Bonsai_Tree_Ent said:
Ian, this is one I definitely need. If you happen to have, or spot, a Canadian GDE cardback going spare then pls do drop me a PM I'd like to buy one. Doesn't matter which figure and am not too fussed about condition.
As I understand these ones with the big GDE logo are from the Star Wars line then after that Canadian cards became more like traditional Kenner ones?
Hey Bonsai, I sold this figure in the spring and just reacquired it over the summer. I own this and a Vader, but have no plans to let them go. Check with Shane Turgeon on FB, as I know he did have at least a couple, but that was a while ago. They may be gone now. There was also Jeff Jacob (JEFFSMUSEUM) who was selling a C-3PO for the longest time with no buyers, but that's probably because he had an insane price on it.
There is a Stormtrooper right now
on ebay.
Hope those help.
As for the history, they have a unique one. Canadian 12a and 12b backs look like normal US 12 backs with English and French on the back and on the top right corner on the front. The GDE logo showed up later, on 12c and 12d cardbacks. The late production run helps to explain the very minimal number you see for sale. They switched it because the earlier versions only had "Star Wars" in English, and that broke bilingualism laws. Once they got to the 20 backs, the GDE logo was gone, as the reverse of the card used the French spelling instead of English. You can read all about them
here.
Ian
