The Snaggletooth figure also gets a great little cameo in the E.T. film when Elliot is showing off his Starwars toys collection to his new otherworldly friend, much to his apparent amusement at the pop representation of alien life. One of my favourite scenes in the whole movie. :-)
Snaggz is my spirit animal from when I was a little kid. I begged for him, and gasped when I found him in my stocking... and I've brought him everywhere I've gone, since.
I was (and still am) exactly the same way with 4-LOM (nowadays known as Zuckuss). We went to the shop specifically to find him; my first ever Star Wars purchase.
Cantina wise I had an odd affection for Hammerhead. Overall though I think my favorite was the biker scout. I think I ended up with around 10 of them at one time.
The funny thing is in the lucasfilm "The unusual suspects photo" Zutton and Takeel names are swapped. In every other source the red hair character that appears for just a moment next to Han Solo is Takeel. Zutton actually has quite an interesting backstory that was added in later source books: "Zutton was a tortured artist who became a bounty hunter by chasing down Thalassian slavers. Like most Snivvians, was driven to live out the stories he created. He commonly spent his money from selling pieces of art on spice, and frequently visited the cantinas in Mos Eisley, such as Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina. His paintings captured his friends and associates, those who haunted cantinas such as those in Jabba's Palace, or possibly, his targets. As well as being an artist, he was also an author and created stories of some of the frequent patrons in Chalmun's Cantina. Zutton's work for Jabba the Hut was motivated by the need to support and look after his spice addicted brother Takeel. His bounty hunting skills were well developed, and he had built up a reputation in the Outer Rim as an efficient, decent hunter, whom even his targets and law enforcement could respect." To me, on a metatextual level, he represents what's so cool about Star wars to me, how how a background character barely in a frame of a movie that some time crunched special effects artist whipped up a mask for can inspire such a detailed and oddly gritty backstory. For that reason he's my favorite Star wars character (also because he's been around since the original Kenner line) It really makes me upset when people hyperfocus too much on what is and isn't Canon, Don't let a corporation (pre-mouse lucasfilm or Disney) decide the direction of a story for you, make up your own Star wars stuff it's just as real as anything else.
@Cmndr Roy Fokker That has to be the nicest thing I have ever heard anyone say about the Holiday Special. I thought I was the only person on Earth who likes it! I have the special on a DVD with the original 1978 commercials, and i actually enjoy watching it.
@@seventiesfan717 I'm a fellow weirdo who loves the holiday special. I even have a holiday special collection consisting of custom items from the special. The special is unique, cozy and weirdly charming.
@@trooper326 So there are TWO of us in the world. That's nice to know. I have a tendency to like things that nobody else likes. I enjoy being unique. I just love all vintage Star Wars.
I loved Kenners original Snaggletooth and Greedo as a kid . I remember getting both together for a birthday and somehow, in my mind, they where best friends and a goofy, lovable but incompetent pair of small time thugs on Tattooine - a bit like Ernie and Bert or Stan and Ollie in their relationship.
The cantina scene from A New Hope never fails to deliver...it just keeps giving and giving, many decades later. Also: Han shot first! No Macklunkey 🤭🤭🤭👍 great video
Just when I think I've learned absolutely everything about the figure line you show me I still have a lot to learn. Awesome! Snaggletooth was among my favorites as a kid. I had him team up with Hammerhead and Walrus Man and my Remco Frankenstein as a mercenary team called The Monster Crew. They added some much-needed assistance to my Rebel forces. I even built them a large ship out of cardboard and styrofoam. Best part of my childhood.
My love for Star Wars will never run out. Not as long as you can do a fifteen minute video on characters with one or two seconds of screentime. Keep it up, Scott!
My cousin and I used to use Snaggletooth as a makeshift Yoda before the original figure was released. That was his major claim to fame for me... before we had a Yoda figure, we used Snaggletooth!
Love this video. Recommend you look at the images for the Takeel and Zutton Star Wars CCG cards for some added confusion. Takeel is presented as the red wearing one next to Han’s booth, Zutton has a blue shirt.
This was FANTASTIC. I finally just acquired Zutton in my TVC collection and was surprised it wasn't subtitled "Snaggletooth". I knew the innerwebs would not let me down and here I am, blown away. I still remember as a kid my neighbor getting Snaggetooth as a birthday gift and we just obsessed over who this character was, the backstory, etc. Welp... 40+ years later... still doing it. Ha!
I'm still waiting for a fig of my favorite cantina alien ever, Bea Arthur. That said great work detailing the saga of the Snaggletooths... Snaggleteeth? I don't know how to render that correctly
Now, watch: Somewhere, soon, We're going to see BOTH a blue and red version of Snaggletooth, being relevant minor characters in The Mandalorian Saga. Favreau and Filoni are known for doing cool things like that. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, and new info.
@@daviddalrymple2284 Jaxxon was a major character in several issues of the classic monthly Marvel Star Wars comic book series. An action figure of him was long overdue and much deserved relative to many other characters who literally had maybe only 5 seconds of actual screentime in the films.
Oddly there was a Blue Snaggletooth in Empire Strikes Back on Cloud City. He is in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene but in August 1980 for Back-to-school, they sold an ESB folder that had him on it. There were 4 photos from the movie on it and one was of a tall Snivien in blue. You can find the folders on eBay.
Excellent detective work, especially on the belt buckle design! I remember a kid in my grandparents' neighborhood who had the tall blue Snaggletooth figure, and I was always asking him where he'd gotten it. (This was 1980 or '81, I believe.) He couldn't remember and didn't think it was particularly interesting, even when I showed him my short red Snaggletooth figure for purposes of comparison.
Thank you for solving the mystery of “what the hell was Elliot referring to” in E.T. (Greedo and Lando Calrissian year...but hammerhead?). For 40 years I was just as confused as E.T. Himself.
