted with a custom eye stock of the dianoga on top.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Point taken
@georgetrapp66663 жыл бұрын
Right, I noticed the same thing, I said "That's not to scale, and the body and mouth are too big." I have a custom dianoga I made, mostly from unfixable arms from garbage-picked and flea-market-scavenged 80s G.I. Joe figures, the neck and front two tentacles have multiple swivel and bend joints. And the eye is light-piped.
@springjob3 жыл бұрын
That was one of the first impressions I had. In fact, my son has a Rathtar, and it's identical, sans eyestock. It's a deep red color with yellowish eyespots (or whatever they are supposed to be). The tentacles pop on and off. The character came with Bala Tik (I think is the name). My son actually likes to de-tentacle him so that he rolls like when he chased the characters in Ep 7.
@cecleung3 жыл бұрын
My fav was the Dewback. Seen for a half a second in the far background in the original pre-special edition...but the toy was so amazing.
@greyhoundfivemedia8123 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that action figure entry device didn't make it into canon. "Get on the Dewback, trooper!" "Oh God no! My feet are in it's guts!"
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I LOVE Dewbacks. One of my favorite things to collect
@cecleung3 жыл бұрын
@@greyhoundfivemedia812 LOL
@cecleung3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I still remember the Christmas when my mom asked me to pick one: Dewback or Tauntaun because we couldn't afford both. In my 9 year old haste, I choose Tauntan because it was newer. On Christmas day, I got both under the tree!
@KasumiKenshirou2 жыл бұрын
@@greyhoundfivemedia812 And then the saddle has it's own legs.
@joshchandler13023 жыл бұрын
Great channel, Scott. Love the videos. I heard the ROTS Jedi Starfighters used folding wings in the movie because Lucasfilm loved that feature on the AOTC hasbro starfighter, which I guess were specific only to the toy.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I had not heard that specifically but I would not doubt it!. Thanks for the kind comments too!
@mechtech2203 жыл бұрын
I knew NONE of this!! mind blown, again. thank you sir!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
So glad you enjoyed. Feel free to share with others online, it helps the channel a ton
@alexrodriguez94413 жыл бұрын
In 1995, when the writing staff of the anime: “Gundam: The 08th Mobile Suit Squadron” convened to write the show, they had a display cabinet in the writing room filled with Gundam model kits from the early 80’s, and would often put the models on the table and arrange them into little scenes to dream up the show’s plot. The more I watch “The Mandalorian”, the more I am convinced that the shows writers are doing the exact same thing with a display case full of classic Star Wars toys.
@BiggestDawgEver3 жыл бұрын
Just like the producers of Star Wars : Rebels clearly played a lot of the Star Wars Role Playing Game by West End games. The character archetypes, planets, stories all harken back to that game. No wonder when the game was instrumental during the early years of the expanded universe, they were the go-to reference library for all the authors of the books and comics. It was actually the RPG that named all the cantina aliens.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I don't doubt it!
@Robyn05873 жыл бұрын
This is great! I didn't know about the Wampa!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Every Wampa has his day
@user-do2ev2hr7h3 жыл бұрын
That Max Rebo thing blew my mind!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Feel free to share with others! It helps the channel a ton
@LusiferSam13 жыл бұрын
Wow! I didn't not know that about Max Rebo and I've watch ROTJ tons of times. Well as I tell my friends and family: I know a lot about Star Wars, but I don't know everything. The rest of these I knew about. Very cool video.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked! And yes, please do share around with others, it helps the channel a ton
@Jake_E573 ай бұрын
Not only did that transport show up in Rebels, but it also served and entirely different purpose as a prisoner transport with the pods on the sides holding Imperial prisoners and not troopers.
@therealsulaco3 жыл бұрын
1:32 I did know that cos I was a curious kid and disassembled mine to see how it worked. Sadly, I was never able to put it back together again. :(
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
It wasn't easy to do!
@gerbrecht3 жыл бұрын
Another thing that would have been good to mention is the West End Games Role Playing Game. Many of the now current names were developed there, in addition, they had access to the concept art and stuff that didn't even make it to toys were given names. The Z95 Headhunter for instance was an XWing concept sketch.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, Crackin's guide was the best!
