Kenner Star Wars Toy TV Commercials 1980 Boba Fett

[waivedwench]

Yeah, I can just picture Darth Vader saying "That's why you got the job!"

[VongolaAQW223]

The collection I had was the new ones like the Crappy Clone Wars but atleast I got Boba Fett :D

[VongolaAQW223]

@VongolaAQW223 Never mind I got the Old Darth Vader Figure

[PwngeVidsXD]

I'm 12 and I'm going to start a collection. Going to ask dad's best friend to help me start since he has a bunch. Thumbs up for old toys being better than new ones!

[gtabro1337]

luke's holding his lightsaber with his left hand lol

[VongolaAQW223]

The dog was actually a rebel that got surprised because he saw Darth Vader and Boba Fett lol

[psyclops9]

my grandma got me my first star wars figure (a C3PO) at Kresge's.

i got boba fett in the mail through some sort of deal where i had to mail in some labels from action figure packages. iirc one version of boba fett was recalled because of the rocket launcher on his back. it was a big deal when that boba fett came in the mail.

[skinnymelinx]

boba sounds like ralph wiggum

[cisco760ca]

Wow i was 3 when these commercials came out but for some reason it makes me feel like 60 with the quility of the commercial =(

[Snagman67]

Takes me way back. I loved those "Star Wars Days". The original Star Wars Days! I lived for it as a kid and a still love it as an adult!

[MrCorporalTunnel]

Darth Vader wasn't Boba Fett's boss, he was his client.

[KEEELr]

I loved my Star Wars and GI Joe figures In the late 80s.

Thinking back I can even remember their smell.

[HISTORYBUFFPA]

I still remember getting the Snow Speeder for my b-day, when I was a kid.

[leviwar]

I have that Han solo figure!

[acrovader]

I never knew any girls that played with Star Wars figures.

[5OClockVegasBlue]

"I don't need luck. I'm the best!"

[staggo3000]

SWEET LARGE BOBA!

[bigarab1998]

they just dont make toys like these anymore



[juneradar]

Something tells me that Boba Fett is the best

[The80sRevenge]

Star Wars TV Commercial...

[blockMblock21]

0:40 Lando sounds like charlie brown

[MTAHawkboy]

when i was little i made my own Falcon, and it was a shoebox with milennium falcon in pencil on the side.

[maul595]

Why didnt they make commercials for the AWESOME figures, like Yakface, the ewoks, and even the Death Star Gunner?? Where are THOSE commercials!

[JoanCollins2009]

amazing memory's

[odsall]

Lets face it nobody wanted the bespin guard!!!!!Either of them!!!!!!!!!!

[prlwctd]

@odsall why do you say that? I did my darnedest to get all the figures

[shelkamark]

What a blast...my first Empire action figure was Luke Bespin in June 1980 around the time I bought my first 45 record...I was 12. The Millennium Falcon wasn't available in Australia yet so my dad made me one...complete with a four seat cockpit and lit with little globes. By Christmas 1981 I had every figure available. It was just so good to have figures you could really take on adventures inside ships. The only thing I could do with my Mego Star Trek guys was play land of the giants...

[frodovader]

@shelkamark My dad made me a Millennium Falcon too,  It was wood and heavy, but I loved playing with it. ^_^

[shelkamark]

@frodovader Fun times, hey? My dad was a carpenter with the Australian army. He had to keep building things that our Special Forces blew up during training. He and his buddies had a kick-arse work shop...a bit like a Hollywood one...

[CaesiusX]

@shelkamark I can't speak for Australia, but I had the Enterprise bridge for my Trek Mego figures. I know every generation says this, but I think I grew up in THE perfect time to be a kid. The Mego superheroes, (I remember putting Fonzie's leather jacket onto The Lizard (Spider-Man villain). Now THAT was "cool." I remember getting Boba Fett via special mail-in offer (Jawas too, I think...or maybe the Jawa packaging was needed - they're linked in my head somehow). And of course, Micronauts!

[beesknees1945]

The 80s kenner A wing is legendary. Also the removable helment Luke disguised as a stormtrooper figure. I feel like im an old man. Gotta go to bed to go to work in the morning. Oh well.... wheres the force now?

[RodCornholio]

@beesknees1945

The Force is real, just not quite like it is in Star Wars. Read "Entangled Minds" by Dr. Dean Radin if you're more scientifically minded and need convincing. Get the REG-1 from Psyleron and you can affect the device with your intention. Learn remote viewing (David Moorehouse's book is a good start) to have that "I saw a city in the clouds" effect that Luke experiences on Dagobah (Empire Strikes Back). Again, the Force is real, but less fantastic than the movie.