They also totally “voldemort’s turban-ned” the elephant dude and used the back of his head to make the face of the Dinosaur lookin dude smoking the hookah in ther very same scene
That was to retcon a continuity mistake I believe. There were conflicting sources of the character’s height since he was only shown from the waist up. So they consolidated that by making both heights “accurate”. Why they needed that to be in the toy is beyond me however
In the ideal toy world (& not the company) somebody with your passion & drive did the Star Wars version of Matty Collector He-Man. Complete with fan votes & using one shot wonder characters. Now that I think about it, I wonder if this concept could work- like HasLab for figures (maybe in 3 packs etc). Thanks for another great video sir!
Loved this video!! Just discovered your channel and hoping to find more content like this when I look through your library of videos! I love Star Wars, and I looooove these little explorations into weird obscure quirky pop-culture mysteries like this (Star Wars or otherwise). So cool!!
Great video Scott. Here is a fun fact addendum; in the star wars universe either Zuttmore's red flight suit was popular, mass-produced, off-the-rack fare, or she eventually donated it to the galactic salvation army as it shows up in Return of the Jedi being worn by an Ugnaught on board Jabba's sail barge. You should do a video about the Windak RAF pressure suits and their long history with the original trilogy.
A new Sears catalog arriving was a good day. 🤙3:32 You pulled off the word but it was touch and go for a second. Fun to hear/watch in real time. Or my real time.😂
Blue Snaggletooth was never released back in the days in France but the action figure photo was on the French card back from 1979 to 1982! it is also funny that the main photo art of on the blister card comes from the 1978 Holiday special shooting set. So many stories for this Cantina back ground character.
I got one of those fan-made dvds of the holiday special, and they put on some production shots on the disk, and for some reason there was a whole file dedicated just to snaggletooth.
Since I don't have a Holiday Special display shelf...this Zutmore figure stays in the Chalmuns Cantina display...you made more sense than my video..cheers
@@spectorcreative1872 No, the Cantina Adventure pack with blue snaggletooth. I specifically recall seeing it in the store. I was perplexed by the blue vs red snaggletooth back then. My 8 year old self was on the hunt for the red one which tended to be elusive to me until I got a loose one much later.
Another amazing video, Scott! Hey question; was there ever a toy line that you had the chance to work on, passed on it, then it became mega successful afterwards? If so, can you do a video about it please? I'd love to hear about it!
There is documentary from about 10 years ago where the presenter interviews his older relatives (?grandparents) who were extras in Star Wars. One of the roles they played were the two "snaggletooths".
Ty love videos what about more MOTU Videos like why Mattel took License from Super7 or why the Origins pegs didn’t made them compatible with Classic figures for playability.
You can see why they'd make him the same size as the other figures if they could as you need completely different moulds for the shorter version. For efficiency and cost reduction, you want the torsos to be fairly identical so you can just add a few bits like different heads or paint etc to save money.
Great video! Thank you! Funny thing is, "Blue Snaggletooth" showed up a few times in the "Clone Wars" CGI cartoon, which was done as a tribute to that old Sears mistake. And what all this tells me is: we still need Zutmore, Takeel, and Blue Snaggletooth in The Vintage Collection. Get cracking, Hasbro!
Another great video. I noticed in most of your videos you make one deliberate mistake (in this one at 14:30 you talk about obviously female actor as a male) Do we get a prize if we notice them all? Do people even notice any of them? So many questions... : ) Thanks for great videos!
You have some mix-ups on your research on this video. Some of the images you say are from the Holiday Special are actually behind the scenes photos from the 2012 Volkswagon Super Bowl commercial. The "snaggletooth bird" logo never appeared on the costume. That was added by Tom Spina that worked on the costumes and masks for the commercial. THEN Hasbro also picked it up for the modern figures... AND now it's canon on the costume because Blue Snaggletooth appeared in the Clone Wars animated series with it.
The image of the "bird" logo on Snaggletooth was taken from a 2007 post on Rebelscum which predates the commercial. But that said, I ALWAYS appreciate more accurate info and will 100% look into all of this for an update. I know there is a 2012 Volkswagon commercial with a kid as Vader and their is the Adidas commercial with the Cantina, but I'm not sure where to find the one you mentioned. If you have any links send em my way. Thanks D!
Thanks for finally clearing that all up! And come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a figure of the head-on-a-stick guy from that first shot... =)
Thank you for making this video. I've wondered about this issue for a very long time. I still don't understand who at lucasfilm told Kenner that this character was a little person in the first place. Next you should do a video on the Death Star Droid. The figure that kenner says is the Death Star Droid is not he's the Droid from the Jawa sandcrawler. The real death star Droid may be the same Droid type but he's black. When Hasbro came out with the 12-inch version of the Death Star Droid they made him the correct color.
Whoa. I always thought they couldn't get the original costumes for the holiday special since all aliens look cheap and even the main characters do. Now you tell me they created a new snagletooth? Great stuff!
That belt buckle logo is really interesting, I always come away from your videos having all kinds of facts to drop into conversations that weren’t about that subject !
Thanks for the video. When Kenner received the first photo from the set (just the head I guess), and misinterpreted it creating the blue one, then changed the figure when told "it's short and red", what was the character depicted in that first photo? Because like you said, the situation allows for different interpretations, but afaik, Zutmore is a doppelganger. An entertaining doppelganger that some can follow, but still a doppelganger. Like you said, we have the same situation of walrusman and hammerhead: if lucasfilm produces a movie with a hammerhead with a blue dress to match the figure, and Kenner produces a second hammerhead with a blue dress but with smaller head to match the new movie etc, we end up with 35 doppelgangers. And thanks to you we know that - because of that belt - Lucasfilm was the one to copy Kenner. In the movie and in the photos sent to Kenner to produce the blue and then red figure there were just Zutton and Takeel. Kenner was trying to reproduce one - or when in confusion - both of these two into one figure. Personally that's what I'm going to stick to, and I'd like to understand whom they were trying to reproduce. If the only visible difference between the brothers in the photos from the set is that Zutton is partially bald, I would say Kenner was trying to reproduce Takeel (a drug-addict mercenary, pretty cool).