@brianartillery3 жыл бұрын
I seem to recall several of the 'Mini Rigs' appearing in the Marvel Star Wars comics. The 'Vehicle Maintainence Energizer' did appear front and centre in one of the first three movies.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Good point! Yes they did appear here as well
@lennynash82213 жыл бұрын
It's so interesting to see how the toys can change the canon. We also just assume it's the other way around, but obviously not always. Great video 👍
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Glad to always clear up how the process works!
@SimpleTricksNonsense3 жыл бұрын
An inaccuracy that sprang up in the toys then later perpetuated the inaccuracy in other media and collectibles is Zuckuss only having 1 glass canister attached to his head. In Empire Strikes Back Zuckuss is symmetrical. Everything on his left side is mirrored on his right. The tubes, pouches, eyes, vents, etc. Because of the lighting its difficult to see from many photos but it looks like he only has 1 glass canister attached to his head when he actually has 2. Matching ones again 1 on left and 1 on right. Over the years the toys that have tried to include more detail only put in the 1 canister. So again and again in statues, toys, posters and comics we only see 1 canister. Its a detail that even people who decide to make the costume in the 501st legion discover and have their minds blown. Isn't it weird growing up and knowing something from the start but over time mistakes or changes get repeated and what you knew 40 years ago becomes something completely different now?
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Completely! Not to mention Kenner mixing up Zuckass and 4LOM's names...
@jasonblalock44293 жыл бұрын
2:40 Just to concur, it's a shame no one seems to remember the radio dramas. The adaptations of ANH and ESB are *massively* expanded compared to the original movies, and for a very long time, all the story expansions were considered canon. (Until Rogue One happened...) It's also interesting hearing well-known actors do different takes on the classic characters, like Brock Peters as Vader, or John Lithgow doing Yoda. (The ROTJ adaptation, unfortunately, happened many years later and was far less creative. It's basically just a straightforward adaptation, with only a handful of "new" scenes that were mostly cut material from the early script drafts and novelization, like the sandstorm scene.)
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Oh i know. The ROTJ adaptation was less spectacular. Although it did have nods to Shadows of the Empire. I am planning a video about it in the near future.
@georgetrapp66663 жыл бұрын
I do believe, if done some digging, that those may be found on KZbin? I managed to hear, about 35 years later, the record Assault at Ord Mandel, or whatever it is called. It's short, but entertaining.
@jasonblalock44293 жыл бұрын
@@georgetrapp6666 Oh yeah, they're definitely available if you go looking for them. There are even fan edits that chop out the openings and endings to create an uninterrupted story. It's that a lot of people don't even know they exist, or never actually listened to them. Speaking of not knowing it existed, I never heard of that Ord Mantell thing so I'll have to look into that. :-)
@KasumiKenshirou2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonblalock4429 Ord Mantell was also mentioned in a Star Wars newspaper comic strip.
@Dana_Ruiz3 жыл бұрын
Nooooo! I can't look at Max Rebo the same ever again! hahaha.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
It may take years of therapy.
@Quirderph3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 You know what the worst part is? He *was* naked, after all.
@CaptainArrrgh3 жыл бұрын
For Max Rebo. I never had one, but saw him walking through the desert on Robot Chicken. I never knew he was a puppet. It looked like somebody in a suit in the movie. The angle of the limbs always looked like arms there. I'm surprised they didn't replace them with more leg looking ones in a CGI update.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Well I prefer the non special versions myself.
@MisterBurgerBeachball3 жыл бұрын
I never knew about the TIE Fighter hatch!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
And knowing is half the knowing! Feel free to share with others online, it helps the channel a ton
@Spiketail_Drake3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 An in-universe explanation of the top hatch would be a revised TIE design, similar to WW2 fighters getting different canopies during their on going upgrades.
@retro79243 жыл бұрын
Great video ,really enjoying all these inside secrets and histories
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Glad you like! Please feel free to share with others online, it helps the channel a ton
@robertgriffin48113 жыл бұрын
Having been a 90s kid, I remember the POTF2 3.75 figure/creature assortment quite fondly and would have loved a stormtrooper Luke or Dash and dianoga two-pack. That creature would have gone great with the special edition marketing campaign or Shadows of the Empire merch. They fought dianogas in the Coruscant sewers during the SOTE videogame if memory serves. Man, we rarely get creatures these days, come to think of it.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the original trilogy creatures!