[TheLittleDevil]

when I was young I was upset Luke had a yellow lightsaber! Tried to paint it. Dumb Kenner Toys!

[EricBtv95]

I wish I was born in the '70's or '80's instead of this turd generation.

[MegaTauntaun]

@EricBtv95 yep :(

[RodCornholio]

@EricBtv95 It was a great time. Perhaps all children's make-believe moments are magical, I'll never know...but I remember, just like in the commercial, a dirt pile plus and action figure or toy and...BAM! you were transported to another world or even a galaxy far, far away.

[jpd782]

These really take me back. I had all these toys. I still have a few packed away. We used to love these commercials. We could show our parents exactly what we wanted for Christmas

[Scifiiguy]

the snowspeeder was awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheOriginalLHM]

@BENTLEYQUEMP  LMAO!

[JakandDaxterfan10]

Princess Leah and Stupid Bossk! And the Nude IG-88! Nooo Bossk! I will! That's gold. The new Clone Wars line and their Clone Trooper imitator should bow down to this "first gen" stuff. I'm second gen, though. It is somewhat of a tragedy that Star Wars is "dead". I'm suprised the kids back then played with the toys. My successors, the six year olds half my age, chew on the toys and put them in their underwear. I'm suprised their parents didn't teach them how to "play" with their stuff. A shame.

[sexfarm100]

Bespin Luke's beltbuckle is not painted.

[mrjoegrennon]

I don't think these kids ever saw the movies!

[DevSodDribble]

You mean, even with Star Wars toys, kids still actually went outside and played in the fucking garden?? Amazing.

[crackton1234]

i had a black bespin guard wtf

[Clintbdee]

@crackton1234 Yeah me 2

[markdukes13]

thats not cloud city

[jezza1973]

this brings back so much childhood memories, those were the days, i use 2 sit in my bedroom with my bro's playing with my star wars toys for hours, sadly theses days have gone, but these were sum of the best days of my life. thanx for posting these commercials. p.s i still have most of my collection lol.

[phaloxxx]

@jezza1973 yea, they rock hey, haha you notice the kids are wearing lando's and han solos clothes in the first one XD

[thespartonmaster11]

all I'm missing is princess leah!

[azztec]

"I don't need luck, I'm the best" amazing

[odeonusIX]

guard figures were so lame, you'd always see a ton of them on the shelves because nobody would buy them. What would you rather have? Han and Chewy or Bespin Guard?

[bl4ckw1ngz64]

@odeonusIX: Hah, so the guards are shelfwarmers?

(note: In Transformers, shelfwarmers are toys are barely sold)

[odeonusIX]

@bl4ckw1ngz64 Either that, Or something Aunt Martha grabbed as a last minute christmas gift because she vaguely remembers hearing you liked star wars.

[TehbestWaffleguy]

Omg I had that Small Boba Fett figure lol

[Villesanti]

This was when SW was still cool!!!

[Jungiboy]

Haha, they used the harpoon to fetch C-3PO. He would have totally died.

[lowaces]

sure got lousy music

[TheApatheticGuy]

Man...a REAL Bespin Guard? That's what ALL the kids want to play with.

[darthneji1992]

Exactley what I was thinking.

[sonikdude49]

leeia what an adult

[jksonny]

Kenner's 12 inch figures were awesome. It's too bad they stopped after IG-88. I love the prototypes of Hoth Han, Bespin Luke, Lando and Bespin Leia looked very cool. Plus, they probably would have made Bossk, Dengar, a Snowtrooper, Hoth Luke, Bespin Han, etc., etc.

The 12 inch Fett was incredible, even with the limited paint job.

[mbtion]

why was han solo in his hoth uniform while in cloud city? funny

[crassyfrake]

Lando Calrissian! Colt 45 sold separately

[WAIATA4U]

I had the Colonial Viper (from Battlestar Galactica) toy and in fact, as I recall; it DID shoot missiles. So did the Shogun Warriors (by Mattel) I had, did the same.

And, yes, it was true...Some kid took a toy that shot something and shot it in his mouth and he choked. Dumb kid.

[DarkAngel182]

He he he, still got mine!

[GoingSupernova]

they always had the coolest places to play with the figures in the commercials. i had a sandbox full of cat shit in the backyard

[MacHamish]

I remember sending away on a limited time offer for the small figured boba fett, I wish I still had it and the other toys today they would be worth quite a bit.

