When I was a kid in the 70s, our lives centered around two things: Starwars and Kiss. Everything else was secondary...of course I couldnt have told you one of their songs as it was all due to Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Amusement Park movie.
@AmusedChild Not completely true there was at least one commercial that spotlighted the Removable limbs C-3P0. During the spot you see a girl interacting with the boys using a Hoth Leia figure.
I had the Death Star set. The 'trash' in the compactor was a bunch of foam rubber chunks. Also the first time I saw the dianoga in its entirety. "So THAT's what pulled Luke under!" And, yes, the turbolaser at the top popped out. Wish I still had that thing. My kids will take care of their toys, unlike their old man!
kenner and mcquarrie make the weirdest star wars figures ever. they have luke with a yellow lightsaber and a stormtrooper with a blue lightsaber. i'm serious.
@Brycegameroom No, he didn't break it. I had one of those Death Star playsets. You'd push a lever and the gun would fall over. This was a way to pretend the Rebel's had scored a hit.
@Brycegameroom No, I had one of these. The gun had a spring loaded mount so that if you pulled the little lever it would fly apart. It was intended to simulate the results of space battles--similar to the flying panels on the tie fighter... which I also had. Both very stupid ideas in my opinion, as I remember thinking how lamed it seemed to me. The imagination is much better at these things.
I find it amazing how many different posters answered this question! I had the set and I remember using the lever that made the cannon put out! Oh the memories!
I was always irritated that Kenner would make an action figure of a minor character like Hammerhead or Dengar, but NOT make a Grand Moff Tarken or that guy who started a fight with luke in the cantina?
Wow, cool to see this. I wish I had kept all those toys from when I was a kid. Now I don't let my kids get rid of any of their star wars stuff. And they're 16 now, lol.
MY DAD HAD THEM AS A KID. WE STILL HAVE SOME. I THINK HE PAINTED OVER SOME OF THEM AS A KID. HE EVEN HAD A MILENIUM FALCON WITH HAN AND CHEWY. THERE COOL.
As I recall, this commercial aired during the first (and ONLY) television airing of the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special" (which is etched into my memory like a cigarette burn on an old sofa, even 32 years later...)
I remember one time this ad came on, and my dad was watching TV with me and my sister. He got a look at the Chewbacca action figure, laughed out loud and said "that brown one looks like a big turd!" My dad was always saying funny shit like that, but that may have been the funniest thing he ever said. RIP dad.
This commercial made me want to be those lucky kids with all the figures and accessories. I had alot of them too, but in the end, my little nephews started to play with my old toys and lose them or break them and so on and so on! Now I'm a sad 42 year old with a worn out R2-D2 and a faded C3PO and Chewie who is really chewed up by my ol' dog whose been dead over 24 yrs. Man talk about some fade childhood dreams, and just met a collector in my area with alot of originals in boxes too! Bastard!!!
@deduero Us blokes never really grow up, the one's who do are the ones who are dead inside :) I bet seeing your nephew playing with your toys reignited the youth inside you. It's like me with my son, it's give me a excuse to return to my child hood. The problem is kids don't look after stuff. I remember as child I looked after my starwars stuff very well. Most kids don't bother. Then you get the rare freaks who didn't take them out the box. Kids like that don't deserve toys full stop lol
@Zorolord Your right about us never really growing up! Alot of people don't even think I'm in my forties, but I did have fun watching my nephews playing with my toys and felt good about it! They remember it too, these postings of Star Wars action figures really bring up a lot of great memories for me and I'm sure for others who have watched and grown up with these incredible movies all these years! Our parents did spend a fortune on those toys cause Tie/ X-wing fighters and others weren't cheap!
I had quiet a lots of these toys as a small child, Millennium Falcon Imperial Walker AT-AT, AT-ST Walker (Chicken Walker) Transport Vessel, the cloud escort ship haven't a clue what is was called many figures too. Wanted the star destroyer, Jabba the hut, Tie Fighter and X wing though think I was a bit greedy though. My Mam must have spend a fortune on me. Then I give it all away can't believe how dumb I was should of sold the lot. Wished I had of kept the lot though because my little boy wants
o.O Heck, My mom and me are watching these and I said, OMG, THESE 70's COMMERCIALS ARE SO DUMB AND CHEESEY I THINK IM GOANNA HURL ON A CAT!! And she said, Yeah, tell me about it. I grew up with it.
I had all these, from the remote r2d2 to the xwings and tie fighters, event the at at, but like a kid which i was,.... i destroyed them with fire crackers and gas... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........................
