Land Of The Jawas Playset

[Pomse2001]

Interesting.

I've never owned one and never knew about the differences. I love the Palitoy 'at night' box which reminds me of the Pali Landspeeder. Am I right in thinking that in having a different base, the Pali one is made of very thin plastic a la Cantina?

Palitoy version had no escape pod, no indent on the base for the escape pod, the cave section is not present on the Palitoy version and the action lever again is not present, and yes the plastic base is flimsier.

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Thanks michael for that info. I did not know that :wink:

 

[Snaketibe]

And don't forget the other bits that were included; a Jawa with gun, a fighting figure stand, 2 circular bases and a different black plastic lift to the US version

 

[Pomse2001]

And don't forget the other bits that were included; a Jawa with gun, a fighting figure stand, 2 circular bases and a different black plastic lift to the US version

Thanks, now I also want such a set :lol:

 

[tiefighterboy]

I learn something new everyday. While looking at a sales ad on here, i just realized that the lift on the palitoy one is molded in black. I own this set, but mine was just the base using one from a Kenner one as i thought there was no difference in the backdrop. ****.. Now i need that part.

And i just read that above as well. :lol:

 

[Jez]

That is bloody awesome. It's amazing what you see on this forum.
BTW EOC?

 

[Snaketibe]

I learn something new everyday. While looking at a sales ad on here, i just realized that the lift on the palitoy one is molded in black. I own this set, but mine was just the base using one from a Kenner one as i thought there was no difference in the backdrop. ****.. Now i need that part.

And i just read that above as well. :lol:

Apologies if I am misunderstanding you and the following is something you are already well aware of, but in case you're not, it's not just the lift that's different. Every single aspect of the Palitoy LOTJ playset is different from the Kenner version. The plastic base is the most obviously different thing, but the cardboard backdrop is made of single thickness uncorrugated card in the Palitoy version, where the Kenner one uses much thicker corrugated card. The lift is completely different, as already discussed, and of course the Palitoy set has the unique fighting figure stand, the 2 circular bases and the Jawa with gun, as shown in my earlier post.

If you want to see more images, I currently have a Palitoy Land of the Jawas set available for sale here: http://starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30465

 

[tiefighterboy]

So the backdrop itself is a thinner stock than its Kenner counterpart.. I did not know that either.

 

[Dorsetmark]

So basically the Palitoy one is crap :wink:

 

[Snaketibe]

So basically the Palitoy one is crap :wink:

Oh, completely!... It's just very expensive crap

As most here will doubtless know, all three of Palitoys downgrades of their Kenner counterparts suffer similar fates; the Cantina, Land of the Jawas and Droid Factory are all materially inferior to their Kenner equivalents... although with MUCH nicer packaging

Mind you, when it comes to the Death Star, I defy anyone to disagree with me when I say that the Palitoy effort kicks seven shades out of Kenner's, even though the Kenner one must have cost ten times as much to manufacture! :lol:

 

[Ian_C]

Nice to see the Sears catalogue with the special offer Death Star

Even better, it has the Darth Vader Utility Belt. I had this one, my sister had a Leia, and a Luke was also produced. Lucasfilm made them pull those sets off the shelves, and they are now worth several Death Star's. Unfortunately, both of our childhood sets were lost to time, as they were CHEAP and broke way too easily.

Ian

 

[DarthStanley]

Mind you, when it comes to the Death Star, I defy anyone to disagree with me when I say that the Palitoy effort kicks seven shades out of Kenner's, even though the Kenner one must have cost ten times as much to manufacture! :lol:

I'll disagree with you mate! :lol:

I can't stand the Palitoy Death Star & think the Kenner version has a lot more features playability wise like the big gun,lift,rope swing (even though it's a bit naff) & the trash compactor with dianoga monster! 8)

To me,the Palitoy DS is just a glorified Cloud City Playset with a couple of X Wing Cannons on the top! :lol:

Mark

 

[Snaketibe]

Mind you, when it comes to the Death Star, I defy anyone to disagree with me when I say that the Palitoy effort kicks seven shades out of Kenner's, even though the Kenner one must have cost ten times as much to manufacture! :lol:

I'll disagree with you mate! :lol:

I can't stand the Palitoy Death Star & think the Kenner version has a lot more features playability wise like the big gun,lift,rope swing (even though it's a bit naff) & the trash compactor with dianoga monster! 8)

To me,the Palitoy DS is just a glorified Cloud City Playset with a couple of X Wing Cannons on the top! :lol:

Mark

Sacrilege!

 

[tiefighterboy]

For me growing up with the Kenner one and now owning the Palitoy one as an adult, I can say that I would have loved the Palitoy one far more back then. Yes Kenner put more money into the American one, but looking at the Palitoy one, I think it had more play value.

 

[wrighty]

Anyone with a list of all the different Jawa baggies that came with the Palitoy Land of Jawa set?

 

[PulsarP]

Uncanny, i have just been sent a link to this thread and I too did a Jawa baggie question thread only yesterday.