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<blockquote data-quote="Frunkstar" data-source="post: 437027" data-attributes="member: 314"><p><span style="color: #00bf00"><span style="font-size: 26px">Pre-production / Q.C sign Offs & internal Sample Related Bagged & Items</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 18px">PENDING CONSTRUCTION</span></span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165086[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-size: 18px">QC Sign off Sample Barada</span></span> <span style="color: #FFFF00">COURTESY OF Derek Ho</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170267[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #FF0000">Signed QC sample </span></span> Made in Macau baggie (Euro-a)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170266[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #FF0000">Signed QC sample </span></span> - Euro-i baggie - <span style="color: #FFFF00">COURTESY OF BROC WALKER</span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFF00"></span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFF00">[ATTACH=full]170270[/ATTACH]</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Another Macau Euro-a Q.C signe off sample </span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]172673[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]172674[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Again a Euro-a Q.C Sign off sample - Photo </span><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">Courtesy of James Gallo </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">& the first one we can actually have a look at the card in full</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170271[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Quite the exciting piece this & a bit of a missing link / void in previous thinking filler, a Q.C sign of card with Yak staff issued to palitoy to confirm going forward of the 10/06/85 that any carded yak face figures should have the staff included, this also seems to stretch over to baggies, interestingly this time in a Palitoy-i baggie which was the same baggie type palitoy issued yak faces have been found in, suspected ex Woolies 99p 8 pack stock / dead stock / overstock, Note than most POTF era Palitoy baggies are not yet covered in the guide(s) </span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]171305[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]171306[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Rather the rare find this, a Q.C sign off Palitoy Survival Kit mailer & I think the sole baggie related Palitoy Q.C piece I have seen, Photo <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">Courtesy of Charles Jones</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">[ATTACH=full]170278[/ATTACH]</span></p><p></p><p>The 1st of a total of 4 known examples of Multi Packs with this signiture (more details of the signiture coming I hope) but it is a confirmed Q.C sign off, all 4 examples have the same signiture & all also sport the same red text, 3 are brown box SW era & the 4th is a white box cantina pack but again the same era</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170279[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170280[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>2nd example & obviously one ofmy fave packs having been the only one ever issed with the Power Droid</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170282[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170283[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>3rd example, again what a craking line up of figures</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170290[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170291[/ATTACH]</p><p>4th one is the cantina red text 2 pack, which see's the 4 confirmed examples now all shown on the guide at long last.</p><p></p><p>All the Red signatures are Ken Collins who was a known Q.C guy at kenner</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170265[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170264[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-size: 18px">QC Sign off ESB 4 pack</span></span> <span style="color: #FFFF00">COURTESY OF BROC WALKER, </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Q.C signiture is Don Huber who was a well known Q.C signer</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]171051[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-size: 18px">QC Sign off ESB 4 pack</span></span> <span style="color: #FFFF00">COURTESY OF Samir Kirm</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"> - full details on this newly discovered pack in the ESB MP section (page 5) </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FFFF00">[ATTACH=full]170272[/ATTACH]</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170273[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The above ESB Q.C pack shown both open & just the box (same pack code 38932)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170274[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170312[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>"U.I." which is likely United Industries. That was an orient vendor.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170275[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170276[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Signiture "suspected" to be Mike Carroll who was a known kenner employee, but we know nothing more about him sadly.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170277[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Several more ESB era Q.C sign off packs, I can not 100% confirm each ones authenticity as that is not my focus area, Signiture is throught to be John Kraus who was a known Q.C signer</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170268[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170269[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #FF0000">J slots Rocket Firing Fett</span></span> - This awesome piece turned up last year & amazed everyone, it's J slots Rocket Firing Fett whith no text baggie & mailer box (internal sample) Photo Courtesy of <span style="color: #FFFF00">Darrell Johnson & Brendi Burton </span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165092[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Unpainted General Veers in ESB-d baggie (internal sample) courtesy of <span style="color: #FFFF00">Somma Christian</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165093[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>1st shot Luke Hoth in ESB-d - <span style="color: #FFFF00">image courtesy of Gary Borbidge</span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFF00"></span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFF00">[ATTACH=full]170399[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFF00"></span></p><p><span style="color: #FFFF00">[ATTACH=full]170400[/ATTACH]</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170401[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">CCP is ESB-d baggie, assumed to be a photosample example with weapon cast in non standard couplers (black as apposed to grey) also note the pistol is a factory error (short pour) I was mortified when I missed out on this example when it went to auction a number of years ago, assumed to be a standard production figure.