palitoy 12 backs

[Ron]

How many people out there have a complete run off palitoy 12 backs. I have no long started collecting them up to 4 so far darthvader,jawa,r2-d2,c3-po.

 

[inzaman]

I think the main two members who have a complete run are Darthwensleydale and Gary.

 

[Ron]

Inzaman I have spoke to darth wendlesdale a lot about it he is my adviser

 

[cocofstar]

I think the main two members who have a complete run are Darthwensleydale and Gary.

Think Jason also has a complete set :wink:

 

[Ron]

I spoke to darth dont think he got the complete run yet. Just curious to find out how many have done it

 

[jabbawokkie]

i had but opened them all :wink: jOKING :lol: :lol: ...but i will if i get chance :lol:

 

[Ron]

Jabba you would have to find them first

 

[Darth Wensleydale]

Yep, I'm still two short but I have all the 20 backs.

Obviously Gary and Jason have complete sets as does Jim1974, a recent member, beyond that I don't know.

 

[Ron]

Very intresting i will wait till gary jason or jim comes on hopefully they can help me out

 

[Ron]

How long did it take you to collect your 20 back Darth

 

[Jim1974]

Yep, I have a set of the first 12 but not a palitoy 12 back large head han.....although I do know there are a couple of spare ones floating around! Need to save up first for that one. I know Gary and Jason both have a set and someone I think called "black falcon" on one of the other star wars forums?? There is also a guy Joe in NY that has 11 of the 12, missing a palitoy jawa. Thats all I know off but I'm sure there are others.

 

[Ron]

Jim do you have any doubles your selling

 

[mr_palitoy]

I've heard of maybe 6 complete sets out there. Mostly in the UK with a couple in the USA with rebelscum members.

I got the 7 most common ones in a trade 2 years back and then the 5 rarer ones in another trade from a set of 12 that were for sale just after CE last year. The chewbacca will be really tough and the luke won't be that easy either. Good luck with completing your run!

Jason

 

[Jim1974]

Ron,

Do you have an email I can contact you on? I might be able to get my hands on a stormtrooper and a sandpeople if you are interested.

James

 

[sith-smith]

Yep I have a complete set of the first 20, inc the Large Head Han.

I am pretty sure there are a lot more than 6 comp[lete sets out there.

When I did mine, I also knew of another 6 complete sets, and that was about 5 years ago, just in the UK amongst collectors I knew well.

 

[craignwo4life]

i had but opened them all

You might have done when you were 5 years old !! :lol:

 

[jabbawokkie]

i had but opened them all

You might have done when you were 5 years old !! :lol:

i can only really remember jedi/and tri logos but then i never gave a **** about the card.......nothings changed :lol: :lol:

 

[Darth Wensleydale]

How long did it take you to collect your 20 back Darth

Not too long as I got pretty lucky. A collector was selling up and I went to see him about a couple of 12 backs and ended up with some of the 20's as well. I picked up two more at CE and on ebay

There seems to be less 20 Back sets than 12's probably due to the difficulty in getting a Power Droid and also Greedo / DSD.

 

[weasel]

Why are those three so hard to find?

 

[mr_palitoy]

It's like all cards, some are rarer than others, depending on how many were made and how popular the figures were. The Power Droid is a big old bubble too so less of them are likely to have survived.

Jason

 

[weasel]

Fair enough, I just would have thought Luke, Han, Vader, Ben etc would have been harder to find as they were more popular. I guess there would have been more of them made to compensate.

 

[mr_palitoy]

The other factor is which figures are more popular with character focus collectors as most of them will collect foreign cards as well as kenner.

Jason

 

[Darth Wensleydale]

Its wierd how some of the popular figures are rare and some are easy to find, Vaders are easy, Lukes are hard. R2's are much harder to find than 3po's. I think a few sealed cases were found of certain figs sometime after the films which boosted numbers. Its the same with Meccano's - loads of Jawas and Bens but the rest are a lot more difficult.

 

[mr_palitoy]

I think there was a case of palitoy ROTJ boba fetts and C3-PO Removeable limbs which is why there are so many AFA 90's out there.

Jason

 

[David Tree]

Fair enough, I just would have thought Luke, Han, Vader, Ben etc would have been harder to find as they were more popular. I guess there would have been more of them made to compensate.

Solid cases of certain figures were sold, as opposed to an assortment. Off the top of my head I know there were certainly solid cases sold of R2 and 3PO and probably Luke and Vader too.

Secondary characters were sold in assortments, so they were limited in distribution compared to other characters, it's no different today. Given LXW was the only hero character in the second wave, and that some figures were bundled in specail offer packs like the cantina, it makes sense that some are very difficult to find as a result.

 

[sith-smith]

Rarity changes.

Luke is no longer the rarest of the 12 to find, Chewie probably is.

This may change in the future.

 

[LeeBullock]

I am working on the first Palitoy 20 - I am at 7 sealed and 2 reseals atm out of the 20...

 

[mr_palitoy]

What you got so far?

Jason

 

[LeeBullock]

Sealed:

Vader, C3PO, Sandpeople, Death Squad Commander, Death Star Droid, Hammerhead, R5D4

Resealed:

Powerdroid and Chewbacca

 

[theguiltyone]

hey Lee, so you got the Chewie and PD reseals.
Glad you won them.

To finish the 12 backs i need the usual suspects:
Luke
Ben
Han
Chewie

As for the 2nd 8, all i have is LXW.

Miles to go :roll:


marc