Are the Star Wars Last 17 figures the Worst 17 figures ?! - Toy Polloi
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- I've never been a fan of the Kenner Star Wars last 17 figures. Lets find out why.
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That Death Star Gunner was my favourite figure at one point… he was like Knight Rider’s ‘K.I.T.T.’ as a man.
He is awesome. He looks like he could rule the Empire himself.
I think when you said, "they could have made Darth Vader with a removable helmet" you may have given Stan Solo an idea. At least, I hope you did.
I don't think the request jar is open for SS future projects, but there are loads of things he could possibly do, which I hope he does at least some of them! My idea was he could do Oola variants in different skin colours (which would also save on tooling masters). It will be interesting to see where he goes this year, but he definitely ploughs his own furrow (which I think is actually a good thing, especially in a community where everyone has an opinion!)
I FROM THE FUTURE AND HE DID!!!
I was already done with Star Wars toys by the time these came out, so I had no idea they even existed until I started collecting again as an adult. So I have no nostalgia for them, but I do like the Jabba's palace ones like Amanaman and Yak Face quite a bit!
I gave up on ever completing my collection with Yak Face when I found out he cost more than my first car.
Same. I was deeply into G.I.JOE at that point mainly because they were more articulate and I got tired of the 5 POA.
My friend did have Stormtrooper Disguise Luke, which I thought was cool, Death Star Gunner, and Amanaman.
It was nice that the actor originally portrayed in Return of the Jedi got his own action figure, before he was removed from the film years later with another actor. The Ewoks allow for an entire Ewok Village of Ewoks.
Last 17 are the BEST. The sculpt on Ammanan and Barada alone proves this.
Last 15 really, Paploo and Lumat appeared on ROTJ cards first but people have this mystique built around 17. And Anakin was a mail away first. Thus those 3 are more common loose then the others, but value and scarcity obsessed twits have long defined this hobby.
The Imperial Gunner without the chest "armor" was in Return of the Jedi.
As a child always dreamed about finding the Luke poncho in stores as it was two new figures in one - Luke in Endor camo and also Luke in his Death Star dual outfit when you take off his accessories. Then realized not that long ago that his helmet doesn't come off!
Somehow I missed them as a kid, so I’ll be honest I was pretty excited when I found out about the Anakin Skywalker and imperial dignitary figures when I was a teen. I know I’m weird, but I was thrilled to get them second hand!
I'd grown out of Star Wars by 84/85, so didn't realise these figures (or Trilogo cards) existed until I started collecting again in the mid 90's.
Totally agree that there was some strange figure choices and odd omissions that would have sold better (Rebel Fleet Trooper, Moff Tarkin etc.).
I think their reputation of supposed rarity during the pre-internet days has stuck with them (hence the crazy prices), even though none of them are particularly scarce.
To help tell the difference in the Ewoks - Lumat has the bent arm, Warok has the tilted head. I was born in 79 so these figures were on discount as I was getting into Star Wars toys. That said, while I had most of these, until recently I had no idea Amanaman, Barada and Imperial gunner even existed.
I couldn't agree with you more. Like you, I was pretty much over my obsession with SW by the time the last 17 were released. It was Kenner trying to squeeze the last drop of Dollars out of SW in an attempt to stimulate interest again, from lads like myself. They even threw in a coin to collect. I've only just started collecting SW figures and ships, to relive my childhood, and was utterly flabbergasted at what the last 17 go for. But hey, collectors and completionists are a funny old breed. Thanks for another fantastic video.
They didn’t get any dollars for the last 17. They were only released in Europe. Hence the collector price.
We had them in Canada
I have to disagree on this one. I think it is mostly a great set, and they got plenty of use by me, back in '84.
I think I agree with you. Even the Ewoks and Jabba's Palace background figures were great for beefing out set piece play battles.
Yeah, as someone who had none of them as a kid they just look the same as the original 90 or so.
