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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #90 on: October 17, 2022, 03:51 PM »
Do you know if Chris gets mad if you re-sell his products on eBay?  They sent me a free Vinyl Cape Jawa with each of two orders I placed and I don't need them, I was thinking about listing them but don't want to incur any wrath...

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #91 on: October 17, 2022, 07:32 PM »
I haven't heard as much, though he did shut down conversations that showed when people were reselling the Banthas on eBay.

What are you looking to get for them? Shoot me a PM and maybe we can make a deal without resorting to an eBay listing?

Also he has a production Ball Speeder in hand now, so those should be coming along soon.

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« Reply #92 on: October 17, 2022, 10:20 PM »
Right on,  I’m not going to tempt fate and get myself in trouble… the whole thing has a very soup nazi feel to it.  I shot you a PM.  :)

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #93 on: December 10, 2022, 12:04 AM »
Unexpectedly got a shipping notice for the Stan Solo Ubrikkian 9000 just now.  Looking forward to getting it.

Do any of you know what’s going on with the Bantha’s?  They’re on eBay for like
$500… so some have shown up. 

I ordered one a few months ago through the UK site since preorders were closed for the US site…

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #94 on: December 10, 2022, 09:51 PM »
I have been seeing lots of those Ball Speeders showing up. I ultimately passed on it for now...

The Bantha's original run shipped out just about a year ago. I imagine anything you are seeing on eBay is people selling from that batch. I haven't heard anything about his next run of those, except that he is doing one. It may be a while before that order gets filled.

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #95 on: December 10, 2022, 11:12 PM »
Ah okay… didn’t realize it was two runs of Banthas. 

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #96 on: December 14, 2022, 04:52 PM »
Ball Speeder's here:


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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #97 on: December 14, 2022, 06:10 PM »
How is it? Does it look and feel like a Kenner toy close up?
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« Reply #98 on: December 14, 2022, 06:40 PM »
I think so.  It's really light weight and pristine, so that makes it stand out a little bit, but to me it fits with everything else around it.  The interior is cool too.  The base is maybe not how Kenner would have designed it, but you don't really notice that at all.

I'm happy with it.  I'm surprised to find that I'm really enjoying adding customs to this part of the collection...

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #99 on: December 15, 2022, 10:13 AM »
Very cool

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #100 on: December 15, 2022, 01:58 PM »
Who is the little grey astromech next to the TIE Fighter?
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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #101 on: December 15, 2022, 02:57 PM »
Who is the little grey astromech next to the TIE Fighter?

Another Stan Solo droid.

https://stansolocreationsusa.com/Stan-Solo-Custom-R2-Q2-p469800068
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« Reply #102 on: December 15, 2022, 10:33 PM »
Good grief, there’s an auction for that Ball Speeder asking $350 with 40 people watching it. 

You can preorder one on his site right now for £108.

There are also Bantha auctions asking $500… nutty.

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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #103 on: December 16, 2022, 06:57 PM »
My annual bonus is small, but I did get a promotion and a large raise in June, so I spent a small fortune on Stan Solo stuff this past few months getting caught up before more stuff is gone.  Garindan, Slave Leia, Oola, Ghost Obi-Wan and Yoda, the Black Death Star Droid, Droids Threepio, the Bantha, and maybe 8 or so astromechs…if it was in the movies and I didn’t already have a real one, I bought it.  The only thing I can’t buy that I want is R2-Q5, which seems to have come and gone.  The eBay site also has a sold out K-3PO listed, but it’s also sold out.  I’d love to get those two.

Try emailing them if there is something you want that isn't listed.  The Slave Leia was sold out for a few months and I kept checking back.  Then I finally emailed them and they had some available that they just hadn't gotten around to posting.  Really cool stuff, but so expensive!
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Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« Reply #104 on: December 16, 2022, 06:59 PM »
Right on,  I’m not going to tempt fate and get myself in trouble… the whole thing has a very soup nazi feel to it.  I shot you a PM.  :)

Spot on.  The majority of the FB page posts are small wars with other 3P producers or people that look at them funny.  Not worth making the naughty list with these guys.
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