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">[ATTACH=full]170490[/ATTACH]</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170491[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>1st shot General Veers (At-At Commander) sorry for the poor photos, but they are the best I have</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170495[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170496[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>1st shot Luke Hoth, sadly again rather poor quaalitoy images but all I have</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170501[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170502[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>1st shot Emperor kenner mailer</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]179105[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Q.C Sign of Survival Kit signed off by Don Huber, Photo <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">Courtesy of Mark Huber</span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]179883[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">Q.C sign off Anakin, photo</span><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"> courtesy of Broc Walker </span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170396[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170397[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170398[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">We believe all the above were some form of internal kenner sample baggies found after the death of Jeanne Yvonne Sexton. who worked for Kenner for over 30 years. we can't be certain, but we "think" that she worked in the shipping department ('shipping' - unknown capacity), with some background checking she passed in 1994 at age 65 in Hamilton County, Ohio.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">All the baggies were found & subsiquently sold by her grandson, 2 of the above Q.C sign off multi packs were also discoverd in the find after her death, all were no text baggies with some very unusual frosted scotch tape securing them, there were multipl baggie types & some were not even sealed, one (Klaatu) was just held together with an elastic band, we can not confirm if they were taped in house at Kenner or at a later point to keep the figures secured, a very unsual find & very much each baggie is a one of a kind / worlds only known example.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">[ATTACH=full]170492[/ATTACH]</span></p><p></p><p>ESB toy fair sample stand - this came with 6 figures & all in SW-a small font baggies, it is speculated several other examples exist with all ESB-c baggies which are said to be sales man samples, the stand never made it to production in the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frunkstar, post: 437027, member: 314"] [COLOR=#00bf00][SIZE=7]Pre-production / Q.C sign Offs & internal Sample Related Bagged & Items[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=5]PENDING CONSTRUCTION[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Derek%20Ho_zpsu0a7zks2.jpg"]165086[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#FF0000][SIZE=5]QC Sign off Sample Barada[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#FFFF00]COURTESY OF Derek Ho[/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="qc_cc_zps2d668c39.jpg"]170267[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#FF0000]Signed QC sample [/COLOR][/SIZE] Made in Macau baggie (Euro-a) [ATTACH type="full" alt="Broc_Walker_3.jpg"]170266[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#FF0000]Signed QC sample [/COLOR][/SIZE] - Euro-i baggie - [COLOR=#FFFF00]COURTESY OF BROC WALKER [ATTACH type="full" alt="1897695_854657954626656_4121837709155531298_n_zpsozfq9w6y.jpg"]170270[/ATTACH][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Another Macau Euro-a Q.C signe off sample [/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="James Gallo 1.jpg"]172673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="James Gallo 2.jpg"]172674[/ATTACH] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Again a Euro-a Q.C Sign off sample - Photo [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Courtesy of James Gallo [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]& the first one we can actually have a look at the card in full[/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="QC_Yak_baggie_sample.jpg"]170271[/ATTACH] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Quite the exciting piece this & a bit of a missing link / void in previous thinking filler, a Q.C sign of card with Yak staff issued to palitoy to confirm going forward of the 10/06/85 that any carded yak face figures should have the staff included, this also seems to stretch over to baggies, interestingly this time in a Palitoy-i baggie which was the same baggie type palitoy issued yak faces have been found in, suspected ex Woolies 99p 8 pack stock / dead stock / overstock, Note than most POTF era Palitoy baggies are not yet covered in the guide(s) [/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Charles Jones.jpeg"]171305[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Charles Jones 1.jpeg"]171306[/ATTACH] Rather the rare find this, a Q.C sign off Palitoy Survival Kit mailer & I think the sole baggie related Palitoy Q.C piece I have seen, Photo [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Courtesy of Charles Jones[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)][ATTACH type="full" alt="unnamed17_zpsb51a47ef.jpg"]170278[/ATTACH][/COLOR] The 1st of a total of 4 known examples of Multi Packs with this signiture (more details of the signiture coming I hope) but it is a confirmed Q.C sign off, all 4 examples have the same signiture & all also sport the same red text, 3 are brown box SW era & the 4th is a white box cantina pack but again the same era [ATTACH type="full" alt="85Y8418ALDENS-SW4pack.jpg"]170279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMGP6134_zps845aef82.jpg"]170280[/ATTACH] 