@@squiddley100 Ewoks are awesome if you have the village or your own custom Ewok diorama. Can never have enough Ewoks.
Loved hearing your thoughts Dave. As a collector who does not own these figures I enjoyed hearing your take on them. Great Video!
Chris Smith will sort us out hopefully. Love that chaps work. I have absolutely no problem with matching vintage with custom. Just want more toys.
The amount of Ewoks made for the Kenner line makes sense given how Lucas was betting on their popularity from ROTJ with kids. Better to have a nice selection of Ewoks than not have them and kids wanting more. Also, having more characters from ROTJ in the POTF line also makes sense since ROTJ was the most recent film. However, I do agree with you in regards that Kenner should have included more characters from ANH and ESB in the POTF line.
I was there when these came out and I can tell you now me included none of my friends brought these as we were too bizzy playing the new Nintendo NES games or getting GI-joes, He-Man and or Transformers in fast the Transformers movie came out just when these last 17 was in store shelves.
If the market in 85 were collector driven (it never actually is for new toys) a Grand Moff Tarkin would have made sense.....but in 85 you had two Ewok made for TV movies and an upcoming Ewok Cartoon..... zero cartoons about an old guy that got blown up 8 years prior. Its almost a shock that the last 17 weren't 17 different Ewoks.
Great to get your take on these figures. As a lifelong star wars collector a wish I'd picked these up at the beginning of my collecting back in the 90s. It seems insane to get most of these now at current prices and with how brittle the figures are getting. Really enjoy your star wars content.
I'd like to see a follow up video where you make a list of what you think the last 17 figures should have been.
Hear, hear! I think if Wedge had been in the last 17, he'd have become the most valuable figure of all (after blue Snaggletooth).
I found in store Han in Carbonite, Amanoman, Dignitary. Bought Yakface and 8D8 at a comic shop in 1988. I do remember tons of Han Carbonite on shelves.
Well said,Sir Dave. Very humble of you to share to us your joy of vintage Star Wars toys.
When I was young and collecting in the 90s at car boots etc. I managed to scramble together enough to buy a Dignitary for £25! It was my only proper last 17 figure, and I thought it was cool (and fun to have a baddie that could be a post ROTJ surviving head villain)
Unfortunately over various house moves of both myself and my folks he has vanished! So it drives me mad when most collectors vids on TH-cam are slating him!
Stan Solo is selling a high Quality repro of him.
I did see the figures for sale in 1985 (TOY WORLD), but didn't get any of them. On first sight, the new packaging and collector's coin threw me off, I wasn't sure if they were part of the same (classic) STAR WARS Kenner lines.
I was a teenager at the time, and was pretty much done collecting the figures (sold off my childhood figures in 1987).
However, I do remember liking this latest batch of action-figures. It's a pity that there wasn't a second wave of "STAR WARS - The Power of The Force" figures.
I always thought the Luke Stormtrooper looked stupid. Had a cabbage for a head without a neck... The figure looks awesome though, just a fail on that headsculpt.
I totally agree. Bad head sculp. The only thing I can think of is that Kenner based him specifically on the trash compactor wet hair scene. Or maybe the helmet wouldn't fit on with a proper head/hair style.
i agree, if not for the rarity no one would care about the last 17.
you got me thinking about what figs kenner should have done as the last 17.
here is my picks
1 luke stormtrooper
2 han stormtrooper
3 darth vader removable helmet
4 death star gunner
5 rebel fleet trooper
6 gran moff tarkin
7 sandtrooper
8 liea bikini
9 r2d2 3 legs
10 a-wing pilot
11 y-wing pilot
12 wedge x-wing removable helmet
and 5 more
I remember seeing some of the last seventeen figures in a gift shop in the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park when I was seven years old and still very much into playing with Star Wars figures.
