When Figures WERE included: Kenner Star Wars

Today I take a look at the vintage Kenner Star Wars playsets and ships that come with free action figures!
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[@ChrisCaldwellO66]

Kids that grew up on power of the force 2 just don't know how much cooler our OT toys were. That line was goofy with figures as buff as Prince Adam. Why?😆

[@JamesThames1987]

Yeah, they were interesting but you got to admit that they looked pretty cool. I appreciate the originals, even had many of the originals and still have all the Hoth themed Mini Rigs totally restored! But, I really like the POTF2 figures because they had rich detail. They had all the look and feel of the characters from all the original movies and even came with the authentic weapons they actually used in the film. They had an added point of articulation and didn't suffer from ( aside from the Hogan level of buffness ) film based inaccuracy like Walrus Man who later became Ponda Bobba. If you look at that original 1978 figure he wasn't wearing his orange jacket just a sporting instead an orange torso piece with some sort of strange jumper with Walrus Man having yellow eyes with black pupils instead of having black eyes like he is supposed to have. Although I really appreciate vintage Star Wars toys from that era along with Kenner's original ideas going into each product, the bottom line is the 90's era of toys weren't all that bad at all, they just get a bad reputation for a single reason rather than get a full look at everything else they had going for them. We 90's kids at least didn't have to suffer with all that yellow saber stuff you guys did growing up... Even if that retractable saber function was totally awesome and jealous 90's kids like myself missed out on. :)

[@JamesThames1987]

Oh, the reason why they were so buff was that at the time the Star Wars line was dead in the water after 1985 so in the 90's Star Wars to many young kids like myself at that time didn't know what Star Wars was. It was something old trying to fit into a new world where everyone who was a kid in the day was high on super heros. Super heros were all the rage in the 90's. So, to compete with old time collectors demands they had to give the adult collectors what they wanted while at the same time having to give something back to the kids. Kenner's answer to that? Make the figures look like super heros to sell to kids who didn't know what Star Wars was or would probably even care about. Just make them buff and kids will want'em. I however saw Star Wars first in 94' before the second/first wave would come out in 95' and I will agree that even as a kid I wasn't too crazy about the masculine thing but it did let me have fun playing with them as if they knew how to fight in hand to hand combat. ( Yeah, having old ass Obi-Wan Kenobi beating up on Darth Vader with his bare hands seemed pretty stupid looking back. )

[@misterdavemorgan]

Don’t forget that frozen Han Solo that came with Slave 1. I kept that one in my Darth Vader case with the rest of my figures.

[@seanryan3020]

I had that!

[@seanryan3020]

I had the Death Star playset. I was thrilled to finally see the trash monster in its entirety! And I'll mention this even though it's only tangentially related: I bought a Sith Speeder from the _Phantom Menace_ line in 1999 simply because it had Darth Maul with double lightsaber and removable cloak, which you could not get separately.

[@seventiesfan717]

I have both of those (Slave I and Death Star). The trash monster was the first "extra" Star Wars figure not sold on a card, but in a play set.

[@deadend1041]

@@seventiesfan717 Was it or was it the one that came in the cantina play set? I'm just curious about the release dates both would have been in the 78 time period I would think

[@seventiesfan717]

@@deadend1041 I got the Death Star play set for Christmas in 1978. The Slave I ship was around 1981 or 1982.

[@Villafarrell]

"Figure included"...nothing sounded quite as satisfying as that as a youngun'

[@nicholasdickens2801]

You’re absolutely spot-on.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I think all of the MASK vehicles and playsets came with figures. A few of the figures were also sold separately (with some accessories), but these figures were always colored differently from the main ones that came with vehicles. Scott Trakker came with T-Bob, which is a robot that turns into a vehicle.