2nd example & obviously one ofmy fave packs having been the only one ever issed with the Power Droid [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMGP2993_zps2f53b631.jpg"]170282[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMGP2992_zps652c3198.jpg"]170283[/ATTACH] 3rd example, again what a craking line up of figures [ATTACH type="full" alt="Iain 1.jpg"]170290[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Iain 2.jpg"]170291[/ATTACH] 4th one is the cantina red text 2 pack, which see's the 4 confirmed examples now all shown on the guide at long last. All the Red signatures are Ken Collins who was a known Q.C guy at kenner [ATTACH type="full" alt="Broc_Walker_2.jpg"]170265[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Broc_Walker.jpg"]170264[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#FF0000][SIZE=5]QC Sign off ESB 4 pack[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#FFFF00]COURTESY OF BROC WALKER, [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Q.C signiture is Don Huber who was a well known Q.C signer[/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="copy.jpg"]171051[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#FF0000][SIZE=5]QC Sign off ESB 4 pack[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#FFFF00]COURTESY OF Samir Kirm[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)] - full details on this newly discovered pack in the ESB MP section (page 5) [/COLOR] [COLOR=#FFFF00][ATTACH type="full" alt="Benjamin 2_zpsk7dkcudm.jpg"]170272[/ATTACH][/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Benjamin_zps3twcp1fo.jpg"]170273[/ATTACH] The above ESB Q.C pack shown both open & just the box (same pack code 38932) [ATTACH type="full" alt="unnamed12_zps7b487f38.jpg"]170274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="243484535_1261359164379411_4305404230586480005_n.jpg"]170312[/ATTACH] “U.I.” which is likely United Industries. That was an orient vendor. [ATTACH type="full" alt="unnamed14_zps2a8a1ecb.jpg"]170275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="unnamed21_zps1eefffcb.jpg"]170276[/ATTACH] Signiture "suspected" to be Mike Carroll who was a known kenner employee, but we know nothing more about him sadly. [ATTACH type="full" alt="unnamed20_zps24821e71.jpg"]170277[/ATTACH] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Several more ESB era Q.C sign off packs, I can not 100% confirm each ones authenticity as that is not my focus area, Signiture is throught to be John Kraus who was a known Q.C signer[/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Darrell_Johnson_&_Brendi_Burton2.jpg"]170268[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Darrell_Johnson_&_Brendi_Burton.jpg"]170269[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#FF0000]J slots Rocket Firing Fett[/COLOR][/SIZE] - This awesome piece turned up last year & amazed everyone, it's J slots Rocket Firing Fett whith no text baggie & mailer box (internal sample) Photo Courtesy of [COLOR=#FFFF00]Darrell Johnson & Brendi Burton [/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Somma%20Christian_zpsx60yc5xh.jpg"]165092[/ATTACH] Unpainted General Veers in ESB-d baggie (internal sample) courtesy of [COLOR=#FFFF00]Somma Christian[/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Gary%20Borbidge_zpsf2nkrh4y.jpg"]165093[/ATTACH] 1st shot Luke Hoth in ESB-d - [COLOR=#FFFF00]image courtesy of Gary Borbidge [ATTACH type="full" alt="CCp non production weapons pic 1.jpg"]170399[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="CCp non production weapons pic 2.jpg"]170400[/ATTACH][/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="CCp non production weapons pic 3.jpg"]170401[/ATTACH] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]CCP is ESB-d baggie, assumed to be a photosample example with weapon cast in non standard couplers (black as apposed to grey) also note the pistol is a factory error (short pour) I was mortified when I missed out on this example when it went to auction a number of years ago, assumed to be a standard production figure. [ATTACH type="full" alt="at at commander FS baggie pic 1.jpg"]170490[/ATTACH][/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="at at commander FS baggie pic 2.jpg"]170491[/ATTACH] 1st shot General Veers (At-At Commander) sorry for the poor photos, but they are the best I have [ATTACH type="full" alt="luke FS baggie pic 1.jpg"]170495[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="luke FS baggie pic 3.jpg"]170496[/ATTACH] 1st shot Luke Hoth, sadly again rather poor quaalitoy images but all I have [ATTACH type="full" alt="1st_shot_mailer_1.jpg"]170501[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1st_shot_mailer_2.jpg"]170502[/ATTACH] 1st shot Emperor kenner mailer [ATTACH type="full" alt="Mark Huber QC SK mailer.jpg"]179105[/ATTACH] Q.C Sign of Survival Kit signed off by Don Huber, Photo [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Courtesy of Mark Huber[/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full"]179883[/ATTACH] [COLOR=rgb(209, 213, 216)]Q.C sign off Anakin, photo[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)] courtesy of Broc Walker [/COLOR] [ATTACH type="full" alt="photo (1).JPG"]170396[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="photo (2).JPG"]170397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="photo (5).JPG"]170398[/ATTACH] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]We believe all the above were some form of internal kenner sample baggies found after the death of Jeanne Yvonne Sexton. who worked for Kenner for over 30 years. we can't be certain, but we "think" that she worked in the shipping department ('shipping' - unknown capacity), with some background checking she passed in 1994 at age 65 in Hamilton County, Ohio. All the baggies were found & subsiquently sold by her grandson, 2 of the above Q.C sign off multi packs were also discoverd in the find after her death, all were no text baggies with some very unusual frosted scotch tape securing them, there were multipl baggie types & some were not even sealed, one (Klaatu) was just held together with an elastic band, we can not confirm if they were taped in house at Kenner or at a later point to keep the figures secured, a very unsual find & very much each baggie is a one of a kind / worlds only known example. [ATTACH type="full" alt="esb-stand2.jpg"]170492[/ATTACH][/COLOR] ESB toy fair sample stand - this came with 6 figures & all in SW-a small font baggies, it is speculated several other examples exist with all ESB-c baggies which are said to be sales man samples, the stand never made it to production in the end. [/QUOTE]
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