tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post6294010676563383159..comments2024-03-28T07:17:29.768+00:00Comments on STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN: 1983: STAR WARS RETURN OF THE JEDI PALITOY TOY PROMOTIONSLOW ROBOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-39777906059909585992017-06-02T11:19:01.447+01:002017-06-02T11:19:01.447+01:00That's it! Thanks, Klown. Now I remember cutti...That's it! Thanks, Klown. Now I remember cutting out the character names. I'm sure I got some Action Man stuff by a similar method.Oscar Dowsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643795090397551437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-86253762043050121842017-06-02T11:16:47.028+01:002017-06-02T11:16:47.028+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Oscar Dowsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643795090397551437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-82630045231479386322017-06-01T15:29:16.432+01:002017-06-01T15:29:16.432+01:00Oscar, that sounds like Palitoy's mail-away &q...Oscar, that sounds like Palitoy's mail-away "free figure offer" rather than a competition. That offer ran around 1979 or early 1980 before Boba Fett got a carded release--you had to send (from memory) 3 x SW figure character names cut out from packaging along with a signed receipt from your local toy store to prove you'd bought them! The need for a signed receipt was dropped from later promotions.<br /><br />Other figures offered this way were ...<br />Dengar, Admiral Ackbar and Nein Numb. Possibly Anakin Skywalker--but that was after my time.<br /><br />Later, you could also send away for certain vehicles, etc., at a discount price, and the rather magnificent "survival kit" which included breath masks, spare weapons, a grappling hook belt for climbing up AT-AT Walkers and a backpack for figures to carry Yoda while training in the ways of the Force. Awesome fun!<br /><br />Palitoy's Action Force ran a similar offer for Skeletron (I think the figure was called) but ran out of the figure and substituted Kraken in its place.KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-88235138490584166822017-06-01T13:51:43.818+01:002017-06-01T13:51:43.818+01:00I won a Boba Fett figure before the film was relea...I won a Boba Fett figure before the film was released, but I can't recall if it was this competition. The figure arrived in a small, plain cardboard box without the usual Palitoy backboard. I still thought it was cool though!Oscar Dowsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643795090397551437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-37059162257750235912017-06-01T12:26:28.610+01:002017-06-01T12:26:28.610+01:00thanks for the heads up.
yes indeed, it looks as ...thanks for the heads up.<br /><br />yes indeed, it looks as if the onetime nemesis of ACTION FORCE will feature in FIRST STRIKE although his appearance has been tweaked and re-designed.<br /><br /><br />The HASBRO HEROES SOURCEBOOK is also due from IDW.<br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-23730754282463671612017-06-01T07:27:47.324+01:002017-06-01T07:27:47.324+01:00OEJ was also the first reprint strip added to the ...OEJ was also the first reprint strip added to the EAGLE roster. It seemed curiously dated even back in 1982-83.<br /><br />On the subject of old IPC characters... Is that bucket-headed booby Baron Ironblood front-and-centre in the next IDW/ Hasbro crossover? SLOW ROBOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-24616469693272525352017-05-31T18:11:05.733+01:002017-05-31T18:11:05.733+01:00the pick of this weeks offerings must be a re-prin...the pick of this weeks offerings must be a re-print volume of ONE-EYED JACKS culled from VALIANT comic.<br /><br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-84390959648959027762017-05-31T08:44:47.888+01:002017-05-31T08:44:47.888+01:00When I first saw those obscured Ewoks on the packa...When I first saw those obscured Ewoks on the packaging I assumed the black blobs WERE the figures. In my mind, those blobs were probably some kind of Jawa-like cloaks beneath which something cool lurked to menace our 3-and-3/4 inch heroes. Little did I know ...KlownKrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02951875989078181671noreply@blogger.com