[@chouseification]

I was going to say this also - each one came with their custom "mask" (VR interface helmet), and like you say most of the figures were gotten by getting the vehicle. I had the main bad guy and his helicopter/plane and the good guy with the motorcyle that could fly. :P

[@Phoenix2312]

You would be 100% Right... The Figures with Vehicles often had a slightly different sculpt, or if the Figures were a standard mould almost always came with a Different Mask - If I recall right - Matt Tracker and Thunderhawk... The Matt Figure came with a different mask to his "Stand Alone" figure which had the "Spectrum Mask"...

[@jebstuart4004]

@@chouseification switchblade and condor.

[@Superbrant1]

I was also going to say this. I recall that the figs came in two packs and it was the only way you could get Matt Trackers son and his robot/vehicle. Loved MASK!

[@Necron-ez2cc]

Death Star Droid never got the love it deserved.

[@331Grabber]

I still have one original Death Star droid in my drawer. I'm 48 and I believe I've had it for 40 years or so. I have no Idea how it survived with me this long. It's faded and so loose it takes skill to make it stand up. I also have a similar Dr. McCoy from the first Star Trek movie and an original Yoda. But crazy they just came along with me through life.

[@roosterj2599]

I have a power droid that I got 40 years ago.

[@juanc1328]

Speeder bike should of came with a Scout trooper in the original Kenner’s line!

[@indigoyarkindell968]

Adventure People. those were the best vehicles to come with action figures.

[@toddnolastname4485]

Those "playsets" with figures were Sear's exclusives. They would include three of four of next year's action figures, ones you couldn't get in stores yet. I think the new figures would launch in summer or late spring, then in late September the Wishbook would come out. That includes the cardboard "cantina" and "Bespin" playsets, and the repurposed plastic bases. I did get the Hoth package, but not the dungeon packages.

[@brandexler]

This is a rare oddity the 1996 TIE Interceptor Pilot George Lucas head STAR WARS Micro Machines ACTION FLEET Figure. Removable helmet with George Lucas head. Was basically an Easter egg figure. Super small. I had this toy it came with 2 pilots but one pilot had a removable helmet and when the helmet came off it blew my mind. Definitely worth a mention if not a whole episode about this toy. Thought you might enjoy this odd but super cool toy. Thanks Junkman!

[@hessian1]

The George Lucas figure was also a CHISS figure for Star Wars and also with a code George was I. The video game Rouge Squadron

[@shanedaiken2831]

I always called the Hoth Stormtroopers --- Snowtroopers. I was surprised as an adult collector to find out they were never called that.

[@originaluddite]

A great mid-80s memory of mine involves a local toy shop that was keen to clear out a whole lot of Star Wars toys now that the craze was fading. They taped action figure blister packs to vehicle and playset boxes for sale with them - basically doing at a local level what Kenner had done more widely. And whoever did the work knew what they were doing by adding appropriate figures, usually army builders, to each box.

[@ajclements4627]

That sounds like a shop I would have supported every week with my allowance and holiday cash.

[@EricVornoff]

Thank you for the non-harsh vibe star wars videos, they're desperately needed especially now.

[@MattsCollection]

Sears was great at offering playsets that came with figures. The Bespin playset, Hoth Base, Land of the Jawas. Great stuff!

[@patchhunkey3633]

All the 80's Gi.joe vehicles that were $10 and up came with a figure except the battle platform and the gi.joe headquarters.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

which looking back is odd.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

Even the jump pack came with a repainted Grand Slam figure with silver padding. The small vehicles like the Fang helicopter cost within a dollar or two of what an individual figure did.

[@perfectallycromulent]

the expensive re-painted vehicles for the sub-teams like Night Force didn't come with figures, except for 3 from Tiger Force.

[@masonwallace0572]

We always used to refer to the Hoth Rebel soldier as Hoth Luke. How about you?

[@candoentertainment9118]

Did too.

[@ThatJunkman]

Same

[@ajclements4627]

Yup, Hoth Luke, Bespin Luke...

[@isfj1009]

Me too. UNTIL I got the Hoth Luke character.

