Star Wars Victories: Stan Solo Bantha - Vintage Kenner-Style Creature

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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    Michael has received the eagerly-awaited Kenner-style Bantha creature from Stan Solo, a toy Kenner planned for the Star Wars figure line for 1986, but it never saw production!!!

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  • @BossksBounty
    @BossksBounty 2 года назад +79

    Stan Solo has nailed it. Looks like something I could have had sitting under the tree in 1982! Perfect.

  • @J-T-A
    @J-T-A 2 года назад +63

    And what happened then? In Whoville they say that the Broken Vader's small heart grew three sizes that day! And then the true meaning of repro came through, and BV found the love of ten Has-bros plus two!

  • @carlo2384
    @carlo2384 2 года назад +4

    "Well, there are two banthas down there. Wait a second..." Perfect 🤣

  • @vintagetoykid9682
    @vintagetoykid9682 2 месяца назад +1

    I purchased this Bantha for my collection. I love it. Simply opening the packaging and adding it to my display took me back to when I was that six-year-old kid excited to get a new Kenner Star Wars toy to not only play with but to escape to an imaginative world that truly made for a fun, unforgettable childhood.

  • @FullersFigures
    @FullersFigures 2 года назад +44

    That is a thing of beauty. Chris nailed the vintage feel to a tee. The fans are doing the best work.

  • @jonstrocity
    @jonstrocity 2 года назад +17

    I so appreciate that Stan Solo exists. This brings me amazing amounts of joy.

  • @hommedammn7132
    @hommedammn7132 2 года назад +15

    Spectacular! I am SOOOO glad I pre-ordered this Stan Solo Bantha back in August of 2021. Boom! 6 months later these have started shipping! My bad news: I also pre-ordered a Bantha by that other guy WAY BACK in August of 2020, 18 months and counting, and still no Bantha from that other guy. Many fans ordered the the other guy’s Bantha nearly 18 months before I did! They have waited nearly 3 years! That’s 36 months since the campaign began! Stan Solo did his campaign in only 8 months! That other guy’s excuses feel more and more like a scam. Order from Stan Solo, he makes and delivers!

  • @antman2919
    @antman2919 2 года назад +11

    This looks fantastic. Delivered on time, no screw in saddle (sorry clasp), no Bantha butt plug, and looks professionally made. Great job Stan Solo!!

  • @jamese3169
    @jamese3169 2 года назад +23

    Man that is a great looking toy. Takes me back to when these companies used to care about us " kids" .

  • @chazilla7578
    @chazilla7578 2 года назад +16

    Looks like a toy from ‘78! So nice to see a new toy, in the old style. Great job Stan!

  • @mattdawg83686
    @mattdawg83686 2 года назад +6

    Once again, fans deliver toys that exceed what companies should have already made. Stan Solo is a true MVP!

  • @banthafodder4u854
    @banthafodder4u854 2 года назад +13

    That Bantha looks fantastic. This is the best fan made Star Wars toy I have seen.

  • @jatin7361
    @jatin7361 2 года назад +15

    One hundred percent agree this matches the old Kenner style perfectly. The timing is also great to match up with the content within recent offerings from the new Boba Fett TV series.

  • @MichaelJShaffer
    @MichaelJShaffer 2 года назад +14

    It's beautiful, Michael. It's going to look great in your Tatooine display. Chris Smith has done an amazing job and in record time.
    Absolutely loved that opening🤣.

  • @jayschmidt9977
    @jayschmidt9977 2 года назад +3

    Received my Stan Solo Bantha today. It truly is a beautiful piece. Solid and detailed. Will definitely hold up to play. The spirit of Kenner lives on with Chris Smith and Stan Solo. Highly recommend picking one of these up.

    • @Chris365Smith
      @Chris365Smith 2 года назад +1

      Thank you very much for your kind words Jay, soooo glad you like your Bantha mate 👊🏽 💥

  • @SHABBYGEEK22
    @SHABBYGEEK22 2 года назад +4

    Fans ARE doing the best work. This Bantha is absolutely fantastic!

