SWTOTW, Week 11, 2020 Vehicle Maintenance Energizer

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Vehicle Maintenance Energizer:

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The Vehicle Maintenance Energizer 'Toy'.... Hmmm, I think you'll struggle to find many children or collectors that hold this one high in their lists of vintage favourites. It might be a toy of something that was actually in 'The Empire Strikes Back' (a fact which surprises a few people, since it's not exactly prominent in the film), but it's also quite possibly the single most boring toy Kenner made in the entire vintage line. I can't even be bothered to criticise it any further, it's so tedious!

Here's my unused one:

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Great toy, although annoyed me as a kid because the suckers always came of the the rebel transporter! :lol:
 

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Snaketibe said:
The Vehicle Maintenance Energizer 'Toy'.... Hmmm, I think you'll struggle to find many children or collectors that hold this one high in their lists of vintage favourites. It might be a toy of something that was actually in 'The Empire Strikes Back' (a fact which surprises a few people, since it's not exactly prominent in the film), but it's also quite possibly the single most boring toy Kenner made in the entire vintage line. I can't even be bothered to criticise it any further, it's so tedious!

Here's my unused one:

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Nice mint set and thanks for sharing it mate 8) I agree it is a boring set and it was a set that I first learned about in 2001 :lol: I think it is ok that there is a set to repair and fuel vehicles like the x-wing etc. etc. but as a few other items like anakin etc. etc kenner could have used the time to create a better playset and better figures :D
 

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theforceuk said:
Great toy, although annoyed me as a kid because the suckers always came of the the rebel transporter! :lol:

A 'great toy'? Really? My sincere congratulations for managing to think that! I've always considered it a major dud, but if you like it then excellent! I'm glad it has some fans out there! :lol:
 

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Snaketibe said:
theforceuk said:
Great toy, although annoyed me as a kid because the suckers always came of the the rebel transporter! :lol:

A 'great toy'? Really? My sincere congratulations for managing to think that! I've always considered it a major dud, but if you like it then excellent! I'm glad it has some fans out there! :lol:

I loved it as a kid, ok its not up their with the AT-AT or X-Wing! But I loved it because it was different from anything else and you actually had something to fuel your ships. I had a lot of fun setting it up. :)
 

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theforceuk said:
Snaketibe said:
theforceuk said:
Great toy, although annoyed me as a kid because the suckers always came of the the rebel transporter! :lol:

A 'great toy'? Really? My sincere congratulations for managing to think that! I've always considered it a major dud, but if you like it then excellent! I'm glad it has some fans out there! :lol:

I loved it as a kid, ok its not up their with the AT-AT or X-Wing! But I loved it because it was different from anything else and you actually had something to fuel your ships. I had a lot of fun setting it up. :)

Excellent! Maybe Kenner did know what they were doing! :)
 

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Well something has upset Snaketibe , what on earth has this delightful toy done to upset you so much? :wink:
Here's my sealed one, let's show the grumpy man our love for this "toy of the week"... 8)
 

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What! The awesome vehicle maintenance energiser. Star wars finest accessory.
 

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Mini99 said:
Well something has upset @Snaketibe , what on earth has this delightful toy done to upset you so much? :wink:
Here's my sealed one, let's show the grumpy man our love for this "toy of the week"... 8)

That's a nice one
 

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Mini99 said:
Well something has upset @Snaketibe , what on earth has this delightful toy done to upset you so much? :wink:
Here's my sealed one, let's show the grumpy man our love for this "toy of the week"... 8)

Grumpy man :lol: wow that is a nice mint box that you have there, thanks for sharing this beauty 8)
 

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Alisdairmac said:
What! The awesome vehicle maintenance energiser. Star wars finest accessory.

Wow nice army of engergiser, Great to see a lili ledy and some huge original boxes for many energiser, so cool. I have never seen that Jigsaws before, not even in our Jigsaws thread :shock: thanks mate for sharing your fantastic collection :D

Any pictures of what is inside the lili ledy box ? is it different ? maybe the stickers are not like the kenner stickers ?
 

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Mini99 said:
Well something has upset @Snaketibe , what on earth has this delightful toy done to upset you so much? :wink:
Here's my sealed one, let's show the grumpy man our love for this "toy of the week"... 8)

We all take our delights in different ways ;-)

Nice example you have though. Thanks for sharing :)
 

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Alisdairmac said:
What! The awesome vehicle maintenance energiser. Star wars finest accessory.

Life would be boring if we all liked the same things :lol:

Nice collection you have there. Thanks for sharing :)
 

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Agreed on how boring this is. I did have one as a kid and never knew what to do with it. In the end I just lost all the bits and then it made even less sense. But then, only a few years ago I realised that the hose things are supposed to sucker onto the ships. What a revelation! Why didn't anyone teach me that at school? :eek:
 
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