[@ivane5110]

Yeah that was what blew me away with the new GI Joes line (well growing up in 70's, "new" means early 80's small sized line). Every vehicle and set seemed to have a figure in it as a bonus.

[@pappafett9826]

My Kenner toys never came with any free figures I did get all the mail away with proof of purchase figures from Boba Fett to Anakin Skywalker, I think that's what made GI Joe desirable because they came with Pilots and drivers with their vehicles.

[@phil7144]

For Christmas one yearI asked for one of the GI Joe Joe vehicles just because it came with a Sgt Slaughter figure

[@fdeadlycommasir]

My local Shelby's had the mini rigs with the "free" figure. Then I noticed the price went from $6.99 to $9.99.

[@Usurper123]

I got a Palitoys Deathstar from sears in Canada that came with I think it was 3 Stormtroopers and 5 stands. Also Fisher Price Adventure People always had a figure in their Vehicles and Playsets.

[@BernDog5150]

Received the same Death Star one Christmas. Palitoy was replaced with Kenner logo in Canada. Came with 2 pack in Stormtroopers. Still have the toy, box, instructions.

[@MrAvenger1975]

This is why I loved GIJoe. Nearly all the vehicles came with exclusive drivers/pilots.

[@subtleb1138]

A "Figure included" vehicle/playset , will set you back at least a mortgage payment these days. And, must be ordered three years in advance.

[@johnbradshaw5900]

Seeing the droid factory brought back a few happy memories, I loved that one. However the Jawa sand crawler card backdrop was one of the biggest toy disappointments I had as a kid.

[@ds3930]

My favorite was the GIJoe Rattler, it came with Wild Weasel. Wild Weasel was decked out in a red flight suit and molded on red helmet. The plane featured a clicking Gatling gun, swappable battle damage plates and VTOL wings. I got mine from toys r us in 87.

[@thegadflygang5381]

GI Joe was really good about including great vehicles with figures. The X30 with Slipstream was one of my favorites. Wild Weasal with the Rattler and Wild Bill with the Dragonfly. I think even Zartan or one of the Dreadnoks came with a vehicle. Great memories

[@dcarre]

Miss the days of collecting Scan codes, two envelopes with stamps and the “patience” of waiting for eight months to get my Emperor action figure.

[@RetroActionUK]

The entire Action Fleet line pretty much came with figures but that’s 1990s. “Let’s get back to slapping the sticker over box, and just slap this on fast too”. A great phrase Junkman.

[@aylmerjohnson4906]

I'm a 90s kid, and I can remember playing with Star Wars potf2 action figures back in 95, I had 30 figures and 6 vehicles, those were Good memories...

[@aylmerjohnson4906]

@Bitch Titters Sorry to hear that, I gave all my old star wars toys to my nephews and nieces, glad they had fun with them, now I collect anything that's mando...

[@ajclements4627]

Anyone still remember PotF monkey faced Leia?

[@aylmerjohnson4906]

@@ajclements4627 Oh yea I remember, what were they thinking 😂

[@alice_evermore]

For other than Star Wars: the missile-firing Colonial Viper and Cylon Raider from Battlestar Galactica had a "mini" pilot figure with them. And the adventure People Rescue Helicopter also came with two pilots, as did many of the adventure People vehicles, I believe.

[@ajclements4627]

Ah, the Viper with the firing missile, until a kid choked on one. 🤦‍♂️ That was why we never got the Fett with the rocket firing backpack.

[@maxyrobbin]

Here in Mexico, the Power of the Force 2 figures with stickers in Spanish on the packages refered to the Probe Droid as "Probot", eventhough the original package clearly said "Deluxe Probe Droid".

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

GI Joe did a good job with this- my first GI Joe vehicle was the V.A.M.P. and it came with "Clutch"

[@Floyds_Toys]

The Kenner Indiana Jones line had the two mini playsets (that today would probably be considered deluxe figures) the Map Room with Indy in disguise and the Streets of Cairo with the Monkey Man who sadly didn't have his motorbike. I really wish Kenner applied that concept to Star Wars, imagine what could of been.

