The Kenner Star Wars Cantina Playset
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You could use Isaac from The Love Boat as a bartender
That be cool I bet someone somewhere did that
Isaac: "Out of sight!"
In all my years as a kid going to other kids houses to play I never ever saw one of these. I never saw one in a shop either. It must have been rare in the UK I guess.
Same I too do not recall seeing this set. 🇬🇧👍
Yes, it was available through Palitoy but the problem was regional distribution. The closer you lived to a big City, the easier they were to find, out in smaller towns, not so much...
@@acrodave9287 I was up north, where it's very grim.
@@richardbritain7435 I was oop in Manchester. Still am. It's still grim...
@@acrodave9287 so grim were it in Redcar that the kids never ever set eyes on a Star Wars cantina. Tell that to the kids of today and they'll not believe you. I tell you.
This was a kick-ass playset, it was an endless amusement to me, and I had other playsets. The Cantina was one of my favorite scenes in the original Star Wars (we didn't know Episode IV until much later) and the aliens and especially Walrus Man were my favorite figures, and the ability for Ben to attack him, as well as Han shooting Greedo were always fun to me. I miss this, I'm so sad it got broken.
The Falcon was 100% a playset, so many scenes happen right outside the ship.
Put the legs down on a white sheet, you're on Hoth, put it on the grass; Yavin or Endor.
Set it on the dirt and you're on Tatooine. On a rock- instant Space Slug asteroid.
My fav was the Dagobah playset, it had quicksand!
This channel do be poppin' though!
Finding a replacement rubber band that fit gave me fits. My next favorite playset was the Hoth Imperial Attack Base.
I didn't have this one as a kid. I have it now and love it. The Falcon is a vehicle/playset/carrying case. So many adventures with that thing. Going out of town to see the grandparents usually meant the Millennium Falcon was coming with me.
I hope and still think they should remake this Cantina set for the Retro Collection, but you know Hasbro. Wishful thinking, but I can dream.
That backdrop is a piece of art.
I had that set, I forgot about the doors. I remember getting the aliens from Sears in plastic bags, with a play set. I didn't remember the outside of the Cantina but that must have been it. I noticed that the pics you used had several different versions of the stickers and even one with a different molding where there is a couch in place f the steps.
This was my first sw play set..still got the box..never could figure out the damn rubber band doors...still ..one of my favs as well as the hoth base👍
Don't forget about the Butch and Sundance Cafe. Kenner used the same base for it.
The Real West not B&S ;)
@@ThatJunkman whatever it's called.... I always thought it was interesting how Kenner reused their bases for different playsets.
Thanks for a great throwback to my childhood. I absolutely LOVED this set as a kid. Found it at Kmart and felt like I found GOLD. great fun. Rock on!
I had a cousin who took apart my Death Star playset every time he came over. The cantina set got a lot more use from me just because I didn't have to put it together.
I had that Cantina Adventure Set too. It came with the four figures including Blue Snaggletooth. This was before they got released as regular action figures and I was thrilled to get Greedo.
My favorite was the Degobah swamp set. It had a foam insert that replicated quicksand, as well as Yoda's home.
The Falcon was indeed a playset. And it was my favorite SW toy.
I did not own the Catina Playset until I was an adult. However, as a kid I spent hours looking at the picture of it in one of the Kenner booklets that advertised all the Star Wars toys, wishing that I owned it.
MY FAVORITE❤ AND 1ST ACTION SET !!!
This is a pretty cool playset, something I wouldn’t mind having in my collection
I love the fact you used the Cantina prototype for the thumbnail! I would love to get my hands on that. BTW Junkman, you should do a vid on whatever became of the Cantina prototype. I'm sure it would involve some research, but I'd like to think it still exists. For the record, the Creature Cantina was my favorite playset other than the Death Star. The Imperial Attack Base was pretty damn cool as well!
Thinking about Bea Arthur figure for bartender just blew my mind thinking about the holiday special / movies connection crossover.
