Toy of the week 2, Week 7, 2024, Hoth Wampa
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I'll post my photos later, hopefully later today, but for now I'd just like to comment on the Wampa. I love the fact that Kenner made one (and I wish I'd owned one as a kid, but it was a toy I never did until adulthood), but I also lament the fact they made their version so tame-looking. By the time the Rancor came out for ROTJ, they had obviously seen the error of their ways, since that toy at least has teeth! But the poor old Wampa looks more like a cuddly toy than the beast that very nearly finished off Luke! 
We can't wait to see your wampaI'll post my photos later, hopefully later today, but for now I'd just like to comment on the Wampa. I love the fact that Kenner made one (and I wish I'd owned one as a kid, but it was a toy I never did until adulthood), but I also lament the fact they made their version so tame-looking. By the time the Rancor came out for ROTJ, they had obviously seen the error of their ways, since that toy at least has teeth! But the poor old Wampa looks more like a cuddly toy than the beast that very nearly finished off Luke!
sorry to read you did not have one when you was a kid. I was lucky to buy my one from one of the kids next door, my neighbour. He was a few years older than me and was to old to play with it and he sold me his wampa and the mighty jabba, that was a great day for me because it was in the late 80s so there was no more star wars stuff in the stores.I agree kenner could have made the wampa better, but I had so many great childhood memories with my wampa so that does not change anything for me
Nice wampa you have there ready to eat lukeHeres mine
thanks for sharing your wampa in the thread with us
OK, here are mine....
For ages, I only owned a Palitoy ESB boxed one since I usually only collect Palitoy boxes, and then only the 1st issue boxes. However, the exception to this rule is where Kenner released the toy first, usually in earlier logoed packaging (e.g. the ESB boxed Rebel Transport and Scout Walker, and the SW boxed Millennium Falcon). However, I also want the Kenner release if their first version has completely different packaging to Palitoy, and on that front, the Wampa meets my criteria.
Despite that however (and also despite having known about the Kenner 1st issue Wampa featuring the Rebel Commander on the box as the Wampa's lunch for many years), for some reason I never got around to actually getting one. Well that has been corrected, as I now have two! It wasn't my intention to buy two, but the first one I got still had its flap taped shut, as many of these did from factory (I believe in at least some instances, this was due to them being catalogue sold items). However, when I received it, nice though it was, I knew I was never going to be satisfied unless I could actually see the Rebel Commander, and since I couldn't bring myself to slice the tape on mine, I hunted down a second one which had never been taped shut, even if (like so many Wampas) the flap had nevertheless still been folded at some stage in its existence.
Anyway, enough waffle:
For ages, I only owned a Palitoy ESB boxed one since I usually only collect Palitoy boxes, and then only the 1st issue boxes. However, the exception to this rule is where Kenner released the toy first, usually in earlier logoed packaging (e.g. the ESB boxed Rebel Transport and Scout Walker, and the SW boxed Millennium Falcon). However, I also want the Kenner release if their first version has completely different packaging to Palitoy, and on that front, the Wampa meets my criteria.
Despite that however (and also despite having known about the Kenner 1st issue Wampa featuring the Rebel Commander on the box as the Wampa's lunch for many years), for some reason I never got around to actually getting one. Well that has been corrected, as I now have two! It wasn't my intention to buy two, but the first one I got still had its flap taped shut, as many of these did from factory (I believe in at least some instances, this was due to them being catalogue sold items). However, when I received it, nice though it was, I knew I was never going to be satisfied unless I could actually see the Rebel Commander, and since I couldn't bring myself to slice the tape on mine, I hunted down a second one which had never been taped shut, even if (like so many Wampas) the flap had nevertheless still been folded at some stage in its existence.
Anyway, enough waffle:
Here are mine. They've become quite a pack (would a pack of Wampa's be correct?).
Thanks mate for sharing your fantastic wampa collection and thanks for the great info about the wampa.
3 beautiful boxes you have there.
I do not remember I have noticed before that luke are on one box and a rebel commander on the other box
also great story about the tape on the 3rd box. I also do not remember I have seen boxes sold like that
Great to see you post in the thread Emiel, if you have anything to add to the first 6 threads then you are also welcome to add your outstanding collection in the others threads
Lovely potf box with a wampa.
7 other wampa boxes awesome collection. Now I can really see how the pictures was changed on the boxes from commander to luke.
Do you have all box variants or are there more to hunt ?
I really like the european box. I see there are no rotj kenner box. Did kenner not make a rotj box ?
