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Dumb Question - Palitoy vs Kenner
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 389717" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>I remember the large head Han Solo very well as a child because I didn't want one! Not being a very wealthy 6-year old, and with Star Wars being somewhat popular as I recall (and with a LOT of sweets needing to be bought from Mrs Drury's Sweet Shop with my pocket money, if I'm honest!), the figures flew out of Ware Toy Shop like rockets! It took me ages to get all 12 and by the time I actually found a Han for sale it was the inflated head version (and to this day, I still cannot fathom how anyone at Kenner could possibly have thought that monstrosity was an improvement over the small headed one!). My friends all had the small head version and it looked pretty much like Harrison Ford (well OK, it had a centre parting ;-) ), unlike Mr Balloon Head, and so it was the small head version that I wanted too. God knows how many Palitoy 12-back large head Han Solos I had left sitting on the shelf by the time Empire came out, but not having a time-machine to find out just how rare that figure would eventually become in the future, all I cared about was getting my sticky little hands on the version that didn't look crap! In the end I did a swap with my brother's friend who had the unimaginable good fortune to own two (yes, count them, TWO!) small head Han Solo figures! Imagine that, ladies and gentlemen, if you will and if you can! The exact specifics of the transaction have blurred somewhat in my memory since, but I do know it involved at least one stormtrooper, and that I walked away with the small headed prize that I wanted, a few months late to be sure, but I didn't care :mrgreen:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 389717, member: 7379"] I remember the large head Han Solo very well as a child because I didn't want one! Not being a very wealthy 6-year old, and with Star Wars being somewhat popular as I recall (and with a LOT of sweets needing to be bought from Mrs Drury's Sweet Shop with my pocket money, if I'm honest!), the figures flew out of Ware Toy Shop like rockets! It took me ages to get all 12 and by the time I actually found a Han for sale it was the inflated head version (and to this day, I still cannot fathom how anyone at Kenner could possibly have thought that monstrosity was an improvement over the small headed one!). My friends all had the small head version and it looked pretty much like Harrison Ford (well OK, it had a centre parting ;-) ), unlike Mr Balloon Head, and so it was the small head version that I wanted too. God knows how many Palitoy 12-back large head Han Solos I had left sitting on the shelf by the time Empire came out, but not having a time-machine to find out just how rare that figure would eventually become in the future, all I cared about was getting my sticky little hands on the version that didn't look crap! In the end I did a swap with my brother's friend who had the unimaginable good fortune to own two (yes, count them, TWO!) small head Han Solo figures! Imagine that, ladies and gentlemen, if you will and if you can! The exact specifics of the transaction have blurred somewhat in my memory since, but I do know it involved at least one stormtrooper, and that I walked away with the small headed prize that I wanted, a few months late to be sure, but I didn't care :mrgreen: [/QUOTE]
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