[Kuahmel]

Used to love the music of these commercials when I was a kid. That was my memory of Star Wars before we got cable and i saw the actual movie.

[zevdotan]

To say the least. Who would have thought that mint Star Wars figures would be the currency of the future?

[SKODWARDERANGERMAN34]

better than 3 inch but cool and better 12 inch comercail!

[hazelbays]

That is a complete blast from my childhood.

[mastermotion96]

lol i have that snow speeder

[grimisstacks]

i don't need luck i'm the best

[jgoudeau207]

yeah" Lets fly the ship over across the room,I'll meet ya there and we can mess up some badguys." We never said goodluck to one another however:) Nice commercial..totally old schooL

[psycho6145]

i still have all of these figures and the snow speeder

[smellyjonnie]

back when kids had to really think and use their imaginations and people communicated with out the use of text....ah to be 9 again ....

[bbo40]

the robot even got a name; IG-88, yet they could not pick a name out of all the minor rebel soldier characters in the 2 movies that were already out at that point!

[bbo40]

the figure's name is 'Rebel Soldier'; he does not even get a real name?

[Kuchinawa42]

And no disintegrations....

[indianamotors]

Pretty sure that Boab Fett put some kids eye out

[JohnnyDrama34]

That was just a rumor at the time. There was also a rumor that the 3 inch boba had a launchable rocket which was discontinued because some kid supposedly choked and died on it. Wasn't true. The original 3 inch boba never had a launchable rocket.

[DarkAngel182]

Well, thats partly true.

Kenner were planning to release a missile firing Boba Fett , but decided against it as fellow toy producers Mattel had recently recalled their line of Battlestar Galactica cylon ships as these fired "missiles" and some kid had injured himself.

Some prototype boba fett figures were produced with a firing missile, but never released. Pics can be found in some star wars toy reference books

[JohnnyDrama34]

Hm, that's interesting. I knew of the prototype figures being made (as a matter of fact, I remember the figure being advertised as having a launchable missle). But i didn't know the reason behind them not being produced was because of a kid actually injuring himself with a "missle" from a battlestar galactica toy. When I was a kid, the rumor on the playground was that some kid choked/poked his eye out on a fett "missile".

[BoonyBanny]

If you look at the back of the old 3inch Boba Fett figure you can see the L-shape where the rocket lever was going to be pulled back and set - however this was quickly turned into smooth plastic and the rocket firing mechanism was never produced - there are tonnes of ebay fakers claiming that they are sellin original versions of the rocket firing Boba, which is impossible - only a prototype was made.

[gexineffect]

I used to have most of this stuff when I was a kid but gave it all away.If only I'd known...but seeing these commercials brings back alot of fond memories.

[TheStarWarsFan77]

wow. almost 30 years ago. lol. and the snow speeder back then looks better than the newer ones.

[vidhag900]

Somehow, I can't see Darth Vader wishing anyone "good luck." He's more of a "succeed or else" kind of guy.

[phoenixdawn34]

that ig88 figure in the middle commercial had black spots on his arms that must have been a prototype figure because Ive never seen that on the originals

[motherbrain86]

@vidhag900 don't forget the famous NO DISINTAGRATIONS!!!!!

I would hes that kind of guy

[xyling]

@vidhag900 Lol. "Good luck and have a nice day! Hope it goes well for ya!"

[jdpegg]

i have the ame exact lando figure

[starwars000000000001]

darth vader dosen't have a gun

[knownpleasures]

the year john lennon and ian curtis died.

[squiddie96]

oh god...."I don't need luck, i'm the best!"-that was painful :(

[thinazzabird]

i wish my back-pack unit was removable- some of these straight boy are are kind of pretty

[thinazzabird]

the kids in the commercials did such a good job of playing with these action figures it never occurred to me to beg for much more than a Kermit the Frog poster- I mean these tykes are like ready to go out and die for the Gaza strip with their intuitive grasp of the personalities and conflicts of the goddamn Star Wars epiverse- its funny but as I watch these commercials I get the distinct feeling that i may NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER see one again- kids all alone in big backyards- scary

[Barclay1987]

Nice!

[azooma]

wow did these kids even watch the movies?! Luke in Hoth outfit on Bespin! how embarrassing

[PaulUmbarger]

That is what I was thinking! LOL! I guess they didn't want to give away the movie plot line or something. Still, yeah, it irks me too!