I remember my parents offering to buy me a figure or two (they must've been on super-closeout clearance pricing- but anyway . . . ) which I declined. I remember thinking the head sculpts for Han and Luke were probably among the worst I'd ever seen!
us too!!! but we didnt have something awesomely named Knott's Berry Farm. mmmmn. i think it was a st.louis kaybee toys.
Hi Dave, totally agree, these last 17 figures are fairly ho-hum but Kenner ordered us to "collect em all" so we had no choice. It was fun however trying to collect these over the years at a good price, albeit very challenging. Impossible to do now I think.
I think the same too impossible to find unless you pay a second mortgage
The only ones I had were Luke, Dignitary and Anakin, I really liked them at the time. I never saw any of the others and I guess my interest started too wain at the same time so it all just pittered out with a wimper. I only got back into collecting during lockdown and I dug out a few naked car boot finds in the loft and started to get all the accessories for them, it snowballed from there...
Death Star Gunner is the ROTJ version as there is no chest armour. 👍
These came out so late in the run they were not much more novelty at the time. My local hardware shop Bulls had all these at 59p back in ‘85 and I picked up all but Artoo, EV-9D9, Romba and Lumat. Of course aside from Lando, Han, and the two Lukes they weren’t anything special and for me their fate was sealed at a car boot sale in 1988 where nearly all my stuff went in the name of growing up. Wish I still had ‘em.
Every last 17 is awesome, vibrant colors and details in all figures…i love that they made background figures…how many Luke Hans and Leias can one collect
I was still all in for Star Wars at this point but couldn’t find most of these. I got Han and Endor Luke and both are still favorites. But Luke should’ve had a saber instead of a blaster.
Couldn’t find stormtrooper Luke and thought they should’ve made a stormtrooper Han to go with it.
I was 20 when ROTJ came out. Loved the movie, and indeed, bought (and opened) the figures. I slowly drifted out of Star Wars (heresy, I hear some people saying), and got into other things, music mainly. I still made model kits, though, and on a trip to my local hobby shop, in about 1986 time, saw racks of Star Wars figures I'd never seen before. The shop was selling them as three figures for £1. I got all bar Yak Face and Anakin. Returning to the shop a few days later, it was obvious that the figures were not selling. A week or so later - they had gone, and I later found out where - landfill. (sigh). The late 1980's were a dark time to be a Star Wars collector. It seems to be repeating now, with shops full of unsold 3.75" sequel figures. And mobody buying them.
Good video, and an honest reason for not liking them. The only one I have now is an Anakin I got from a car boot sale. All the rest were a bit "Meh", and got rid of over time.
The A-Wing pilot is awesome! When I read the thumbnail title the first thing I thought was hey what about the green pilot guy?! The other 16 are kind of a bummer though. I remember wanting the green pilot as a kid and my dad saying he's just like the red pilot guy you don't need another one. :(
Good points. Pop Up R2D2's light saber looked like a club or bat not a saber. I think the reason we didn't care for these figures was because SW was on it's way out in 1985.
I have no connection to the last 17. I did complete my collection about 15-20 years ago, but my connection to the figures ended hallway through TESB.
Should made:
Tarkin
Motti
Han Stormtrooper
Biggs (Tatooine or pilot)
Sandtrooper
Wedge
Dodonna
Rebel Fleet Trooper
Slave Leia
More cantina aliens
More droids.
They could have go on.
I had 6 of them and they are amongst my favorites. 2 Ewoks, R2D2, Han, Luke as Stormtrooper and the Death Star Gunner - they all ruled.
Their popularity is an easy one - everyone of "our" generation was into Star Wars. We all drifted out or away, and when we found our way back, there were these "unknown" figures - a whole new wave to collect. They provided a new set to enjoy when we didn't have much that was new to buy. Hence their prices just kept going up. Thanks to Stan Solo, we can have many of these on a good budget and with no fear of breakage.