I can see the box with tape are from Jcpenney just like the one from Jeremy. Was it the shop Jcpenney that put the tape on the boxes or was it kenner ? as I understand from jeremy it was from the factory. But strange they are sold from the same shop, but maybe kenner put the tape on them for that special shop ? or was they also sold with that tape in other shops ?
Also great to see how they changed the name from Wampa to hoth wampa. I have to get my own boxes out. I do not even remember which boxes I have
Supposedly there is a Top Toys version, Lars, but I have never seen one and am not on the lookout.
The JC Penney Wampa's were sold through their catalogue. The number on the top of the box corresponds to a number in the catalogue (which I also have somewhere). It might have been taped to more easily pack them up. I'm not sure if this was done at the factory, but it looks to have been done professionally with broad tape like the tape used to factory seal boxes. Anyway, there's no other store than JC Penny that did this.
The JC Penney Wampa's were sold through their catalogue. The number on the top of the box corresponds to a number in the catalogue (which I also have somewhere). It might have been taped to more easily pack them up. I'm not sure if this was done at the factory, but it looks to have been done professionally with broad tape like the tape used to factory seal boxes. Anyway, there's no other store than JC Penny that did this.
Thanks Emiel for the great info, I am still learning after so many years
So your wampa focus are now complete, congratulations with that
always nice to complete a focus.Okay finally I got my wampa stuff out so I could take some pictures.
First my Kenner ESB box with $1 Rebate offer with the Wampa from the box.
My ROTJ European Wampa box with Wampa.
Here are my 3rd Wampa he is still missing a home, so I will find a box for him in the future
My last a 4th Wampa are my POTF Hoth Rescue Playpack. The figures and the beasts was in sealed bags when I got it and the insert match the box. Some collectors have been looking at the bags and they say they are not original. So after thinking about it I took the figures and beasts out the bags. The 2 beast are thight in the legs. The wampa are so thight so I think the legs have never moved before. The bags are not cut in a straight line so I guess they are not original unless another owner have been cutting in the original bags, the tape does also not look like factory tape, but it looks old. The bags have no company logo on them.
First my Kenner ESB box with $1 Rebate offer with the Wampa from the box.
My ROTJ European Wampa box with Wampa.
Here are my 3rd Wampa he is still missing a home, so I will find a box for him in the future
My last a 4th Wampa are my POTF Hoth Rescue Playpack. The figures and the beasts was in sealed bags when I got it and the insert match the box. Some collectors have been looking at the bags and they say they are not original. So after thinking about it I took the figures and beasts out the bags. The 2 beast are thight in the legs. The wampa are so thight so I think the legs have never moved before. The bags are not cut in a straight line so I guess they are not original unless another owner have been cutting in the original bags, the tape does also not look like factory tape, but it looks old. The bags have no company logo on them.
An excellent collection of wampas! The boxes look great, and the wampas themselves all look very white with no discolouration.Okay finally I got my wampa stuff out so I could take some pictures.
First my Kenner ESB box with $1 Rebate offer with the Wampa from the box.
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My ROTJ European Wampa box with Wampa.
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Here are my 3rd Wampa he is still missing a home, so I will find a box for him in the future
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My last a 4th Wampa are my POTF Hoth Rescue Playpack. The figures and the beasts was in sealed bags when I got it and the insert match the box. Some collectors have been looking at the bags and they say they are not original. So after thinking about it I took the figures and beasts out the bags. The 2 beast are thight in the legs. The wampa are so thight so I think the legs have never moved before. The bags are not cut in a straight line so I guess they are not original unless another owner have been cutting in the original bags, the tape does also not look like factory tape, but it looks old. The bags have no company logo on them.
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Thanks for sharing your collection
Thanks mate for the kind wordsAn excellent collection of wampas! The boxes look great, and the wampas themselves all look very white with no discolouration.
Thanks for sharing your collection
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I remember being shown an image of the HRC version back in my early, naive days of collecting in the early 90s and being surprised such a version existed.
Chuffed when I got one in the early 2000s
Chuffed when I got one in the early 2000s
I remember being shown an image of the HRC version back in my early, naive days of collecting in the early 90s and being surprised such a version existed.
Chuffed when I got one in the early 2000s
Thanks mate for sharing this 2 awesome boxes from your collection and that wampa outside the box. I love how you display them next to the deathstar. Now I can't wait to see what is going on on that deathstar when we get to the deathstar, deathstar commander and stormie toy of the week
More excellent stuff, and well done for having both on display (something my own HRC version sadly isn't yet!).I remember being shown an image of the HRC version back in my early, naive days of collecting in the early 90s and being surprised such a version existed.
Chuffed when I got one in the early 2000s
Thanks for sharing
Jeremy
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