Toy of the week 2, Week 52, Snaggletooth

[Pomse2001]

Snaggletooth:

 

[Pomse2001]

I never saw the snaggletooth in the stores in denmark for sale when I was a kid and I never got it in the 80s. But it was sold in denmark and I have found some of them in danish childhood lots. Awesome figure, kenner did a great job with the figure

 

[Snaketibe]

Wow! There's not a lot of love for Snaggletooth in this latest Toy of the Week thread so far. I will start to correct that here and hope some others will join me in sharing their reds and blues

I've always liked the Snaggletooth figure, ever since I was a child fighting battles with him in the Palitoy Cantina back in the 70's! Together with Walrus Man (aka Bum Face), Greedo and Hammerhead, they WERE the resident population of the Cantina as far as I was concerned. Fantastic alien creatures to flesh out the wonderful world of the greatest film ever made . Of course as a kid in the UK back then I knew nothing of the blue Snaggletooth figure (dented or otherwise), and hence it came as quite a surprise in the early 90's when I got back into collecting vintage that such a bizarre and fascinating, if completing inaccurate, extra Cantina patron also existed! I was lucky enough to pick one up fairly quickly after that, but it took me quite a few more years to finally complete the set by adding a good condition dented toe variant to the mix.

Anyway, enough waffle. Here are mine, plus a Palitoy 20-back Reseal. From left to right:

Blue Snaggletooth (No dent in boot) Smile I, 1a, M1b Smile blaster
Blue Snaggletooth (Dent in boot) Smile I, 1b, M1b Smile blaster
Red Snaggletooth (Standard red). Painted cuffs, Smile III, 1b, M1b Smile blaster
Red Snaggletooth (Standard red). Unpainted cuffs, Smile III, 3bb, M1b Smile blaster
Red Snaggletooth PBP (Deeper red). PBP2a, M1b Smile blaster

 

[Mini99]

Tricky little fella to pick up without any paint rubs I'm sure you will agree.
Do you know what Blue Snag is rarer/difficult to find?

 

[Snaketibe]

Tricky little fella to pick up without any paint rubs I'm sure you will agree.
Do you know what Blue Snag is rarer/difficult to find?

Agreed, but likewise on finding a good original paint job. Whoever painted these back in the 70's did a really lousy job!

Tougher blue to find? It took me a lot longer to find a nice un-yellowed dented toe variant than undented variant. For some reason (at least when I was searching for one) the dented toe variant seemed to be a lot more prone to yellowing.

 

[Cazza]

Lovely examples, Jeremy. The blues are especially impressive, as they are so hard to find with good paint.

 

[Pomse2001]

Wow! There's not a lot of love for Snaggletooth in this latest Toy of the Week thread so far. I will start to correct that here and hope some others will join me in sharing their reds and blues

I've always liked the Snaggletooth figure, ever since I was a child fighting battles with him in the Palitoy Cantina back in the 70's! Together with Walrus Man (aka Bum Face), Greedo and Hammerhead, they WERE the resident population of the Cantina as far as I was concerned. Fantastic alien creatures to flesh out the wonderful world of the greatest film ever made . Of course as a kid in the UK back then I knew nothing of the blue Snaggletooth figure (dented or otherwise), and hence it came as quite a surprise in the early 90's when I got back into collecting vintage that such a bizarre and fascinating, if completing inaccurate, extra Cantina patron also existed! I was lucky enough to pick one up fairly quickly after that, but it took me quite a few more years to finally complete the set by adding a good condition dented toe variant to the mix.

Anyway, enough waffle. Here are mine, plus a Palitoy 20-back Reseal. From left to right:

Blue Snaggletooth (No dent in boot) Smile I, 1a, M1b Smile blaster
Blue Snaggletooth (Dent in boot) Smile I, 1b, M1b Smile blaster
Red Snaggletooth (Standard red). Painted cuffs, Smile III, 1b, M1b Smile blaster
Red Snaggletooth (Standard red). Unpainted cuffs, Smile III, 3bb, M1b Smile blaster
Red Snaggletooth PBP (Deeper red). PBP2a, M1b Smile blaster

Thanks mate for sharing your collection and all the great info, it looks awesome. I hope I can share my snaggletooth collection soon, I have hurt my left knee and right ankle after running so I sit most of the time in the couch or lay in the bed, it hurts a lot when I try to walk and just try to stand up

 

[Pomse2001]

Tricky little fella to pick up without any paint rubs I'm sure you will agree.
Do you know what Blue Snag is rarer/difficult to find?

I agree kenner did not a great job with paint in this one.

I have no idea about the blue one, I got mine more than 20 years ago and I have not been looking for one since. But in the future I have to look for one since I need the 2nd coo variant of it

 

[Snaketibe]

Thanks mate for sharing your collection and all the great info, it looks awesome. I hope I can share my snaggletooth collection soon, I have hurt my left knee and right ankle after running so I sit most of the time in the couch or lay in the bed, it hurts a lot when I try to walk and just try to stand up

Thanks Lars. I'm sorry to hear about your ankle and knee. I hope you soon recover

Jeremy.

 

[kabuchi7]

This figure i bought loose around 5 years ago, however i did have this as a child. I remember in the early 80's my sister went on a french exchange through her school and as a gift she brought back a carded snaggletooth and i remember as a 4 year old, looking at the cardback and being disturbed by the foriegn writing where it should have said Star Wars!

 

[Cazza]

This figure i bought loose around 5 years ago, however i did have this as a child. I remember in the early 80's my sister went on a french exchange through her school and as a gift she brought back a carded snaggletooth and i remember as a 4 year old, looking at the cardback and being disturbed by the foriegn writing where it should have said Star Wars!

Nice memories

 

[Pomse2001]

Thanks Lars. I'm sorry to hear about your ankle and knee. I hope you soon recover

Jeremy.

thanks mate, I was at the doctor today, I have tendon pain in knee and ankle. She said I need support bandage on them. So I have now bought that and tried them. So far I do not fell it helps but maybe it takes time.

 

[Pomse2001]

This figure i bought loose around 5 years ago, however i did have this as a child. I remember in the early 80's my sister went on a french exchange through her school and as a gift she brought back a carded snaggletooth and i remember as a 4 year old, looking at the cardback and being disturbed by the foriegn writing where it should have said Star Wars!

Great story from your childhood, awesome sister you have