[@korydoe4813]

GI Joe was great about including vehicle drivers with the medium and large vehicles. The list is rather big. And speaking of big The USS Flagg came with Admiral Keel Haul, he was also sold as a mail away later

[@paulwettstein7071]

Admiral Keel Haul? Is it possible that some one on the development team had a rather nasty sense of humour.

[@MrChristopoop]

GI Joe’s had numerous vehicles that came with drivers. Might have been part of the price point differentials. Then with some of the bigger stuff a three dollar figure was not going to make much difference on the overall price at the end. Tactical battle platform was one that was medium sized but had no figure, at a time a decent amount of em were coming with figure included. I would have to take a few dive, but now that I think about it, play sets, bases etc were not sold with figures, just the medium and larger sized vehicles.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

All of the vehicles that didn’t include figures were priced within a dollar of the figures. That was Hasbro taking advantage of the “figures not included” curse.

[@n_ex13]

Literally every single Lego play set comes with figures

[@st.thomasepiscopalchurchin1325]

Empire Toys' Legends of the West line always included a figure with the various wagons they sold (stagecoach, buckboard, covered wagon, peddler's wagon, fire wagon). Normally, this was a fully carded random figure (the way I got duplicates when I was little, as it would just be some figure tossed inside the box for the wagon/vehicle. However, for the Fire Wagon, it came with an exclusive figure of a western firefighter, which meant a variant of an existing figure with a red shirt and black vest (not found on any of the rest of the line). There were even three variants there, with the Firemen being repaints of the Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, and Bill Hickok figures. I'm sure others will point out things like the Wild Bill helicopter pilot coming with the GI Joe helicopter (I know the vehicles there had specific names, but I wasn't a GI Joe guy).

[@8bitgamer85]

Hasbro's Vintage Collection is doing that with some recent Star Wars vehicle releases such as the Tie Fighter, Razor Crest, the Carbonite Freezing chamber playset, and Tantive IV Hallway playset.

[@jeffstark8449]

I think the cardboard playsets were pretty lame for kids. As an adult i think they're awesome for display

[@RetroActionUK]

A good example would be Visionaries that included figures with their vehicles, in 1987. Mordred with Sky Claw Feryl and Capture Chariot Reekon and Dagger Assault Ectar with Lancer Cycle

[@johnryder1713]

Always loved to get a free figure, for added value, something that happened more often say with GI Joe figures

[@candoentertainment9118]

I had the Bespin playset. Came with Han Solo (Bespin), Lobot, Dengar & Ugnaut. Waited forever for it. The 'Hoth Outhouse'...... That was funny s***.

[@visionaryventures12]

I earned enough from leaf raking proudly to buy all the Indiana Jones figures, except for the playsets, which included the Ark with Beloqq (sp?) in ceremonial outfit.

[@ThatJunkman]

Bel was a mail away :) just saying

[@ajclements4627]

I never saw any Indiana Jones figures or play sets in my local stores back in the day. Come to think about it, they never had much of anything until I moved to a bigger city, then it was like sensory overload with all the toys!

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

I remember getting the X-Wing Fighter for my birthday. My mum bought it from Argos and they were running a free figure with the ship offer. However, you did not get to choose the figure, so I got Death Star Droid. So all my early games involved Death Star Droid flying around the galaxy in an X-Wing Fighter, as at that time the only other figure that I owned was R2-D2.

[@331Grabber]

I still have my ragged Death Star Droid. It's literally my only surviving original run Star Wars figure. Paint faded and so loose he has to be perfectly balanced to stand.

[@351cleavland]

I often rail about figures not coming with the bigger toys... ANd then I yell for those "Damn kids better get off my lawn!!!!"

