A piece of pure Tri Logo AWESOMENESS

[edd_jedi]

WOW What a superb proof set, I never knew they printed cards in this way, I assumed a sheet would have just had say Jawa's on!
Great find David!

This is just a proof card set I believe, I imagine full runs would have been a single figure.

 

[jambobbyb]

Hi edd, Thats what i thought they would have done but this sheet might explain the relative rarity of Tri logo Jawas, for every 7 Han Endors produced only two Jawas were done How rare is the TL Leia Hoth? or Luke Bespin? as they only appear to have two on this sheet as well.

 

[wrighty]

Wow, looks awesome!! Surely this deserves a Sticky thread by itself in the Showcase section!! Simon

 

[shawn_k]

:shock: It's great to finally see some proof material show up for Trilogos. I hope we can get to see some better photos of it and hear some of the backstory. Definitely a great time to see this surface with all the other stuff going on right now.

 

[Capetown]

Dave might have to iron it though. :wink:

 

[mr_palitoy]

My pics of Dave's vintage mystery.

This looks like a big cardback.

It's only a complete print sheet of trilogos!

It was up on the bedroom wall of a kid whose dad worked at a sausage factory.

Dave shows the back showing a printing error that meant the sheet was rejected for use.

One of the print runs is upside down so the whole batch was sent to be used as wrapping for sausages.

Delighted looks from vintage collectors.

A close up of a Jawa.

The distribution of figures is very interesting.

It would make a great vintage podium.

Last shot of the back again.



Jason

 

[Banton989]

Interesting, it says the Jawa is made in Taiwan? Is that what production TriLogo Jawas have on them?

Adam

 

[Grant]

Great find. Rare indeed.

Regards

Grant.

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

I spend a day off the forum and the JJ and TT thread and now THIS!

Truly earth shattering find!

I remember posting a thread a while back asking whether their was ever any trilogo pre production stuff!

Well now we know! :shock:

 

[M_Rendahl]

I'm stunned! And so happy to finally see the pics, heard about it at CE2, it was a long wait, but totally worth waiting for. Huge kudos for Dave for tracking it down, impressive. The background story sounds hilarious. This is indeed one of the most significant European finds ever!

Thanks a lot for the share, Dave! Just as rare sharing finds these days as finding the items themselves.

This was exactly what was needed after all the recent tragic events...

Mattias

PS. Might seem as a minor detail, but it is not a proof sheet. It is a (rejected) uncut production sheet. Big difference. Extremely cool and significant find no matter what of course

 

[poncho]

My pics of Dave's vintage mystery.

It was up on the bedroom wall of a kid whose dad worked at a sausage factory.

:lol: really? this piece originated from a sausage factory? your joking

 

[Frunkstar]

God I'm glad I'm not a tri logo nut now, as it would hurt so bad, amazing discovery

 

[David Tree]

PS. Might seem as a minor detail, but it is not a proof sheet. It is a (rejected) uncut production sheet. Big difference. Extremely cool and significant find no matter what of course

Mattias is right, the intended use for this was card backs, but the orientation when feeding 'yellow' on the reverse was wrong and so was rejected
However, where virtually no publically known material for Trilogo exists, this joins the ranks of the scant few non-Kenner US packaging examples.
As time progresses, the odds of anything surfacing these days becomes fewer and far between, plus being a rejected piece the odds of this surviving have been even greater as these would normally have been destroyed, potentially making this even more unique.

As some have mentioned the backstory is quirky at best
Some of you may be familiar with the research I've been doing behind Palitoy for a number of years now, but for those who don't know, since 2006 I've been tracking down and documenting the story behind the toys, collating information, details etc of how Palitoy operated - not just with Star Wars but all their toy lines. This has led led to a couple of cool projects on the way with the help of several friends including The Palitoy Archive exhibit at Celebration Europe, the Palitoy Advert Archive and the pre-production discovery of Special Weapons Team from Action Force (which one of them, Bombardier, is now being made into an action figure by Hasbro) during this time many have asked me where all the information relating to print is and until recently I had only been able to track down artists. I will over the next few months, or possibly at the next Farthest From (giving you fence sitters a reason to go ) be able to break news relating to the printing and distribution of Palitoy's packaging (which may or may not be relevant to current concerns regarding mint Palitoy cards).

This particular piece however, as a reject, was used to package other print material for Bowyers in Trowbridge (Bowyers are probably best known for their sausages and have a large factory near the train station). The recipient at Trowbridge noticed the Star Wars sheet as part of the protective packaging for the Bowyers print and as his son was a big fan, he took it home for him. There are pin marks along the edges where this was displayed on a bedroom wall for many years before folding it up and sitting in a loft for some twenty plus years. The odds of this survival have been 725 to 1 (sorry), but genuinely when you think of all the potential stages this would have been discarded or destroyed, it's incredible to see ANYTHING emerge after nearly 30 years.

So hope that's been of interest, it was a blast to share at Farthest From (that show which folk should really go to and support ) and as mentioned I may have more information relating to print soon, but it's probably safe to say that after all this time following interviews with ex-employees, artists etc, this is about the only surviving example in one form or another.

Enjoy
Dave.

 

[David Tree]

Oh and forgot to add, one of the interesting things for me is the distribution mix of 84 new figures, Han Trench, ATST, Teebo, 8D8 versus reissues of ESB and SW products, add that so many of them are the alternate or flipped photo makes even more cooler

Dave

 

[Stargeezer]

Wow what an amazing find... congrats for finding such awesome EU tri piece Dave.

Wow, must say December 2013 is a month to remember.

 

[ODB]

Very exciting and a very interesting back story to it as well. Even better to see it in the flesh.

Just one question though have you wrapped it round you like a dress and paraded through the house?

 

[David Tree]

Just one question though have you wrapped it round you like a dress and paraded through the house?

Frequently

 

[_Lee_]

Dave,

I tip my hat to you mate.Great find,to a great ambassador in this hobby.

I've got to ask though-did your missus remove your sausage with a hacksaw after you told her you bought it??? I think it's safe to assume it wasn't cheap

Lee

 

[chiquetaba]

Hi Dave, thanks to this post I registered the forum

Thanks for sharing a sneak preview at CE2, and for accepting to share this incredible discovery !!

On the very few occasions that such exceptional and unique items are discovered (items meant to be destroyed and even rarer than prototype stuff), the story behind is even more incredible; and that's this odd situation that allowed the item to survive while all its counterparts were trashed.

Again, incredible item, and story worth to remember ; Kudos !!

stephane

 

[spoons]

Fantastic tale Dave, I'm sold so see you at FF5

Anyone heading down from Yorkshire?