It would've been an entirely different timeline for our reality.
There were prototypes made
I've never had this playset, but I've always loved the Cantina.
I was so close to buying this playset, I almost did.
I agree, I'd put the Mos Eisley streets backdrop right next to the playset so you'd actually have to use the bar doors and that there's a clear distinction between the bar, there's an inside and outside.
I take insipration on who goes in the cantina streets from those exquisite Ralph McQuarrie paintings. :)
Honestly, I think alot about putting Jabba in the cantina.
Maybe he had his dais in the bar like that's his own private booth or something. :)
Thanks for the video
100% this one got a LOT of mileage because good, bad, and indifferent characters could encounter each other on neutral ground
That Cantina playset looks cool, although I never had it. My favorite playset that I had (besides the Death Star) was the Imperial Attack Base (from Empire Strikes Back). Still not sure why it was an Imperial base, since the Rebels had the base on Hoth.
Another character figure that should’ve existed back then was Garindan (the informant with the metal Gonzo nose) - he had more screen time than Snaggletooth, a line of speech, and a more vital role in the plot. Great background “matte” art on this play set! The Palitoy UK Creature Cantina had less moving parts but it did have a sunken seating area, a bit like one of those “conversation pits” from way back.
My favorite is Guido can't wait for the call In show tonight junkman
The Death Star was my favorite. This was a close second! It would be so awesome if Hasbro would do RETRO playsets and ships to go along with their retro figures. I'd buy them all!!
A cantina is something you can put money in and carry around with you. Usually heavy money, like gold coins.
My favorite was the Imperial attack base
Two things I really agree with, this playset was not much, but for me as a kid, this was bad ass and really cool to play with. Also I used the pegs a lot, since a bar must be full of people and the figures didn’t stand that well if you play action with some figures but want the others to stay standing. Second thing is the barkeeper...I think that was the first figure from the not vintage line that I wanted to have...I always used hammerhead as barkeeper, Guess I saw that in some commercial, but I was never happy with it...interestingly, for us at that time, there were figures in this playset...the aliens and specially the band was almost as good as figures! Really great playset and palitoy modified it with some kind of printed seats and a sofa...great time!
Only Star Wars playset I had was the Creature Cantina. Those doors were a pain in the ass, but it was otherwise pretty neat, help you immerse yourself in the worlds of Star Wars.
I played with mine and the sandcrawler one till they broke, they were awesome
Mattel and Kenner loved cardboard as backgrounds
Needed the white bathroom mat floor so the blood would stand out when Obiwan cuts an arm off. Never understood the caramel color of the plastic. Yeah it was cool and brings back memories.
I think so to look like the sandy world they're on?
@@necron99.aka-sammyboy92 maybe? I know orange and tan were the colors of the 70's.
I hope you put 3P0 on the outside of the doors because they don't serve his kind there.
I was shopping on flea bay for one of these the other week. Typical used one went for almost 200. It got the most mileage of all my SW playsets.
Definitely had this playset❗️
Great video thanks for sharing memories
That playset was cool got it back in 1987 when I started to collect I was 15 years old back then.
I didn’t had playsets as a kid made my playsets with shoeboxes did a big death star with lots of boxes.
Next paysets I love are the imperial attack base and the ewok village.
Cantina set was cool love the back ground and action feature when you shoot a fig.
Love it, I've not seen this before, that's part why this is a great channel. Junkman, 🍻
My younger brother and I only had 3 play sets growing up 78 Death Star, 1979 Land of the Jawas and Droid Factory we had more ships and vehicles. 1985 l continued to collect the figures and vehicles but my brother had already moved on. I guess I just couldn’t let go SW.
I never knew those playsets even existed until years later after I already got rid of my toys
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that used the doors to launch action figures.
I had this and enjoyed playing with it as a kid
Looks very displayable. Would have enjoyed playing with this. 🙂
That playset looks a lot better than the POTF2 playsets
i was lucky to have almost all the figures and a few ships, im sure we didnt have the money for playsets, lol.