@manlymcstud85883 жыл бұрын
my friend and i weren't rich, either, but we had nice xmases and birthdays, so between that and paper-routes, odd jobs, and allowances we racked up the toys. our strategy was to coordinate what we got. so, i had the x-wing, he had the TIE, i had the death star, he had the falcon, i had force commander, he had baron karza.... that way we got to enjoy just about any toy we wanted.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Good way to share and get twice the toy fun
@manlymcstud85883 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 the good thing was i didn't want a falcon any more than he wanted a death star playset, so stuff like that worked out. what we didn't have we made -- poorly -- out of cardboard, lol.
@marklechman22253 жыл бұрын
I had the Troop Transport as a kid. It had a ton of play value. I especially loved the audio snippets from the film, but the mechanism wore out after a couple of years.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there are whole youtube videos about repairing this one. It had a history of breaking
@mitternachtdereiter39363 жыл бұрын
Great video, love the vintage kenner star wars info
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
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@jamesjustice45153 жыл бұрын
Wow u did a wonderful job on this show. Stuff I never knew especially about the two legged blue long nose. Good night big and god bless u and ur family
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
And you always as well!
@camcordernonsense52643 жыл бұрын
the radio dramas are awesome. definitely a refreshing too. I'm used to star wars being the movies. when it goes another direction I get all little kid like listening to it.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I"m working on a video all about them!
@camcordernonsense52643 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 cool. I'll be waiting.
@KasumiKenshirou2 жыл бұрын
If I had to explain the Max Rebo discrepancy in-universe, I would say that his species goes through different life cycle stages like a frog. The two-legged version would be like a tadpole, and the "elephant" version would be the adult. Also, him having flippers would indicate he would normally live in the water, so it must really suck for him to live on Tatooine.
@DoktorPill3 жыл бұрын
You can add Bib Fortuna's staff to the list. Also, didn't The Mandolorian put the Kenner version of Slave 1's interior workings into live action. I could swear it worked different when Boba started the ship for his father in Attack of the Clones
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yes, that is a perfect example! This is the way
@DoktorPill3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I have spoken!
@mainepants3 жыл бұрын
I had a cardboard Death Star that was a cardboard circle a foot in diameter as the base with two cardboard semi circles that slotted together to give it three dimensions. It was very basic but as a kid in the 80s it was pure awesome! It even had a sliding cardboard garbage compactor but no monster.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I've seen that set in the Gold covered Star Wars from Concept to Screen to Collectable. Very cool.
@mainepants3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 By todays standards it was pretty basic as it was just cardboard with 2d printed pictures. But this was pre computers and imagination was the only thing we had. I had an audio tape version of Return of the Jedi that came with a picture book and I spent more time listening to that than watching the movie!
@MrArukimasu3 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting. I’m really enjoying your videos - keep up the good work!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Well thank you! Please do feel free to share with others online, it helps the channel a ton
@steedback13 жыл бұрын
Love your videos bro. Keep up the great work . I learn a lot watching your videos
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
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@AaronJediKnight3 жыл бұрын
Also, the ewoks cartoon had an episode centered around the Ewok War Wagon, the episode's title was Wicket's Wagon and is uploaded here in youtube
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Good point! And that Wagon was used in the Robin Hood toy line later on.
@OIFEagle3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget, Kenner named R5-D4. According to the script, it was just another R2 unit.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
I did not know that! Awesome.
@michaelmitchell21233 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Truly right!
@SmokeForPants3 жыл бұрын
You just blew my mind with that Max Rebo trivia. Although I will probably have to trip on acid in order to perceive him that way.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Hey, whatever it takes. Feel free to share this online with others, it helps the channel a ton
@alphalifestyleacademy Жыл бұрын
3:10 My parents were not rich either but my aunt had no kids and I was the only grand son on my moms side of the family. So I got bother the Tie Fighter and X-wing from my grand ma and aunt.
@Guernicaman3 жыл бұрын
If it takes around 3 years for a toy to come out - from planning to toy shelves - how is it possible for Hasbro to have come out w/the Imperial Troop Transport in The Mandalorian so quickly? Meanwhile, there have yet to be figures made of popular characters & creatures like the Bluurg & Kuiil in The Vintage Collection line?
@DetectiveBarricade3 жыл бұрын
Considering that it's based on the Kenner toy, Hasbro was probably able to shave a considerable amount of time off of production by looking at the original and scaling it up for The Black Series.
