
SWTOTW, Week 42, 2018, Part 2/2 Death Star Droid
Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 42, 2018, Part 2/2
Had no idea that so many of you had DSDs. Really good variety here 

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Another fantastic re seal, and you should be pleased with it, really nice!
And thanks for the great explanation of the varients for us who are ignorant to this part of the hobby...or is it just me!
I wondered what on earth was a “nipple chested” one
and still couldn’t see what on earth you were on anout
until the pictures at the end, and for that I thank you.
And I think that your right about the black paint not adhering to the silver vac metal surface.
And thanks for the great explanation of the varients for us who are ignorant to this part of the hobby...or is it just me!

I wondered what on earth was a “nipple chested” one


And I think that your right about the black paint not adhering to the silver vac metal surface.
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I’m not a fan of the figure really it’s the card art that does it for me.spoons wrote:Had no idea that so many of you had DSDs. Really good variety here
Along with the Power Droid it’s the colours and vibrancy that appeals to me.
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Never knew that will have to checkSnaketibe wrote:OK, here's mine. The 'MOC' is another reseal, I'm afraid, but one I'm happy with.
As for the loose, I always find the vac-metalized figures are quite difficult to photograph well (or maybe I'm just a crap photographer!), so I have included a couple of shots of the front and back of them to try to show them as well as possible.
I have four variants; a shiny and a dull finish 'nipple' chested, 'buttonless' arm variant, and a shiny and dull finish no 'nipple', button-armed variant. I'm still not 100% convinced the dull finish 'variants' aren't just how shiny ones end up looking after they've been played with, but then again, the difference in the finishes, both on the front and back of the figures does seem pretty uniform, so who knows...? And for those struggling to tell the difference, the shiny ones are at each end!![]()
Lastly, god knows what happened to Kenner's quality control with the black paint on the poor old Death Star Droid, but it can be really, REALLY tough to find one with perfect paint, even carded. Perhaps the vac-metalised surface didn't accept the paint very well?![]()
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ThanksMini99 wrote:Another fantastic re seal, and you should be pleased with it, really nice!
And thanks for the great explanation of the varients for us who are ignorant to this part of the hobby...or is it just me!![]()
I wondered what on earth was a “nipple chested” oneand still couldn’t see what on earth you were on anout
until the pictures at the end, and for that I thank you.
And I think that your right about the black paint not adhering to the silver vac metal surface.

Yes, although the differences between the DSD's do genuinely make them variants, let's face it, they're pretty hard to spot! It's hardly blue and red Snaggletooth, but you know me; I do like a variant, even if the differences are only small!

And I absolutely agree with you about the card art being appealing. Kenner really did a great job of making the cards stand out on the toy shelves and catch children's (and adults'!

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Here are my Death Star Droid items
11 variants
and my cardback collection
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It's another wonderful collection of variants and cardbacks from you, Lars! As ever, thanks for sharing your collection with the forumPomse2001 wrote:Here are my Death Star Droid items
11 variants
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and my cardback collection

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Lars, thanks for posting your extensive collection of figures and cardbacks.
I’ve never seen the Palitoy one with the blue insignia on the front, what can you tell me about it?
Cheers.
I’ve never seen the Palitoy one with the blue insignia on the front, what can you tell me about it?
Cheers.
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Yes nice card backs Lars, I’ve never seen that Palitoy variant either. Really like it. 

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beautiful collection you have, the tri-logo is 100% my favorite, I do not see many of themtheforceuk wrote:Brill figure and card this a favourite for sure here’s my Kenner 20F and Trilogo![]()
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thanks mate for sharing the pictures and I can see the figures are completeapack7229 wrote:Here’s my few.



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Thanks mate for the fantastic pictures of your collectionSnaketibe wrote:OK, here's mine. The 'MOC' is another reseal, I'm afraid, but one I'm happy with.
As for the loose, I always find the vac-metalized figures are quite difficult to photograph well (or maybe I'm just a crap photographer!), so I have included a couple of shots of the front and back of them to try to show them as well as possible.
I have four variants; a shiny and a dull finish 'nipple' chested, 'buttonless' arm variant, and a shiny and dull finish no 'nipple', button-armed variant. I'm still not 100% convinced the dull finish 'variants' aren't just how shiny ones end up looking after they've been played with, but then again, the difference in the finishes, both on the front and back of the figures does seem pretty uniform, so who knows...? And for those struggling to tell the difference, the shiny ones are at each end!![]()
Lastly, god knows what happened to Kenner's quality control with the black paint on the poor old Death Star Droid, but it can be really, REALLY tough to find one with perfect paint, even carded. Perhaps the vac-metalised surface didn't accept the paint very well?![]()
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I think they used different paint as they did on many figures, so I think you are right about the dull and shiny. I would keep them as variants if I was you, but that is just what I think. I agree they are quite difficult to photographSnaketibe wrote:OK, here's mine. The 'MOC' is another reseal, I'm afraid, but one I'm happy with.
As for the loose, I always find the vac-metalized figures are quite difficult to photograph well (or maybe I'm just a crap photographer!), so I have included a couple of shots of the front and back of them to try to show them as well as possible.
I have four variants; a shiny and a dull finish 'nipple' chested, 'buttonless' arm variant, and a shiny and dull finish no 'nipple', button-armed variant. I'm still not 100% convinced the dull finish 'variants' aren't just how shiny ones end up looking after they've been played with, but then again, the difference in the finishes, both on the front and back of the figures does seem pretty uniform, so who knows...? And for those struggling to tell the difference, the shiny ones are at each end!![]()
Lastly, god knows what happened to Kenner's quality control with the black paint on the poor old Death Star Droid, but it can be really, REALLY tough to find one with perfect paint, even carded. Perhaps the vac-metalised surface didn't accept the paint very well?![]()
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Your welcome, thanks mate for the kind wordsSnaketibe wrote:It's another wonderful collection of variants and cardbacks from you, Lars! As ever, thanks for sharing your collection with the forumPomse2001 wrote:Here are my Death Star Droid items
11 variants
P1170529.JPG
P1170532.JPG
and my cardback collection

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