The first thing I noticed was the lightsaber blades were rounded off and not flat like the ones we have today. I honestly like how they look in the promotional set
The light saber hilt for Vader is in the correct position for how they originally intended it. LEGO made the two different ends to the hilts with the thought in mind that one side could be Jedi & one side could be Sith. It just depended on the character but that definitely was the original intent & why they gave the hilts two different ends. The fans seems to think that they all have to be one way but it’s not what the original designers intended. I know for sure having been a designer that worked on both brands. They wanted the consumer to be able to choose which end looked closer to the original character for themselves. That’s why to this day they still have the two options. Great video Ryan. 👍
@@TiptopBreak 😂 pathetic trolls these days. Too funny. People constantly bring it up. Ryan brought it up in the video. No one cares what you think obv so you waste your time trolling 😂
My thought exactly, in the space sets from the 90s you could see clear antennae almost represent light sabers. I have a few in transparent colors, very neat regardless. And when I was little (2004) actual lightsaber blades were a rare item with the star wars sets not being sold as widely in-stores as 2006+ so while I got some chrome hilts time to time I didn't get any proper blades until 2007/2008 so used the transparent green & red antenna pieces instead. They look good but are pretty long compared to the minifigs
I saw that set on store's display as a kid. And considering how poorly those stores treated promotional material, especially toys, I imagine several of those being thrown out
I had a feeling it was you who outbid me. This is the third time you’ve outbid me or later bought something really rare that I didn’t buy! (The two others were the Darth Vader/M&M mural and the white Boba art book). I stopped short with my bid on this one because I was concerned about the condition. I would have bid more if they had pictures as good what you’ve shown. Fair play. Enjoy.
I was also a bit concerned about the condition. I wish I had recorded opening it (but I had it delivered to Georgia on vacation) I was so happy when I opened the box and it was shiny as can be. Wasn’t expecting it but knew I had to have it either way! GGs
Some people just don't care about mouth breathing collectables. I think they are doing just fine in life.😅And it's a nice memory for the collectors who do care. Instead of "THIS IS THE ONLY VALUE IT SHOULD GO FOR FOREVER" 🤓
I was wondering who won that. I wanted to bid, but it went WAY over my price range really quickly. Congratulations, and I'm glad that you made this video for others to see this rare item.
Well done mate you totally deserve that, also just wanted to say thanks for your channel. As an old guy just starting a collection it's been a great source of info and really inspiring 🙏🇬🇧
I remember when Caesar one day told his mother that he would either come home a high priest (correct me if I'm wrong) or not come home at all (Due to his large debts he would be exiled). You dear sir, are the Caesar of Lego Star Wars
thank you for making me look sane while buying the UCS Falcon :-) enjoy your purchase and I hope it brings a smile to your face whenever it catches your eye!
It’s not just an insane amount of money to spend on Legos it’s an insane amount of money period. That amount of money would change the course of me and my families lives rn. It’s crazy to think about.
I have one of these, exactly the same. Received it as a promo item when I worked for the Los Angeles Times entertainment section back in the 90s. Glad I hung on to it all these years.
Looks like you're in win-win situation for you. You win because you've got the lego you're after, and win because the amount of money that you've spent going for goodwill. 👍
Apparently intentional. According to the original designers, the intention was that one side would be used for Jedi lightsabers, the other would be used for Sith lightsabers and fans could use whichever end they preferred.
Can’t help to wonder how much this cost you per brick? lol, everyone always does a per brick cost for all the sets. This one has to be in the $500 range I would think
I am still waiting for the day you buy the 10 000 Dollar Vader transformation set lol, but wow this set looks great, I did not know about it before, thanks for showing it, also I would love the old style of Lightsaber blades, I can not believe they did that as a first look and stepped back from it. Also, typical LEGO that they do not know how to put the lightsaber hilt (that they CREATED ) on right lol. Just goes to show that everyone makes mistakes, I am never going to change my mind about the right way to have it, it is to have it with the thicker part up connected to the blade
The reason he’s in his Endor outfit is because this was the only return of the Jedi Luke at the time the Jedi robe one didn’t come out until 2000 in Desert skiff, 2002 in Final Duel and Jabbas Palace in 2003. I did not know this promo set existed so that’s kind of awesome to find something I’ve never seen before
I wonder if the lightsabers are made not using the parts we see in production, but with sawn off rods from the "Antenna 4h Round Top" piece? That part did come in lightsaber colors around that time, and Lego has modified parts for promotional material in the past. They even sawed the OG UCS X-Wing in half and glued it to a mirror.