@tawdryhepburn46863 жыл бұрын
@@DetectiveBarricade ...or Hasbro was told about the scene/element 3+ years in advance.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
They may have been given early tips it was coming. Their is no way they could have gotten it tool'd and made that quickly otherwise
@Guernicaman3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 - Why didn't they do the same for the Bluurg or the Mudhorn or IG-11 or Kuiil? Instead, we now have figures that are only now coming out or soon to be out that are no longer part of The Mandalorian series. Heck, Hasbro already has the tooling for vehicles like the speeder bikes, which were prominently featured in seasons 1 & 2, (nevermind the biker scouts who pilot them), but have yet to make it to market in the TVC The Mandalorian branding. Toy companies complain that kids aren't buying toys, but when companies like Hasbro have the gift of a popular TV show like The Mandalorian, & they don't capitalize on that, they have no one to blame but themselves.
@JisatsuArchives3 жыл бұрын
That vehicle was in a Lego Star Wars rebels stormtrooper battlepack a few years ago as well
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, this wasn't the only appearance, just the first. But great note.
@greyhoundfivemedia8123 жыл бұрын
Came for the toy discussion, stayed for the Max Reno diatribe.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Tip your waiters folks!
@yuzzem643 жыл бұрын
One of The Dianoga you show is actually someone's custom made using one of the Rathtars from TFA and the Wampa Lucas was displeased with was the suit that was filmed for a few shots but cut rather than the puppet that was just made for the one shot that was kept.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Interesting I did not realize that!
@Quirderph3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 You can see the Wampa suit in the deleted scenes. (Honestly, I think I agree with Lucas on that one.)
@metalmadsen3 жыл бұрын
Never knew this. Thanks for a cool video mate.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Glad to entertain! Feel free to share with others online, it helps the channel a ton!
@richardlaceyfield93 жыл бұрын
Mind blown on the max Rebo .
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
And knowing is half the knowing. Feel free to share with others, it helps the channel a ton
@Despondencymusic3 жыл бұрын
10:52 I had the INT -4. It was shown to fit in an AT-AT's main body compartment.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Nice! I didn't know that.
@MrDrokkul3 жыл бұрын
*WARNING - Minor Spoiler Alert for The Mandalorian follows below* Bib Fortuna's staff from the Kenner figure (which was made up for the figure) is shown in the last episode of The Mandalorian season 2.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yes! And it is amazing how many KZbin videos missed that one. Good example
@georgetrapp66663 жыл бұрын
Boba Fett, in the animated sequence from the Star Wars Holiday Special, has that long rifle with that sort of tuning fork at the end, that they have used as a staple weapon for Din Djarin in most episodes. I think it perishes with the Razor Crest, though.
@camcordernonsense52643 жыл бұрын
interesting info on the tie hatch
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
It is isn't it!
@O3Sine3 жыл бұрын
What an awesome idea for a video 🤘🏽
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
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@JamBurglar3 жыл бұрын
At 2:12 you said the Masters of the Universe toys were just toys, with no content and no mini comics, but FYI they definitely DID have mini-comics when they first came out. My brother and I bought that whole first wave (and this right when they came out, before Merman, Teela, etc. had even come out). These early figures definitely had the comics, which we read a LOT. They were cool because there were characters in the comics (Merman, Stratos, etc.) that did not have figures yet. So, when those figures came out it was like "!!!" Those comics were one of the cooler things about that toy line at the time. When the cartoon came along a year or so later they had removed a lot of the edge from the comics, added Orko and Prince Adam and we thought it was corny because we were more into the style of those comics.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
The mini comics were added as an after thought AFTER the toys were fully developed. See here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJqWkGR3j6qEo8U
@JamBurglar3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I see now, you were referring to the pre-release development, not the state of things at public release.
@yellowgut3 жыл бұрын
That was cool! Max Rebo has flippers!!😮
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yes he does! Not ears.
@jamesjustice45153 жыл бұрын
Sorry Spector I missed ur live show. I'll try to catch ur next one. From the sledgemaster. God bless big guy.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
This wasn't live. I haven't done a live one yet so nothing you missed!
@jamesjustice45153 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 ok good. I learn a whole lot.
@LeFouGallois3 жыл бұрын
Apparently, whilst filming A New Hope, Mark Hamill picked up one of the foam props from the trash compactor scene and sang (to the tune of Chatanooga Choochoo), '' Pardon me George, could this be Dianoga poopoo.''. ;)
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
If we only had that on film...