I like last 17. Lot more colors thin 1st 78 that's all black white an tan. 👍🍺 dave
I always liked the jabas palace aliens. i didnt mind that they didnt appear much in the film, i thought yak face and amanaman looked really cool. same with han in carbonite. i thought the semi translucent carbonite block looked so cool when i was 9 or 10. so i definately have very fond memories of the last 17. funny how different opinions can be haha. cheers.
The Han was disappointing to me. But I agree the carbonite block is way cool. Much better than the Slave-1 version.
I had moved on to GI Joe and Transformers by this point. Star Wars was down to two pegs that no one looked at by the time these came out.
I had a surprising amount of last 17 as a child, considering I was less enthused with Jedi and had moved on after the Rancor and Jabba needs were met... but I did have EV, Stormtrooper Luke, Anakin, and Carbonite Han. While Han was a terrible figure, I very much liked the Carbonite gimmick. The fact that Anakin and the Imperial dignitary didn't even have hands which could hold items rendered them largely useless for play value. Obviously everyone can agree that additional droid colors would have made more sense. I think it largely came down to Kenner wanting to make product from only the newest story in the days without vcr, dvd, internet, or video games to keep it fresh in memory, but the fact Kenner never revisited the missing Cantina aliens is mind boggling now. Especially considering how deep they were interested in going with Jabba alien designs.
A challenge for you ... Make some custom figures of what you think should have been made
I have one coming up next month. An upgrade they could and should have done.
Once again you kick ass in your reviews … keep up the great work. 👊
To clarify, the Imperial Gunner is in fact also a ROTJ character/figure. This is denoted by the fact that he isn’t wearing body armour of which distinguishes him from his ‘New Hope predecessors of whom did. Further confirmation of this can be found on the figure’s backing card photo, sans armour and clearly dating from the production of ‘Jedi.
Of the fabled Last 17 figures then this makes ‘Luke in Stormtrooper Disguise’ a unique and certainly strange inclusion indeed!
Do you actually see the gunner in Rotj? I only thought you saw him in star wars.
@@toypolloi Yes, sort of. They were present during the Emperor’s grandiose arrival on the Death Star, likely to beef up the numbers of (non matte painted) rank and file. Given that their costume was considerably more simplified than in ANH though it was clear they were intended merely as background decoration.
Incidentally a probe droid prop (like the one Han destroyed on Hoth in ESB) was also present in the parade scene and I believe there’s a few production photos with two of the aforementioned Imperial Gunners posing with it…
EDIT: Just seen an ROTJ screenshot depicting the assembled troops plus Vader kneeling before the Emperor’s newly arrived shuttle. The probe droid is at the top left and there standing before it are some non-armoured Imperial Gunners of which the Last 17 figure is based on!
I feel pretty much as you do about the last 17. I differ with most fans in regards to that Luke Stormtrooper figure though. I'm not much of a fan of it. The novelty of a removable helmet is a great idea, but the execution just isn't there. When you see that misshapen, tiny Luke potato head beneath the helmet....well, to me, it just looks nothing like the character or any other version of Luke in the line. That weird, little head is just miniature, like one of those Russian dolls with a smaller doll inside. lol. It's kind of goofy-looking, if I'm honest. That one is just for the novelty, and that's about it. Even with today's action figures, I don't enjoy figures with the removable helmet gimmick because it means badly proportionate or tiny heads are going to be beneath to fit the helmet on, or the helmet will be oversized to fit the head beneath, which again, throws the proportions of the figure off. Either way, it is weird. I'd much prefer two separate sculpted heads that you could change out.
Of all the figures from the last 17, the R2D2 with the pop-up light saber is my favorite. Yeah, it is like the Sensorscope R2, but it differs in the gimmick in that it actual raises the saber with the click of the head. It's not the most amazing gimmick of all time, but it does distinguish itself from the Empire version. The Sensorscope R2D2 had the same sort of gimmick, but the scope had to be pulled out manually with your fingers. The scope tended to get trashed overtime from fingernail damage. It's nearly impossible to find a good version of the Sensorscope R2 where the Sensorscope top hasn't taken a beating. Besides, it's not even a "sensorscope" anyway--it's a bloody periscope! lol.
