Star Wars Vintage Snowspeeder Restoration - Part 1/3 Kenner Toy

RetroBlasting's latest restoration project aims to give a childhood survivor a second lease on life!
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[@Bored_Overthinker]

Thank you for saving this beautiful toy

[@pferreira1983]

I love seeing Michael fix other people's childhood toys.

[@hanscombe72]

The snowspeeder was the most little seen craft but such a brilliant vehicle!!!!! The airbrakes, the tow cable, a two man crew! Just awesome!!!!!!

[@jacksentertainmentsystem3190]

The snowspeeder was always my 3rd favorite star wars vehicle. I always preferred the Y-Wing, but never had a toy of it as a child (I grew up in the 2010s, so Hasbro weren't making Y-Wings as much.) The X-Wing was my first ship, and my second favorite. The Snowspeeder toy that I got was always fun, especially with the working tow cable so I could recreate my favorite hoth scenes, as I was already using an imaginext space shuttle docking port as my bespin. Most of my toys were from empire, so I always favored that movie and it's veichles whenever playing. I still have most of the old toys from back then, and once I get home from my trip to DC I plan on revisiting the old toys, even just to pretend like I'm a little kid again.

[@darthprime4916]

What an awesome story and video.

[@Wulfy294]

Wan being one of my favorite reviewers, thank you for this. I'm sure he's happy!

[@Mpact75]

The Snow speeder was the best! I loved that toy as a kid!

[@cerethpainting6606]

Love the show! I totally referbed an imperial shuttle and repainted it in the modern style. People actually produce the wing mechanism new and improved now.

[@somarriba333]

I am Juan. This is my snowspeeder, which I still have. I was showing this to a friend a mine who traded HIS childhood Slave 1 to me for some old metal cassettes. Watching this again, I really played with this toy. I think what happened to the back piece was that I would just put this back in my toy trunk. That trunk was full of toys and I would just throw or put things back in it. So basically a pile of toys. I think it just broke off while under all that pile. Probably how the other pieces fell off too.

[@Sturmdude]

Can't wait to see the the Snow Speeder fully restored.

[@vasilystalin0425]

I love you

[@Paulypaulypoopoo]

I realy like thease restoration projeckts u guys do. wow what a huge diffranse a good scrub did.

[@toy_room_of_insanity]

I hope that you guys are able to get this one flying again. My old snow speeder may just get a restoration as well. I think I'll wait and see how the rest of the this restoration goes before I begin.

[@justfly60482]

Hydrogen peroxide q tip takes corrosion. Off. Love your show.

[@leonardorivera8349]

I love the T-47 Airspeeder,but it became snowspeeder after the rebel alliance adapted it to the extreme cold of the planet Hoth. That's why I Han asked if the snowspeeders were ready yet.. Keep up the great work.👍

[@MarkDemeo]

its amazing what some soap and water can do,it doesn't look like the same speeder,part 2 can't come fast enough.

[@jmgmarcus808]

I was like 4 in 1979 and I got one of these brand new. Was amazing.

[@Cavillier1970]

Mike I gotta give you alot of credit for these restoration projects. You seem to have the same passion I see in Rick Dell. He's owner/operater of Rick's Restorations in Las Vegas, on the History CHannel he's hosts American Rstorations. Dell & his team restore classic vending machines, popcorn machines, arcade games, riding push cars for kids, a ton of classic Pepsi & Coke machines, and even cars on occasion, and thats not even a tenth of his projects. Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars uses Dells services alot and thats how Dell got his own show. He says the same thing about seeing whats there & what it can be, and when a special project for sentimenal reasons comes up they put in the extra TLC. Listening to you reminded me of that. Keep up the good work.

[@Cavillier1970]

Lol neither do I but maybe Kevin Smith & his Comic Book Men on AMC cause they do get old toys on occasion.

[@RetroBlastingFan]

The idea of taking a picture of the electronics before you removed them was so simple, yet brilliant! Also, I cannot believe how well that Snowspeeder cleaned up!!