  • @jasemac5391
    @jasemac5391 2 года назад +4

    Good on Stan Solo for all the Brilliant work he dose on all his vintage Star Wars products, he has made things we wish we had of gotten in the 1970’s when we were children 👍🏻🇦🇺

  • @Ruylopez778
    @Ruylopez778 2 года назад +9

    The mailman always deliver these packages in single file to hide their numbers.

  • @johnr1457
    @johnr1457 2 года назад +3

    WOW! Stan Solo really did A great job with this one. Thanks for showing it to us R/B.

  • @moblocke
    @moblocke 2 года назад +6

    I like the look of the figure and it does everything I would want but something about that box art just nails it. Love it. The attention to all the elements is what makes this great,: nostalgia, collection, fun. Really good work.

  • @theartisanrogue
    @theartisanrogue 2 года назад +2

    I had to watch this after seeing your other bantha review video and this one is utterly stunning looking.

  • @bentonrp
    @bentonrp 2 года назад +4

    Thanks Michael! :) ...I agree that the fans are doing the best work right now.
    All of the issues that anti-repro people bring up don't provide a solution how we can finally get what we've adored for so long, like this great Stan Solo Bantha.
    If the fans want it, deserve it, make it, share it, and make it well, ... it is a heavy burden arguing against that.
    It smacks of being anti-fanbase. Great Bantha!

  • @joypadretro2797
    @joypadretro2797 2 года назад +1

    8 year old me would've LOVED this Bantha to go with my Tusken figures. What the hell was kenner thinking? Good job Stan Solo.

  • @largolore
    @largolore 2 года назад +4

    Really great craftsmanship. Stan Solo gives the fans what they love. ☺️

  • @batguano7526
    @batguano7526 2 года назад +6

    Another quality product from Stan Solo the business that actually delivers to its customers. I paid for it six months ago and here it is in the flesh all completed and looking like the real deal. Of course I also made the mistake of backing the other fake Bantha from TFSB, but that was over two years ago now. I've still heard nothing about when it will be made and neither has anyone else I've spoken to. I know that three or four plaster of paris version's have been made and circulated to people on RUclips like Kevin Sexton to show off. In the vain hope that it will put people off the scent and convince them that their money isn't lost. I think that after this release TFSB needs to refund people's money so that they can go and actually buy a Bantha instead of holding onto a false promise. The fans certainly are doing the best work but TFSB isn't doing anything.

    • @5poawesome238
      @5poawesome238 2 года назад

      They're actually resin but you're right, TFSB are nothing but scammers.

  • @maproomgaming6886
    @maproomgaming6886 2 года назад +2

    Always nice to see a collector being happy about a new toy. Glad this lived up to expectations for the people that bought it. If I collected vintage Star Wars I would be getting one.

  • @jacksentertainmentsystem3190
    @jacksentertainmentsystem3190 2 года назад +1

    I was born in the late 2000s, so I didn't grow up with Kenner toys. Despite that, people always tell me "You were born in the wrong decade" because I'm such a fan of things from the 80s. People like stan solo make toys like this for the explicit purpose of people completing collections, but for people like me, it allows us to live in an age we aren't from. I'm glad to see the star was community is going strong with fan work, and not with the work of the name brands that don't care about the series.

  • @aworldmadeofcardboard3692
    @aworldmadeofcardboard3692 2 года назад +6

    All I can say is what a Beautiful Toy.

  • @brianbischel8970
    @brianbischel8970 2 года назад +1

    It’s absolutely beautiful

  • @skabcat242
    @skabcat242 2 года назад +3

    Wow, Stan Solo really nailed that Kenner style with that Bantha.

  • @steverogers5209
    @steverogers5209 2 года назад +7

    Stan Solo Creations is the best thing since classic Kenner.
    I’ve been waiting for this review, great job!
    Some people have complained about the brown paint on the saddle, but if you don’t like it just remove it or paint over it.

