Archived BOTH SOLD: Palitoy Land of the Jawas & Palitoy Droid Factory

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Palitoy Land of the Jawas & Palitoy Droid Factory

T&Cs - please read (with thanks to jayums for the format):

- Offers will be considered in the order they arrive. Usually, this means the first person to offer the full amount will be successful, but ultimately I reserve the right to sell to whomever I choose. If your offer is unsuccessful, my apologies.
- Lower offers will be considered, but not necessarily accepted.
- Until we both agree a deal the item is not yours. Once we do agree a deal, the item is yours (even if someone else subsequently offers me more money), providing of course that payment is made promptly within 3 days, unless we both agree on an extension.
- Payment is via PayPal, with you paying the PayPal fees (please add 3.4% to the combined cost of purchase plus postage)
- Postage within the UK will be by Parcel Force Express 48 at £12.50 per playset (if you buy both playsets, I will recheck the prices and charge at cost).
- Items will be sent very well protected and double-boxed, and fully insured.

Thank you and good luck!


Land of the Jawas

Please see the pictures to judge the condition for yourself, however in my opinion the box is about 6 out of 10. The colours are good and it holds its shape. The edges are rubbed and there are creases, marks and tears of various sizes across the box, as shown. Both end flaps have tears and one has had a sellotape repair attempted at some point. The tape has now gone, but marks remain on the inside of the flap. Both flaps do however close.

The contents are in much better condition; I would estimate at least 8 out of 10. The pieces are clean and the colours excellent. There is a minor dent in one of the 3 round 'pegs' at the rear of the plastic base, and one of the tabs on the cardboard front piece has been repaired and appears to have a small piece of non-original card added (see pictures). There are also a few minor creases on the cardboard pieces. The sandcrawler backdrop is folded in half (which is how it was originally packed by Palitoy to fit in the box) and overall the cardboard pieces are in great condition. The cardboard support struts are both Palitoy originals, but actually come from a different Palitoy LOTJ set because one of the ones from the set I am selling was missing when I bought it a few years ago. There is a slight colour difference between the support struts and the backdrop sandcrawler for this reason. The 2-piece plastic lift, yellow bases and action lever are all original and in excellent condition. The instructions, Jawa, cape and gun are all vintage originals, but are not the ones that came with the playset originally. When I bought it these were all missing, so I have added a set of vintage instructions I bought from eBay, along with a vintage Jawa and gun I have owned since the mid-nineties.

Price reduced to £165 + postage - SOLD

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Droid Factory - Sold

Please see the pictures to judge the condition for yourself, however in my opinion the box is about 7 out of 10. The colours are good and it holds its shape nicely and displays well. The edges are rubbed and there is a slight tear to one end flap, but otherwise the main issues are creases of various sizes, a few marks and indentations and some areas where the box has been slightly squashed, as shown. At some point someone has added sellotape on top of the original box tape, resealing one end of the box.

The contents are very good; I would estimate 8 out of 10 condition. The pieces are clean and the only damage of note are two small dents on the rear top edge of the blue plastic base (see pictures). The contents are complete with the exception of the original winch string which is missing and a very few decals. All plastic parts and pieces are present along with the original Palitoy metal axles. Some of the remaining decals are starting to lift with age. The 3-legged R2-D2 is a Palitoy Droid Factory original, complete with Palitoy sticker. Like the other decals it is lifting, but could easily be stuck down again. The Droid Blueprints instructions sheet is present and whole.

PLEASE NOTE: The 6 main droid body parts are all vintage originals, but I believe they may originate from a Kenner Droid Factory. I am not certain of this, but believe it to probably be the case as whilst the plastic pieces themselves are identical to those that came with the Palitoy Droid Factory, the decals on these pieces do not match the look of the rest of the decals in the set, but do match the look of those on Kenner Droid Factories. If this is a deal-breaker for you, then this set is not for you.

£175 + postage

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