This was one of my first playsets as well. It was probably the second one I had after the Death Star. Yes I do count the Millennium Flacon as a playset, although as you point out it did double duty. I think most of the time I played with it, it was open and stationary. I played with the Cantina a lot, but still have it complete. I figured out how to replace the rubber band to keep the doors working.
So, yes Death Star is No.1 and Falcon is No. 2, but have to say Land of the Jawas was my No. 3 favorite playeset. Cantina would probably rank at 4 since none of the later ones were all that great except maybe Dagobah. Now that I think about it, I think Dagobah would be no.3, Jawas 4 and Cantina 5. I played with the Droid Factory a lot too, but mostly played with the robot parts and not the crane and ramp base so much.
So I agree that the MF is a playset for the most part, that merely doubles as a vehicle. However, the question I pose is: Is the Rebel Transport a vehicle, a playset or just a carry case in the shape of a vehicle that can also be used as a playset?
I liked the trash compacter and droid factory.
Now I want a Bea Arthur action figure
i was little so my parents didn't get me toys until Empire came out, i would have played with this if i got it , it looks neat
I bet if it were made today it would have the Droid alarm sound
Never got this the first time around, I just never liked cardboard backdrops. Didn't get the Land of the Jawas for the same reason, although I've got a LotJ now.
I'd love to find a good Palitoy Cantina now, but they can go for a small fortune. One day...😁👍
Watching this video with your commentary makes me want to pick up a Luke figure again. Probably way more than I want to pay for a basic one though. I should have grabbed Star Wars figures in 2000-01 when I was re acquiring GI Joes. Prices would have been better then. Also didn’t have kids yet. Not so guilty feeling buying toys for myself!
the figures do sit, and they could have put chairs/couch at the lower table...but they didn't,
Not for me. Way more of a vehicle guy. Play sets always seemed a little too small (compared to the rug).
They were, a lil goofy, but we're cool for backdrops and big " accessories for the " rug and cardboard boxes..... which the huge boxes u can paint ,color n put up magazine n comics pictures in and on box. Then add in floors n ladders stairs etc etc. Guns on top of base or fort.
Too bad they did not make Cheers action figures and a bar play set these two set would be so much fun together. Some times you want to go to place where no one know your name and Han shot first .
I only saw pictures in the catalog 😔
Did you see that droid bar on the mandalorian?
What's your feelings on restoration of starwars toys?
My C-3PO had a bum leg and it never stood right.
In retrospect, this and some other playsets look like nothing and with some creativity, something better could be made at home.
Still though, the power of a toy collection and a few little features made all this stuff desirable. I never saw one in person so it was fun to imagine.
"I would just call it a bar because I was a dumb little kid. I didn't know what a cantina was."
Maybe it was because of age at the time, but a word like cantina was one I learned from the toys, so it was one of the words I first heard in or in relation to Star Wars and then forever associate with it. Another was "fatigues." My mother still calls the movie's location the "Creature Cantina" because of the exposure to the toys.
If you remember this toy bar... YOU'RE A LIAR... you've never been😅😅
I definitely wanna go there and have a🥃drink...🤘🏼💯✔️
I've never had this set. I think my parents thought it looked cheap so they never bought it for me.
I was so neglected as a child. 😉
The real question is, when you were a kid did Han shoot first?
That's what Leia said.
I was 5 when Empire came out so the first playsets and vehicles I ever received were from that line. I knew kids that had this but it was never complete. Quite frankly I always thought it was kind of a lame toy. I enjoyed the scene in the movie but my action figures never ate or drank. They pretty much just kicked ass and took names 24/7. So a playset for my figures to drink and mingle didn't interest me.
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i did like the Jawa crawler playset. Obviously they F'd up by using basically the 'same' set up for the AT-AT on that was pathetic, but the Jawa one was cool initially.
I could never get the doors to work right.
Ya