Toy of the week 2, Week 10, 2024, FX-7 (Medical Droid)

[Cazza]

Yeah, the crush was always crazy. I remember seeing the POTF2 Wave 2 for the first time at one of these fairs, as they weren't available in the UK yet. I think a lot of us got very distracted by them, but they hold some nice nostalgia for me.

 

[Cazza]

Heres mine
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Very nice, mate.

 

[Snaketibe]

Heres mine
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Another mint example! Lovely.

Thanks for sharing

Jeremy

 

[Mini99]

Better late than never, here are some photos of my loose pair of the good robot doctor, showing off the sculpt and paint differences quite nicely. On the left a Smile 1a, and on the right a Kader 1a. I also have a Unitoy 1a on its way to me, but alas it's not yet in my hot little hands and hence I cannot include it.... yet . To compensate, I also include a nice 30B cardback.

Jeremy

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What one is rarer, if any?

 

[Snaketibe]

What one is rarer, if any?

I don't know that any are genuinely rare, or even any rarer than any others (excluding Poch, of course), however in the UK the Unitoy version definitely seems harder to find than the Smile or Kader versions. I had to go to America for my Unitoy, but they don't seem to be rare over there, so I guess the distribution from different factories back in the 80's sometimes favoured some countries or cardbacks over others?

 

[Pomse2001]

Better late than never, here are some photos of my loose pair of the good robot doctor, showing off the sculpt and paint differences quite nicely. On the left a Smile 1a, and on the right a Kader 1a. I also have a Unitoy 1a on its way to me, but alas it's not yet in my hot little hands and hence I cannot include it.... yet . To compensate, I also include a nice 30B cardback.

Jeremy

Great collection you have jeremy, I love the 2 variants and that palitoy carsback, thanks for sharing your collection I hope you get the 3rd fx-7 soon so you can share it with us

 

[Pomse2001]

Heres mine

Great FX-7 figure, it looks fantastic, thanks for sharing it

 

[Pomse2001]

Here are my FX-7 collection

1. my tri-logo moc, I think it is a type 1 punch style



2. Tri-logo cardback with a diffrent punch style as the moc, I think it is the type 2 punch style It has a danish price sticker on it for my danish sticker focus from the department store Bilka, one out of 2 places where I got my star wars toy from when I was a kid in the 80s.



3. 2 more Tri-logo cardback with a 3rd diffrent punch style. The first punch are a little damaged but to me it looks like the one to the right that is not damaged. I think they are both German Tri-logo cardbacks The one to the left have a price sticker on it from the danish toy store BR, the one to the right was also sold in BR, but the price are hidden behind a sticker from BR, so this cardback was a gift. When people bought it then you could say it is a gift when they were paying for it and the seller put this BR sticker on it to hide the price so people would not damage the cardback trying to remove the price before giving it away as a gift. If the kid who got the gift did not want it and wanted it exchanged for another figure etc. etc. then the toy store could easily sell it again without price sticker damage on the cardback. The BR mascot called cousin BR are on the sticker, he has the uniform as the royal danish guards.



4. ESB Palitoy 30 cardback.



5. ESB Kenner 31 cardback.



6. ESB Kenner 41 cardback.



7. German ESB cardback.



8. Palitoy ESB 45 backback with bounty hunter offer on front. There are a danish price sticker on the cardback from a Danish Toy store named Rønberg. I had never heard about that toy store before, but did some research on it. It was sold in 1993 to the toy store company BR. There was 2 Rønberg toy stores, one was in copenhagen and the other north of copenhagen.

I found this video on facebook from the danish toy store Rønberg, it is a 5 min long video with toys from the store from 1978, but I can't see any star wars toy in the shop I have read they imported a lot of toy from japan, hong kong and also east europe. See the video on the link





9. ESB Palitoy 45 cardback.



10. ROTJ Kenner 77 cardback.



Kader 1b figure.
Kader 1b figure, I think it is a POCH after comparing it to my PBP/POCH book
Kader 1a figure

Unitoy 1b figure.

Smile 1b figure, long neck and put together wrong at the bottom so it is leaning more to the left.
Smile 1b figure, middel size neck.
Smile 1b figure, short neck.

Smile 1a figure, long neck.
Smile 1a figure, middel size neck.
Smile 1a figure, short neck.

Smile 2a
Smile 2b, long neck
Smile 2b, short neck

I only miss the unitoy 1a figure, if any want to trade for one then I have a few extra figures to trade with

 

[Cazza]

Great selection, Lars!

 

[Pomse2001]

Great selection, Lars!

Thanks mate for the kind words

 

[Snaketibe]

Here are my FX-7 collection

1. my tri-logo moc, I think it is a type 1 punch style

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2. Tri-logo cardback with a diffrent punch style as the moc, I think it is the type 2 punch style It has a danish price sticker on it for my danish sticker focus from the department store Bilka, one out of 2 places where I got my star wars toy from when I was a kid in the 80s.