[dabosedabose]

What no AT-AT???

[Sweden80Here]

I'm really not a religous man but this is kinda holy for me, oh boy those were the days. Maybe i should start collect SW figures again. Had around 30 figures and a couple of vehicles back in the 80's.

[wayzotoichi]

the toys weren't that well detailed like after or today, but they were the very best for collectors and people who were children in the 80s, because they were the original toys that were part of the all-time hype surrounding StarwWars and Empire. What an era for toys.

[OrkSlayer3434]

IG-88 ftw!

[djchrist15]

i like the boba fett firgure and the darth vader one

[wayzotoichi]

yeah those two in normal size were the best..esp. Boba Fett. This playset out in the garden is pretty good!

I really used to like C3PO and storm troopers because of their robotic head, and the Luke on Hoth. and Chewbacca..and.. ps the reptilian figure was a rip off of the Gorn in Star trek imo :p

[spartenman65]

funny...I just watched a mythbusters episode testing the Gorn Cannon and thought the same thing..pointed it out to my mom and dad while we were watching too!

P.S his name is Boskk

[NinoBrown23]

worst commercial era...ever lol but funny to watch

[jksonny]

Great commercials for great toys! I noticed a prototype IG-88 is shown in the live-action footage but the standard version is used in the closing photo.

[MrHarlee2006]

You're right on the Prototype part even the Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues) is the prototype version, very different from the ones that were sold later in 1980-1984.

[mbtion]

i saw that. i used to like ig-88 because he came with that long rifle along with the pistol

[xzane14]

When the bigger figures came out.. Thats All I ever wanted..Much better and harder to lose Guns ETC...

[kinkytransvestite]

"I'm the best bounty hunter in the galaxy!"

"That's why you got the job!"

How come everyone in 80s toy commercials talks like they're Gordon Gecko?

Oh yeah...it was the 80s

Man IG-88 was sweeeeeeeet

[786jumper]

Ah yes, the see through Boba Fett magnification eye, just like my 6-million dollar man action figure....good stuff!

[mbtion]

yes it was, and steve austin had bionics under him skin. good stuff.

[Visionary1970]

No wonder they made so much money on these toys. They spent almost no money on the advertising. Ah the simple days of the 70's... The sad thing is I remember each and every one of those commercials and wanting every one of those toys...

[Fathercoffee]

I wish they made commercials like this for todays products. Commercials might be interesting again to watch.

[Dragonrider1227]

I agree. I don't get why Toy commercials are so gimmicky now. I mean, nothing made me want a toy more than just watching someone else play with it :D

[fedsre]

Like today's star wars figures, feck yeah! that would be awesome

[trutilthelast]

back when kids had to use thier imagination.............

[xzane14]

AGREED 100%

[Guernicaman]

That Bespin Guard is the worst...guard... ever.

"Halt! Who goes there?"

"It's us! Take us to Lando"

"Follow me!"

SO easily coerced!

[mbtion]

i had the black bespin gard too.

[JediPadawan2224]

lol lia

[buckles814]

i have the hoth rebels

[nobyimperator]

Cooooolllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[D3RK3]

they always have cool bacyards in these commercials

[Adom]

Ya, but they must've been in sunny CA. Why else is a snowspeeder landing where there's not a hint of snow?! I know what you mean though. They didn't show many kids playing on the front steps of a house in the Bronx like we used to. Everybody's steps had different cool stuff though. One kid had a wall, another iron bars and mine had a sort of ramp that destroyed many a die cast car.

[D3RK3]

i had a yard with no grass in it lol and a steep hill a very very steep hill

[Adom]

We had a 9x12 patch of grass we called a lawn. Now I'm in FL and I wish all I had to mow was 9x12

[D3RK3]

well the dogs wore most of it down and we had to plant seeds

[rickmarctl]

I would beat the hell out of my lando action figure

[fathervineyard]

that's fucking tight..

[jwmrp1976]

the uk rotj ad's are way better then the us ad's! and the uk ad's had the rite star wars music! lol

[D3RK3]

the kid at 1:32 sounds like gumby

[eurasian73]

I love Star Wars action figures! Collected them as a kid in the late 70s early 80s. They don't make toys nowadays like they used to.

[ukgodsavethequeen]

True, but the new Star Wars toys are pretty good, if not better. For example, check out the new Millenium Falcon. It's waaayyy better than the one I had as a kid.

(the first series of new figures back in the mid 90's sucked though)