Star Wars Vintage KENNER Commercial - Hoth Ice Planet

[LawrenceChalky]

They loved they're elevators

[timpriddy73]

LOOKS COOL ON FIRE

[tedcantu1]

I had both of these -- and they rolled the same model out too for the Bespin playset !!

[parlowderick]

I got this playset for Chirstmas when I was very young. Despite it's flaws I enjoyed it .

[monkeynuts76]

ELEVATOR? I ALWAYS ASSUMED THE DOOR OPENED AND THE STORMTROOPERS JUMPED OUT.

[MorgaTude]

i wish i lived in this time when starwars was still relevant nowadays all we here about is vampires... sad.

[Natashaka44]

Here because of crabstickz :D

[blockMblock21]

This is the same as the land of the jawas.Just different color and cardboard.Wow kenner you are so creative.

[fflyingrabbit]

There were 3 different playsets with the same set:  Land of the Jawas, Hoth Ice Planet, and another Hoth playset that came out a year later after the first that came with AT-AT Commander (General Veers) and R2-D2. There was another one with no back drop in 1980 with the turret and probe droid, but not related to these. Plus notice how the 1978 Droid Factory and 1983 Droid torture chamber are the same.

[Bossness123]

@halflinks honestly? im 11 and yes this is bad but £99 was a bad price, at Least id say £80

[Adom]

Was there a Hoth set that came with the Wampa and not the cardboard AT-AT? I don't remember having the cardboard background, but I know I Had the Wampa and thought I had a Hoth set. Maybe I just made one out of snow.

[Bluesnaggs]

@Adom No, in the vintage Kenner line, the Wampa was sold individually. In England, the Wampa was sold with a Tauntaun also. Hoth sets were sold separately, by Kenner in the USA and Palitoy in England.

[Adom]

@Bluesnaggs If I'm remembering correctly my set had a little cave, the little laser cannon thing, but no AT-AT. I had a Wompa and that scout droid, but don't remember if I got them seperately.

[Bluesnaggs]

@Adom you may have received them at the same time, but the AT AT was missing. It was a backdrop to the plastic white base with the cave and radar laser cannon. It makes a great display. The white base was reused for the Hoth Rebel Command Center Sears exclusive from 1981 X mas catalog.

[Adom]

@Bluesnaggs Hmmm. Knowing my Mom it came from Sears. We used to dog ear pages back then. Thanks.

[josephgioielli]

@Adom Yeah, there was. It had a big turret gun and the Imperial Probe Droid. Don't think it had a background. You sat the Probe on a little nubbie and pushed a lever and if fell over.

[Adom]

@josephgioielli that sounds like it.

[Jahooglema90]

ahhhhh vintage

[flakelorenz02]

"When you press the action lever, stromtrooper falls."

Theres something that doesn't sound English about that sentance was stromtrooper the guys name or something?

[fissionchips223]

Goddamn they were phoning it in on this commercial. I think I remember seeing this ad in about sixth grade and thinking "wow, that really blows." Love the little people, though. I think the snowtrooper was the first Empire figure I bought.

[7Starslayer7]

this elevator thing seems to be a big thing back in the 70/80´s?

[Beatnick79]

@7Starslayer7 yeah, like with thoses foldable hotwheels city play sets.

[fabiandesignz]

They really don't make play sets these days anymore.

[cornjuicy]

This toy was crap. The background was cardboard and it the ground was the exact same as the Tatooine one, but with white plastic. It even had a tank tread on it. When I got this, I was like WTF, there weren't any tanks on Hoth!

[harmonizethelord9]

Do u realise how exspensive they are on eBay? Because it's old and rare they cost bout hundreds

[trans8010]

What's really funny is the set was the only way to get the AT-AT during 1980 as the Walker itself wouldnt be released till 1981 if you really wanted the At-At and your parents couldnt justify buying you the real thing you got cardboard.

[wabankik]

if you Had Kenner's "Land of the Jawa's" you would have known that both play sets were pretty much the same,just a different colour and the cardboard background was of course different!

