Death Star Question?

[Spawn67]

Ive never seen this before anyone know anything about it?

* 1977 Star Wars Death Star Palitoy 110% Complete Mint! - eBay (item 180548155676 end time Sep-15-10 17:30:23 PDT)

[Lonestarhobbies]

That's the UK Palitoy exclusive Death Star playset. The UK didn't get the tall plastic playset that we in the US did..... instead there's is made out of cardboard.

Rare is an understatement when it comes to that Palitoy Death Star....definately a "Holy Grail" piece for a vintage Star Wars collector

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Yeah; it's pretty rare. Here in Canada we had both versions; the Palitoy one was available from Sears.

Don C.

[david_b]

That thing is a BEAUT.. It would have been nice to have, back in the day. Both renditions are pretty cool.

My childhood friend Vince had ALL the Star Wars toys, which sad to say was a big reason I always went over to his house to play.. His Kenner Death Star and Millenium Falcon sets were played with constantly..

[jds1911a1]

Palitry recycled the design for the action man command centre

[SexySkottie]

Also check out the palitoy Cantina and Land of the Jawas vintage playsets. Both are close to the US versions, but have some notable differences!

[palitoy]

I see them at almost every good toyshow here, I've owned one or two before. I think it's neat but I preferred the regular version.

[BaronSat]

Ive never seen this before anyone know anything about it?

* 1977 Star Wars Death Star Palitoy 110% Complete Mint! - eBay (item 180548155676 end time Sep-15-10 17:30:23 PDT)

I love this toy, it's totally obsolete.

If you can't afford it you can find good scans here :

http://www.erikstormtrooper.com/palitoyds.htm

I used them as template to build my Lego version :

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I used them as template to build my Lego version :
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WOW! That lego version is awesome!

[Bruce Banner]

Palitoy got some interesting UK/Commonwealth exclusives.

Basically their DS was made because it was decided the US version would have to be sold at too high a price point in the UK.

The Palitoy Death Star, Land of the Jawas, Cantina, and also Droid Factory were all different from the Kenner ones.

They also did an X-Wing without the electronic light and sound features.

[Sowth]

That LEGO Death Star is fab!

I did a post a while ago on Toltoys Kid with links to all the cardboard versions of the Death Star if anyone is interested.

[mightyquinn]

Nicely done Baronsat, my son is obsessed with sw legos.

[BaronSat]

Look what some guy (Nick Macarty ) made using the scans at a reduced size :




A Micro Collection cardboard Death Star !!!


And guys, thanks for your compliments on my lego model.

[david_b]

WOW.. and WOW.

Excellent work!!

david_b

[livnxxxl]

Pretty neat stuff indeed. I am still liking my USA version better though. Mainly because it reminds me of the one that I had as a kid. I clocked many of hours playing Star Wars with that set.