AskMandR: Congrats on the purchase. You’re definitely in a bigger league than me. I’ve been joking about insuring my Lego collection. And I’m nowhere near your level. Would you ever consider insuring your collection?
i owned this set. sadly my house burned down when i was 18 and i lost every lego set i ever collected. but because of the rarity of the sets my parents got a ton of insurence money. sadly i never saw any of that money. R.I.P. 18 years of lego collectables
this is an awesome set love the early builds of vader and luke and how it’s pretty much the holy grail for lego star wars fans and it’s really hard to come across looked it up and found no listings ryan you got very lucky with this one.
I remember finding some Lego lightsabers with the round ends like those and I remember thinking that they were fake but now I am not sure what to think.
I had spongebobs house, Bilbos Hobbit Home and The Queen Anne’s revenge and that one spider man set on the bridge with all those different spider men. And the falcon all the pieces hidden away. Absolutely devastating knowing it will be a long time till I see those sets again.
I used to work at goodwill around 7 years ago, a guy came in donating his UCS collection since he was heading to college, he had three sets, the OG x wing. Millennium falcon and the imperial shuttle. Anyways I asked my boss what would happen to them since we usually would throw out unsealed lego at the time, he let me keep them which I then donated to charity. Free sets don’t need to be sold they need to be given away.
Love this video. Just used the book to actually recreate this partially. Used the cardboard as the backdrop and brick built the actual set with a sticker from Brickstickershop
Crazy U would whant it delivered to U in a brief case lol 👍 😆 glad the set of gold got to you safe. Amazing. Vid Ryan .I'm not a star war freek but Yoda I love or cp30 ..another set for the mnr production.s volt 👌 great vid and glad to of fount your channle 4 so years back.
Im still recovering from whiplash from that +$3000 bid, Ryan 😆. Glad you can do what you do, you're very fortunate to have a great channel that allows you to do that
This shit wasn't in the lego starwars visual dictionary, forshame
HAHAHAHA
Lego doesn’t even give a shit about Lego
@@user-kv5lq9xm8c yep
@@user-kv5lq9xm8c they give a piss that's what
Maybe it would’ve been if Luke doubled as the pilot
Imagine getting this back in the day and then being able to sell it for huge amounts of money and giving it away to goodwill
i don't think they even knew there is a group of people willing to throw life-changing amounts of cash for old plastic bricks
@@thetrranman ummm yeah. If it’s not life changing for you then I would appreciate it if you would send some my way 💀
@@thetrranman bro saying get a job like that just fixes shit in anno domini 2022 💀
@@thetrranman for someone in a country with inflation problems like turkey, yes.
5000 dollars is 93088 liras
Some random obscure LEGO Star Wars item: *exists*
Ryan to his wallet: "I’m sorry little one"
literally
*big
But for some unknown reason he is struggling to buy a house 🤷♂️
@@Filth_Pig It's not a money issue. it's been an availability/luck issue. Regardless I've got it down, not worried about it.
@@MandRproductions Gonna sell this holy grail for more or treasure It my young Palawan
The first thing I noticed was the lightsaber blades were rounded off and not flat like the ones we have today. I honestly like how they look in the promotional set
They look like modified antenna pieces. Probably used as a substitute because the new mold wasn’t ready or something
I mean, these big buys are also allowing the average person like me to see some of these sets that we probably would never have, thanks Ryan
You can find 240p pictures on Google too! 😂
@@MandRproductions but not in video my brotha
@@MandRproductions
You know that the lightsaberblade is only a sawed of antenna (3957).
Poorly Lego hasn’t made an extra mold for this.
