C3PO carrying case

[tactile2]

Hi everyone!! I hope someone can shed some light on a recent purchase I made at a yard sale:

I never had the 3PO carrying case released in 83 with the Jedi title attached to it...I do kbow that it had a shiney metal finish.

I picked up a dull plastic one at a yard sale....I knew they released these when the new wave of hasbro stuff came out in the mid 90's....BUT the one I purchased says :


c LFL 1983
c CPG Products Corp. 1983
Ny its division kenner prod
Cincinnatti, Ohio 45202
pat no. D251, 627

so is it a vintage 1983 toy or not?? It also talks when you touch the mouth....and the eyes light up.....any ideas?

kev

[Lonestarhobbies]

Nope, unfortunately that's the modern C3PO case. Kenner reused the molds....but altered it for the talk feature.

[tactile2]

I had a feeling that that may have been the case. oh well.... I am surprized that they didn't have to put an updated production date on it as well.....

and it was hasbro by this time, no?

[toys2cool]

yeah it's the modern one, but it's probably harder to get then the vintage one

[starsky]

sounds pretty cool. didnt realized that it talked!

[tactile2]

Yea...well I picked it up, along with a big head solo, a full size vintage cut out of Chewbacca from 1977 and a kids story book from 1979 featuring chewbacca's family from the notorious Christmas special.... "the Wookiee Storybook" by Random House....all for 25 bucks....

[Bruce Banner]

Yea...well I picked it up, along with a big head solo, a full size vintage cut out of Chewbacca from 1977 and a kids story book from 1979 featuring chewbacca's family from the notorious Christmas special.... "the Wookiee Storybook" by Random House....all for 25 bucks....

I have The Wookiee Storybook, too. What a gem.

[SexySkottie]

yeah it's the modern one, but it's probably harder to get then the vintage one

The real laugh is that hasbro reissued the vintage vader case!! As a star wars collector, I had 9 vintage ones at one time. I couldn't sell MINT ones at toy shows for $10.

[toys2cool]

The real laugh is that hasbro reissued the vintage vader case!! As a star wars collector, I had 9 vintage ones at one time. I couldn't sell MINT ones at toy shows for $10.

lol I know, i've sold lots on ebay with that case an when it ended the winners usually tell me to toss the case so the shipping would be cheaper