SWTOTW, Week 15, 2020 X-Wing Fighter
SWTOTW, Week 15, 2020 X-Wing Fighter
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Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
Here's mine 
One of the first ships I had as a kid, it's such an iconic ship and a favourite of mine
One of the first ships I had as a kid, it's such an iconic ship and a favourite of mine
Hi i'm Russ 
Remember above the clouds the sun always shines
C-3PO (Return of the Jedi): Iβm rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.
Remember above the clouds the sun always shines
C-3PO (Return of the Jedi): Iβm rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.
Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
That's a great example Russ, but I'm afraid you've fallen foul of the separation Lars has employed with these Toy of the Week threads. He had a really difficult job of deciding how to separate out similar toys, or where there was a Kenner and Palitoy version, for instance. In some cases the threads are combined, whilst in others they each have their own thread. The X-Wing is one of those that Lars decided to separate along Battle-Damaged and non-Battle-Damaged lines, and the 'Battle-Damaged' version's thread can be found here viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38078. This new thread is for the original non-Battle-Damaged X-Wing... albeit this one thread is for both the Kenner version with the electronics and the Palitoy one without electronics... Confused? You will be!

Anyway, wrong thread or not, yours is a lovely example, so thanks for sharing it

Jeremy
Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
OK here's mine. The X-Wing was a terrific toy when it was released. It looked like it should and had cool moving wings that could do what the ships did in the film! I loved it as a child, although I did slightly puzzle over the bump at the end of its nose, and which the 12A Palitoy cardbacks (not that I knew they were 12A's back then of course
) lead me to believe should have been a light, along with having electronic sounds:
Back then, I think I just assumed Palitoy (who made the toys, clearly, since their name was on the packaging!
) had changed their minds and left out the light and sounds.
Of course I knew nothing of the different US versions of the toys back then, but actually whilst electronic sounds would have been great in the Palitoy version of the X-Wing, sticking a bright red LED in its nose made no sense at all, so I am very glad that Palitoy didn't bother, even if its exclusion was actually down to cost saving
. Kenner on the other hand clearly felt that adding a ridiculous non-canonical LED to the X-Wing's nose was very much the way to go, and included it at extra manufacturing expense... even keeping it in their later ESB Battle-Damaged version (and which Palitoy wisely continued to leave out in theirs).
Anyway, here are the photos. The ones taken out of the cabinet were once again taken without flash (a very stupid decision of mine made years ago when photographing my collection, which I have long since corrected on later photos), which means the colours look off and the boxes look in worse condition than they actually are (what a great decision that was!). I have therefore tried to make the colours look a bit more like they would with flash using Photoshop, but there's only so much polishing that can be done to turds (by which I mean the picture quality, not the contents
), so I must publish what I have and apologise for the relatively crap image quality:

Back then, I think I just assumed Palitoy (who made the toys, clearly, since their name was on the packaging!

Of course I knew nothing of the different US versions of the toys back then, but actually whilst electronic sounds would have been great in the Palitoy version of the X-Wing, sticking a bright red LED in its nose made no sense at all, so I am very glad that Palitoy didn't bother, even if its exclusion was actually down to cost saving

Anyway, here are the photos. The ones taken out of the cabinet were once again taken without flash (a very stupid decision of mine made years ago when photographing my collection, which I have long since corrected on later photos), which means the colours look off and the boxes look in worse condition than they actually are (what a great decision that was!). I have therefore tried to make the colours look a bit more like they would with flash using Photoshop, but there's only so much polishing that can be done to turds (by which I mean the picture quality, not the contents

Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
WhoopsSnaketibe wrote: βSun Apr 12, 2020 12:05 pmThat's a great example Russ, but I'm afraid you've fallen foul of the separation Lars has employed with these Toy of the Week threads. He had a really difficult job of deciding how to separate out similar toys, or where there was a Kenner and Palitoy version, for instance. In some cases the threads are combined, whilst in others they each have their own thread. The X-Wing is one of those that Lars decided to separate along Battle-Damaged and non-Battle-Damaged lines, and the 'Battle-Damaged' version's thread can be found here viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38078. This new thread is for the original non-Battle-Damaged X-Wing... albeit this one thread is for both the Kenner version with the electronics and the Palitoy one without electronics... Confused? You will be!![]()
Anyway, wrong thread or not, yours is a lovely example, so thanks for sharing it
Jeremy
Hi i'm Russ 
Remember above the clouds the sun always shines
C-3PO (Return of the Jedi): Iβm rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.
Remember above the clouds the sun always shines
C-3PO (Return of the Jedi): Iβm rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.
Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
I played with my old X-wing and Landspeeder more than any other toy when God were a lad, i think i must have tried every one of the first 20/21 figures as a pilot
Here is a nice one i picked up some time ago.
Pristine white and clear glass.
Still have the sellotape that held the 4 cannons on but it has dried so keep them all in seperate bags.
Took a load more pics of this and other X-wings but photos keep repeating themselves or mixes up randomly, does my nut in.