I had the X-Wing fighter as a kid and one of my buddies had the Tie Fighter. It was a time when toys were still toys. It was an exciting time to be a kid and experience the birth of consumer home electronics. Next on the scene were video games like Atari, Intellivision, ColecoVision, etc. One thing about those Star Wars toys was the brilliant advertising, whether tv commercials or catalog shots of action figures in a cool battle scene. It was great!
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that takes me back..wow i am 36 I saw every movie in the theater(i was 3.5 for episode 4 and i saw it in the theater).Seeing these commercials makes me wish I still had theses toys..oh well
Cant believe its been 33 years !! Unreal. I was born the year after its release. Grew up on it. Loved it. Still do. And I still have all my toys plus more Ive collected over the years.
@Love4SK Because Star Wars didnt exactly vanish within its first year. I saw The Empire Strikes Back in the theatre when I was very young, my Mom bought somebody's Star Wars collection for me and my bro when i was like 4, I saw Return of The Jedi in the theatre when it came out, and I continued to get toys both from the stores and from other people we knew as they stopped collecting. Basically I was a Star Wars fan and started collecting the toysat a very young age. That good enough for ya ?
my relatives used to own those toys when they were big. Originally, they were supposed to come out the same time as the movie, but it was delayed until the holidays. The rest is history. At the CVS where I work, they sell Clone Wars action figures. Back then, the figures were not as realistic as those of today.
Gives me flashback memories to 30 years ago when I was a young kid.Had some of these toys.Now,wish I had saved them 'cause they're worth to some collector out there..."in a galaxy far far away".
It's not so hard to remember when I had almost all of these toys. What I didn't have, my best friend did (though I don't think either of us had that table top game).
I was pissed off that I couldn't get figures of General Tarkin, Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru, Biggs Darklighter or Rebel Alliance soldiers on the Blockade Runner
I saw SW at least 12 times as a kid in the 70's...I remember seeing this commercial...and I wasn't stoked on the toys...all you'd do is re-enact the scenes those toys are in, and then what???
Yet today they are most serious as collectibles. Little did us kids know to thiink that way about the toys we played with.
Hahaha I remember this commercial! I LOVED StarWars...had every toy imaginable. Even the big piece of crap Death Star with those chunks of foam for the trash bin . I played with them for hours. Had like 50 Storm Troopers. Eventually, I grew out of them and ended up blowing up my Millenium Falcom with Black Cats and other assorted fire crackers.
@GlennJWhittier HA! I can relate to that! I also had those and the Tie Fighter and it made this stupid EEEEEiiiiiiiiiRRRRRRR buzz sound that drove my Mom up the damn wall!
dudes few months ago i run this computer shop and next to is a thrift shop the owner knew i was into starwars and came too me with a huge cardboard box full of every single kenner starwars figure that someone just drop off ONES IN A LIFE TIME it will never happen again!!!
Let's see, I had the RC R2D2, the Millenium Falcon, the Escape From The Death Star Board game, and I dare say, some 30 years later my mother is still finding parts from my Droid Factory. Damn, I'm old.
These toys are very special, for they basically helped kick-start the Golden Age of action firgures of the 80's.
I fact, I believe it was these lines that led to the "smaller"action figures of the 80's (like G.I.Joe) as opposed to the the larger ones of the 60's and 70's.
@Vebinz Some golden age. Action figures went from a foot tall (Johnny West, G.I. Joe, Captain Action, etc) to 8 inches tall (the Mego Super heroes and villains, Action Jackson, etc) and 10 inches (Big Jim and his buddies) down to 3 inches (The Star Wars figures and the 1980s G.I. Joes). I think the younger generations missed out, even though some of the stuff looked cooler. Of course, the kids of my generation would have lost our fragile little minds with a Wii or X-Box, so it evens out.
Well, the smaller figures were more practical, especially when having vehicles and a big lay-out set-uop.
Imagine trying to set-up ten or fifteen of the original 60's GI Joe's, with any vehicles, compared to the five inch ones. It's their small sie that enabled all the variety.
Lord, that brings back the memories! I used to have Luke, Han, Ben, and R2...as well as the remote control R2D2! Anyone remember the inflatable lightsabers?
Defnyung: Zody's!!! That's the store I was trying to remember! Thanks. We had Zody's, too...Then, it became Gold Circle, thus becoming; Target.
In early 78'...The Toys R Us where I lived had this huge SW promotion for the toys being released that the company hired actors dressed as Darth Vader, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and a couple Stormtroopers to meet & greet, and take pics, while pluggng the SW toy line.
Star Wars is forever. Why does everyone think that George is all about money? If he was than he wouldn't be donating so much money to education, and technology. If he was than the Saga would already be on blu ray.
