Out of my budget but if i did have the funds I would be very tempted to acquire this bit of Palitoy marketing history
The then Palitoy Brand Manager Geoff Maisey said. "We tried to set up a shoot at Heathrow for Darth Vader to meet the plane bringing in the next big shipment to Palitoy, including the 5 millionth Star Wars figure to arrive in Britain, but we were refused permission on security grounds. Our promotions company was extremely adept at getting the most out of a situation, especially overcoming any obstacles and she somehow managed to get us in the cargo apron area along with Darth Vader!" According to the promotions team; "Geoff Maisey, the brand manager was there and one of our 'actors' was in the Darth Vader costume. We had massive, whole pallets of Star Wars products in the background with DV holding a carton of figures. The photos were taken as close as we could get to one of the huge, secure, main commercial loading bays at Heathrow."
The then Palitoy Brand Manager Geoff Maisey said. "We tried to set up a shoot at Heathrow for Darth Vader to meet the plane bringing in the next big shipment to Palitoy, including the 5 millionth Star Wars figure to arrive in Britain, but we were refused permission on security grounds. Our promotions company was extremely adept at getting the most out of a situation, especially overcoming any obstacles and she somehow managed to get us in the cargo apron area along with Darth Vader!" According to the promotions team; "Geoff Maisey, the brand manager was there and one of our 'actors' was in the Darth Vader costume. We had massive, whole pallets of Star Wars products in the background with DV holding a carton of figures. The photos were taken as close as we could get to one of the huge, secure, main commercial loading bays at Heathrow."