Mail-In's

[Joe]

I didn mention the Ackbar/4-Lom uk mailers earlier, they were sticker offers on Kenner cards, the mail aways do contain Kenner paperwork instead of Palitoy. All fine

 

[snaggletooth]

There is no mailing label or catalog Shawn (maybe a catalog once), I'm not sure if it means anything but I've seen a clipper one with no paperwork and with the same baggie but that box was a slight different size, I imagine that probably originated from Palitoy at some point. Are there kenner versions with the return leaflet as well or are they all revenge?

I don't know if there's a way to pinpoint it specifically at Palitoy then, as quite a few overstock ones exist as well. I believe the Toltoys overstock ones at least had a NSW address imprinted on the box. I can't quite make out the label, but it appears AFA just labels them as foreign.

The majority of the U.S. leaflets are Revenge and then a few with the Return. Some sellers try to put a premium on it having the Revenge text, but I'd say the Return leaflet is the one that is actually more difficult to find of the two.

Foreign is another of AFA's stupid labels IMO :roll: Thanks for your thoughts and the links though. What other Euro company's sent out mailers, do you know any others apart from Palitoy and Clipper?

 

[snaggletooth]

I didn mention the Ackbar/4-Lom uk mailers earlier, they were sticker offers on Kenner cards, the mail aways do contain Kenner paperwork instead of Palitoy. All fine

I did see that Joe but was confused by them not being released with leaflets and mine having the return one.

What other companys sent out mailers, any ideas

Kenner, Palitoy, Clipper????

 

[shawn_k]

I didn mention the Ackbar/4-Lom uk mailers earlier, they were sticker offers on Kenner cards, the mail aways do contain Kenner paperwork instead of Palitoy. All fine

I did see that Joe but was confused by them not being released with leaflets and mine having the return one.

What other companys sent out mailers, any ideas

Kenner, Palitoy, Clipper????

Toltoys and Kenner Canada/Irwin Toys also come to mind.

 

[snaggletooth]

I didn mention the Ackbar/4-Lom uk mailers earlier, they were sticker offers on Kenner cards, the mail aways do contain Kenner paperwork instead of Palitoy. All fine

I did see that Joe but was confused by them not being released with leaflets and mine having the return one.

What other companys sent out mailers, any ideas

Kenner, Palitoy, Clipper????

Toltoys and Kenner Canada/Irwin Toys also come to mind.

I'd not heard about Irwin Toys before, It says hare that In the 1980s, with the introduction of the Free Trade Agreement and later, the North American Free Trade Agreement, it became less expensive for American companies to form Canadian branches. As a result, Irwin lost many business deals and major toy companies began to distribute toys themselves.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=irwin%20toys&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CIABEBYwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIrwin_Toy&ei=bLLlT-jYAofA8QPpz5DbCg&usg=AFQjCNF0L0cjrcf7vhc-x9cbAvadI_ZG2A&cad=rja

So is it just the early mailers/cards that where distributed by them and is there any differences in there mailers compared to the Kenner Canada ones?

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Me Neither! Interesting 8)

 

[shawn_k]

I'd not heard about Irwin Toys before, It says hare that In the 1980s, with the introduction of the Free Trade Agreement and later, the North American Free Trade Agreement, it became less expensive for American companies to form Canadian branches. As a result, Irwin lost many business deals and major toy companies began to distribute toys themselves.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=irwin%20toys&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CIABEBYwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIrwin_Toy&ei=bLLlT-jYAofA8QPpz5DbCg&usg=AFQjCNF0L0cjrcf7vhc-x9cbAvadI_ZG2A&cad=rja

So is it just the early mailers/cards that where distributed by them and is there any differences in there mailers compared to the Kenner Canada ones?

Here's some information on The Canadian Star Wars Gallery about the Irwin Toys/Kenner relationship.

Like most countries around the world, the Kenner line of toys had a large influence on children in Canada. Kenner Canada, located in Toronto, Ontario, held the license for Star Wars toys in Canada from 1977 until 1985. Kenner Canada was actually a joint venture between Irwin Toy of Canada and General Mills/Kenner USA. Irwin Toy's mandate was to be the exclusive distributor of foreign toys in Canada. As a result, the Canadian market saw many foreign toys released in Canadian packaging under the Kenner Canada name in addition to the regular line that was released in the US. The Canadian Star Wars line ended abruptly in 1985 when the joint venture was terminated. As a result, Canada never saw the entire Power of the Force line in Canadian packaging, as well as several Return of the Jedi, Droids, and Ewoks items.

My understanding is that even though the toys a marked Kenner (Canada) they were actually distributed by Irwin Toys. Here's a book that also covers them. I still haven't picked up a copy of this one, so I have no idea if it covers the Canadian mailers or not.

 

[snaggletooth]

Great links Shawn, would love to see a picture of a Canadian mailer if any one has one 8)