From 1978 to 83', It was all about going to Mervyn's (when they had a toy section) or Gold Circle (before it became Target) and buying up SW shit like crazy.
Anyone remember cutting out the little blue & white circle on the back of the SW action figure package as "Proof of Purchase"?
...It was like if you sent 4 or 5 of those in the mail to Kenner...You'd get the EXCLUSIVE action figure like Boba Fett or some of the other characters in the movies but not produced as a toyline.
@Wolvenfire86 How familiar are U searching EBAY? I can LOCATE many products from that 1980'S TIMELINE*puts on Darkshades-LOL!* But keep in mind that oringinal 1980s plastic has become BRITTLE over those years-Most of the plastic in those poor toys now can only be used as STATIONARY MODELS not fit for rough play =(...-Like as in..Having figures encased in glass on shelf for a BAR for conversation topic =)
Woah!! I remember this commercial!! Seeing this ad as a kid made me ask my mom for STAR WARS action figures!! Later that Xmas I got R2 and 3PO and some time after that I got the landspeeder!! I have them still somewhere!! Great memories!!
the 70's were just so just such a diffferent enviorment to grow up in, today the cartoons are different, perhaps too many choices to link us together as a society of happy kids, comptuer age and chaning common laws have made us more introverted and furthered the gap between kids and partents and perhaps one another. Starwars was out common good and dad smoked in toys r us while me and all the neighoors kids all made the pilgramag etogether to visit the toys:)
I had so many Star Wars toys as a child. I had the darth vader case packed full, and then got the c3-po case and packed that one full. I had almost all the vehicles and playsets. Funny thing is...I called my mom the other day and she found 4 boxes in the attic chocked full of all of my old star wars stuff. I'll have to go get it all and relive my childhood. Growing up in the late 70's early 80's was awesome!!!!!! Saturday mornings really stink now for kids and I feel sorry for them.
Wow!! If i was a kid back theni would love the toys
MultiPluto1234 6 days ago
Holyshit, these toys look awesome. I want that tie fighter
dAMMDb 1 month ago
When I was a kid in the 70s, our lives centered around two things: Starwars and Kiss. Everything else was secondary...of course I couldnt have told you one of their songs as it was all due to Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Amusement Park movie.
Earych 2 months ago
does anybody know how much the x wing is worth? my dad still has it from when he was a little boy.
MegaBricktv 2 months ago
These weren't cheap back then as I recall.
cochranexyz 2 months ago
@cochranexyz
No they were not! I had to save up quite a bit of my allowance to by the number of toys that I had!
Smartboy8877 2 months ago
Nostalgia FTW
VongolaAQW223 3 months ago
I still have the x-wing fighter in the original box, and good condition. Wonder what it's worth.
Attila709 3 months ago
They always showed only boys playing with these in commercials, but we girls were big consumers of these toys, too.
AmusedChild 4 months ago
@AmusedChild Not completely true there was at least one commercial that spotlighted the Removable limbs C-3P0. During the spot you see a girl interacting with the boys using a Hoth Leia figure.
trans8010 4 months ago
It's funny because the trash compactor is worth $1000.00.
Jak2star 4 months ago
Awwwwwwwwwwwww the memories!
LaughItupFuzzball70 4 months ago
May the Schwartz be with you!
frankdiddly 5 months ago
I had the Death Star set. The 'trash' in the compactor was a bunch of foam rubber chunks. Also the first time I saw the dianoga in its entirety. "So THAT's what pulled Luke under!" And, yes, the turbolaser at the top popped out. Wish I still had that thing. My kids will take care of their toys, unlike their old man!
FraAngelico729 5 months ago
R2-D2 and C3PO were my first Star Wars figures.
AppleyJuiceable 6 months ago
I have the complete set of action figures, along with the stand you get after mailing in 3 proof of purchases. It's worth hundreds...
WeirdJennyTwardowski 6 months ago
kenner and mcquarrie make the weirdest star wars figures ever. they have luke with a yellow lightsaber and a stormtrooper with a blue lightsaber. i'm serious.
TheDarthPineapple 6 months ago
thanks for posting!!! so jeals. wish i could have them all. :/
starwarspunk 7 months ago
did the kid break the big black gun!! 0:38
Brycegameroom 7 months ago
@Brycegameroom No, he didn't break it. I had one of those Death Star playsets. You'd push a lever and the gun would fall over. This was a way to pretend the Rebel's had scored a hit.