[PunkValenzuela]

wen i read this i first saw it as land of the jews

i was like wtf

they were juss cardboard?

[CaptainRexFan]

have you noticed it is the same kids, narrarator, and music in each commercial

[scenepointnazi]

"Stormtrooper Falls!" hahaha this is before someone thought it would be clever to call them "snowtroopers"

[Palpatin77]

First Han shoots Greedo in cold blood, now he shoots a snowtrooper who's just casually holding onto his blaster and unprepared for a gunfight! Han Solo is one bad dude!

[atomicale365]

This is the exact same set as Land of the Jawas, but it's a different color. Compare the two commercials.

[CaptainRexFan]

lol yeah

[lenerene]

LOL, yep and The Jawa Factory is the same as Jabbas Palace Droid center, more or less.

[BluntIce]

wow that has nothing to do with the movie hahaha!

[jnnx]

I think this was a Sears exclusive.

[larryfinlayson]

This was crap. Bummed me out on Christmas. The Snowtrooper falls over? I'm sure my parents thought I was an asshole for wanting this.

[lolbizkitz]

KENNER is Factionist. Why does the Snowtrooper have to fall over? He's just doing his job!

I know! Let's be like all the other sad creeps and set up an organization to get rid of Kenner!

[mutley26]

Made of shit, by whores.

[Zoixlive]

how crap?!

[collegegraduedjr]

Used to hate that because of its sizes? Please, a 10 inches AT-AT cardboard? Lucky I got an AT-AT for xmas!!!

[Bossness123]

@collegegraduedjr IM GETTING ONE FOR MY BIRTHDAY :d

[EuanProductions]

same as the jawa one

[PaulUmbarger]

I was going to say that! LOL! What makes it worse is that the back ground for both was that cheap, cheezy card board too!

[BrickMovies27]

HOTH SMOTH MOTH!

[garamonde]

hah hah that's awesome.

[thel33tmaster64]

oh yah i remember when han snuck into the at-at

[scubamax222]

he never did

[legoscouttrooper]

it was luke not han.

[bromide01]

1 piece of cardboard + 1 piece of molded plastic = pure profit.

[riviera1992]

oMG AN ELEVATOR THAT GOED UP OR DOWN THAT IS THE MOST COOL FEAUTURE EVER:p

[WAIATA4U]

The actual AT-AT toy cost $40 bucks at a retail toy store ($50 at Toys r us)...I'm talking the ACTUAL 4-legged toy not the cardstock...Honestly, I don't think the cardstock AT-AT had ever been sold? I think FarleyTube has a point, there. Between 1979-81, Lucas didn't thoroughly give his thumbs up for "toy-quality" approval, thus, some SW products were crappy or just the prototypes that were rushed into production before SW: ESB. Hasbro has cool SW toys. "Transformer"-themed SW is crappy.

[Mordante69]

Yes it was. At least one was LOL. I got it for Christmas around 81 I think. Got the Death Star play set too.

Good times.

[sandtrooper13]

Star Wars 80´s Kenner toys are the best of the best; Hasbro sucks...

[JoanCollins2009]

@sandtrooper13

Hasbro was crap at making stuff kenner or mego was load better

[FarleyTube]

I wonder if Kenner rushed this one out to try to make the movie's premiere because of the better, more durable Hoth playsets that followed.

[Gigiya]

HOTH

[breaks0]

My friend got the at-at for that. Never saw this before.

[scockery]

IT was a repainted Tatootine LAND OF THE JAWAS base with a rebel radar cannon and a easily destroyed cardstock "AT-AT". Basically it was junk.

[TheJediCharles]

Yes, and even as a kid, I was aware of it's junk-factor as well (but starved for anything Star Wars, I wanted it). Once they made the actual AT-AT toy, I couldn't bear playing with this anymore. I simply ripped it to bits and used the white base as an extension to the better Hoth Base playset.