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Collectibles => Other Collectibles => Topic started by: Boba Binks on October 6, 2003, 11:32 AM
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OK. The last few days I have been hearing that there are some Palm Talkers in prototype stage that never made it to final stage or whatnot. What Palm Talkers never made it? I have many Palm Talkers (All Speak English).
(http://www.djsyczylo.net/Collections/STARWARS/unit3/u3stuff3.jpg)
My Palm Talkers include;
Jar Jar Binks, Battle Droid, Darth Maul, Yoda, R2-D2, C-3P0 (redux)
Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Boba Fett, Chewbacca, C-3P0 (1st Version Paint)
**See more of my ever growing Star Wars collection at www.djsyczylo.net
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Hey, where/how did you get the EP1 palm talkers? I never seen them but would have liked to pick them up. I have the other 6, I like these little guys...wish they'd make more.
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(http://members.sparedollar.com/overlord307/IMGP2477.JPG)
It looks like a new Yoda and revised Battle Droid (red) were planned to be released overseas. they never were from the sounds of it
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I got my Episode 1 Palm Talkers from my local Comic Book Shop around the same time that the Classic Trilogy Palm Talkers were out. They were all in a shelf display. Except for the package which is Red and has the Episode 1 Logo the packages are the same. The UPC code on the Classic Trilogy are the exact same as the Palm Talkers I saw at Toys-R-Us and Wal-Marts.
So these were meant to US release. I have only seen these at the Comic Book Store. I have never seen the E1 PT's at local retail. Though I have been told that Sam's Club had them at one time which I cannot confirm.
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Yeah, just a couple of repaints. Nothing too exciting, unless you're an avid completist.
I picked up the complete OT set when they came out, since they were an interesting little novelty act. Too bad they cut the line short, and ended it at only 6 figures. But at least they made some decent choices with the 6 they put out...
There's a rather large set of about 12 other figures that look very similar to the Palmtalkers, but are a tad smaller. They were exclusive to Asia I believe, and often come up when searching for Palm Talkers on eBay. I'll see if I can dig up a picture of them...
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Hate me if you must but I didn't see a thread for these in here. The Kmart super deformed figures! I wasn't really attracted to these first time around. but after seeing "names" posted on a RS affiliate website...I am interested in picking these up. The next wave called out Maul,stormtrooper, boba(or was it jango?) and vader and 3p0 again. The new ones in particular interested me the most! I would say definately better than the Burger King stuff-although let's see how struggling Kmart prices it....
I was in the episode 3 ROTS forums, I think it was ROTS FIGURES RELEASE forums post #56 by jokabofe in there was a link to a website that " called these out" for outrageous preorders for these
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How in the world did I manage to miss news of the second wave coming out? I've gotta have these! I was lucky enough to get my hands on Wave 1, thanks to Jeff.
Wave 1
___ Chewbacca
___ C-3PO
___ Darth Vader
___ R2-D2
Wave 2
___ Boba Fett
___ Darth Maul
___ Stormtrooper
___ Yoda
I believe that the Darth Maul and Yoda ones were previously only available in Japan, so it's pretty cool that we'll be able to get our hands on these now.
Anyone else interested in these?
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Yeah, I've got them all from the first time they were available, but I never got Yoda or Maul since they weren't available in the U.S.
And I'm sure they are going to be the hardest ones to find, just for that reason ::)
At least they packed those two in with two of the more popular ones (Fett and the Stormtrooper) so we may actually get lucky and have the K-Marts re-ordering this assortment on a regular basis since they will probably all sell pretty well.
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Yeah, I've got them all from the first time they were available, but I never got Yoda or Maul since they weren't available in the U.S.
Ditto.
Is the Yoda an OT or Prequel version? Anyone know? Hopefully OT, though I doubt it...
There's a much larger set of bootleg super deformed figures out of Asia that have been floating around eBay for a long time. Something like 15-20 of them - mostly TPM based since that's around the time they came out, IIRC. I almost won an auction for them a few years back, but never tried to track them down again after that.
Anyone know what I'm talking about, or better yet, have a set? (I'm too lazy to go find a pic off of eBay right now though)
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Is the Yoda an OT or Prequel version? Anyone know? Hopefully OT, though I doubt it...