[@andrewtaylor940]

Hmmm? 70's-80's playsets that came with a figure? Pretty much ANY of the Micronauts sets, at least the first waves came with at least a Time Traveler. And they were all pretty unique. All the Evel Kenievel sets came with a figure. All of the Fisher Price Adventure People sets came with at least 1 figure and more often 2. (First 3 3/4 inch Action Figure Line) . The Mattel Hero's in Action line Playets all had at least 1 figure. Generally a Driver or pilot than only came in the vehicle sets.The Matchbox line "M.A.C>K" (not MASK) all came with Figs. Between 1-3. Teeny things.

[@dhenderson1810]

My best mate had the Jabba The Hutt playset, with Jabba and Salacious Crumb. On non-SW toys, I had an A-Team van which came with a B.A. Baracus figure, and I believe that they did this with all the A-Team (Corvette with Face, Tank with Hannibal, Helicopter with Murdock).

[@rdvrdv8920]

Happy New Year Junkman. Your content is great. My collection/obsession is Micronauts. Some of their vehicles came with a randomly coloured Time Traveller.

[@mathieu4204]

Vehicles should come with a pilot and playsets should come with a figure. Imagine going to aunt Bertha for Christmas, you open your gift and it's a brand new spaceship, but there's no figure included and all your figures are back home! How can you play with your new toy? Pretend it's a space knight Rider that pilots it self until you get back home?

[@hessian1]

My friend had both the Cantina and the Catina adventure set, so he paperclip or glued the adventure set on the outside of the cantina. and with the mat it looked pretty good oh and I had the snow speeder and the Bespin cloud car

[@ernestmuric6719]

This is a perfect time for Hasbro/disney to start making even more special offers like the old days on the new vintage collection figures. There's one reason they don't though. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT COLLECTORS WANT .AND WE ALL KNOW HASBRO NEVER LISTENS.

[@ajclements4627]

Exactly. Hasbro listening to collectors/fans? When monkeys fly outta my ....!

[@bazaul]

I got the Millennium Falcon for my birthday in 1979 and it included Han, Chewie and Luke. I was living in Germany at the time so it may have come from an American PX or a German only promotion. Best present I’ve ever had!!!

[@Phoenix2312]

1:45 WOW! Great Challenge... Obviously I was born in 1973 so I grew up with a fair few... HOWEVER, Most sets I owned that came with an Action Figure - They were Rarely Exclusives... You could almost always buy the figure on card on its own! I do know from watching various Vintage Toy Channels that GI JOE and ACTION FORCE here in the UK had some "Exclusive" Figures that came with Vehicles - Later released as Stand Alones... But I didn't collect either when I was a kid! 5:01WAIT! OH WAIT! The Land of the Jawas Sand crawler Playset - That Carboard thing... I HAD THIS! Here in the UK, PALITOY did include a JAWA with this set! I only know as the Christmas I had this set - My Parents would always do their best to try and put things on Display (Mainly as often the Star Wars stuff they managed to get me was not always brand new... But I didn't care! Life was tough and money was tight - To have these Star Wars toys at all was AMAZING!) and the Jawa Sand crawler Playset was one of the few things that came WITH ITS BOX - It does help that this had already been pretty much discontinued at the time so was being sold at Discount Stores as it was only a year away from Empire being released... I dont know why... I was OBSESSED With Jawa's - They were my Boba Fett before we ever heard of Boba Fett!

[@tombutler6451]

My 2 other favourite lines from the 80’s Action Force & Mask vehicles all came with an action figure 😁

[@camcordernonsense5264]

free action figures were important in my joes for sure. I was to late for the figures included star wars toys.

[@OverDriveOnline7921]

Here in the UK, the speeder bikes from Jedi came with a scout trooper

[@icrawford40]

Really great video, Junkman - thanks 👍

[@ivane5110]

I never saw those mini-rigs before! wow!

[@colt5189]

I wish they had made an Obi-Wan Kenobi house. It could have been cardboard with printing on both sides so you could close it up like it's a house. And then open it up so you can play on the inside of the house.

