Has anyone seen these early mock ups before????

[TheWiseRabbit]

while looking through an old hard drive of mine i found these pics.
i remember saving them from a random sw website about 10 years ago.
has anyone come across these before??
if i remember correctly they are original mock ups of early keener figures obviously before production

 

[Joe]

You can read a great article on these and others here - http://theswca.com/images-speci/concept/index.html

It actually states that that very small group picture is the only one to surface, I personally have never seen these actual pictures before!

"As far as I know, only one photograph of these very early prototypes exists; it appeared in a late-70s advertisement issued by the Meccano company, the distributor of Kenner-developed Star Wars product in France. Unfortunately, the photo is small and of poor resolution; and yet it gives us a good idea of how these prototypes were created"

 

[TheWiseRabbit]

You can read a great article on these and others here - http://theswca.com/images-speci/concept/index.html

It actually states that that very small group picture is the only one to surface, I personally have never seen these actual pictures before!

"As far as I know, only one photograph of these very early prototypes exists; it appeared in a late-70s advertisement issued by the Meccano company, the distributor of Kenner-developed Star Wars product in France. Unfortunately, the photo is small and of poor resolution; and yet it gives us a good idea of how these prototypes were created"

thanks joe. that link was interesting reading. ive got a few more pics if your interested....

you'll notice c3po is just a cardboard cut out! lol

 

[shawn_k]

It took some digging into the old brain, but I finally remembered where I saw those.

Fisher Price concept box set

Unfortunately, Nick removed most of his photos after his falling out on RS.

 

[Joe]

I tended to overlook Nick's posts really so I never saw those but remembered them from that article from the archive, are they featured individually on the archive Shawn?

I just had a quick look and can't see them just yet, the article might be a bit out of date because it states it is the only picture of them?

 

[TheWiseRabbit]

i cant even begin to guess how much one of these would be worth if found. someone must have them....

 

[shawn_k]

I tended to overlook Nick's posts really so I never saw those but remembered them from that article from the archive, are they featured individually on the archive Shawn?

I just had a quick look and can't see them just yet, the article might be a bit out of date because it states it is the only picture of them?

I haven't been able to find them individually on the archive either. The pictures on the RS thread do link directly to the archive, so you would think there would be individual entries for each one with those pictures.

 

[weasel]

How camp does that stormtropper look? :lol:

 

[Grant]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Check Lukes side burns out. He looks abit like Elvis gone wrong. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Grant.

 

[Joe]

Darth Vader has a fishermans hat on :lol:

 

[weasel]

They are pretty cool though!
I wonder they would be worth?

 

[burnsy]

They are really cool, love the whips.

Never seen them before. Great share thanks Rabbit.

 

[Grant]

They are pretty cool though!
I wonder they would be worth?

Millions mate. :roll: :lol: No seriously tho they would be worth a fortune...

Grant.

 

[Lee]

Fantastic pics there mate - not seen them before. The Leia is probably closest to the production figure - i'm loving her hairdo I'd love to know where these are now and how much someone would pay for one let alone the whole set :!:

 

[weasel]

Did they even survive!?

 

[TheWiseRabbit]

Did they even survive!?

i doubt very much they survived.

if they had you would have definitely seen more pics than just these over the years.

super collectors like gus lopez would have tracked them down by now.

before rocket firing boba fetts...luke/ben/vader dt's...vc jawa's....these were made

just imagine for a moment what a stir it would cause if they surfaced now!!!

 

[Grant]

They could still be out there. There are many private collectors that never show off their collections so its hard to really say whats out there and whats not. Some just dont like the limelight but enjoy collecting.

Grant. 8)

 

[weasel]

Come on Grant, you can tell us...................you have them all don't you!? :lol:

 

[Joe]

He does and I have heard he is going to be sending the gay stormtrooper to you for Christmas :wink:

 

[Grant]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Grant.