I actually like EVE 9D9 a lot. He's just a fun looking character, and the mouth gimmick was unique to him. He just is not play-friendly due to his weak arms and legs. They are notorious for breaking as they are incredibly spindly. That's a bit of a let-down.
The A-Wing pilot is the best of the entire last 17 in my opinion! He has the best sculpt! He reminds me of a cosmonaut or something, and I like him. His gun isn't much to right home about, but he's just a quality figure.
What kid could would resist the Imperial Dignitary, I ask you?? lol. That one is such a mort. No kid would have wanted that figure. No connection to it, and he's just a non-entity. He's like a politician for goodness sake! Hey, kids! Your politician figure is waiting for you at Toys 'R Us! Come get one! Uhm, yeah...
Thanks for the fun review of the last 17. Completists do try to collect these, and I have several, though many of mine are actually Stan Solo versions. I'd love to get an original A-Wing pilot, but he is very tough to find here below $300. I just can't see shelling out that much cash for a 4" loose figure. Maybe someday, I'll luck out and get one for a more reasonable sum though.
I saw you on Ed's Retro Geek Out! You were great!
I saw you there as well. Nice to chat!
I was young enough at the time that I have a soft spot for the ewoks, and I used to have all of the names memorized. Logray is my favorite. His skull mask is just so great.
I agree with you on the Vader with removable helmet, but I think you'd still need the Anakin figure also.
He's an important character that gets talked about and referred to throught the trilogy, and I think we would complain that they didn't produce Anakin to wrap the whole thing up. I certainly would. :)
I do wish Endor Luke's helmet would be removable as Leia's was.
He could be a two-in-one figure seeing as how he's in his dueling outfit (minus the vest).
I totally agree, though, that the POTF line should've been unproduced figures instead of filler figures.
I would keep:
R2 w/ saber
Gen. Lando
A-wing pilot
St Luke
Endor Luke
Ewoks
Anakin
Thanks for the video
I'm convinced the Imperial Dignitary is the left over Grand Vizier that wasn't used in Empire.
Dave - this might be my fave video of yours. Love these sorts of deep insight pieces and hope to see you do more.
Now I'm tempted to script up an "are the Last 6 LJN WWF Superstars the BEST Six?" as they had the same rarity/spiking value sorts of issues. Lolol...
Thanks.
Oh Dave you grumpy old man 🤣 I was fortunate enough to have a few of the last 17 as a kid, and that connection you talk about only really came with Luke poncho due to sitting him on a speeder bike and battling a Biker Scout, and Luke stormtrooper. I completed my collection of the last 17 about 20 years ago, but the one figure I always couldn’t understand why it wasn’t produced, was Han stormtrooper to go with Luke. Then, 20 years later watching one of your videos, I found out about SS and his version of Han Solo stormtrooper. And now the ‘last 18’ is complete 👍🏻
Great video Dave! I wonder if budget , deadlines, limited choices had something to do with the decision that were made when choosing these last 17.
I was into the GI JOE line around this time. This just wasn't competitive with GI JOE, MOTU, and Transformers
No Tarkin or Rebel Trooper in the wave - fail! FOUR MORE EWOKS! Gah! Endoor Luke could have been good with a removable helmet, but no. However, I will always be thankful for this wave giving me Stormtrooper Luke and pop-up lightsabre R2... good times!
This POTF line was one my favorites. It really starts nailing some of the esoteric characters. I had most of this line bitd sans YakFace (stateside); I seem to recall getting most of these guys at Montgomery Wards and Toy r us stores.
I do agree though… too many Ewoks. For me, lack of human skiff guards is glaring. Maybe more denizens of Star Wars cantina or a Admiral Piett.