[@_The_Worst_]

It's always awesome when you get a free action figure...🤘🏼💯✔

[@cutterbacon]

I remember going early one morning to the model shop at grimsby with my friends and the Gamorrean guard figure was to be released that same morning.We looked through the shops window and it was on the figure rack we could see it :O .The shop opened and in we went but all the figures had been sold.............a lad walked out with the first and only gamorrean guard figure. My mate stopped him and asked if he wanted to swap it for some brand new figures i think he had the chief ewok brand new and a few more. They haggled and my mate got the brand new gamorrean guard figure for around 3 of his. Them was the days lol.

[@michaellara4095]

One of my favorite toy lines, Dino Riders. Every dinosaur came with armor and weapons but also had a named Valarian (human) or named Rulon (evil alien) figure. At least one was included but there were also soldier packs to buy.

[@scottandrewhutchins]

I had all the action figures that were sold without dinosaurs but only a handful of the dinosaurs--Triceratops was the biggest one that I got. None of the action figures that came without dinosaurs were ever on the show, but it was the only way a kid without a lot of money could get characters like Questar, Krulos, and Ikon, albeit variants that didn't wear what they wore on the show.

[@craiglightowler2991]

I got the Speeder Bike with two figures, Scout trooper and Wicket W. Warrick, here in the UK, around 1985 I guess!

[@richwillham8686]

Most GI Joe vehicles came with a driver/ pilot

[@DopeteK]

Correction: When cardboard was included with figures...

[@seventiesfan717]

I remember all of those Star Wars toys, but don't remember any of those special versions with the included figures. That's probably because I've got the earliest versions of all my vehicles and play sets. I usually got a Star Wars toy as soon as it was available in stores. I know of a few other toy brands that included figures with their vehicles/play sets. Mego sold a few Micronauts with vehicles. I have the Crater Cruncher with a blue Time Traveler. I also have the CHiPs Highway Patrol Launcher and Motorcycle with a Ponch figure. I have a similar play set with a miniature Six Million Dollar Man and Bigfoot. Mego also had a special edition of the Star Trek Enterprise with action figures inside. They did the same with the Batcave and the smaller Comic Action and Pocket Super Heroes vehicles. My sister once had the Glamour Gals cruise ship (also made by Kenner) loaded with Glamour Gal figures inside. She no longer has the cruise ship but still has all the dolls. Her daughter has played with them. Kenner also did a Family Tree House with the family members and family dog included. Fisher Price did a Sesame Street play set with figures, Child Guidance did a Kentucky Fried Chicken play set, and there was also a Gilligan's Island play set with Gilligan, Mary Ann, and Skipper figures. I have them all.

[@RansomeStoddard]

I got the Dagobah Playset that came with 3 free figures, Bespin Luke, Vader, and Yoda. I also had the Cantina Adventure set and the Hoth Rebel Command Center. I always wanted the Bespin set though because they never did make any other Bespin playset.

[@HexNottingham]

Here's a bit of an outside the box. You'll notice many of the G1 Transformers toys had seats for drivers, pilots, and operators, especially the command centre in Optimus' trailer. If you were lucky enough to come upon a Diaclone version of some of these in big grocery stores, they came with little figures ..inside the box! That's like a figure that comes with a figure! (Headmasters don't count.) I tried to use my little Spacelink figures, but either their feet were too big or their bulbous helmets were too tall. And I'll never forget the day my mom watched me open up my (generic Shockwave) Galactic Man, and the first thing she did was point out his impressive Dirk Diggler appendage. Bought at a Farm Fresh, not a Radio Shack. (I sware his name was Astro Man.)

[@paulwettstein7071]

I know a lot of the newer stuff came with pilots. The larger X-wings came with figures. Wedge Antilles' X-wing and Red Leader. I also have a TIE fighter with an Alliance logo that came with Derek "Hobbie" Klivian.

