SWTOTW, Week 20, 2018, Part 2/2 Build your armies mailer

[Pomse2001]

Build your armies mailer:

I do not collect this Micro collection items so I do not know anything about this set

 

[spoons]

Pretty niche now Lars!

I have these loose if no-one else chimes in

 

[TrooperWill]

never seen this one, but would love to, has anyone got any?

Pretty niche now Lars!

I have these loose if no-one else chimes in

loose is as good as Mint for these threads!

 

[Mini99]

I too have never seen one of these, if anyone has one could you post some pictures, thanks.

 

[Ruby2511]

Are they as rare as rocking horse ****?

Russ

 

[TrooperWill]

curiosity got he better of me, turns out i have seen it a few times and never realised...

https://www.starwars.com/news/making-the-galaxy-smaller-inside-kenners-star-wars-micro-collection-part-1

 

[Pomse2001]

Pretty niche now Lars!

I have these loose if no-one else chimes in

thanks :lol: You are welcome to add the loose ones in the thread andy We can't wait to see them

 

[spoons]

Pretty niche now Lars!

I have these loose if no-one else chimes in

thanks :lol: You are welcome to add the loose ones in the thread andy We can't wait to see them

Right, these are from the bottom of my children's 'tiny Star Wars' toy box. I bought a job lot of them years ago for my kids to play with and they have been fantastic value for money. The older two kids have outgrown toys, but my youngest still plays with them occasionally. The figures are a little bit battered but not too bad considering.

Rebels

Snowtroopers

A built army

 

[spoons]

and a photo from 2007 when we got the figs

 

[spoons]

forgot I own these as well

The two soldiers on the left are Build Your Armies figures repainted to test for alternative toy (soldier?) lines

 

[Snaketibe]

and a photo from 2007 when we got the figs
September 15th 2007 002.jpg

But what's going on? Anyone would think these things are toys to be played with!

 

[spoons]

and a photo from 2007 when we got the figs
September 15th 2007 002.jpg

But what's going on? Anyone would think these things are toys to be played with!

Ha ha - exactly! And made in their millions (although maybe 10s if thousands for micro?)

 

[Pomse2001]

Pretty niche now Lars!

I have these loose if no-one else chimes in

thanks :lol: You are welcome to add the loose ones in the thread andy We can't wait to see them

Right, these are from the bottom of my children's 'tiny Star Wars' toy box. I bought a job lot of them years ago for my kids to play with and they have been fantastic value for money. The older two kids have outgrown toys, but my youngest still plays with them occasionally. The figures are a little bit battered but not too bad considering.

Thanks andy for sharing the pictures of your childrens cool items, I did not know they looked like that

So are you hunting a box for them ?

 

[Pomse2001]

and a photo from 2007 when we got the figs
September 15th 2007 002.jpg

Nice, it looks like your kids are in paradise :lol:

 

[Pomse2001]

forgot I own these as well

The two soldiers on the left are Build Your Armies figures repainted to test for alternative toy (soldier?) lines

some more figures, wow nice figures. Are they repainted from the factory ? :?

 

[spoons]

forgot I own these as well

The two soldiers on the left are Build Your Armies figures repainted to test for alternative toy (soldier?) lines

some more figures, wow nice figures. Are they repainted from the factory ? :?

Presumably these came in a white mailer box but I've never thought of looking for one. Think I will have to track one down now.

And unpainted factory samples are very common for micro collection. Some were taken by Kenner employees to test paint etc for other toy lines. The gold stormtrooper is also thought to be a test

 

[Snaketibe]

Presumably these came in a white mailer box but I've never thought of looking for one. Think I will have to track one down now.

I don't collect these myself, but a quick bit of Googling confirms you are correct. There's a picture of the mailer and even a link to a YouTube ad for the Build Your Armies mailer on TIG here:

http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/Mailer-Guide-h7.htm?sid=7913ac717d23e3b61909c9b1b05d20e9

 

[Pomse2001]

forgot I own these as well

The two soldiers on the left are Build Your Armies figures repainted to test for alternative toy (soldier?) lines

some more figures, wow nice figures. Are they repainted from the factory ? :?

Presumably these came in a white mailer box but I've never thought of looking for one. Think I will have to track one down now.

And unpainted factory samples are very common for micro collection. Some were taken by Kenner employees to test paint etc for other toy lines. The gold stormtrooper is also thought to be a test

Nice I am glad to read that you now want one :wink: thanks for the info, funny that this samples are very common :shock:

 

[spoons]

Presumably these came in a white mailer box but I've never thought of looking for one. Think I will have to track one down now.

I don't collect these myself, but a quick bit of Googling confirms you are correct. There's a picture of the mailer and even a link to a YouTube ad for the Build Your Armies mailer on TIG here:

http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/Mailer-Guide-h7.htm?sid=7913ac717d23e3b61909c9b1b05d20e9

That's great! thanks Jeremy

 

[TrooperWill]

wow thanks for posting some up, crazy to see that they are in much better condition than any micro collection figures i have come across, but have been played with for years! thanks also for the picture of the kids playing, the micro collection is actually bigger than i realised.!!

 

[TrooperWill]

as always with this forum, i come away finding more things i want to collect. guess id better pick up another detolf for the micro collection! :shock:

 

[spoons]

wow thanks for posting some up, crazy to see that they are in much better condition than any micro collection figures i have come across, but have been played with for years! thanks also for the picture of the kids playing, the micro collection is actually bigger than i realised.!!

No problem Will, they are great sets and if they'd made the figures in plastic rather than metal I suspect that they would have been a lot more popular and would all look a lot tidier. They go well with the micro machine stuff too, we've got a good mix in the toy box.

The set up on the table is pretty much everything bar ships so not too much for you to hunt down, and still quite cheap!