My favourite figure is still the first figure I ever got, which was the Snowtrooper. I woke up one morning and may dad had hung it from the door handle in my bedroom, great figure. I must say I do like the Luke in storm trooper armour, but like you I have a bias as I love the troopers and droids.
My suspicions are that an individual's feelings on the last 17 have a great deal to do with where they were at with Star Wars at the time and/or what their favorite sequences from the film were. I'm a huge fan of the Jabba/barge battle sequence, so Yak Face, Barada, Amanaman, etc....they were high on my list of figures I wanted as a kid but didn't get. The A wing pilot and Imperial Gunner....not so much.
I’m actually surprised that the force ghost Anakin isn’t the most sought after considering George changed it to the younger version, I’d have thought that would have made him instantly the number one must have figure since Lucas decided to mess with all of our childhood memories
I was already out of action figures by the time these came out. Not at anywhere near as cool as the earlier ones, but the cool thing is I'm unfamilair with most of these and many are "new" to me, so that's kinda a cool silver lining all these decades later.
Same story for pretty much everyone one. A toy line only lasts for a few years when you’ll are kid.
Same here.....I wish I could get a time machine and buy up a pile carded!...I could retire!
I was lucky to own all of these last 17 figures and still do so I have a strong nostalgia connection to these even the imperial dignity figure and anakin, I was lucky to own almost the entire Star Wars collection from Kenner with the exception of hammerhead, blue snaggletooth, goth rebel trooper and Death squad commander. Great memories.
I never bothered with any of the last 17. I think after the release of Return of The Jedi figures, I didn’t see any of the last 17 in my local toy shops. My last ever original figure I remember buying was Bib Fortuna and that was the summer of 1984. By this time any way, I was buying my first Ibanez electric Guitar and was saving up like mad to pay the monthly installments. It was Guitar and LPs from then on.
Although I'm a casual fan at best regarding 'Star Wars', especially in terms of figures - 'Masters of the Universe' has always been my biggest love - I really enjoyed this video; Maybe there's an idea in it for a new series of videos TP - different waves of various long-running toylines, which one was the best and which was the one where they were really scraping the barrel? :)
i think the imperial dignitary is the first try to do Sate Pestage in figure, or well for me it was always him. Best Palpy Friend
Probably also the _only_ one. The only other Imperial dignitary figures they've made since then were in the 2003 Saga line and both of those were completely different character, so this guy still hasn't got a modern equivalent!
@@Takeshi357 There was another dignitary with a hat on his head that made him look like Marge Simpson. Thank God he never got a figure.
Hey Dave great video as always, I agree in the most part, the line was definitely Ewok heavy, and figures like imp dig, Anakin etc do nothing for me either.
However, the last 17 do contain a handful of figures I actually really like, A Wing pilot, stormy Luke, imp Gunner, EV 9D9. But definitely agree there were some strange choices in there.
Thanks for such a comprehensive look at these. Keep up the great work buddy.
P.S and what’s with Baradas outfit? Looks like he got in to Princes wardrobe 😂🤷♂️
I agree with you some of the figures, but the one with purple clothing. It reminds my of the Joker ,from the Tim Burton 's BATMAN movie.
Great video Dave! There’s no way I can afford the insane prices that these figures go for
Thank goodness for Stan solo! That’s the only way I could complete my collection
The Death Star gunner is my favourite
For me the last 17 rule, especially MOC with coin.
The end of the line of anything is always the most valuable as well.
Double whammy why they are now so expensive.
I had a false memory for years that I saw both Luke and Han in stormtrooper on discount in a newsagent. Mid nineties I looked around for ages for the Han stormtrooper and then finally discovered it never existed....😦
they were very inexpensive at the end. even Han in his carbonite and Amanaman were $1 while the Joes were around $5
Hello Dave, a good video can present an opinion differing from mine. In that respect, I thoroughly enjoyed watching…
Glad you enjoyed it
I think the Barada figure actually looks more like Kithaba
I'm with you 💯...some are cool like luke and a few others..I recently got endor Leia...but I don't think I'll ever purchase mist others...unless I find them for few bucks...cause I'm just not into most...but I do dig some...great video and thumbs up as always💯💯
I wonder how these figures would be viewed if they were part of the original waves of figures?