Shortly after Hasbro revealed the TVC Zutton figure, Patrick from Hasbro confirmed that they will eventually make a new Snaggletooth/Zutmore on the classic Kenner card.
I got the Sand People Boba Fett and Snaggle Tooth set for Christmas one year. Man I really loved Star Wars toys. Never got a Tie Fighter or Xwing like I wanted. One day year ago at Dollar General I saw a little Xwing and a little Tie Fighter matchbox type toys. Little but they are now hanging from monofilament fighting in my kitchen. Also got the Millennium Falcon but the scale is off.
:Those cat-monkey' faced aliens in the left front row @8:57.... if I'm not mistaken, Marvel comics used the likeness of one of those aliens to depict Jabba in its original comics adaptation of the 1977 film (because they had no other design to go by since at the time the scene where Jabba waits for Han outside the Millenium Falcon was deleted and unfinished). So weird :D
I had a short, red Snaggletooth, it was part of the Cantina set with Greedo, Walrus Man and Hammerhead. At some point they stopped putting figures in the playsets and ships forcing us to buy them separately, that sucked.
There were several characters in the reshoot scenes that were existing Rick Baker masks he had laying around, such as the "devil man" and the werewolf creature with glowing eyes.
It’s such a convoluted path that a character was based off the onset costume from the movie, then Kenner filled in the blanks because of the little source material available, then Lucasfilm turned this figure into a new character completely, then the figure had to be revised after it wasn’t close enough to the Lucasfilm interpretation. So if I follow correctly, OG Snaggletooth was normal size because the original actor was normal sized, but once the Holiday Special filmed with a smaller person in the costume, they requested it to be shrunk down. Two changes for accuracy with the size and color, but then one change for less accuracy by taking away his boots
@@spectorcreative1872 By the way, I love your videos. I have learned some things along the way while watching them. I suffer from a severe form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder too.
While I'm not the biggest Star Wars fan, I can see why it was so hugely popular (I've seen most of the movies, except for the last few newer ones). I just find it odd that out of all of the alien races, all of the movies mainly focus on humans. I think it'd be more entertaining if they made a movie w/ the lead being an "alien" and explore his/her journey as a Jedi. Learning more about his/her species, abilities, customs, & society would be more captivating, than the "political drama" that seems to fill a number of the films (namely the prequels). Someone like Ahsoka Tano would've been a great choice, especially given her connection to the Skywalkers.
@@spectorcreative1872 I think it has more to do w/ the fact that humans have always been the main characters, so that's what people expect (considering there's never been a movie w/ aliens as the leads). As a kid I loved Ewoks & when they got their own cartoon I wanted their toys. And given how everyone was clamoring over "baby Yoda" I'd have disagree (respectfully).
@@spectorcreative1872 Cobb's contributions to sci fi and fantasy films were enormous. He was picked by Steven Spielberg to direct Night Skies, the followup to Close Encounters. When that film eventually morphed into E.T. and Gremlins, Cobb lost his big Hollywood break, but he did get one percent of E.T.'s net profits thanks to a rider in his Night Skies contract.
Haha! I just connected the dots. The Target villians set was right all along, there are two Sand People in that package, the Tuskan Raider and Boba Fett! Even though they didn't say it, it's pretty obvious that after getting out of the Sarlacc, Boba went to live with the Sand People as evident from the rags, the rifle and the gaderffii stick.
Blue Snaggletooth does appear in Rebels, though (or is it Clone Wars? One of the two), so I guess he's been retro-actively, (or retconned) into canon. Man, we need Hasbro to come out w/a HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina Playset.
Is there a list of Kenner toy designers somewhere? I've always wondered who designed the Death Star playset, the Millenium Falcom, X-Wing, etc. Do other Kenner Star Wars toys have hidden designer signatures, like the snaggletooth belt buckle?
Huhhuhhuh.... There are some videos called TD-9993 here on TH-cam; stop motion with Star Wars figures. The Snaggletooth plays a huge rôle in the Smoking PSA and it's pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
What's the name of the alien at the 11 minute mark and was a figure made? Thanks so much for this series Scott. It's allowing me to build several key scenes dioramas with the correct characters.
He's not the little guy who walks up to the bar in the cantina? I always thought that was him, although I know the image on the box is from the Holiday Special. That Junkman posited a theory that the second wave of Star Wars figures were all tied to the Holiday Special. because all but the three droids were in the holiday special, but Death Star Droid was obviously a retooled C-3PO, and R5-D4 was obviously a retooled R2-D2, leaving Power Droid the only other unique figure to replace Itchy, Nala, and Lumpy, which they didn't want to produce after it flopped.
at 9 minutes and 19 seconds of this video are some characters we never got as figures in the 80s, the two Ladies with boof hairdoes, there's a female red mandalorian facing the other way, there's a short reptillian, maybe a Bossk species? and a little person human. and a Spaceman in a Spacesuit.
I remember my Snaggletooth action figure. He had tentacles from his upper lip. Got him the same day as Ree Yees. I had allowance money and the main characters were gone at KB.
@@spectorcreative1872 I guess the plastic part in the Kenner *Snaggletooth* package would denote the *Zutton* -side of the character, because I don't see an old disilllusioned cow‑like drunk Snivvian adultress running around waving a smuggler's blaster in her hand.
