What do you make of this minirig pack?

[waztotuk]

Hi Guys

What do you make of this? Has anyone seen these before as I havent.
Would it have any value over 2 which arent joined?

Wayne

 

[Joe]

Hey Wayne!

I have heard of retailers packaging mini rigs together before, looks like there is a stock code/assortment number on that example in your picture so its a good bet it originated from a store as part of some kind of offer.

Are the two mini rigs just sealed together with tape?

 

[waztotuk]

Yeah just tape on each corner.

The item code just crosses onto the 2nd box.

Cant seem to find anything about them

Wayne

 

[edd_jedi]

Very cool piece, not seen one before! That's one of few things I think would actually look pretty cool AFA graded. It would also be interesting to see what they put on the label.

 

[weasel]

I've seen a few of them before, just a different way of packing/selling mini-rigs. Pretty cool tho.

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Nice pickup Wayne! I too have never seen ine before Interesting!

 

[shawn_k]

I want to say I've seen these at some point, but I'm not positive. As Joe knows my memory is getting rusty as I'm getting older.

The sticker on the top should coincide with a catalog like Sears, JC Penny, Montgomery Ward, etc. I'll see if I can find out which one it should be. Some of those have scans online that you can search for in google. I'd imagine it would be an '83 or '84 catalog.

Also, nice find on that one!

 

[shawn_k]

I've found the 655 number is from J.C. Penny. I haven't been able to find scans from the catalog though.

 

[waztotuk]

Nice, cheers Shaun.

Cant seem to find another anywhere

 

[Caswellbot]

It would seem j c Penney did bundle mini rigs together in this way. Here is anexcerpt from one of their catalogues. It mentions this packaging arrangement.

http://theswca.com/images-speci/potf/pa ... nycat.html

No idea on value though sorry Wayne

 

[Capetown]

Chris, your link's not working.

 

[Caswellbot]

http://theswca.com/images-speci/potf/paperwork/pennycat.html

Weird, how about this??

 

[Caswellbot]

Im talking about the bit at the bottom where it mentions that POTF mini rigs were bundled together by J C Penney with individual stock codes. If they did it for the POTF line then it is possible they did it for the ROTJ mini rigs too.

Chris.

 

[Dublinjeff]

Cool pick up there, hadn't seen that before....