  • @Wackymushrooms
    @Wackymushrooms 2 года назад +3

    *I'm loving these reviews of fanmade toys, they just look perfect with the vintage figures and playsets. The fans are making the best stuff, I'm definitely buying some of them!!!! :D*

  • @yvonnerogers6429
    @yvonnerogers6429 2 года назад +3

    I’m glad you love that bantha! The stuff with BV was gold! Thanks, and happy tenth anniversary!

  • @TeZXSpectrum
    @TeZXSpectrum 2 года назад +3

    Stan's the man. Magical design the real deal. My land of the Jawas wants it too. 💥💥💥💥💥

  • @AnalogToys
    @AnalogToys 2 года назад +35

    Another video from the RUclipsr who hates everything...

  • @kieronball8962
    @kieronball8962 2 года назад +2

    I don't know how Stan Solo does it, but I'm glad he does.
    This Bantha is an incredible piece of plastic art, that would enhance anyone's Star Wars collection.

  • @spacemanreviews8468
    @spacemanreviews8468 2 года назад +4

    The Bantha is flawless!

  • @D.Pensak
    @D.Pensak 2 года назад +1

    Spectacular….Most Spectacular. Thank you very much for sharing this with us.

  • @ReynoldsReviews
    @ReynoldsReviews 2 года назад +3

    Exceptional work, maybe now people will finally sit up and take notice!?………….I won’t hold my breath though lol, thanks for sharing Michael 👌

  • @myronaustin
    @myronaustin 2 года назад +1

    Another savory slap down of "I told you so. . ."💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @fernalicious
    @fernalicious 2 года назад +1

    Wow. Looks awesome! Cool time for fan made stuff.

  • @kaijukidsam
    @kaijukidsam 2 года назад +3

    Stuff like this lights a fire in my belly as well, your excitement is warranted. I don't collect Star Wars, I'm a never-die Godzilla fan but the same principles apply; when the company doesn't produce and industrious fans show what they're made of, it benefits the fans all over the world. I only wish I had the means and the tools to do this stuff myself, it's so exciting to think about producing stuff the fans crave, which is why I've been supporting indie fans making their own figures of never-produced Godzilla monsters, because it fills out a collection and I like to hope sends a message to the toy companies.
    I wish I was able to emulate the work of Stan Solo in my own fandom and that's I think the highest praise I can give him, his work is so good and so well-conceived that it makes us who see it want to do something akin to it, to imitate that kind of quality greatness and spread the fandom ingenuity. It's really awesome, it may seem like a simple thing to outsiders but to me it's pioneering that will send ripple effects far and wide. Thanks for sharing, Michael.

  • @Cowboytoycollector
    @Cowboytoycollector 2 года назад +1

    Nice freaking toy I've been following Stan solo fir awhile just realized the other day who he was pretty cool

  • @alexsplode7419
    @alexsplode7419 2 года назад +1

    It's simply glorious. Chris' work is just first rate.

  • @JohnKelly-rz4qi
    @JohnKelly-rz4qi 2 года назад +3

    Great review Michael!!! The Broken Vader opening was great!!

  • @redadamearth
    @redadamearth 2 года назад +1

    That thing is absolutely GLORIOUS.

  • @davidh4548
    @davidh4548 2 года назад +1

    The power of the Force is being leveraged by fans like Stan Solo. This is really neat and I'm glad to see this level of work being done!

  • @javierboughton5386
    @javierboughton5386 Год назад

    just received a great email from Stan Solo "Your Order Has Shipped". can't wait to add it to my display

  • @marcothommen2484
    @marcothommen2484 2 года назад +1

    So glad, to see you happy, Michael! :)

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 2 года назад +3

    This looks so amazing! They did an amazing job

  • @Cog_In_The_Gear
    @Cog_In_The_Gear 2 года назад +1

    It’s nice to see Michael smiling and excited 👍

    • @stevenmacias3605
      @stevenmacias3605 2 года назад

      As long as fan based companies continue to make quality products and deliver in a reasonable time window. But I have to confess that I do enjoy when Michael rakes the multi- billion dollar toy companies over the scorching hot coals for their BS business practices. In closing it's with Stan Solo where "the fans DO come first".