[@edfivedownunderplasticplanet]

Starcom vehicles & sets vetually all came with at least one figure. Same as Mask most vehicles had a figure included. Cheers J.M👍🏻🍻

[@RetroActionUK]

5:37: Modulok you have to put together and that’s an action figure. There’s also Multi-Bot as well. Is it the last 15 though? I mean there’s three of them in a 1984 box! “Every toy should come with a figure, any play set, especially if it’s a vehicle as it needs a pilot, that should be the rule.” I agree! That rule would have stopped many toylines from dying out, including Kenner Star Wars. Talk about a missed opportunity as The Power Of The Force II had a figure packed in with pretty much every vehicle you could think of.

[@BigAL68xyz]

The Kay Bee Toys in my local mall sold C-3P0 carry cases with three carded POTF figures taped to the outside. Like they were trying to sell off excess stock or something. What I hated was that some of them had figures I was looking for to buy alone, but the store didn't have them on the pegs. I would have had to buy another 3P0 case and two figures I already had just to get the one I wanted. Or just keep checking back, which is what I did.

[@HexNottingham]

I always liked the Cobra H.I.S.S. Tank and its driver. Also, I had a Jinx figure, but I wasn't crazy about her legs. One day, I came upon someone's box (giggity) of junked G.I. Joe pieces & parts, and inside was a pair of H.I.S.S. Tank driver legs. I swapped Jinx's fluffy pants and pumps for those mean C.F.M. boots, and BOOM! She's a total baddass now.

[@nealwestmoreland8576]

Great video Junkman. Fisher Price Adventure People vehicles came with figures.Lots of repaints in the line.May make a great video? Back in the 70's there was line made by Matchbox named MAC Mobile Action Command that included figures with the vehicles and rescue center playset.If I remember correctly the figures were between 2 or 2 1/2 inches tall with 7 poa.Cool line.

[@Celtchief]

Hey, one series of Star Wars sets that came with figures, though not action figures, were the Micro Line.

[@CarlyCatharsis]

Yeah, Lewis Galoobs "Micro Machines" Playsets Were Awesome... Love ALOT Of The Different Heads & All.

[@CarlyCatharsis]

MY Vader Case ONLY Came with Bespin Leia (Cloud City). They LATER Re-Molded It in 2005 & It Came w/YOUR CHOICE; Boba Fett & Stormtrooper OR Ep.III Anakin & Clone Trooper!

[@toddsmith9598]

Great video! However, I'm still laughing about "scalper got skyyyyped" from yesterday.

[@ThatJunkman]

they did get skyyyyyped :)

[@toddsmith9598]

@@ThatJunkman and rightfully so!

[@thetshawkeye1035]

I'm in Canada and I remember having 2 blue Snaggle tooth. They dumped those old sets here. One was traded for a red Snaggletooth and I threw the other one at my friend in the woods because he was telling me about Snorks

[@blunghole]

I think that my favorites were all Transformers. Playsets that were also characters that came with free figures? Give me some more of that please! Metroplex came with three; Scamper, Slammer, and Sixgun. Trypticon came with Full Tilt and Brunt. Scorponok came with Fastrack. Good memories :)

[@grantputtnam]

the card board death star playset came with two stormtroopers it was a sears exclusive in canada.

[@bundleization]

My nephews Carbonite set came with a stormtrooper and frozen Han. It's pretty nice.

[@michaelcasalta7679]

Great video!

[@stevegallo8483]

I remember in the mid 90s (like 96 or maybe 97) picking up a Playmates Classic Star Trek Shuttlecraft Galileo that came with a Kirk figure.

[@rumblehat4357]

I had gotten the Bespin with figures playset for Christmas 1980, probably. I had seen one of the Cantina playset at Sears maybe 1978, and as I had been looking for it for a long time (in kid years,) I was thrilled, only to find out someone opened it and stole the figures.

