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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[@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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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*

[@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.

[@melodramaticplastic7082]

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

[@jamesf791]

Thank you for the memories. I was 4 in 83 and my best friend at the time had a bunch of star wars figures, played all the time. Thank you again

[@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

[@dallas2719]

This is probably my favorite KZbin video ever released

[@darryllong9726]

jabba is amazing

[@vinnyabrego547]

You inspired me to collect Jabba figures

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Cool! Which ones do you have?

[@can_of_spam1116]

This was my first ever vintage Star Wars action and I really love this set

[@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. :)

[@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.

[@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.

[@perfect77]

I just picked this up at an antique store the other day! Loved watching this video!

[@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.

[@megavide0]

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

[@bsumner2]

Happy you're making videos now!

[@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

[@jmcburney658]

this xmas gift gave me proof santa was my parents. the details are hazy but when ever I see this toy (long gone now) I think " oh yeah... mom and dad are santa."

[@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).

[@camcordernonsense5264]

The commercials! So exciting!

[@TimHayes]

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

[@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.

[@hernanc940]

I just bought a Jabba's Playset last week thanks to this video

[@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.)

[@ColeWalker]

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

[@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.

[@shogun7664]

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

[@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?

[@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!

[@animatronicentertainmentdude]

Crazy to think that this was 8 years ago

[@guszilla6806]

Need an asmr video of swirling jabba to sleep too please

[@laksivrak2203]

Love all your videos my brother

[@benchilcote]

I really never thought of the toy the way you talked about it.it was cool

[@EliKlemmeck]

Your videos are really well done! Great collection.

[@wavebird6240]

Something that I just noticed, in the TV commercial and the photograph on the box, the Jabba figure is painted like the ROTJ figure while the actual toy is just one color. Interesting

[@wavebird6240]

Meant to say ROTJ Puppet

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Yes, on the promotional photos they used a prototype version of the figure that was a lot more realistically painted

[@taradhar3200]

Just got one!

[@willday9316]

The June Taylor Jabba Dancers!

[@lukesimpson5301]

dude i love jabbas and his sweet huge palace

[@E53061]

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

[@TheDarthMasterChief]

your videos are so interesting. thank

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Forever and ever

[@dazbri4384]

Great video, nice work, you know a lot about the history of the toy awesome.

[@jamesburrough2855]

Salious Crumb was the best addition.

[@benlucke3208]

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

[@jameskennedy4377]

I also love the vintage Jabba playset - Kenner at its best. I was hoping Hasbro might produce some Jabba figures based on the concept art and molds created for ROTJ, like the Fu Manchu version with four arms and the snail version with many, many arms. But this seems very unlikely at this point.

[@drjohnson920]

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

[@lgcrazygamer6816]

man, i acually really want this. my frind has just the jabba but thats it.

[@sithlover9186]

4:08 Jabba:Mercy!

[@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.

[@_The_Worst_]

This was indeed a very in-depth review...🙄 I'm now on my way to eBay to find one of them Mexican bootleg Jabba's cast in the all red plastic...🙂 Red is my favorite color...😌

[@nugget9541]

The color of blood...

[@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...

[@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?

[@everythingstarwars1889]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@omarelvintachodelgabacho4207]

Why comes with 2 holes on the front faces? I always wantvto know?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

If I understand what you're asking (why do two of his throne gargoyles have holes in them?) I think it's because they wanted to cut down on the number of molds they had to make for the heads. The two outer heads have the levers for the "rancor pit" doors, so they couldn't reuse those, but they could reuse the one with the hole in it.

[@colejohnsondrums]

How long is the jabba someone please tell me

[@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

[@legofiatmultiplafanwhomake7222]

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

[@admiralsnaccbar624]

I disagree

[@MrSonofhades]

Hi! I’ve always wanted to own this figure (Jabba is my favorite). Any ideas on where I can get one that’s more adorable? Thanks!

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

More adorable than the vintage Jabba? Doesn't seem likely. Or did you mean affordable?