  • @tatooinestar
    @tatooinestar 2 года назад +2

    These are gorgeous, looking forward to receiving mine, happy to wait in the queue, good things come to those who wait. I love the figures produced so far, am working my way through getting all the astromech droids etc. Can't wait for the Slave Leia too. Sublime work as always Chris Smith.
    Just no-one go anywhere near the trash coming from those con-artist muppets at Smith Lord Creations!

  • @Chasing80sToys
    @Chasing80sToys 2 года назад +2

    Looks great. Fits right in with the vintage. 👍🙌

  • @arctrooper999
    @arctrooper999 2 года назад +1

    That ooomph you did at the end was perfect. The Bantha looks so Kenner that when we get old and senile we might think it WAS in the vintage line.

  • @christopherquattromusic
    @christopherquattromusic 2 года назад +1

    I REALLY WANT ONE! it's adorable

  • @saulmorales1513
    @saulmorales1513 2 года назад +1

    Something we never see before but we always wanted to see.

  • @tntsk868
    @tntsk868 2 года назад +1

    I love it. Stan Solo is an artist. Hope he can remake all the ships & playsets.

  • @ironknife1
    @ironknife1 2 года назад +1

    Awesome to see someone putting product like this out!
    I have collected toys all my life and never have I understood the gate keepers of collecting.

  • @Its.Chad.
    @Its.Chad. 2 года назад +1

    Awesome! That Bantha is perfect.
    And whenever DV is co-piloting the intro, it’s a good day.

  • @davidgray1974
    @davidgray1974 2 года назад +1

    Just placed my order. I'm just as excited as I was when I was a kid. Can't wait!

  • @FlowFinderUSA
    @FlowFinderUSA 2 года назад +1

    So great. I would have all of these SS toys when I was a kid back in the late 70''a 80's.

  • @reepacheirpfirewalker8629
    @reepacheirpfirewalker8629 2 года назад +1

    These are amazing.

  • @johnmiic
    @johnmiic 2 года назад +1

    Never thought I'd say a Bantha was good-lookin` but that is one fine lookin` Bantha!

  • @Thejimnes
    @Thejimnes 2 года назад +2

    Awesome

  • @Mvargo97
    @Mvargo97 2 года назад +6

    Awesome toy. Its a shame it didnt get released in the vintage run

  • @FakeWoodTable
    @FakeWoodTable 2 года назад +2

    Nice!

  • @irish3335
    @irish3335 2 года назад +1

    Michael please patent your “fans are doing the best work” - you speak for a great silent majority of collectors who are very happy to see competition for the giant companies that now control 90% of the market - competition would be wonderful again in this market! I want my kids to be able to play with these toys again (I know a $1.99 figure is not in the cards anymore, but how about some full figure cards at the stores at least?) - the action figure market is still alive! Thanks for your great reviews

  • @darthg6505
    @darthg6505 2 года назад +1

    Looks great! Can't wait 4 mine to show. Thanks 4 posting!

  • @Sano1970
    @Sano1970 2 года назад +1

    This Bantha is so amazing! WOW! Great coverage, RB!

  • @polariszene8542
    @polariszene8542 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely a beautiful toy to add to any collection, nice review as always

  • @EdsRetroGeekOut
    @EdsRetroGeekOut 2 года назад +1

    Looks epic!

  • @impossiblepie
    @impossiblepie 2 года назад +1

    Excellent work Stan Solo.

  • @retrofuture1931
    @retrofuture1931 2 года назад +1

    Can't wait to receive mine. Chris is a frikkin magician.