Well that was fascinating. I'll admit until now I never gave Snaggletooth much thought (beyond the blue to red switch) because you can see an alien with his/her head in the catina. I just assumed that later versions that were different were the correct version - like with Walrus Face and Hammerhead - or another character from the same race - I was a fool.
I prefer the smaller red-suited one. He has a better sculpt and better detailing than the blue one, and the exposed paws give him more credibility as a creature character. The blue one is just an ugly pig-nosed space man with disco boots.
Somebody with a TH-cam channel (was it Junk Man?) stated these figures were actually meant to be from the Holiday Special. But they cancelled the Wookies, and replaced them with 'droids, when they realized how bad the special was.
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It's amazing that even after 40 years I'm still learning stuff about that damned cantina scene.
Its like an endless bowl of facts!
same here after countless watches I never realised the gas mask alien had 4 arms lol
That place has so many easter eggs I still haven't seen 'em all yet.
The Cantina scene is the most interesting scenes in all of Star Wars in my opinion and a big part of why A New Hope is my favorite Star Wars movie.
They will always be Walrus Man, Hammerhead and Snaggletooth to me :)
Me too. I wish they would do modern versions of them, in look and name
Me too! And the Snowtrooper that’s my favourite; Imperial Stormtrooper 🤟
Those are the characters I got for Christmas, thanks Mom.
The question to hasbro is when are we getting a snaggletooth and hammer head in vintage collection.
Oooh. That's very racist against Ithorians and Aqualish!
You'll be in Cell Block 1138 if you keep that up! Hehe.
The Snaggletooth figure also gets a great little cameo in the E.T. film when Elliot is showing off his Starwars toys collection to his new otherworldly friend, much to his apparent amusement at the pop representation of alien life. One of my favourite scenes in the whole movie. :-)
Oh me too. That was a great "crossover"
Red or Blue?
Snaggz is my spirit animal from when I was a little kid. I begged for him, and gasped when I found him in my stocking... and I've brought him everywhere I've gone, since.
Any particular reason you were so taken with him as a kid?
I got a snaggletooth as a kid and remember feeling completely disappointed 😂
Spirit animal... nice!
I was (and still am) exactly the same way with 4-LOM (nowadays known as Zuckuss). We went to the shop specifically to find him; my first ever Star Wars purchase.
Cantina wise I had an odd affection for Hammerhead. Overall though I think my favorite was the biker scout. I think I ended up with around 10 of them at one time.
The funny thing is in the lucasfilm "The unusual suspects photo" Zutton and Takeel names are swapped. In every other source the red hair character that appears for just a moment next to Han Solo is Takeel. Zutton actually has quite an interesting backstory that was added in later source books:
"Zutton was a tortured artist who became a bounty hunter by chasing down Thalassian slavers. Like most Snivvians, was driven to live out the stories he created. He commonly spent his money from selling pieces of art on spice, and frequently visited the cantinas in Mos Eisley, such as Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina. His paintings captured his friends and associates, those who haunted cantinas such as those in Jabba's Palace, or possibly, his targets. As well as being an artist, he was also an author and created stories of some of the frequent patrons in Chalmun's Cantina. Zutton's work for Jabba the Hut was motivated by the need to support and look after his spice addicted brother Takeel. His bounty hunting skills were well developed, and he had built up a reputation in the Outer Rim as an efficient, decent hunter, whom even his targets and law enforcement could respect."
To me, on a metatextual level, he represents what's so cool about Star wars to me, how how a background character barely in a frame of a movie that some time crunched special effects artist whipped up a mask for can inspire such a detailed and oddly gritty backstory. For that reason he's my favorite Star wars character (also because he's been around since the original Kenner line) It really makes me upset when people hyperfocus too much on what is and isn't Canon, Don't let a corporation (pre-mouse lucasfilm or Disney) decide the direction of a story for you, make up your own Star wars stuff it's just as real as anything else.
The Holiday Special is the gift that keeps on giving...whether you want it to or not.
Like a bad penny
@Cmndr Roy Fokker That has to be the nicest thing I have ever heard anyone say about the Holiday Special. I thought I was the only
person on Earth who likes it! I have the special on a DVD with the original 1978 commercials, and i actually enjoy watching it.
@@seventiesfan717 I'm a fellow weirdo who loves the holiday special. I even have a holiday special collection consisting of custom items from the special. The special is unique, cozy and weirdly charming.
@@trooper326 So there are TWO of us in the world. That's nice to know. I have a tendency to like things that nobody else likes. I enjoy being unique. I just love all vintage Star Wars.
I loved Kenners original Snaggletooth and Greedo as a kid . I remember getting both together for a birthday and somehow, in my mind, they where best friends and a goofy, lovable but incompetent pair of small time thugs on Tattooine - a bit like Ernie and Bert or Stan and Ollie in their relationship.
So many great toy memories I know!
The cantina scene from A New Hope never fails to deliver...it just keeps giving and giving, many decades later.
Also: Han shot first! No Macklunkey 🤭🤭🤭👍 great video
Greedo brought his mouth to a gunfight.
@@jasperswarp exactly lol 😂 Koona t'chuta Solo?
#Macklunkyneverhappened
Just like I had friends who insisted the Biggs footage was there in the first release, we're gonna have folks swear Greedo said "Macklunky!" in 1977.
ONLY HAN SHOT
Just when I think I've learned absolutely everything about the figure line you show me I still have a lot to learn. Awesome!
Snaggletooth was among my favorites as a kid. I had him team up with Hammerhead and Walrus Man and my Remco Frankenstein as a mercenary team called The Monster Crew. They added some much-needed assistance to my Rebel forces. I even built them a large ship out of cardboard and styrofoam. Best part of my childhood.
Mine too
My love for Star Wars will never run out. Not as long as you can do a fifteen minute video on characters with one or two seconds of screentime. Keep it up, Scott!