The light saber hilt for Vader is in the correct position for how they originally intended it. LEGO made the two different ends to the hilts with the thought in mind that one side could be Jedi & one side could be Sith. It just depended on the character but that definitely was the original intent & why they gave the hilts two different ends. The fans seems to think that they all have to be one way but it’s not what the original designers intended. I know for sure having been a designer that worked on both brands. They wanted the consumer to be able to choose which end looked closer to the original character for themselves. That’s why to this day they still have the two options. Great video Ryan. 👍
Stfu no one cares🙏
@@TiptopBreak 😂 pathetic trolls these days. Too funny. People constantly bring it up. Ryan brought it up in the video. No one cares what you think obv so you waste your time trolling 😂
Cool stud 😊👍
Yep. I always thought the bottom end was a Vader/Anakin hilt and the top was a Luke/Obi Wan/Qui Gon hilt
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Glad to see this didn't get lost in shipping! I was wondering when this would be put up! Nice video.
Always a fear with expensive items but I’ve maybe had 1 thing go missing ever so it’s really unfounded. 😂
My guess is the lightsaber blades are rounded because they didn’t have a mould ready for a 4L bar, so they just cut the bases off some antenna pieces
My thought exactly, in the space sets from the 90s you could see clear antennae almost represent light sabers. I have a few in transparent colors, very neat regardless. And when I was little (2004) actual lightsaber blades were a rare item with the star wars sets not being sold as widely in-stores as 2006+ so while I got some chrome hilts time to time I didn't get any proper blades until 2007/2008 so used the transparent green & red antenna pieces instead. They look good but are pretty long compared to the minifigs
This is a classic, very unknown I'm glad you purchased it!
I saw that set on store's display as a kid. And considering how poorly those stores treated promotional material, especially toys, I imagine several of those being thrown out
I had a feeling it was you who outbid me.
This is the third time you’ve outbid me or later bought something really rare that I didn’t buy! (The two others were the Darth Vader/M&M mural and the white Boba art book).
I stopped short with my bid on this one because I was concerned about the condition. I would have bid more if they had pictures as good what you’ve shown.
Fair play. Enjoy.
I was also a bit concerned about the condition. I wish I had recorded opening it (but I had it delivered to Georgia on vacation) I was so happy when I opened the box and it was shiny as can be. Wasn’t expecting it but knew I had to have it either way! GGs
Lmaooo sucks to suck! GG’s Ryan!
Where did you get your wealth?
@@SlyCooperRN bit rude
@@PootisSpencerHeeyah not really
$6k USD for Lego?
You are seriously privileged in life if you can spend that amount of money on a Lego set.
I would hate being the person that donated this to Goodwill, not having a clue it was worth that much. Ouch! Very cool video!
Some people just don't care about mouth breathing collectables. I think they are doing just fine in life.😅And it's a nice memory for the collectors who do care. Instead of "THIS IS THE ONLY VALUE IT SHOULD GO FOR FOREVER" 🤓
Spoiler alert… it isn’t worth thát much. €250 tops for a mint condition set.
@@NLGeebee obviously, but that's what people are willing to pay
Ryan after buying this at goodwil: "Credits will do fine"
I was wondering who won that. I wanted to bid, but it went WAY over my price range really quickly. Congratulations, and I'm glad that you made this video for others to see this rare item.
Well done mate you totally deserve that, also just wanted to say thanks for your channel. As an old guy just starting a collection it's been a great source of info and really inspiring 🙏🇬🇧
What an awesome piece for your collection! Very jealous! 😅
Ikr
going from 2k to 5555 is such a big jump
That is something that looks like it so worth it. Getting that must be an amazing moment in your collecting career
Nothing beats Clone Building Event Box though 😂😤
@@MandRproductions can’t agree with that. I wish that we could get something like it with the newer clones but sadly lego won’t do it.
No matter the enemy, No matter the fire power, you control the battle!!!
You should carefully remove the set and replace the battery. might need a soldering tool but it would be super cool to hear it
If not to get it working, then to prevent the old battery from corroding and destroying the cardboard.
I remember when Caesar one day told his mother that he would either come home a high priest (correct me if I'm wrong) or not come home at all (Due to his large debts he would be exiled). You dear sir, are the Caesar of Lego Star Wars
thank you for making me look sane while buying the UCS Falcon :-)
enjoy your purchase and I hope it brings a smile to your face whenever it catches your eye!
It’s not just an insane amount of money to spend on Legos it’s an insane amount of money period. That amount of money would change the course of me and my families lives rn. It’s crazy to think about.