Here is a nice one i picked up some time ago.
Pristine white and clear glass.
Still have the sellotape that held the 4 cannons on but it has dried so keep them all in seperate bags.
Took a load more pics of this and other X-wings but photos keep repeating themselves or mixes up randomly, does my nut in.
Wanting to buy:
Star Wars store displays
Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers
Clash of the Titans
Star Wars store displays
Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers
Clash of the Titans
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Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
Beautiful examples Snaketibe and Pulsar. The x-wing in SW packaging is high up on my wish list
Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
Wow, that's a superb condition box! It looks brand new! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful examplePulsar wrote: βMon Apr 13, 2020 12:28 pmI played with my old X-wing and Landspeeder more than any other toy when God were a lad, i think i must have tried every one of the first 20/21 figures as a pilot![]()
Here is a nice one i picked up some time ago.
Pristine white and clear glass.
Still have the sellotape that held the 4 cannons on but it has dried so keep them all in seperate bags.
Took a load more pics of this and other X-wings but photos keep repeating themselves or mixes up randomly, does my nut in.
Screenshot_20200413-120202.pngScreenshot_20200413-120220.png

Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
Thanks, Jay.TheJabbaWookie wrote: βMon Apr 13, 2020 2:16 pmBeautiful examples Snaketibe and Pulsar. The x-wing in SW packaging is high up on my wish list
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Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
Nice collection. Thanks for sharing

Re: Star Wars Toy of the Week, Week 15, 2020
A great x-wing, but as other write, wrong thread, I hope you will share it also in the correct thread, thanks for sharing it

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Thanks mate for sharing this 2 beautiful boxes with vehiclesSnaketibe wrote: βSun Apr 12, 2020 1:00 pmOK here's mine. The X-Wing was a terrific toy when it was released. It looked like it should and had cool moving wings that could do what the ships did in the film! I loved it as a child, although I did slightly puzzle over the bump at the end of its nose, and which the 12A Palitoy cardbacks (not that I knew they were 12A's back then of course) lead me to believe should have been a light, along with having electronic sounds:
False Advertising - 01.jpg
Back then, I think I just assumed Palitoy (who made the toys, clearly, since their name was on the packaging!) had changed their minds and left out the light and sounds.
Of course I knew nothing of the different US versions of the toys back then, but actually whilst electronic sounds would have been great in the Palitoy version of the X-Wing, sticking a bright red LED in its nose made no sense at all, so I am very glad that Palitoy didn't bother, even if its exclusion was actually down to cost saving. Kenner on the other hand clearly felt that adding a ridiculous non-canonical LED to the X-Wing's nose was very much the way to go, and included it at extra manufacturing expense... even keeping it in their later ESB Battle-Damaged version (and which Palitoy wisely continued to leave out in theirs).
Anyway, here are the photos. The ones taken out of the cabinet were once again taken without flash (a very stupid decision of mine made years ago when photographing my collection, which I have long since corrected on later photos), which means the colours look off and the boxes look in worse condition than they actually are (what a great decision that was!). I have therefore tried to make the colours look a bit more like they would with flash using Photoshop, but there's only so much polishing that can be done to turds (by which I mean the picture quality, not the contents), so I must publish what I have and apologise for the relatively crap image quality:
Luke's Ride US - 01.jpg
Luke's Ride US - 02.jpg
Luke's Ride US - 03.jpg
Luke's Ride UK - 01.jpg
Luke's Ride UK - 02.jpg
Luke's Ride UK - 03.jpg
Luke's Rides - 01.jpg


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Another palitoy box, thanks for sharing this vehicle with that cool boxPulsar wrote: βMon Apr 13, 2020 12:28 pmI played with my old X-wing and Landspeeder more than any other toy when God were a lad, i think i must have tried every one of the first 20/21 figures as a pilot![]()
Here is a nice one i picked up some time ago.
Pristine white and clear glass.
Still have the sellotape that held the 4 cannons on but it has dried so keep them all in seperate bags.
Took a load more pics of this and other X-wings but photos keep repeating themselves or mixes up randomly, does my nut in.
Screenshot_20200413-120202.pngScreenshot_20200413-120220.png

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Thanks mate for sharing this nice mint x-wings

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