The joy of SW and SW toys!
I had the small red one, he went through numerous adventures in my Death Star, thanks Mom!
I hope he didn't meet the Leggomi!
I find it so strange that out of all the cantina aliens and their wacky outfits, Snaggletooth is the one that Lucasfilm wanted to be accurate...
Well it was the only one under going a resculpt
Well that's George Lucas for ya...
Over on THAT JUNKMAN's TH-cam channel, he used to yell "You bought a Holiday Special figure!" as an insult. He's a funny guy!
Well he is certainly right!
😆😆😆
He has great features on his channel, rare SW item reviews and some off the beaten path subjects.
My cousin and I used to use Snaggletooth as a makeshift Yoda before the original figure was released. That was his major claim to fame for me... before we had a Yoda figure, we used Snaggletooth!
Now that is awesomeness
Love this video. Recommend you look at the images for the Takeel and Zutton Star Wars CCG cards for some added confusion. Takeel is presented as the red wearing one next to Han’s booth, Zutton has a blue shirt.
I completely LOVE those cards. I'll check it out
This was FANTASTIC. I finally just acquired Zutton in my TVC collection and was surprised it wasn't subtitled "Snaggletooth". I knew the innerwebs would not let me down and here I am, blown away. I still remember as a kid my neighbor getting Snaggetooth as a birthday gift and we just obsessed over who this character was, the backstory, etc. Welp... 40+ years later... still doing it. Ha!
I can comment on so many things, but the importance of this review is that great voice to start with.
It is all about voice over
I'm still waiting for a fig of my favorite cantina alien ever, Bea Arthur. That said great work detailing the saga of the Snaggletooths... Snaggleteeth? I don't know how to render that correctly
See here: th-cam.com/video/i6KiLjZXB40/w-d-xo.html
There have been some fan customs over the years & there may even be more Cantina aliens from 3rd parties.
Ackmena
I always knew Alf would someday go ballistic and grab a blaster.
That is why there are no Cats in the SW universe
Pretty clearly coked up at all times.
Now, watch: Somewhere, soon, We're going to see BOTH a blue and red version of Snaggletooth, being relevant minor characters in The Mandalorian Saga. Favreau and Filoni are known for doing cool things like that. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, and new info.
I wouldn't put it past him
5:33 Back when Hasbro did obscure novelty figures for fun
When they did...
They're still doing obscure novelty figures like Jaxxon.
@@daviddalrymple2284
Jaxxon was a major character in several issues of the classic monthly Marvel Star Wars comic book series. An action figure of him was long overdue and much deserved relative to many other characters who literally had maybe only 5 seconds of actual screentime in the films.
Oddly there was a Blue Snaggletooth in Empire Strikes Back on Cloud City. He is in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene but in August 1980 for Back-to-school, they sold an ESB folder that had him on it. There were 4 photos from the movie on it and one was of a tall Snivien in blue. You can find the folders on eBay.
Wow... never knew the full story behind Snaggletooth! Great video.
Crazy right!
Excellent detective work, especially on the belt buckle design! I remember a kid in my grandparents' neighborhood who had the tall blue Snaggletooth figure, and I was always asking him where he'd gotten it. (This was 1980 or '81, I believe.) He couldn't remember and didn't think it was particularly interesting, even when I showed him my short red Snaggletooth figure for purposes of comparison.
Crazy right! I actually learned this years ago and the story always stuck with me
Thank you for solving the mystery of “what the hell was Elliot referring to” in E.T. (Greedo and Lando Calrissian year...but hammerhead?). For 40 years I was just as confused as E.T. Himself.
And now you know!
Next, you'll be telling me that's not actually the Death Star Droid that my dad bought for me back in '79. 😉
Well... its not.
These aren't the droids you're looking for.
I always learn such cool pop culture stuff, on this channel. Thanks for breaking all of that down!
You are most welcome! Feel free to repost online with others it helps the channel a ton
I love how one of the special edition cantina aliens just looks like a boring puppet in the movie, but the toy has REMOVABLE PANTS!
Oh that weird Elephant thing? Yeah...
@@spectorcreative1872 with REMOVABLE PANTS!
They also totally “voldemort’s turban-ned” the elephant dude and used the back of his head to make the face of the Dinosaur lookin dude smoking the hookah in ther very same scene
That was to retcon a continuity mistake I believe. There were conflicting sources of the character’s height since he was only shown from the waist up. So they consolidated that by making both heights “accurate”. Why they needed that to be in the toy is beyond me however
Who the F' gives thumbs down to these amazing videos!? 😒 keep'em coming Scott! 😎👌🔥🔥🔥🔥
Haters gunna hate
Holy macaroni! More information than I ever wanted to know about one of my favorite action figs as a kid. LOL
Craziness right?
In the ideal toy world (& not the company) somebody with your passion & drive did the Star Wars version of Matty Collector He-Man. Complete with fan votes & using one shot wonder characters. Now that I think about it, I wonder if this concept could work- like HasLab for figures (maybe in 3 packs etc). Thanks for another great video sir!
Hey Hasbro, I'm available at Spectorcreative.com!
Thanks for the kind words Andrew
Loved this video!! Just discovered your channel and hoping to find more content like this when I look through your library of videos! I love Star Wars, and I looooove these little explorations into weird obscure quirky pop-culture mysteries like this (Star Wars or otherwise). So cool!!
Do have plenty of SW and other toy goodness. Also always open to topic suggestions too!
That was FING AWESOME. GREAT video dude. Keep going. You, and Retro.
man…
you guys… you guys are doing something really special….
Any suggestions for future topics always welcome!
Great video Scott.
Here is a fun fact addendum; in the star wars universe either Zuttmore's red flight suit was popular, mass-produced, off-the-rack fare, or she eventually donated it to the galactic salvation army as it shows up in Return of the Jedi being worn by an Ugnaught on board Jabba's sail barge.