Bro just spent 5 grand on a lego set, My respects
My disrespects
I have one of these, exactly the same. Received it as a promo item when I worked for the Los Angeles Times entertainment section back in the 90s. Glad I hung on to it all these years.
Wow, what an amazing piece of Lego SW history. You are incredibly fortunate to have been able to add that to your collection. Congrats!
To me Darth vaders matched more turned that way
The reverse sword of the figure only increases the value because it is strange and not like the other boxes!!
First, congrats!
Second, I'm wondering if Vader's lightsaber is just a manually cut down Lego antenna (design 3957) in transparent red?
It might be I’ve had a few people say that. Either way they should make a new piece like it!
Looks like you're in win-win situation for you. You win because you've got the lego you're after, and win because the amount of money that you've spent going for goodwill. 👍
The rounded lightsaber end was the first thing I noticed - Was definitely a cool bit of history there!
Vadar’s Saber is the correct way up like his design
i was so impressed by the trademarks the resolution and the font looks so clean, no wonder that product aged as well as it did
6:18 They were putting Easter Eggs for Andor all the way back in 1999! Lucasfilm do be playing 4D chess with us!
I cannot imagine dropping 6 racks on that thing
It would be cool if you could restore the sound box and wires for the set.
I love how this ultra freaking rare lego collectors item has vader's lightsaber built upside down XD, clasic a lego moment right there
Apparently intentional. According to the original designers, the intention was that one side would be used for Jedi lightsabers, the other would be used for Sith lightsabers and fans could use whichever end they preferred.
@@Mega-Brick hmm maybe however the blue light saber version has both lightsaber hilts upside down so yeah...
Could have brought a life size darth vader statue and still had like 3k leftover
Can’t help to wonder how much this cost you per brick? lol, everyone always does a per brick cost for all the sets. This one has to be in the $500 range I would think
I am still waiting for the day you buy the 10 000 Dollar Vader transformation set lol, but wow this set looks great, I did not know about it before, thanks for showing it, also I would love the old style of Lightsaber blades, I can not believe they did that as a first look and stepped back from it. Also, typical LEGO that they do not know how to put the lightsaber hilt (that they CREATED ) on right lol. Just goes to show that everyone makes mistakes, I am never going to change my mind about the right way to have it, it is to have it with the thicker part up connected to the blade
The reason he’s in his Endor outfit is because this was the only return of the Jedi Luke at the time the Jedi robe one didn’t come out until 2000 in Desert skiff, 2002 in Final Duel and Jabbas Palace in 2003. I did not know this promo set existed so that’s kind of awesome to find something I’ve never seen before
You should try to recreate the build that’s inside
I wonder if the lightsabers are made not using the parts we see in production, but with sawn off rods from the "Antenna 4h Round Top" piece? That part did come in lightsaber colors around that time, and Lego has modified parts for promotional material in the past. They even sawed the OG UCS X-Wing in half and glued it to a mirror.
Congrats; so cool to have the OG set!
Man, $10k for a set? I'm lucky if I can get myself a $2-$300 set during tax time. Thank you for sharing this with us.
the rounded lightsaber actually broke my brain. like some kind of mandela effect! I always wondered what that would look like. awesome man
AskMandR: Congrats on the purchase. You’re definitely in a bigger league than me. I’ve been joking about insuring my Lego collection. And I’m nowhere near your level. Would you ever consider insuring your collection?
Yeah I should get it insured. i've had a lot of people ask that lol
I am the exact same way when bidding, it's intense and really gets your heart pumping. Especially when the page freezes!
Immensely cool; what a piece! Congrats man
This is exactly how not to bid on auction sites
i owned this set. sadly my house burned down when i was 18 and i lost every lego set i ever collected. but because of the rarity of the sets my parents got a ton of insurence money. sadly i never saw any of that money. R.I.P. 18 years of lego collectables
That would be a great piece to see in a lego museum, and honestly the rounded piece for the blade makes more sense than the flat one
Imagine buying an expensive LEGO Star Wars Set that it went so insane that I was just keeping up.
That's a lot of money for some LEGO, but hey...it's a cool piece of history.
this is an awesome set love the early builds of vader and luke and how it’s pretty much the holy grail for lego star wars fans and it’s really hard to come across looked it up and found no listings ryan you got very lucky with this one.