[@MrSonofhades]

@@MightyJabbasCollection Meant to say affordable! 😆

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I think vintage Jabbas aren’t too expensive on eBay if you look around. There’s no shortage of them so if you keep an eye out for a while you should be able to get one pretty cheaply

[@scp-assassin8612]

omg the one figure you cut up gives me really bad anxiety lol

[@wallythornton8439]

I got that for Christmas

[@roberterwine7650]

imho this is still the best toy version

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Agree

[@Bubba-Fudd-bulletsmith]

Can I buy a jabba

[@brentdonley752]

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

[@BluGhostCustoms]

WOW! Amazing!

[@adamocoin4678]

is there anyway you can do a few reviews on some Oola merch? she's one of my favorite characters and I'd love to see more stuff on her

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I did do a very quick overview of the merchandise that has been made for her in my Jabba's Palace Roll Call video. Was there something specific you wanted to see? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIjdmmOinK6GhdU

[@adamocoin4678]

I did see that video (actually that's how I got into the character, so thank you!) and now I am on the search

[@ahenao78]

I like your video!! “You sound like my wife”. lol anyhow I wonder if you have the vase in your inventory. I have the set and I am just missing the small vase

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

What vase is that?

[@ahenao78]

Oh you know where he kept his snacks

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

@ahenao78 I don’t really have any for sale but you should be able to get them on eBay relatively easily. Search for “vintage Jabba bowl” or similar

[@ahenao78]

@@MightyJabbasCollection thanks man!! That’s a great idea

[@stevenhibbert694]

its like the pool scene in caddy shack

[@ellentaaffe8586]

ur vids are great so i subbed

[@neophytealpha]

Did have a Jabba, but someone stole mine years ago

[@aidanhuber5793]

how u get the jabba I love jabba

[@derektorres6260]

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

[@danielmelendez4412]

I love your video

[@handznet]

Oh wow. So considering there is so many cheap parts - is this playset cheap? Really want it.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Jan Skácelík It’s not super expensive or anything - particularly if you don’t need a nice condition box. Check out eBay

[@roguecomics4775]

What's the play set worth opened whole?

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I would say around $75

[@roguecomics4775]

@@MightyJabbasCollection Thanks. Ive had the jabba since I was a baby, and all the extras, but never had the throne. I seen the set opened in a local shop for $50 recently. I went by there today to get it, but they were closed. I'll try again tomorrow.

[@RAIHAN-he9bd]

Where you buy this

[@Godzilla5675]

8:50 😂 pile of crumbs

[@vinnyabrego547]

The black series jabba and the new hope jabba

[@asphaltmemories4597]

I must say, youre a very passionate collector from a very "niche" sub-group of Star Wars collectors.

[@cramegg]

Archival videos seem unnecessarily low quality.

[@benchilcote]

Interesting

[@brucecox9376]

MY DAD HAS THE LIGHT GREEN JABBA NOW ITS MINE

[@Throwawrenchrestorations]

I have one

[@MrAntonin19]

Man , you're cool.

[@squidsminion]

i was born not that many year ago i just found out about this

[@squidsminion]

However I did just get this

[@legofiatmultiplafanwhomake7222]

Wait, from Poland?

[@ofakaprime762]

I am Jabbaglobba swibble glabba glab

[@gamingmafia264]

I have that jabba could anyone give an estimate price for it

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

+Red21StandingBy Depends if you have just the figure, the complete playset with all parts, or the complete playset with the box (and of course the condition of the box is also important). For just the playset by itself, you're probably looking at around $50 right now, although they sometimes go for a bit higher on eBay. With a mint box it can be a lot more.

[@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 >_

[@kangkinkang]

He looks like Garfield

[@aidanhuber5793]

can I have one

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

Well, no. But vintage Jabbas are really quite cheap so it shouldn't be hard to get if you want one.

[@aidanhuber5793]

Thanks

[@derekbischoff7294]

+Mighty Jabba's Collection were could I buy one?

[@m3rkmoefo885]

+Derek Bischoff ebay

[@ShpookyMetal]

haahaahah

[@Taylor-xh8uh]

Heh pile of crumbs

[@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.

[@jerryparks3706]

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