2313Productions 6 months ago
@Brycegameroom No, I had one of these. The gun had a spring loaded mount so that if you pulled the little lever it would fly apart. It was intended to simulate the results of space battles--similar to the flying panels on the tie fighter... which I also had. Both very stupid ideas in my opinion, as I remember thinking how lamed it seemed to me. The imagination is much better at these things.
infinityseed 5 months ago
@Brycegameroom I think it 'exploded'
fattoler 5 months ago
@Brycegameroom
I find it amazing how many different posters answered this question! I had the set and I remember using the lever that made the cannon put out! Oh the memories!
Smartboy8877 4 months ago
0:38 "Good job, you broke it already!"
facilitypro 7 months ago 12
i have most of these :D i will do a video on my other account!
TheYoungSummoner 7 months ago
watching this movie in a theater back then in 77 was magical
PEANUTLOVEDADY 7 months ago
since we were hella broke and I never got one star wars toy i used to gank them from this kid down the block. good times.
STEEZ4U 7 months ago
i have all the toys in the commercial mint in the box every toy in the commercial !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MegaMrMysterio 7 months ago
I was always irritated that Kenner would make an action figure of a minor character like Hammerhead or Dengar, but NOT make a Grand Moff Tarken or that guy who started a fight with luke in the cantina?
GarthanSaal444 8 months ago
Wow, cool to see this. I wish I had kept all those toys from when I was a kid. Now I don't let my kids get rid of any of their star wars stuff. And they're 16 now, lol.
JohnnySixString420 9 months ago
I had the r2
Jdo4031 9 months ago
MY DAD HAD THEM AS A KID. WE STILL HAVE SOME. I THINK HE PAINTED OVER SOME OF THEM AS A KID. HE EVEN HAD A MILENIUM FALCON WITH HAN AND CHEWY. THERE COOL.
kylefreimedia1 9 months ago
I have the tie-fighter :D
ODST3000 9 months ago
This commercial was made for the ill forgotten Star Wars Christmas Special. I love it and the special, when I was a kid.
14DaveHunter 9 months ago
And this death star battle station perfectly to scale your action figures, an exact 28 stories high of action...
Snailguy11217 10 months ago
@Snailguy11217 Actually, it would have to be the size of Rhode Island.
nozcr 8 months ago
As I recall, this commercial aired during the first (and ONLY) television airing of the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special" (which is etched into my memory like a cigarette burn on an old sofa, even 32 years later...)
bjggjb 10 months ago
I had a radio controlled R2-D2. I wished I still had him. He was the best Christmas gift I ever got.
38kari 10 months ago
Merchandising! Merchandising!
GenoPeppino 10 months ago
@GenoPeppino and may the schwartz be with you! lol spaceballs is the shit!
WeLiveToDanceAlone 10 months ago
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Dallasvintagetoys 10 months ago
@Dallasvintagetoys dude, that site is sick!!! >_< thx
AvEryBadApPLe 10 months ago
I got the 12 original figures yesterday for a film project over the summer. To describe it:
"YAY I got them! *breaks Vader's lightsaber* NOOO!!!!!
juneradar 10 months ago
I have a 77 Chewbacca, and a 83 Gamorean Guard without weapons. Btw, why are toy companies so cheap they never include batteries?
CurtisAlfeld 11 months ago
i have like half of those toys and im only 15
josuewashere100 11 months ago
Haha! Awesome! I was the only kid on the block that owned the Death Star playset! I ruled supreme!
luis6079 11 months ago
These were terrific toys. However, if you tried to buy them all, you'd go broke.
ftsjr 11 months ago 9
I bet every kid who had a RC R2-D2 is deaf now
cliffthelightning 11 months ago
@cliffthelightning What was that? I can't hear you...
rodbendermusic 11 months ago
i grew up in the 90s and all the toys i used to want are now all gone---which is even worse now that i've got all the money to afford them!
i can only imagine how people from the late 70s feel---but at least they STILL sell star wars toys today lol
RantNRavinFection 1 year ago
Chewie approved! @0:05
gumdokim 1 year ago
I just bought a Han Solo and guess what?
He still has his original blaster!
abisivepoo 1 year ago
I miss those days.
hicidhe 1 year ago
I remember one time this ad came on, and my dad was watching TV with me and my sister. He got a look at the Chewbacca action figure, laughed out loud and said "that brown one looks like a big turd!" My dad was always saying funny shit like that, but that may have been the funniest thing he ever said. RIP dad.
elc1960 1 year ago
0:52 Did anyone notice Star Wars Play Doh
LJK193 1 year ago
The radio controlled R2 never worked. I want my money back
caisediab 1 year ago
The Death Star station was the GREATEST of the SW toys.