You should do a video about the Windak RAF pressure suits and their long history with the original trilogy.
It's like IG 88's head used to be a Cantina drink dispenser!
A new Sears catalog arriving was a good day. 🤙3:32 You pulled off the word but it was touch and go for a second. Fun to hear/watch in real time. Or my real time.😂
Oh I miss those Sears phonebooks
Blue Snaggletooth was never released back in the days in France but the action figure photo was on the French card back from 1979 to 1982! it is also funny that the main photo art of on the blister card comes from the 1978 Holiday special shooting set. So many stories for this Cantina back ground character.
I got one of those fan-made dvds of the holiday special, and they put on some production shots on the disk, and for some reason there was a whole file dedicated just to snaggletooth.
A worthy file
Since I don't have a Holiday Special display shelf...this Zutmore figure stays in the Chalmuns Cantina display...you made more sense than my video..cheers
No matter where you display him, there he is
I remember seeing the Cantina pack at Sears in San Rafael back in 78. Wished I'd picked it up ever since.
A Cantina Band pack in 78?
@@spectorcreative1872
No, the Cantina Adventure pack with blue snaggletooth. I specifically recall seeing it in the store. I was perplexed by the blue vs red snaggletooth back then. My 8 year old self was on the hunt for the red one which tended to be elusive to me until I got a loose one much later.
Wow...😮...this was quite an extensive breakdown most definitely indeed...💯✔ Glad to have this throughly cleared up...👌🏼
Glad to be of service! Topic suggestions always welcome too!
Didn’t know anything about this classic alien character... interesting design and background.. lol Ron Cob designs are pretty cool..
Cobb does not get enough credit!
Spector this is #sledgemaster. Wonderful show and history of the characters. You all at home have a good day and god bless
You too Sledge!
Another amazing video, Scott!
Hey question; was there ever a toy line that you had the chance to work on, passed on it, then it became mega successful afterwards? If so, can you do a video about it please? I'd love to hear about it!
I interviewed to work on LOL Surprise but didn't get the job.
Great video! I never thought a deep dive on the Snaggletooth character would be so interesting.
Mind blowing right!
There is documentary from about 10 years ago where the presenter interviews his older relatives (?grandparents) who were extras in Star Wars. One of the roles they played were the two "snaggletooths".
Nice! I'll need to check that out
Ty love videos what about more MOTU Videos like why Mattel took License from Super7 or why the Origins pegs didn’t made them compatible with Classic figures for playability.
I can add that to the topic list! Sure
Just saw the MOTU Minis today at Wal*Mart. Have you discussed those yet?
The blue snaggletooth shows up in The Clone Wars (when Obi Wan is in disguise as the bounty hunter after faking his death)
You can see why they'd make him the same size as the other figures if they could as you need completely different moulds for the shorter version. For efficiency and cost reduction, you want the torsos to be fairly identical so you can just add a few bits like different heads or paint etc to save money.
And screen accuracy was not what anyone was going for back then!
Great video! Thank you! Funny thing is, "Blue Snaggletooth" showed up a few times in the "Clone Wars" CGI cartoon, which was done as a tribute to that old Sears mistake. And what all this tells me is: we still need Zutmore, Takeel, and Blue Snaggletooth in The Vintage Collection. Get cracking, Hasbro!
As did Hammerhead and Walrus man!
Another great video. I noticed in most of your videos you make one deliberate mistake (in this one at 14:30 you talk about obviously female actor as a male) Do we get a prize if we notice them all? Do people even notice any of them? So many questions... : ) Thanks for great videos!
I give out No Prizes just like Stan Lee
I used to call Walrus man Bollock face as he looked to me, especially in the movie, like he had a pair of bollocks on his chin 😂
I don't think you were the only one who looked at it like that based on the comments
Another amazing video and story! When are you putting out a book?!?
Funny you should ask....
This is the kind of class I like taking! Thanks for the excellent expose....
Edit: Remember when Richard Pryor tended bar at the Star Bar!?
Stirred not shacken
You have some mix-ups on your research on this video. Some of the images you say are from the Holiday Special are actually behind the scenes photos from the 2012 Volkswagon Super Bowl commercial. The "snaggletooth bird" logo never appeared on the costume. That was added by Tom Spina that worked on the costumes and masks for the commercial. THEN Hasbro also picked it up for the modern figures... AND now it's canon on the costume because Blue Snaggletooth appeared in the Clone Wars animated series with it.
The image of the "bird" logo on Snaggletooth was taken from a 2007 post on Rebelscum which predates the commercial. But that said, I ALWAYS appreciate more accurate info and will 100% look into all of this for an update.
I know there is a 2012 Volkswagon commercial with a kid as Vader and their is the Adidas commercial with the Cantina, but I'm not sure where to find the one you mentioned.
If you have any links send em my way. Thanks D!
Thanks for finally clearing that all up! And come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a figure of the head-on-a-stick guy from that first shot... =)
Hasbro did make him. Hem Denzian if i recall
@@spectorcreative1872 Cool! I'll have to look for him... Thanks again! =)
Thank you for making this video. I've wondered about this issue for a very long time. I still don't understand who at lucasfilm told Kenner that this character was a little person in the first place. Next you should do a video on the Death Star Droid. The figure that kenner says is the Death Star Droid is not he's the Droid from the Jawa sandcrawler. The real death star Droid may be the same Droid type but he's black. When Hasbro came out with the 12-inch version of the Death Star Droid they made him the correct color.
I'm working on a video about all the SW figs with the wrong card photo. There are A LOT!
Takeel O’Neal went on to a solid career endorsing a wide array of intergalactic products. 😁
I have his autograph!