[@ryansen1041]

I have my uncles snowspeeder from when he was a kid

[@jboypacman]

Love watching this restoration videos from you guys.

[@1701Tex]

GREATNESS! The snowspeeder was my favorite ESB toy, and it was it's accuracy to the screen version that did it for me. Tex (looking forward to Part 2)

[@chrisTHEGRIDward]

Retro Blasting the hospital for sick toys god snowspeed on this 1 plus happy Christmas & new year

[@VintageRob89]

I got great news retroblasting. I got in touch with the seller he is gonna work with me on this issue. I know a guy who may have the part as well. Thanks again, I will give you an update once the issue is solved!

[@VintageRob89]

Thank You! Have you seen the Funko 3'' 3/4 inch Alien figures. I was hesitant to pick them up, cause I am still trying to get rid of the Kenner "Aliens" from the early 90s. But I had too because this comic book store was 25% off the funko figures and that film is one of my favorites.

[@psyche_dillic]

If I was wan,..I'd be proud of my restorers.keep it up retroblasting

[@JediVlogger]

You are my hero for taking this on...that poor thing makes me want to go hug my snowspeeders hahaha...fun video to watch...on to part 2

[@bulkhungry]

I never saw one with the tow cable still on it back during the Empire era . Half a dozen kids I knew had one , not me , but all went immediately missing !

[@ToyzNWheelz]

Very interesting as usual. I bought a toothbrush for scrubbing and it works well.And no I don't use it on my teeth afterwards!

[@Schtinklenuts]

I love watching these because it is so inspiring because I am currently growing up with many original Star Wars toys

[@rgd963]

great work !

[@MJKToys]

Careful application of a heat gun to "whitened" stress areas on plastic make them the correct color again. It takes practice and patience. I fixed a set of Vader Tie Fighter wings in this manner.

[@MJKToys]

There's an electronics one that is made for shrink tubing, you have to make passes almost like spray painting.

[@jime6688]

In my top 3 SW vehicles.

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

Good video

[@MJKToys]

I pre-soak decals / stickers with Goo Gone to accelerate the cleaning process.

[@MJKToys]

I use a q-tip. just apply to the top of the sticker. It works really well if ther gloss is gone. you can use Simple Green as well, but it will eat up paint.

[@charlesrichardson4032]

I still have the one I had a kid only missing the toe cable . empire was the best movie and the toys where the best also

[@bobfarts8785]

I remember my best friend had a snow speeder it had all of its parts it was very cool

[@CollectionTHX1138]

Another nice job! My friend had this. I always wanted one. I finally got around to it a number of years ago on eBay. It got 'lost' in customs - dooh. This one had the best SFX and lights out of al of them they've made imho. I have the Target Exclusive from a while back. The paint job doesn't look quite right and no SFX. It has a cool package and came with Zev Senesca though. this one's still the best.

[@jax6271]

UR A GENIUS!!!!

[@billymac72]

Getting those battery contacts off is really tricky. I very carefully tried one last week using the same method here and promptly snapped the post right off. So, now I need to figure out how to fix that. I don't recommend taking them off. The wire connectors can be removed very easily along with the motor. That leaves only the contacts. It is perfectly fine to get these wet in the cleaning phase provided they are given enough time to dry.

[@seabasscardsandcomics4264]

I did the same thing. Anyway to hold the contact down with a broken tab?

[@ArabKatib]

This is sooooooooo friggin delicious! x)

[@chodogvids]

i live your videos so please put up part 2 of this video soon because i have decided to restore my snowspeeder along with you. thanks you

[@RetroWrestlingGames]

I could only get either motor moving or lights to come on, getting that contact in a perfect spot is tough.

[@RobHawkinsHobby]

I have to admit, the discoloration actually looks pretty neat, like a more screen-accurate, weathered model. In your Falcon restoration video, you had picked up the 2004 reissue of the Falcon. I assume you've seen the 2004/5 Rebel Armored Snowspeeder? THAT was probably my favorite of all the re-released vehicles based on the original Kenner molds. Lots of extra details added, and great sounds.