Yea definitely good condition for shop good will - you are fortunate they didn’t just put tape and a shipping label on it
Wow looks great, a little dusty tho, I would use a compressed air to get some of it out, Ryan :D
Imagine spending that much on a Lego of that size…
You can replace that battery for the sounds if you open the whole thing up. You'd have to be careful but it looks like it's all just folded together.
So this is when the fun began
so replace the battery so we can hear the music / promo!
Fun video Ryan - one of my faves of yours this year 👍
Football mini helmet display case might work well to display/protect it.
Very cool piece of history! Thanks for sharing!!
5:01 is that a 7 wonders of the world joke🤣🤣
Why am I excited for you? lol that’s a piece of history right there!
I am a huge fan of you Ryan, and I really want a video of you giving us a tour of all the lego sets you have
I remember finding some Lego lightsabers with the round ends like those and I remember thinking that they were fake but now I am not sure what to think.
I almost threw a two and a half off the diving board, but landed on my face and got a bloody nose.
I would love to see one of those ultra rare lightsaber prototypes someday. No collector ever got their hands on that part.
What a flex for the 0,1% of people who know what this is, the rest are just gonna assume it's some $20 box from Walmart or something 😂😂
God if I spent that much money on a Lego set, my parents would kill me
Display it open in a glass case and put that case on its own small shelf that fits the case and only that.
Man I love how you made sure to increase the bet!
I had spongebobs house, Bilbos Hobbit Home and The Queen Anne’s revenge and that one spider man set on the bridge with all those different spider men. And the falcon all the pieces hidden away. Absolutely devastating knowing it will be a long time till I see those sets again.
Having this Lego set is a Lego star wars fan's swag
I used to work at goodwill around 7 years ago, a guy came in donating his UCS collection since he was heading to college, he had three sets, the OG x wing. Millennium falcon and the imperial shuttle. Anyways I asked my boss what would happen to them since we usually would throw out unsealed lego at the time, he let me keep them which I then donated to charity. Free sets don’t need to be sold they need to be given away.
the rounded tip on the lightsaber blades are really cool ngl, wish they still had that
Disagree the blades we have now give it a more lego vibe, and shows that the blade is one straight line like in the movies
Nice grab! The condition of that first promo set is pretty amazing!
I guess these were assembled by hand and glued so that might account for misplacement of light saber and substitute part
Very cool piece to have. Awesome video. More rare please
we can officially “cross” this set off of the lego star wars ice berg, or at least bump it up a few tiers. fucking incredible
WARNING! The battery will likely start to leak. I think moist can be a problem. You should as some scientist or old RCs collectors
This is really cool seeing a og Lego star wars set
So stoked you got it!! Congratulations man.
Very cool and exciting! Ryan I've got those two sets on the back of the box! You can probably replace the battery to play the music again
Thanks for sharing this ultra-rare set!
old lightsabers were prettier than today's because they had brilliant.
"Let me just check my 1999 Lego bin"
Me, also a Star Wars Lego fan: *"NEEEEEERD!"*
Love this video. Just used the book to actually recreate this partially. Used the cardboard as the backdrop and brick built the actual set with a sticker from Brickstickershop
Amazing stuff man... So chuffed for you!!
Crazy U would whant it delivered to U in a brief case lol 👍 😆 glad the set of gold got to you safe. Amazing. Vid Ryan .I'm not a star war freek but Yoda I love or cp30 ..another set for the mnr production.s volt 👌 great vid and glad to of fount your channle 4 so years back.
We were robbed of the rounded light saver tip
Ryan ; Congratulations- to have the first ever promo built set - introducing what was to be a forever classic. Wow! - “most impressive” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“they didnt just send this out to lego star wars fans” that would be hard to do😂
Im still recovering from whiplash from that +$3000 bid, Ryan 😆.
Glad you can do what you do, you're very fortunate to have a great channel that allows you to do that
You definitely should get a custom acrylic case made for it!
X-wing's wings are the way they are, so they could fit it in the image of the box.
Ps. GZ on the win!
There are lego Starwars keychains from before 1999. Its marked lego system and have a 1996 copy symbol.