Chrisdrumz 1 year ago
My dad still has a storm trooper toy. It's arms and legs are stiff and fall off every now and then. Things are cheap. I still love star wars!
TheCocoRaccoons144 1 year ago
micronauts killed these crappy toys
Love4SK 1 year ago
This commercial made me want to be those lucky kids with all the figures and accessories. I had alot of them too, but in the end, my little nephews started to play with my old toys and lose them or break them and so on and so on! Now I'm a sad 42 year old with a worn out R2-D2 and a faded C3PO and Chewie who is really chewed up by my ol' dog whose been dead over 24 yrs. Man talk about some fade childhood dreams, and just met a collector in my area with alot of originals in boxes too! Bastard!!!
deduero 1 year ago
@deduero Us blokes never really grow up, the one's who do are the ones who are dead inside :) I bet seeing your nephew playing with your toys reignited the youth inside you. It's like me with my son, it's give me a excuse to return to my child hood. The problem is kids don't look after stuff. I remember as child I looked after my starwars stuff very well. Most kids don't bother. Then you get the rare freaks who didn't take them out the box. Kids like that don't deserve toys full stop lol
Zorolord 1 year ago
@Zorolord Your right about us never really growing up! Alot of people don't even think I'm in my forties, but I did have fun watching my nephews playing with my toys and felt good about it! They remember it too, these postings of Star Wars action figures really bring up a lot of great memories for me and I'm sure for others who have watched and grown up with these incredible movies all these years! Our parents did spend a fortune on those toys cause Tie/ X-wing fighters and others weren't cheap!
deduero 1 year ago
I had quiet a lots of these toys as a small child, Millennium Falcon Imperial Walker AT-AT, AT-ST Walker (Chicken Walker) Transport Vessel, the cloud escort ship haven't a clue what is was called many figures too. Wanted the star destroyer, Jabba the hut, Tie Fighter and X wing though think I was a bit greedy though. My Mam must have spend a fortune on me. Then I give it all away can't believe how dumb I was should of sold the lot. Wished I had of kept the lot though because my little boy wants
Zorolord 1 year ago
o.O Heck, My mom and me are watching these and I said, OMG, THESE 70's COMMERCIALS ARE SO DUMB AND CHEESEY I THINK IM GOANNA HURL ON A CAT!! And she said, Yeah, tell me about it. I grew up with it.
Twilight101cp 1 year ago
@Wolvenfire86 I'm 20 and wanna buy some too
bioshock901 1 year ago
Proof that they're catering to adults :)
sporefreak105 1 year ago
then figures these days 1-up those in the past.
GhillieMan482 1 year ago
cool..when do these come out??
IIIIdepechemodeIIII 1 year ago
r u serious
fungun101 1 year ago
a wonderful commercial. One of the 10 best EVER!!! No wonder the Star Wars toys made Kenner (& Lucas) an absolute fortune
prlwctd 1 year ago
STAR WHORES
asherleez 1 year ago
shut up at least george lucas mad a masterpieces avatar sucks
fungun101 1 year ago
@fungun101 actualy i said "star whores" cause that how 3cp-o sounded like when he says star wars
asherleez 1 year ago
I'm 42 and totally remember this ad! awesome
Jeffro6769 1 year ago
@Jeffro6769
I am forty-one and I remember it too!
Smartboy8877 1 year ago
I didn't have any of these toys. Cheap bloody parents.
patchesdf 1 year ago
@patchesdf
I am very sorry to learn that your parents did not buy you the toys that you wanted! My heart goes out to you!
Smartboy8877 1 year ago
I had all these, from the remote r2d2 to the xwings and tie fighters, event the at at, but like a kid which i was,.... i destroyed them with fire crackers and gas... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........................
tubthumpr 1 year ago
Damn that takes me back! I used to own that remote control R2D2
Apsu72 1 year ago
i like the R2D2 one
starsonic1212 1 year ago
Excellent video!
I had the X-Wing fighter as a kid and one of my buddies had the Tie Fighter. It was a time when toys were still toys. It was an exciting time to be a kid and experience the birth of consumer home electronics. Next on the scene were video games like Atari, Intellivision, ColecoVision, etc. One thing about those Star Wars toys was the brilliant advertising, whether tv commercials or catalog shots of action figures in a cool battle scene. It was great!
powertothesheeeple 1 year ago
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Great advert but...OMG!! They took them off their original cards!!!
MrMarkzilla 1 year ago
Great advert but...OMG! They took them of their original cards!
MrMarkzilla 1 year ago
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leia072306 1 year ago
that takes me back..wow i am 36 I saw every movie in the theater(i was 3.5 for episode 4 and i saw it in the theater).Seeing these commercials makes me wish I still had theses toys..oh well
MrJaybird74 1 year ago
@MrJaybird74 i seen all in the theaters too.
