unproduced Star Wars Toys

[samurainoir]

[Bantha5]

Hey, that's my Gargan, I even get mentioned by name.

[starsky]

awesome stuff! hoping to check out rancho obi wan soon!

[Hedji]

I just love this stuff. Gus Lopez has an amazing collection of unproduced 12 inch figures from Empire.

[PNGwynne]

^Where can I see these? Of course, I recall only Boba and IG-88. I'd like to see the prototypes--If I was going to re-collect vintage Star Wars, it'd be the 12" series.

[Hedji]

http://theswca.com/images-unproduced.html Scroll down. Old site, and not the best pictures.

Some nice shots here of some unproduced Luke and Leia outfits:

http://www.themanwhoshotlukeskywalke..._newHope4.html

and here:

http://www.themanwhoshotlukeskywalke..._newHope3.html

Gus Lopez's collection:


Here's a sweet shot:


Here are the Empire ones. Fun Fact: Lando is a painted Hardy Boy head. I would kill for these.



Box flats were made too:



To me, these have a charm and appeal that the Hasbro 12 inch line never achieved.

[alex]

That Han Hoth is to die for... WOW, Thanks for sharing

[PNGwynne]

Those look great--Bespin Leia's gown is beautiful.

If they made it as far as molded boots and packaging, why were they cancelled? Was it lack of orders or over-saturation? The Jawa body could have been repurposed for Yoda...

[jwyblejr]

From what I've read,sales weren't that great for the 12" line,which is why we didn't get the Empire stuff.

[Hedji]

Han has.... oven mitts.

[cjefferys]

Yeah, those 12" ESB outfits and box flats are like grail items for me, too bad I'll never own any.

[EmergencyIan]

Those are really neat!! I really liked the 12" line, back then. At the time, I always wished more figures existed.

- Ian

[starsky]

thanks for posting those pics!! how cool!! would have loved having those! yeah, my parents didn't want to spend too much on figures growing up so they'd rather buy me the 3.75 inch scale vs the 12 inch versions. i'm sure many folks thought that way.

[Hedji]

My parents made it very clear to me how special the 12 inch figures were. Consequently, I took very good care of the 4 I was privileged to have, and completed my set just this last year. Sans the unproduced ones, of course. I have always had a soft spot for their friendly sculpts and attention to detail accessories, even though some of the lightsabers are a bit absurd in their design.

[drquest]

Same here, loved the 12" versions. I still have my 12" Boba Fett and Darth Vader I received for my birthday. I picked up boxes for both of those many years ago.

In my Star Wars collecting years I had the entire run of the vintage 12" boxed aside from the un-produced stuff of course. I sold off all of them, but have managed to get a C3PO, R2D2 and loose complete IG88 back.