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3. 2 more Tri-logo cardback with a 3rd diffrent punch style. The first punch are a little damaged but to me it looks like the one to the right that is not damaged. I think they are both German Tri-logo cardbacks The one to the left have a price sticker on it from the danish toy store BR, the one to the right was also sold in BR, but the price are hidden behind a sticker from BR, so this cardback was a gift. When people bought it then you could say it is a gift when they were paying for it and the seller put this BR sticker on it to hide the price so people would not damage the cardback trying to remove the price before giving it away as a gift. If the kid who got the gift did not want it and wanted it exchanged for another figure etc. etc. then the toy store could easily sell it again without price sticker damage on the cardback. The BR mascot called cousin BR are on the sticker, he has the uniform as the royal danish guards.

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4. ESB Palitoy 30 cardback.

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5. ESB Kenner 31 cardback.

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6. ESB Kenner 41 cardback.

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7. German ESB cardback.

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8. Palitoy ESB 45 backback with bounty hunter offer on front. There are a danish price sticker on the cardback from a Danish Toy store named Rønberg. I had never heard about that toy store before, but did some research on it. It was sold in 1993 to the toy store company BR. There was 2 Rønberg toy stores, one was in copenhagen and the other north of copenhagen.

I found this video on facebook from the danish toy store Rønberg, it is a 5 min long video with toys from the store from 1978, but I can't see any star wars toy in the shop I have read they imported a lot of toy from japan, hong kong and also east europe. See the video on the link



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9. ESB Palitoy 45 cardback.

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10. ROTJ Kenner 77 cardback.

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Kader 1b figure.
Kader 1b figure, I think it is a POCH after comparing it to my PBP/POCH book
Kader 1a figure

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Unitoy 1b figure.

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Smile 1b figure, long neck and put together wrong at the bottom so it is leaning more to the left.
Smile 1b figure, middel size neck.
Smile 1b figure, short neck.

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Smile 1a figure, long neck.
Smile 1a figure, middel size neck.
Smile 1a figure, short neck.

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Smile 2a
Smile 2b, long neck
Smile 2b, short neck

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I only miss the unitoy 1a figure, if any want to trade for one then I have a few extra figures to trade with

A magnificent collection of FX-7's! Congratulations Lars, that's really impressive. I hope you are able to track down the Unitoy 1a that you're missing to complete the run

Thanks for sharing.

Jeremy

 

[kabuchi7]

Great collection @Pomse2001 thanks for sharing! It blows my mind how many different variants there are of each figure! If i ever get time i would love to look through my figures and identify what versions i have.

 

[Pomse2001]

A magnificent collection of FX-7's! Congratulations Lars, that's really impressive. I hope you are able to track down the Unitoy 1a that you're missing to complete the run

Thanks for sharing.

Jeremy

Thanks jeremy for the kind words, I think I will give it a try for a trade first on the forum before I buy one I can see it is the same you was missing and is waiting for. I hope the mail man will come with it for you soon

 

[Pomse2001]

Great collection @Pomse2001 thanks for sharing! It blows my mind how many different varients there are of each figure! If i ever get time i would love to look through my figures and identify what versions i have.

Thanks mate for very kind words, most of my figures comes from lots and childhood lots that I bought so I guess I have just been lucky to find them in lots. Some figures have many variants and other do not. Some say that klaatu are the one with most variants.

I hope you find the time to look at which variants you have, if you have an extra Unitoy 1a that you do not need then I would love to buy or trade for it. If you need some fx-7 then I also have some extra ones that I have not had time to put up for sale or trade yet.

 

[kabuchi7]

Well with a bit of water and fairy liquid i managed to extend his head I was starting to think someone had glued it in place but that wasn't the case thank god.

I had a look at the base and i believe its a smile 2b variant?

 

[Snaketibe]

Well with a bit of water and fairy liquid i managed to extend his head I was starting to think someone had glued it in place but that wasn't the case thank god.

I had a look at the base and i believe its a smile 2b variant?

Another nice example! (and yes, I agree it's a Smile 2b)

Thanks for sharing

Jeremy

 

[Pomse2001]

Well with a bit of water and fairy liquid i managed to extend his head I was starting to think someone had glued it in place but that wasn't the case thank god.

I had a look at the base and i believe its a smile 2b variant?

Nice figure, it looks like new, very mint yes it is the smile 2b variant great that you fixed the head

 

[Snaketibe]

A quick update to this thread since my FX-7 collection has now expanded by 50%

From left to right: a Smile 1a, a Kader 1a, and a Unitoy 1a

Jeremy

 

[Cazza]

Very nice examples, Jeremy!

 

[Snaketibe]

Very nice examples, Jeremy!

Thank you