& had some of the toys. my fav was the Tower.
you can get alot of the stuff on Ebay. ive seen people selling their stuff in lotts.
so just shows after colleting too much theres people who get tired of their collection, im gklad i got rid of most of my stuff
MetalHeart8787 1 year ago
Cant believe its been 33 years !! Unreal. I was born the year after its release. Grew up on it. Loved it. Still do. And I still have all my toys plus more Ive collected over the years.
tjcurrie 1 year ago
@tjcurrie , how did u grow up on it if it came out a yr b4 u were born?????????
Love4SK 1 year ago
@Love4SK Because Star Wars didnt exactly vanish within its first year. I saw The Empire Strikes Back in the theatre when I was very young, my Mom bought somebody's Star Wars collection for me and my bro when i was like 4, I saw Return of The Jedi in the theatre when it came out, and I continued to get toys both from the stores and from other people we knew as they stopped collecting. Basically I was a Star Wars fan and started collecting the toysat a very young age. That good enough for ya ?
tjcurrie 1 year ago
@tjcurrie no, no it's not
Love4SK 1 year ago
@Love4SK Thats too bad. Guess you're just gonna have to live it.
tjcurrie 1 year ago
my relatives used to own those toys when they were big. Originally, they were supposed to come out the same time as the movie, but it was delayed until the holidays. The rest is history. At the CVS where I work, they sell Clone Wars action figures. Back then, the figures were not as realistic as those of today.
kascnef82 1 year ago
Gives me flashback memories to 30 years ago when I was a young kid.Had some of these toys.Now,wish I had saved them 'cause they're worth to some collector out there..."in a galaxy far far away".
TheXtro101 1 year ago
It's not so hard to remember when I had almost all of these toys. What I didn't have, my best friend did (though I don't think either of us had that table top game).
ClarkSavageJr 1 year ago
hey c3po i got some questions
1: why is that so obviously a back drop you are standing behind?
2: How come at 0:10 when the camera gets a close up the backdrop doesnt change
3: whats with the coloring on artoo deeto
4: how come you repeated the footage at 0:10 and 0:54 ?
other than that great commercial
SusanStarfieldPower 1 year ago
I am a big Star wars fan until now. The Philippines love
Star wars like toys and cosplay. As we getting old
we never forget Starwars. May the force be with you
hilarioph 1 year ago
I always loved how it looked like the midget inside R2 was having a seizure...
ElBombastico883 1 year ago
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 70!
Jokerprodution 1 year ago
man, i wish they still sold those
joeliya73 1 year ago
I could kick myself for shooting up all GI joes and star wars toys when I got my first 22 rifle...
BladeofSorrow7 1 year ago
Shit's not even to scale. Fuck these toys.
GodofFrankie 1 year ago
God dang I'm 12 and not even a nerd or anything and I want the Darth Vader :D
MrLazerface123 1 year ago
I was pissed off that I couldn't get figures of General Tarkin, Uncle Owen, Aunt Beru, Biggs Darklighter or Rebel Alliance soldiers on the Blockade Runner
TomthatiscalledTom 1 year ago
I had so many of these...
VA174 1 year ago
I saw SW at least 12 times as a kid in the 70's...I remember seeing this commercial...and I wasn't stoked on the toys...all you'd do is re-enact the scenes those toys are in, and then what???
Yet today they are most serious as collectibles. Little did us kids know to thiink that way about the toys we played with.
LHZZ12MM 1 year ago
i am number1 starwars fan ever and that is beast
littletyke100 1 year ago
Me and my kids? I'm a kid watching a toy commercial. I have no kids!
fabiandesignz 1 year ago
don't you know that Star Wars Kenner is a lot of money
SCVKMT 1 year ago
i remember wanting those as a kid!!! only the rich kids could get them though :(
ashtonmadhatter 1 year ago
Oh my...I actually remember seeing this commercial back when I was a kid. I must be old.
guibox3 1 year ago
My first car WAS gonna be a landspeeder....................i cried when i found out i got a subaru =(
kankurovsneji 1 year ago
Hahaha I remember this commercial! I LOVED StarWars...had every toy imaginable. Even the big piece of crap Death Star with those chunks of foam for the trash bin . I played with them for hours. Had like 50 Storm Troopers. Eventually, I grew out of them and ended up blowing up my Millenium Falcom with Black Cats and other assorted fire crackers.