Whoa. I always thought they couldn't get the original costumes for the holiday special since all aliens look cheap and even the main characters do. Now you tell me they created a new snagletooth? Great stuff!
Now I do, indeed
That belt buckle logo is really interesting, I always come away from your videos having all kinds of facts to drop into conversations that weren’t about that subject !
Glad to hear it! And topic suggestions are always welcome
Thanks for the video. When Kenner received the first photo from the set (just the head I guess), and misinterpreted it creating the blue one, then changed the figure when told "it's short and red", what was the character depicted in that first photo? Because like you said, the situation allows for different interpretations, but afaik, Zutmore is a doppelganger. An entertaining doppelganger that some can follow, but still a doppelganger. Like you said, we have the same situation of walrusman and hammerhead: if lucasfilm produces a movie with a hammerhead with a blue dress to match the figure, and Kenner produces a second hammerhead with a blue dress but with smaller head to match the new movie etc, we end up with 35 doppelgangers. And thanks to you we know that - because of that belt - Lucasfilm was the one to copy Kenner. In the movie and in the photos sent to Kenner to produce the blue and then red figure there were just Zutton and Takeel. Kenner was trying to reproduce one - or when in confusion - both of these two into one figure. Personally that's what I'm going to stick to, and I'd like to understand whom they were trying to reproduce. If the only visible difference between the brothers in the photos from the set is that Zutton is partially bald, I would say Kenner was trying to reproduce Takeel (a drug-addict mercenary, pretty cool).
All true but Zutmore is clearly in the Holiday special and has a different head and outfit from the ones in the Cantina (both of them)
Shortly after Hasbro revealed the TVC Zutton figure, Patrick from Hasbro confirmed that they will eventually make a new Snaggletooth/Zutmore on the classic Kenner card.
Nice!
I got the Sand People Boba Fett and Snaggle Tooth set for Christmas one year. Man I really loved Star Wars toys. Never got a Tie Fighter or Xwing like I wanted. One day year ago at Dollar General I saw a little Xwing and a little Tie Fighter matchbox type toys. Little but they are now hanging from monofilament fighting in my kitchen. Also got the Millennium Falcon but the scale is off.
Yeah if they made that to scale, think of the cost!
Dave Filoni used the tall, blue design in one of his shows. I don't remember if it was Clone Wars or Rebels.
Oh yes, all of the "kenner" Cantina aliens showed up.
So in reality Zutmor is the first official Star Wars Holiday Special figure....
Yup!
and Boba Fett
Over on THAT JUNKMAN's TH-cam channel, he used to yell "You bought a Holiday Special figure!" as an insult. He's a funny guy!
Were there other Holiday Special figures released over the years, besides the Boba Fett 30th Anniversary figure?
@@peppermintspacecapsule9898 Ah a man of culture I see!
According to one toy catalog I had, he was supposed to be the "I have the death sentence on twelve systems" guy.
Really? Crazy
:Those cat-monkey' faced aliens in the left front row @8:57.... if I'm not mistaken, Marvel comics used the likeness of one of those aliens to depict Jabba in its original comics adaptation of the 1977 film (because they had no other design to go by since at the time the scene where Jabba waits for Han outside the Millenium Falcon was deleted and unfinished). So weird :D
Yes and Hasbro finally made a figure of him in 2015!
I always liked that little bat faced guy in that scene :)
Kabe.
I'm new to the collection so I'm learning the business of star wars collecting
Well this channel has a ton for you to check out!
@@spectorcreative1872 going to sub to your channel now
Hey good morning young Spector. Great show on zutton and snaggltooth
Don't forget Takeel!
@@spectorcreative1872 yea
The cantina characters I never understood are the ones that are in what are clearly meant to be astronaut suits.
Cheap and easy to fill the set with
WOW! I did not know that. Very interesting.
and knowing is half the knowing
@@spectorcreative1872 "Yo Joe!"
I had a short, red Snaggletooth, it was part of the Cantina set with Greedo, Walrus Man and Hammerhead. At some point they stopped putting figures in the playsets and ships forcing us to buy them separately, that sucked.
The line started off as a vehicle line. It eventually focused on the figures
Hasbro should take the next step and make a three pack of the Snaggletooth family. 🤓
Call my Hasbro....Spectorcreative.com
There were several characters in the reshoot scenes that were existing Rick Baker masks he had laying around, such as the "devil man" and the werewolf creature with glowing eyes.
True. But Cobb did a lot of the reshoot masks
It’s such a convoluted path that a character was based off the onset costume from the movie, then Kenner filled in the blanks because of the little source material available, then Lucasfilm turned this figure into a new character completely, then the figure had to be revised after it wasn’t close enough to the Lucasfilm interpretation.
So if I follow correctly, OG Snaggletooth was normal size because the original actor was normal sized, but once the Holiday Special filmed with a smaller person in the costume, they requested it to be shrunk down. Two changes for accuracy with the size and color, but then one change for less accuracy by taking away his boots
Yeah that is a good way of summing up
Thank you for clearing that all up!
I am glad I could!
so as someone collecting all star wars named characters funko pops should i get both the blue and red? or just the red ?
I had the taller blue-suited Snaggletooth figure that came with Hammerhead, Greedo, and Walrus Man and some kind of cantina playset.
Lucky you!!!!
The Snivvian on the original card back is called Zutmore.
Yup. As noted in the video
@@spectorcreative1872 By the way, I love your videos.
I have learned some things along the way while watching them.
I suffer from a severe form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder too.
While I'm not the biggest Star Wars fan, I can see why it was so hugely popular (I've seen most of the movies, except for the last few newer ones). I just find it odd that out of all of the alien races, all of the movies mainly focus on humans. I think it'd be more entertaining if they made a movie w/ the lead being an "alien" and explore his/her journey as a Jedi. Learning more about his/her species, abilities, customs, & society would be more captivating, than the "political drama" that seems to fill a number of the films (namely the prequels). Someone like Ahsoka Tano would've been a great choice, especially given her connection to the Skywalkers.