  • @xazylsclubhouse
    @xazylsclubhouse 2 года назад +1

    The fans ARE doing the best work 😎

  • @paulcarden8119
    @paulcarden8119 2 года назад +1

    Stunning !!! Great video

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 2 года назад +1

    You know what? I see the Bantha, landspeeder and the Sandcrawler and these look amazing altogether

  • @RyanSpeaksGeek
    @RyanSpeaksGeek 2 года назад +1

    Great video! Can't wait for mine!!!

  • @willchew4040
    @willchew4040 2 года назад +1

    That is amazing and very interesting.

  • @BenRai2k
    @BenRai2k 2 года назад +1

    My inner self as a 7 year old in 1995 juts got so excited at the idea of simply placing one of these outside the cantina as i react the scene with cardboard boxes and my figures

  • @GalactoDave
    @GalactoDave 2 года назад +1

    I always love your enthusiasm, keep up the great work!

  • @GregorySesma
    @GregorySesma 2 года назад +1

    Great video Retroblasting!!

  • @Zaneyboy2_0
    @Zaneyboy2_0 2 года назад

    I love Banthas, they're soft and warm and fuzzy... and they'll take you everywhere.

  • @kn3448
    @kn3448 Год назад

    I don't collect retro Star Wars figures myself but I like to keep an eye on what's being produced and Stan Solo has consistently put out some of the finest looking retro inspired collectibles to date. From his Ephant Mon variants to his selection of astromech and protocol droids, the detailing, quality and overall aesthetic is second to none and almost impeccably Kenner! This Bantha is gorgeous and will enhance the collection of any Star Wars retro collector. I will continue to watch with keen interest what Stan Solo produces in the future.

  • @BanazirGalpsi1968
    @BanazirGalpsi1968 2 года назад +2

    They will rule the studio as Vader and Floof......

  • @geekstrong1
    @geekstrong1 2 года назад +2

    That's beautiful 💪😉

  • @TheDeLeonGarageCollection
    @TheDeLeonGarageCollection 2 года назад +1

    That looks great. Unfortunately I only have POTF money right now.

  • @BrynSmith76
    @BrynSmith76 2 года назад +1

    It's a work of art.

  • @Degro76
    @Degro76 2 года назад +1

    Stunning

  • @grantevans7596
    @grantevans7596 2 года назад +1

    great review, looks fantastic

  • @Centari71
    @Centari71 2 года назад +1

    Wow looks awesome . I wish they made this back in 1978

  • @seanchevalier2029
    @seanchevalier2029 2 года назад +1

    Waiting on mine… beautiful work.

  • @Lemonhead209
    @Lemonhead209 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic

  • @aiwaloki
    @aiwaloki 2 года назад

    I am glad this finally came out. Looks great.

  • @RoyalKnightVIII
    @RoyalKnightVIII 2 года назад

    As you've said before FANS AR DOING THE BEST WORK!
    This is yet another example of how art should belong to the people, © lasts too long and behold the fans do what corps won't

  • @gunnysgames2321
    @gunnysgames2321 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic.

  • @jebstuart4004
    @jebstuart4004 2 года назад +1

    a fantastic item !

  • @mrarheedies
    @mrarheedies 2 года назад +1

    Great review. Also great work Chris :))

  • @brandonbeekman
    @brandonbeekman 2 года назад +1

    BOOM!!! That's a Bantha!!!

  • @jpatt1000
    @jpatt1000 2 года назад +1

    I ordered one of these a couple of weeks ago but I don't think mine will show up until sometime in March. It is my first foray into the Stan Solo line of figures and I don't think I'll be disappointed! I would call this Kenner continuation rather than a KO (as one was never released). The problem is that I don't own a Tusken Raider. I'll have to fix that!

  • @hgc7000
    @hgc7000 2 года назад +1

    That bantha looks AMAZING! The Stan Solo website images are very good, but dang. This critter POPS in your review.
    Between Stan Solo droids and Action Force, I'm very excited about figure-lines going forward. Great stuff as always!