GlennJWhittier 1 year ago
@GlennJWhittier HA! I can relate to that! I also had those and the Tie Fighter and it made this stupid EEEEEiiiiiiiiiRRRRRRR buzz sound that drove my Mom up the damn wall!
geostillo78 1 year ago
I had most of that stuff...but now as a 38 year old I view it as more hunk of shit toys made with poison paint in China.
jackshittle 1 year ago
Ahh this is from the end of the Star Wars Holiday Special
Wheeljack35 1 year ago
That Death Star rocked!!
Clintbdee 1 year ago
Ahhh memories.....
tnwhiskey 1 year ago
Truth be said,toy commercials didn't became creative until the 80s. This commercial could put a baby to sleep...
SardaukarPrime 1 year ago
i have the original "star wars power of the force" c3-po mint in box
table2424 1 year ago
i have a toy hoth rebel soldier from the 90s at least
MonsterXfan 1 year ago
was the huge ass gun supposed to break in half?
legocloner11102 1 year ago
How can this be from 1977, the first toy was 3:1/2 inch chewie figure in 1978!!!!!!
1biggraverobber 1 year ago
Man,do I feel old.
rolex925 1 year ago
10 dollers back then , today its like 487 dollers
UnderWearNinjas 1 year ago
mad
cmdrbly888 1 year ago
i didn't exist until the 90's but this commercial really brings back memories of tripping absolute balls at all those awesome toy commercials
fuck
pitchwhiteawi 1 year ago
Wow . Comercials were very child centered back then. Why I say "back then" , you ask. I'm only 11. Star Wars is awesome !!!
cidguy99 1 year ago
@cidguy99 omg were the same age and i aggre star wars rules!
transformerschandler 1 year ago
@transformerschandler Yeah!
cidguy99 1 year ago
im 12 and I know what ur all talking about, I've got a starting collection of my own.
gjpowerhour 1 year ago
AT-AT=holy grail
slikkwon 1 year ago
i hate George Lucas.
whole series = toy peddling crap.
Thetruthishere11 1 year ago
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i hate that c3p0 guy
lowaces 2 years ago
the tie fighter was my favorite...use to love popping the wings off.
thewanderingmuslim 2 years ago
i had the death star.
duececaboose 2 years ago
dudes few months ago i run this computer shop and next to is a thrift shop the owner knew i was into starwars and came too me with a huge cardboard box full of every single kenner starwars figure that someone just drop off ONES IN A LIFE TIME it will never happen again!!!
nirob 2 years ago
Let's see, I had the RC R2D2, the Millenium Falcon, the Escape From The Death Star Board game, and I dare say, some 30 years later my mother is still finding parts from my Droid Factory. Damn, I'm old.
ltrich50 2 years ago
These toys are very special, for they basically helped kick-start the Golden Age of action firgures of the 80's.
I fact, I believe it was these lines that led to the "smaller"action figures of the 80's (like G.I.Joe) as opposed to the the larger ones of the 60's and 70's.
Another way "Star Wars" changed the world.
Vebinz 2 years ago
@Vebinz Some golden age. Action figures went from a foot tall (Johnny West, G.I. Joe, Captain Action, etc) to 8 inches tall (the Mego Super heroes and villains, Action Jackson, etc) and 10 inches (Big Jim and his buddies) down to 3 inches (The Star Wars figures and the 1980s G.I. Joes). I think the younger generations missed out, even though some of the stuff looked cooler. Of course, the kids of my generation would have lost our fragile little minds with a Wii or X-Box, so it evens out.
elc1960 1 year ago
@elc1960
Well, the smaller figures were more practical, especially when having vehicles and a big lay-out set-uop.
Imagine trying to set-up ten or fifteen of the original 60's GI Joe's, with any vehicles, compared to the five inch ones. It's their small sie that enabled all the variety.
Vebinz 1 year ago
@Vebinz True enough. I guess I'm just a nostalgic old man who misses his childhood. Happens to all of us sooner or later (LOL),
elc1960 1 year ago
LOL remembering the lightsabers that came out of the action figures arms
John6yt 2 years ago
And for some reason Lukes lightsaber was his hairs color. There has never been a yellow Light Saber! hehe
zzzombie888 1 year ago
@zzzombie888 i hear some jedi had yellow ones but not luke lol
transformerschandler 1 year ago
I remember going to a comic book store and finding the Rancor! I wanted to buy it. But I didn't. This was in 2002 or 2003 this happened.
SporeGoji 2 years ago
@fatboymetallica
agree'd..........
Jason9992fromroblox 2 years ago
lol what was r2 doing
tyson552 2 years ago
I had them all.
speedbuggy 2 years ago
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lastgalacticvoyage 2 years ago
Lord, that brings back the memories! I used to have Luke, Han, Ben, and R2...as well as the remote control R2D2! Anyone remember the inflatable lightsabers?