I personally haven't much of a problem with most of the last 17 figures existing, there were a number of "filler figures" produced before this last wave, but to produce four more Ewoks when there were four Ewok figures already in existence! Complete overkill! That being said, Warok is my favourite Ewok!
some seem rushed and ucared about. the final releases from rotj and the power of the force i stared at a lot and kinda lost interest. i remember feeling conflicted then because i liked the joes offerings more. ot really bothered me i wasnt interested. ewoks took over and had nice sculpts though.
Creatures were always good figures to have....they could be used at the Cantina, Jabbas place or play the part of Bounty Hunters.
I never warmed to that line. But I was around 16 years old by then. I was with girls by then and took my younger brother with me into toy shops as a diversion. But being in Australia, we got the carded Yak Face. Anannaman was another favorite of mine and I got my younger brother to take Han in Carbonite to the counter while I came up and payed for it looking the other way.
I hated Luke Srormtrooper but I got him anyway. I think I was just over it by then. The Power of the Force figures in Australia at the time were 5.99 and I didn't like that.
In 1986 they dropped them to 3.99 whilst Return of the Jedi carded figures were at 59 cents. For some reason I bought up big. I was working and could afford to do so. I ended up with over 300 carded figures, mostly ROTJ carded but a lot of POTF figures including 10 Annikin Skywalkers. While I was out working my younger brothers and sister found them and ripped them off their cards.
They left me with 10 including 1 Annikin Skywalker. Just before The Phantom Menace dropped in '99 I took a gamble and sold them to a dude that owned a vintage toyshop (He had a carded Yak Face in his shop at the time for 700 dollars. Ads in newspapers wanting to buy Star Wars figures). He only wanted Annikin on the mint unpunched POTF card but ended up buying all. 3000 dollars and I think I actually ripped him off...
I’m Just curious the average production numbers on those figures ? Enjoying your channel
Awesome video Dave! I actually do not own any of those!😂
For me, Yak Face is the only desirable figure here, he has a nice sculpt. Maybe Stormtrooper Luke at a push, just for the removable helmet feature.
I dunno. At the very least I do dig the R2 with the lightsaber. I never had him as a kid, but, of all of those 17, that'd be the one I'd pick up first.
Spot on !
It never crossed my mind if they were the worst but I know in my case they are the rarest and hard to find besides ebay.
In many years (I started collecting in 1987) I never found any of these 17 last figures I got them from ebay at $$$ price and Im still missing 7 of them which I doubt I will have them since vintage figs cost a lot.
I had some of the last 17 when I was in my teens before I left high-school r2d2 pop up lightsaber stormtrooper disguise luke carbonite han A wing pilot imperial death star gunner poncho leia I think and yak face.
Too many Ewoks? Cough! Splutter! Man alive, did I hear you right?! You say that on the forest moon of Endor and see what happens. 😉 Back in the late 80's, as the last embers of Star Wars craze slowly cooled, a friend of mine sold me his Han Solo in carbonite, R2-D2 with pop up sabre and Luke in Stormtrooper disguise. I thought they were pretty cool and had no idea they were part of the famous last 17. The one thing that bugged me was that, for some reason, Luke was taller than the previous Stormtrooper figure! I also remember that that Han figure went on to become my Indiana Jones stand in. Jumping forward to present day and do I still have them? Nooooo! Of course not! All I have is the carbonite block, the green sabre and Luke's helmet. I have collected all of the Ewoks though so, ya know, every cloud. 😄
Stormtrooper Han would have been an easy win too. I loved Luke stormtrooper as a kid, so much playability
I really like the monsters and the troopers, I just think they came out a little too late :-) for kids to really bond with them.