[@derektorres6260]

The cleaning job was amazing. Sadly my original snowspeeder ended up in about the same condition as Juan's, including the back coming off.

[@scottreacher]

I have this too! Its only missing the grapple hook on the back....80 action figures are the best

[@watermunteconomie3938]

I am restoring my ATAT walker and was thinking, would it not be awesome to get the soundkit from 2010 version into my vintage 80's ATAT walker.. My father bought me a snowspeeder in my youth and played with it so so long.

[@petercorrales3575]

it's a master grade destiny gundam

[@Matthewjohnwilson]

wow how long did that take to scrub clean? It looks like an impressive job so far.

[@michaelmatthews2759]

Hey michael, i didnt know where else to ask but ive got a bit of an odd question, ive got a princess leia that has turned blue inbcertian areas! I was curious as to whether you know how to fix this, shes also been painted white at one time and ive had trouble removing all tge paint, any advice would ver verry much appreciated!

[@thedungeondelver]

I have to say...and I know this is a very old video, but all my life I thought the sound from the Kenner Star Wars toys (still got mine! :) ) was made by a piezo (buzzer). Not a motor!

[@teetoys76]

What soap or detergent did you use ? I would think that scotch brites would scuff the plastic . Oh well . Great vids as usual . Happy holidays to you two !!!

[@teetoys76]

Oh cool . good to know . Thanks .

[@richardgawel5320]

Did you use warm water and regular dish soap to wash the hull?

[@theTORTUGAZUL]

I don't understand why people leave out some of the most important information when it comes to how-to videos.

[@Graytoke]

The snowspeeder was one I always wanted..i have an AT-AT...no speeder?? btw, need an AT-AT for a restoration video? ;p

[@Graytoke]

No just the one I played with as a kid..don't wanna give that one up. I hope you find one to restore cause I enjoy watching your vids

[@VintageRob89]

I just picked up a snowspeeder off of ebay for $110 it came with it's box instructions, toy catalog, and cardboard, and all of it's decals properly applied in the right areas. There is one issue one of the teeth that hold the cockpit canopy is broken off. Is that a big issue. It can be propped up though with Luke's hand like on the box.

[@TheLuket16]

When's part 2

[@VintageRob89]

i just messaged him. Cause he never addressed that. In the meantime do you have a top hull for it retroblasting? It came in the pink box. I feel like I kinda got ripped off from your point of view.

[@fizzer11]

How comes a beloved childhood toy kept all these years was stripped down of all usable parts??

[@mealex303]

Hi are you looking for more vintage starwars vehicles to restore? I have a beautiful b wing ship and different variation battle scard xwing.i beleve it's rare and Ive also0 some Ghostbusters vehicles also the gyrocopter and ecto 1 I have an electric transformer from 80s

[@SUPERMARIOJUSTAN]

can you show us your star wars collection

[@SUPERMARIOJUSTAN]

thanks

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[@bradbrown8759]

I loved the snow speeder. But something always bothered me about it. Why would it be SNOW speeder. As an air craft or a space ship it doesn't seem there's anything relavent about snow. It could just as easily been a wedge fighter or something, backing up X Wings B Wings & A Wings. And even Speeder seems redundant as all ships are speedy. So why not then call it a Snow Fighter? I've always pondered this point.. Also the shape seems inspired by the F 117 stealth bomber. In 1980 it would have been a top secret aircraft for the "Have Blue" program. Its like someone designing for George Lucas might have had clearance or saw plans for the F 117 Night Hawk when it was just a UFO buzzing LasVegas.

[@undertaker4518]

Sooooooo.........if I was to send mine you could restore it as well???????

[@darkzadar1]

i have one but a lot of stuff missing

[@SUPERMARIOJUSTAN]

gost busters is on in newyork ps yay another restortion

[@petercorrales3575]

I have two toys would you seem if could fix 1