Vintage Kenner 4-Inch Star Wars upscaled to 12-Inches by Gentle Giant for a whopping $85 a piece.



PRESS RELEASE

Just like they were when you were a kid, only BIGGER! Gentle Giant is proud to debut their new line of vintage Star Wars Action figure reproductions with the release of this classic Empire Strikes Back Stormtrooper.

Digitally scanned from mint 3 ¾” Kenner originals and reproduced to a substantial 12” tall. Nothing has been overlooked. Injection molded and made of durable plastics, this jumbo figure includes a faithfully reproduced blaster and is fully articulated!

That’s not all, this classic Kenner creation comes packaged on a 1980, Empire Strikes Back inspired blister card with a plastic outer clam shell to help protect and display this limited edition convention exclusive!

It's an interesting concept, and I would bite if they were $20-$40 a pop. $85 is too much plus I'm short on space as it is - especially with upcoming Vintage Collection and my Darth Talon PF figure that shipped out Monday

After paying off my cards and clearing out 98% of my POTF through ROTS action figures and vehicles - I have the room and affordability. That's if these products are available in stores and shops. Also I plan to join the premium format gang soon

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I'm not sure on the $85 price however everything written about the new 12" Vintage includes complaints about the price.

It is an interesting idea, and looks pretty neat. But yeah, fuck it for $85. Thats a whole tank of gas, a couple packs of smokes and McDinner right there. For $85, I want a big figger with more detail and less retro-charm, personally. Still, good to know if one ever gets hit by some 1950's gamma-powered growth ray, they will still be able to play with some action figures.

This, and the Super Shogun Stormtrooper that was put out a while back, while both "neat sounding" ideas, seem almost like a slipping backward of the collectible evolution to me. Are collectors (the ones with $ or jobs, anyway) really so mesmerized by size and retro-chic that they will drop that kind of loot on something I'd personally be paranoid to open or put out prominently because I'm pretty sure I'd ebay it off a few years from now? I dunno. I want things to progress a little more.

Like robotic figures. Sonys cancelled Q-rio robot meets C-3PO or something. GI-Joe movie had a gigantic robo-figure that, while uninteresting to me and not worth the $, had it been a talking/moving Boba Fett, would have flown off the shelves. They ended up in the clearance aisle at my local store instead (for stupid$ still, like $50). If Star Wars/Sci-fi and even comics collectible grade figures would get the robo treatment, they would sell like discounted crack. Especially if you could get them to interract. That would be like pulling a $100 out of every collectors wallet every time you released one. I'd say I want credit if it happens, but those concepts are already out there and I'm shocked none of the big collectible producers has picked up on it.

Ideas like giant stormtrooper retro toys just makes me wish they would reproduce the original Super Shogun series itself. I have several originals, but me and my brother destroyed them battling the late 70's and lost all the little bits. Still, I cleaned them up a while back, and for what is now an inarticulate, somewhat cheaply produced and designed gigantic figure, the originals look awesome.

The short version of this post, looks cool, sounds like a neat idea, but costs too much.

Seth Green shows off his 12" Stormtrooper (in addition to to his model wife) carded on a upscaled 4" Vintage style card:

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more images. If these are sold at ToysRUs then its a buy.

Fuck, I want to hang out with Seth Green.

The 12" vintage figures I find silly. No interest there.

Well, I dunno. I was a little disinterested in the giant stormtrooper, but the original figure I might buy would be a Ben Kenobi. I don't see one pictured, is he gonna be part of the line too? That might be worth it.

They seem to be continually scraping the bottom of the barrel for SW collectible ideas. Is the premium format shit not selling as well? This comes off as an attempt to lure in the vintage/action figure audience in addition to the Sideshow/Gentle Giant crowd.