From 1984: STAR WARS mail-away-for-a-fat-man offer.
The Rancor Keeper was not the most figure-friendly character lurking in Jabba's desert palace... but Palitoy still thought it was the ideal choice for its latest send-for-a-figure promotion.
Maybe they thought they stood more chance of shifting this duffer by making it seem like a premium item rather than exposing it to ridicule in the nation's discount dump bins... Or maybe they hoped that this would help shift more Rancor Monster toys.
This particular advert, which appeared in September, is from a copy of the EAGLE.
a fat ugly bloke who looks after a drooling monster....did anyone ever WANT this figure ? Unlike the chewie bandolier ad, I doubt if there was an alternate version of this art, would have been hard anyway to make him look any better...
ReplyDeleteI sent away for my Rancor Keeper. They must have wanted rid of them though cause they sent me two by accident.
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