I found this pic on RS, which makes him look like a Prequel version:
(http://www.frontiernet.net/~heslor/Pictures/Y&M.JPG)
There's a much larger set of bootleg super deformed figures out of Asia that have been floating around eBay for a long time. Something like 15-20 of them - mostly TPM based since that's around the time they came out, IIRC. I almost won an auction for them a few years back, but never tried to track them down again after that.
Anyone know what I'm talking about, or better yet, have a set? (I'm too lazy to go find a pic off of eBay right now though)
I'm not sure if I've seen those before or not. Do you mean these:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/JesseVader08/E1Figs1.jpg)
I think these ones are a lot smaller, maybe 2 inches tall.
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I saw these the other day at Kmart. 10 bucks a pop, yikes. The funny thing is the only one missing was the Stormie.
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The first 8 (6?) came up here during POTJ, only to TRU. I owned Vader, Boba, Stormtrooper and passed on the others. I subsequently traded away Boba and the Stormie.
If I see them, I'll probably snag them again, I love the Vader. I'd add Maul and Yoda likely as well.
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I never saw these during their POTJ release, so these are a necessity for me now. Although I did get my hands on a POTJ Vader Palm Talker a couple years ago on eBay, simply because I can't pass up on anything Vader.
If anyone is lucky enough to grab the complete ROTS 2nd wave of these (Maul, Yoda, Stormie, Fett), I'd gladly buy them. Gladly. ;)
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They only went to TRU Jesse, so unless you were in one of the cities at just the right time, you'd have missed them.
Saw lots of wave 1 this weekend but none of wave two.
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Saw the remnants of the second wave for the first time yesterday. Picked up the only Yoda, but unfortunately Maul was nowhere to be found... I've still got
I'm not sure if I've seen those before or not. Do you mean these:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/JesseVader08/E1Figs1.jpg)
I think these ones are a lot smaller, maybe 2 inches tall.
Yep, that's them alright. Seemed like there were more before, but maybe that's because I usually see them all in one long line, instead of two shorter ones. They were going for dirt cheap for a while there (under $20), since the Asian dealers were flooding the (eBay) market with them. If there were more OT ones in there, I probably would've bit. Damned Gungans... ::)
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Just merged Jon's thread with the old Palm Talker thread that I dug up from the depths of this forum...
Anyway, my K-mart has about 30 Vaders, and that's it. Were those things packed in solid cases or something? Makes no sense... And still not a sniff of the damned Maul figure yet. Anyone else having better luck at their K-marts with these things? Is anyone even collecting them?
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Just merged Jon's thread with the old Palm Talker thread that I dug up from the depths of this forum...
Anyway, my K-mart has about 30 Vaders, and that's it. Were those things packed in solid cases or something? Makes no sense... And still not a sniff of the damned Maul figure yet. Anyone else having better luck at their K-marts with these things? Is anyone even collecting them?
I only wanted a Stormie and Fett. I almost forgot about the sale last week,
and went on Saturday to get them. They 2 Fett, 1 Stormie, handful of Yoda and
lots and lots of Vader. I forgot there was even a Maul in this set, but I didn`t
see him anyway (would have grabbed him for a buddy).
I like these things, the oddball stuff. I`ll put them with the Star Wash figs
and kubricks and such when I take them up to the SW room.
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Adam,
I am right there with you, I too like "oddball collectibles." In fact I won an auction this week for a loose R2, Stormie, Vader, Chewie, Fett and C3PO for $18.00 shipped. Seems like the Maul is the "elusive" piece.
Anyone know how these things are packed / shipped?
DBK
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That's a nice price there. Good grab!
They're each individually packaged in small little square window-boxes (not much bigger than the figure itself) - both the older POTJ ones and the newer ROTS ones.
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I have an extra loose Vader if anyone could use him, just PM me your mailing address. If not I'll have my wife give it to a kid at the school that she volunteers for.
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Managed to find Maul and the Stormtrooper on my recent US trip. Pricey devils at $9.99 each but couldn't pass them up.
Is it just me or is the stormtrooper a new sculpt? It looks a bit different to me.