TalonBlades 2 years ago
2 WORDS, BAD ASS!
fatboymetallica 2 years ago
Defnyung: Zody's!!! That's the store I was trying to remember! Thanks. We had Zody's, too...Then, it became Gold Circle, thus becoming; Target.
In early 78'...The Toys R Us where I lived had this huge SW promotion for the toys being released that the company hired actors dressed as Darth Vader, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and a couple Stormtroopers to meet & greet, and take pics, while pluggng the SW toy line.
Pretty cool promotion at the time.
Those were the good old days, indeed!
WAIATA4U 2 years ago
cool ad, between me and my brother we had quite a few of those, cool ad, thanks for the upload...
Jshaw71 2 years ago
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gosh this crap is so boring and dumb how can you americans be so proud of it lmfao
polzowatel 2 years ago
That's your opinion, you probably like soccer.
hahahahahahahahahaha
Bongwyre2112 2 years ago 2
Star Wars is forever. Why does everyone think that George is all about money? If he was than he wouldn't be donating so much money to education, and technology. If he was than the Saga would already be on blu ray.
NerdsInTheBasement 2 years ago
That Tie Fighter mold still looks good to this day, but that X-wing looks like a PlaySkool toy...
ElBombastico883 2 years ago
Arguably the greatest toys of all time, right next to the original Transformers.
Kuahmel 2 years ago 6
From 1978 to 83', It was all about going to Mervyn's (when they had a toy section) or Gold Circle (before it became Target) and buying up SW shit like crazy.
Anyone remember cutting out the little blue & white circle on the back of the SW action figure package as "Proof of Purchase"?
...It was like if you sent 4 or 5 of those in the mail to Kenner...You'd get the EXCLUSIVE action figure like Boba Fett or some of the other characters in the movies but not produced as a toyline.
WAIATA4U 2 years ago 3
For me it was about going to Gemco and Zodys. Those were the good old days!
defnyung 2 years ago
Great film, great merchandise. The film that adults and kids alike enjoy and even today, everybody still loves it.
desotowrong 2 years ago 4
i have the speeder and the r2d2.
ERICJ40 2 years ago 2
I'm 21 but I want to buy half of those toys. ^_^
Wolvenfire86 2 years ago 44
@Wolvenfire86 How familiar are U searching EBAY? I can LOCATE many products from that 1980'S TIMELINE*puts on Darkshades-LOL!* But keep in mind that oringinal 1980s plastic has become BRITTLE over those years-Most of the plastic in those poor toys now can only be used as STATIONARY MODELS not fit for rough play =(...-Like as in..Having figures encased in glass on shelf for a BAR for conversation topic =)
OLDSCHOOLHHSEX 2 years ago
@Wolvenfire86 i'm 36 and i want all of them :)
dickiedocker 1 year ago
@Wolvenfire86 Wish I was immortal. As a kid.
CaptainBuckRogers 1 year ago
@Wolvenfire86 you are never to old
ghost9431 1 year ago
@Wolvenfire86 who cares it's fecken STAR WARS
if i was 72 i'd still play with these toys.
May the force be with you.
TheBoksera631 1 year ago
Woah!! I remember this commercial!! Seeing this ad as a kid made me ask my mom for STAR WARS action figures!! Later that Xmas I got R2 and 3PO and some time after that I got the landspeeder!! I have them still somewhere!! Great memories!!
thepen10 2 years ago
You can practically hear George Lucas saying "gee... maybe I'll keep the production/toy rights to this film."
jazzlover10000 2 years ago 28
the 70's were just so just such a diffferent enviorment to grow up in, today the cartoons are different, perhaps too many choices to link us together as a society of happy kids, comptuer age and chaning common laws have made us more introverted and furthered the gap between kids and partents and perhaps one another. Starwars was out common good and dad smoked in toys r us while me and all the neighoors kids all made the pilgramag etogether to visit the toys:)
jgoudeau207 2 years ago 2
my GOD i had some of these and i remember seeing this add
doctalee 2 years ago
I had so many Star Wars toys as a child. I had the darth vader case packed full, and then got the c3-po case and packed that one full. I had almost all the vehicles and playsets. Funny thing is...I called my mom the other day and she found 4 boxes in the attic chocked full of all of my old star wars stuff. I'll have to go get it all and relive my childhood. Growing up in the late 70's early 80's was awesome!!!!!! Saturday mornings really stink now for kids and I feel sorry for them.
muzikman74 2 years ago 3