@LeFouGallois3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I would've loved to see George's face ;)
@nicholasdickens28013 жыл бұрын
I’m staying up a bit with my lady and we’ll watch this. She like me loves the MOTU Origins line and prefers retro or older toy lines.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Well 15 minutes to go!
@mikeyjhilli3 жыл бұрын
This was interesting. I had the transport and a wampa.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Great toys!
@seanryan30203 жыл бұрын
The Imperial Troop Transport was released soon after the release of _A New Hope,_ but it appeared on screen in _The Empire Strikes Back._ In the film, however, it was used by the Rebels, not the Empire.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
You mean in Echo base? Not quite the same vehicle.
@seanryan30203 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Not -exactly- the same, but the same basic design.
@SlashManEXE3 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna have to fight you on the wampa fact; a man named Des Webb portrayed the full-body wampa in Empire Strikes Back (he was a large man on stilts, so the creature was massive). But anyways, if you look up behind the scenes shots of him in the full suit, it's remarkably similar to the Kenner toy. It's safe to say Kenner had adequate reference material from Lucasfilm, despite the wampa costume being all but removed from the film.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Well there you go! I know what I am googling today
@KasumiKenshirou2 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I always thought the Kenner Wampa's face looked like a Jack-O-Lantern face.
@haljordan7773 жыл бұрын
I had a TIE Interceptor, but never a TIE fighter or an X-Wing. I had a Falcon model later on, but not the Falcon toy. The wings are different on the TIE Interceptor for anyone who might not know.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
The bomber two
@MattsCollection3 жыл бұрын
I did a comparison video of the modern Troop Transport with the Vintage (Sears) version. Fun stuff!
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
And how did it compare?
@MattsCollection3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Hasbro knocked the TVC version out of the park with the detail. I have to admit, the Kenner version is still really good. If you have time, Feel free to check out the video on my channel.
@kimberleyhill27603 жыл бұрын
Just to let you know the original Motu first releases came with storybooks instead of comics with different origins
@domls13173 жыл бұрын
You mean the mini-comics
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Yes, the first four mini comics came out in 1982
@beno20023 жыл бұрын
I find it odd how they have never had Anakin use a yellow lightsaber, since it was his lightsaber that Luke used in Episode 4 and the one Kenner made. Now Luke has gotten a yellow lightsaber in the recent comics, but Anakin has never used one, heck even Clone Wars which had references to the Kenner toys never had Anakin welding a yellow lightsaber despite there being Jedi guards who had yellow lightsabers, granted they were double bladed sabers, but it would have been neat. I haven't even found fanart or fan edits of Anakin with a yellow lightsaber.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Maybe why Rey got a yellow one?
@jamesdlin73 жыл бұрын
The lightsaber that Luke inherited in Episode 4 was blue, not yellow. Only the Kenner toys were inexplicably yellow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYG0p4WXna6tn9U
@beno20023 жыл бұрын
@@jamesdlin7 I know, I was talking on reference to Kenner making Luke's lightsaber, the one that belong to Anakin yellow and how it's odd we have never seen Anakin with a yellow lightsaber.
@jamesdlin73 жыл бұрын
@@beno2002 Okay, but since Episode 4 establishes that Luke inherits Anakin's blue lightsaber, making media show Anakin with a yellow one would make no sense. It'd be easier to wave away Kenner's yellow one as being some completely different lightsaber that Luke constructed or acquired from somewhere else.
@chrislongbeard3 жыл бұрын
Interesting about Max. Wonder if there were if there were any other toy shortcuts or simplifications that affected the movie/TV show/comic.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Oh many many!
@benw99493 жыл бұрын
I never got the Millennium Falcon, darn it. I did get a very cool Imperial Walker, though. And I still miss my original BSG Cylon Raider. Heh.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
Ddi you know Kit from Knight Rider was based on a Cylon?
@fortniteblackmanta10983 жыл бұрын
The dianoga at 9:47 is not an official product. That is a fan’s customization of the Hasbro 3.75 inch rathtar from the force awakens introduced in the force link line around the release of the force awakens. It Looks super cool though and I think they should repurpose it officially as a dianoga for black series figures.
@spectorcreative18723 жыл бұрын
So I have heard! But do appreciate the clarify
@dacca68363 жыл бұрын
That Kenner MLC-3 toy was in a star wars game(force arena, I think it was) & a few other mini rigs, not sure if that counts as being on this list. Also, what's your take on the Bib Fortuna staff showing up in Mandalorian, was that once just a Kenner toy as well? thanks