Children have an easier time relating to Human. When they make the Aliens the main heroes the toys don't sell (see Avatar)
@@spectorcreative1872 I think it has more to do w/ the fact that humans have always been the main characters, so that's what people expect (considering there's never been a movie w/ aliens as the leads). As a kid I loved Ewoks & when they got their own cartoon I wanted their toys. And given how everyone was clamoring over "baby Yoda" I'd have disagree (respectfully).
Awesome Content and great to hear such things about A new hope
2nd best movie ever. (ahem, Empire....)
Ron Cobb died here in Australia last September. I found it surprising it wasn't mentioned on many Star Wars sites.
Yeah he was a true hero of SW that did not get enough credit
@@spectorcreative1872 Cobb's contributions to sci fi and fantasy films were enormous. He was picked by Steven Spielberg to direct Night Skies, the followup to Close Encounters. When that film eventually morphed into E.T. and Gremlins, Cobb lost his big Hollywood break, but he did get one percent of E.T.'s net profits thanks to a rider in his Night Skies contract.
I own the blue snaggletooth. I remember my brother and I geting the cantina set as children. I think I was 3 years old.
Nice!!!
The belt buckle signature logo was awesome... maybe Snaggletooth is the name of the species LOL
I believe its Snivian
That was fascinating. Thanks a lot!
Glad you enjoyed! Feel free to repost and pass to others it helps the channel a ton!
Haha! I just connected the dots. The Target villians set was right all along, there are two Sand People in that package, the Tuskan Raider and Boba Fett! Even though they didn't say it, it's pretty obvious that after getting out of the Sarlacc, Boba went to live with the Sand People as evident from the rags, the rifle and the gaderffii stick.
Oh Iike that interpretation!
Blue Snaggletooth does appear in Rebels, though (or is it Clone Wars? One of the two), so I guess he's been retro-actively, (or retconned) into canon. Man, we need Hasbro to come out w/a HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina Playset.
That is true. All of the Kenner figures showed up in the animation.
Is there a list of Kenner toy designers somewhere? I've always wondered who designed the Death Star playset, the Millenium Falcom, X-Wing, etc. Do other Kenner Star Wars toys have hidden designer signatures, like the snaggletooth belt buckle?
I know some personally, but I don't think their is a published list
Huhhuhhuh.... There are some videos called TD-9993 here on TH-cam; stop motion with Star Wars figures. The Snaggletooth plays a huge rôle in the Smoking PSA and it's pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
I'll check it out! Thanks for the suggestion.
What's the name of the alien at the 11 minute mark and was a figure made? Thanks so much for this series Scott. It's allowing me to build several key scenes dioramas with the correct characters.
But I remember him in the original. Only see him in a blink of an eye, but he was there.
Not in the Cantina in Star Wars. That is a different character.
@@spectorcreative1872 hmm, never realised it. But is it still the same species? I always noticed it, but never liked the look of them.
@@theghost6412 Why comment if you’re not going to even watch the video?
He's not the little guy who walks up to the bar in the cantina? I always thought that was him, although I know the image on the box is from the Holiday Special. That Junkman posited a theory that the second wave of Star Wars figures were all tied to the Holiday Special. because all but the three droids were in the holiday special, but Death Star Droid was obviously a retooled C-3PO, and R5-D4 was obviously a retooled R2-D2, leaving Power Droid the only other unique figure to replace Itchy, Nala, and Lumpy, which they didn't want to produce after it flopped.
I have a colleague who worked on the Kenner line, I'll need to ask him about this theory
at 9 minutes and 19 seconds of this video are some characters we never got as figures in the 80s, the two Ladies with boof hairdoes, there's a female red mandalorian facing the other way, there's a short reptillian, maybe a Bossk species? and a little person human. and a Spaceman in a Spacesuit.
Oh yes, only about half of the Cantina has been made as figures.
The Walrusman figure was shown on a few Ads with more movie accurate colors.
Really? I'll need to check that out!
I remember my Snaggletooth action figure. He had tentacles from his upper lip. Got him the same day as Ree Yees. I had allowance money and the main characters were gone at KB.
Or are you thinking of Squidhead? (Tessek)
Snaggletooth in effect is a composite character.
The toy, yes.
@@spectorcreative1872 I guess the plastic part in the Kenner *Snaggletooth* package would denote the *Zutton* -side of the character,
because I don't see an old disilllusioned cow‑like drunk Snivvian adultress
running around waving a smuggler's blaster in her hand.
Well that was fascinating. I'll admit until now I never gave Snaggletooth much thought (beyond the blue to red switch) because you can see an alien with his/her head in the catina. I just assumed that later versions that were different were the correct version - like with Walrus Face and Hammerhead - or another character from the same race - I was a fool.
Who's the more foolish, the fool or the one who makes a ridiculous amount of videos on TH-cam
@@spectorcreative1872 mate, if the videos are this interesting? you ain't a fool
What do most prefer the Blue or Red snaggletooth?
I've gotta go with the blue version. What's not to love about those silver disco boots?
@@Starrgroove true i agree
Everyone has what they like. Some people like Royal RC Cola.
I prefer the smaller red-suited one. He has a better sculpt and better detailing than the blue one, and the exposed paws give him more credibility as a creature character. The blue one is just an ugly pig-nosed space man with disco boots.
Wow, and i thought i knew the story!
Craziness I know
Somebody with a TH-cam channel (was it Junk Man?) stated these figures were actually meant to be from the Holiday Special. But they cancelled the Wookies, and replaced them with 'droids, when they realized how bad the special was.
I have a colleague who worked on the line, I'll need to ask him!