[@toomanyhobbies8351]

Jabba the Hutt Dungeon playset looks like a hangman’s playset.

[@silversscratchbuiltproduct6277]

The micronauts warp racer, crater cruncher, and ultrasonic scooter all came with figures. Do you remember these they were out around the same time as the first 12

[@jamespeters2859]

Good vid, loads of interesting data.

[@Zan_Jayna]

That Darth Vader case was a nightmare, I took it to school for show and tell and all the weapons fell out and I lost them. Didn't realize until I got home. That compartment was the worst. The case doesn't close with a proper fit so all the guns fell out the seams. THANKS KENNER! I had like three heart attacks that day thanks to Kenner's cheapness. Whenever I try to sell the case at my local comic book store they refuse to buy and and then point to a largish pile they already have because everyone hates that terrible thing. The C3P0 one too

[@ajclements4627]

Those collector cases were bad. The other one that had the two trays was much better at keeping the loose accessories in, at least for me. I was practically Sheldon Cooper with my stuff as a kid, until my mom decided my younger brother was old enough to play with the SW collection I had... I lost pretty much my entire vintage figure collection quite slowly..a figure here, a lightsaber there.. I’m not mad. No, I’m not mad when I see the value of some of the figures loose w/accessories.. 🤬

[@timx8872]

The Mini-Rig CAP-2 sometimes included Bossk. I imagined it as his escape pod, since it wasn’t a full sized ship.

[@robcav8747]

Consumers Distributing (store up in Canada) had all kinds of bundles for Star Wars sets + figures

[@gordonlumbert9861]

The reason there was no Pilot Luke was that toy wasn't released yet.

[@stevegallo8483]

The GI Joe A Real American Hero line used to put figures with their vehicles.

[@hondamaticgarage9369]

if you look closly at the jabba's dungeon play set, it is not a re-color of the droids factory play set. although similar kenner had changed the mold dramatically.

[@andrewdonatelli6953]

Here in Canada all my Christmas presents and Star Wars toys came from the Sears wishbook too. Here it was Simpsons Sears not Sears Roebuck. I remember picking out the snow speeder and being so excited when I got it. I still have my twin pod cloud car with the bespin guard but his head fell off.

[@samwats5848]

The best line I can think of is VISIONARIES!! Exclusive figures if you want the line you had to buy the vehicles.. made reekon and feryl extremely collectable today.. still need reekons sword and helmet to be complete.. obviously MASK, STARCOM, DINO RIDERS...

[@geekstrong1]

My local shop had/has the very rare empire display mail away. 💪🤓

[@TheSickNeeds]

The Twin Pod Cloud Car came with the proper pilot up here in Canada (got mine at sears)

[@bubblewrappedmemories]

i'm glad to see no negative feedback!!!!! I enjoy your content Junkman!!!

[@ThatJunkman]

Just wait. You’ll see some :)

[@TheSickNeeds]

Land of the Jawas came with a free Yoda here in Canada (right before empire when they were clearing out starwars stuff to make room for empire)....because as I ranted on your stormtrooper shortage video WE WERE DROWNING IN YODA'S! it didn't actually say on the box which figure it just said with free figure...i opened about 50 boxes to try and find a figure i wanted....they were either all yoda or almost all yoda....then my dad showed up and saw me looking for a better figure....he grabbed a bobafett put it in the box and took out the yoda. The included figures were on card not in kenner baggies. Only ever got kenner baggie figures as part of a mail away offer.

[@TheVileOne]

I find this fascinating

[@paulspopculture5592]

I had visionaries I remember you had to get there vehicle's to get all the figures as certain characters were not sold separately

[@ga3680]

Another interesting history lesson. I never got any of these pack-ins. Maybe it was just in the US thanks, Junkman.

[@inspector2363]

My second Speeder bike bought a year after my first, came with bagged scout figure tucked under the white plastic tray. It didn't have any sticker (in the UK anyway).