spoons said:That's a great example Jeremy, very nice
theforceuk said:Love that example as well, really nice box and yes I agree on the sticker front.
Snaketibe said:Good choice, Lars! The '"Battle-Damaged" Imperial Tie Fighter Vehicle'... another jaw-breaker from the same book of Kenner toy names as 'Darth Vader's Star Destroyer Action Playset'! Fortunately however, unlike the Star Destroyer (which is a fun playset), this actually looks pretty much like the thing it's supposed to. However, both as a child and as an adult, I was never a fan of Kenner's Battle-damage stickers. Once added to your vehicle, you couldn't easily remove them and you then had a permanently altered toy. And to add insult to injury, although we didn't know it back in the 80's, the battle-damage stickers had a very nasty habit of curling up at the edges over time and looking dreadful!
I'm sure plenty of fans loved / love them, but I'd rather the battle-damage stickers weren't applied, so I was delighted when I came across this example many years ago where the previous owner had decided not to apply them:
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Thanks NickMini99 said:Another mint example Jeremy.
Very nice indeed.
I agree with you on the battle damage stickers, best left off.
Pomse2001 said:Here are mine,again sorry about that some of them is old pictures with kitchen background. I hope to find some time to replace them with purple background. I have 2 bi-logo boxes and the instructions is different on them, see the pictures and then I have a kenner.
Snaketibe said:Thanks NickMini99 said:Another mint example Jeremy.
Very nice indeed.
I agree with you on the battle damage stickers, best left off.
It's a shame Kenner didn't come up with some sort of static cling stickers for the battle damage. That would have made them both removable and increased the play value as kids would have been able to move them around the toys at will to simulate fresh battle damage each time they played with them... Perhaps I should have been a toy designer :lol:
Snaketibe said:Pomse2001 said:Here are mine,again sorry about that some of them is old pictures with kitchen background. I hope to find some time to replace them with purple background. I have 2 bi-logo boxes and the instructions is different on them, see the pictures and then I have a kenner.
Thanks for the kind words about my TIE Fighter, Lars. And I have to say that your collection is its typically superb self! That's a fabulous collection of TIE Fighters you have! I don't own many Kenner versions of toys where there was a Palitoy equivalent, as I tried to collect Palitoy and had neither the space nor money to also buy the Kenner versions, so it's great to see both in a collection like yours.
Thanks for sharing