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  • mlowitt
    New Member
    • Aug 26, 2014
    • 10

    Micronauts/Star Wars DIY Playset

    Does anybody recall an article in the late 70s/early 80s with instructions to build a playset for 3 3/4" figures? May be have been in Popular Mechanics.
    Last edited by mlowitt; Jan 19, '16, 12:13 PM.
  • drquest
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    • Apr 17, 2012
    • 3742

    #2
    I remember these two, Hoth and Dagobah, they were in Woman's Day.

    http://theswca.com/images-speci/womansday2/


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    • Ranger 3
      Veteran Member
      • Oct 25, 2007
      • 323

      #3
      Yes I do!

      If you had told me last week that Woman’s Day magazine and Star Wars had something in common, I would have fallen on my lightsaber. Now I know better. Two issues of the magazine (November, 19…

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      • Ranger 3
        Veteran Member
        • Oct 25, 2007
        • 323

        #4
        I still want to build this. You can find copies of the article in various places on line (see my above reply) and you can also find the article and plans reprinted in a book called 'Woman's Day Best Loved Toys' on ebay from time to time.

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        Last edited by Ranger 3; Jan 19, '16, 1:55 PM.

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        • Hedji
          Citizen of Gotham
          • Nov 17, 2012
          • 7246

          #5
          We had both articles growing up, and tried hard to duplicate certain parts of it, never successfully, but to say this was an inspiration was an understatement. These playsets epitomized gleeful play nirvana. Loved the shot of the Dagobah swamp made of Slime. And look at the dollar value of all these vinyl caped Jawas!



          I still have, and adore these articles.

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          • mlowitt
            New Member
            • Aug 26, 2014
            • 10

            #6
            Thanks Ranger! That's the one!

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            • sprytel
              Talkative Member
              • Jun 26, 2009
              • 6539

              #7
              I have been obsessed with that Woman's Day article ever since I was a kid. When I eventually tracked it down in that "Best Loved Toys" book, I was pleased to discover it also contained plans for Mego Supercity!

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              • CKMBDavis
                Member
                • Nov 21, 2013
                • 59

                #8
                To this day, I still have those Womans Day Hoth & Dagobah plans somewhere. As awesome as they were, I never built them, though - just didn't have the patience back then.

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                • Drzsmith
                  Veteran Member
                  • Jul 9, 2011
                  • 261

                  #9
                  i had the plans and sold them on ebay to Stephen Sansweet.

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                  • Bantha5
                    Museum Super Collector
                    • May 2, 2013
                    • 182

                    #10
                    That's about 15k in vinyl cape Jawas in those pics!

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                    • Spyweb007
                      Persistent Member
                      • Apr 18, 2006
                      • 1449

                      #11
                      Has anyone here ever built any of these playsets? I believe I have the plans somewhere for all three of these, and I remember being very impressed by some of the small details, like using different shaped beads for lamps, and the beds with little cylindrical pillows. With the talent here on the forums I'm sure these could be made with some great updates, I wish I had the space and time to do it.

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                      • monitor_ep
                        Talkative Member
                        • May 11, 2013
                        • 7364

                        #12
                        And I just bought the only issue on ebay of the Thanksgiving issue with the Hoth and Dagobah for $8 so give me time and I will scan it in for you guys.

                        I already have the Women's Day big book with the plans to the Mego Super City and the Star Wars/Micronauts playset but I just bought a second copy of it tonight for $5 so that I can scan in all the Star Wars/Micronauts and see what I can put them on.
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                        • josephcardone
                          Persistent Member
                          • Jun 10, 2010
                          • 1046

                          #13
                          I think with the plans - the Hoth should be pretty straight forward to do. When I was building mountains and tunnels for my model railroad I would use a sheet of 1 or 2 inch insulation board (which is dense foam) from Home Depot (which did not flake apart) and a foam cutter (like the Zico Hot Wire Foam Sculpting Tool for Styrofoam and Polystyrene). The only issue at the time was that the foam board is blue.

                          I am sure one of us could make a masterpiece - luckily we have the best people on here that went out of their way to get the instructions!!!

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                          • Spyweb007
                            Persistent Member
                            • Apr 18, 2006
                            • 1449

                            #14
                            Wasn't the large space city playset divided into sections? Kind of like modular pieces that combined to make the whole playset?

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                            • Living The Adventure Dios
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                              • Apr 8, 2016
                              • 22

                              #15
                              I have them all on my facebook (Living the Adventure Dios. ) All of the scans are there if anyone still needs them.

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