My R2D2 from this group had a green baseball bat that popped up out of his head. At least that's what it looked like. I wonder if they all looked like that.
They all did.
I never had any of those figures growing up when they were originally out, because by that time the Star Wars phase, in my opinion, went its full course and was more or less an afterthought...
Literally got a box filled with these figures, never sold the extra ones we got in the eighties. Never my favorites but no collection is complete without them. Did love Yak and Amanaman as a kid.
I bet you get bugged now by people trying to complete their collection.
@@TheSickNeeds not really, over here these figures are not that rare.
@@KenshoBeats In that case I'm on my way over!
@@TheSickNeeds don’t forget a case of beer
@@KenshoBeats when my band tours Europe I'll bring you all the beer you can handle! LOL
I had kinda moved on to Transformers in 85 and I was surprised to see these new figures in the shops. I wasn't very interested in them. But a few months later they were all in the bargain bin at Woolies for 49p each. I had some birthday money on me so I thought why not. I picked up 12 of the 17. So lucky looking back at how much they cost now. Amannaman's arm snapped as soon as I got him home. I do like them now but you're right. They should have released more figures from the other movies. Worst has to be Royal dignitary. Ace video Dave.💥💥💥💥💥
Now I like the Imperial Dignitary. For me it gave me another bad guy. I would use him as a base commander of a Planet and he would have Royal Guard protection. As for Anakin, He would be used as a town leader or some poor sod needing help from the Rebels. When I saw this line up in my local toyshop. Ran home and my Mum,, rung them up and asked them to put one of each aside and I would be down with the cash to play for them. Only one I did not get was Amanaman. He was a later addition from a shop in Manchester and was the very last figure to complete my collection until I found out about Blue Snag.
I really want general lando, death-warrant gunner and royal dignitary
Yes gotta agree me and my brother had Luke endor,Luke stormtrooper,barrada, imperial gunner,annakin and three of the ewoks
It would of been a better line if you'd of had rebel fleet trooper,tarkin, wedge or Biggs,Vader with a removable helmet Even the Luke/vfer from dagobah
I had the han solo with the carbonite and the R2-D2 with the lightsaber I thought they were great
I agree, too many Ewoks, but Amanaman is nice, Imperial Gunner too
I never understood why they did an Amanaman figure. Who is this guy? Here to repair the dishwasher? No seriously, there was so little screentime of this character in RotJ it was just a really bad choice.
These are all I am missing from having a full collection set. With them being soooo expensive, I can only hope to find them in the wild. Sigh.
You don't need them to have a complete set. It's more for bragging. They were super lame back then.
Pretty much agree they made a right mess of these figures - Han’s neck Luke’s helmet not being removable too many Ewoks the rubbish EV-9D9 & 2 of the dullest figures ever made in the Imperial Dignitary & Anakin! Imperial Gunner Lando A-Wing & Yak being the exceptions they are great! I recently sold most of mine while the prices are still silly & like most have said on here I don’t have any sentimental feeling’s towards them 🤷🏼♂️
Death Star gunner appears in the opening scene of return of the Jedi. The picture on the figures card back is a still from the return of the Jedi film set. You are incorrect sir.
While all your arguments are good and true I can very well remember when these were on the pegs. And something nobody seems to mention is that by the time these came out they were the only figures you could get. Maybe that was just the case where I lived. So to me they were just the most amazing thing because they were new Star Wars figures. Also there was no way to get the older ones, so if you didn't have Han Solo or Luke or R2-D2, that was another chance to get them. When I look at them now I see the same things you see, but back in the days I had not one ounce of criticism towards them. When they broke we still played with them, if we didn't like them as what character they were we imagined them to be other characters. I heard nobody say Kenner should have done other figures, back in the days, nobody. Also, there can never be enough Ewoks. I don't get why people don't like them. I was crazy about Ewoks and I still am.