Kenner's STAR WARS Mail-Away Offers
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- A closer look the vintage Kenner Star Wars mail offers.
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I remember sending away for Boba Fett & Anakin Skywalker. Those few months of waiting were agonizing. I think I walked outside twice a day looking a the mailbox for my figures. I think patience was one of the valuable lessons that I learned as a kid thanks to Kenner & Star Wars. Another great memory was looking through the Sears Christmas Wish Book & circling all of the great Star Wars & HeMan figures that we wanted so badly.
I got the Emperor and the Survival Pack. I remember my parents talking about the IOU for the original figures, and then being surprised that what I really wanted was the cantina aliens - which were available to them first.
I still remember getting The Emperor in the mail... it was awesome and I still have him till this day.
I seem to remember getting a B’omarr Monk action figure through the mail. Don't remember what I had to send in for it but it arrived in a white box and disassembled.
I loved the mail aways, but their idea of "8-12 weeks" was usually closer to "6 -10 months". Or at least that is how it seemed to me when I checked my mailbox every day. My mailman thought I was stalking him. I remember the day I came home and found the Boba Fett in the mail on a Friday afternoon. My friend down the street didn't get his till Monday. That may have been the best weekend of my young life.
Mine came in months not that long but as a kid it felt that way,but I harass the mail lady till I got it. But I felt like lucky guy when it came
I wish Hasbro would do mail-away promotions again, I feel like it would gather some more interest in the figures in general. Nice video as always!
I had all the mail in Action figures and the set of weapons and gas mask and back backs. They were fun.
Could you imagine, with today's corporate greed, how many proofs you'd have to send in to get a "free" figure? Probably have to send in 20 seals from $20 figures plus $10 "shipping, processing & handling fee". But of course they are too greedy to even do that, instead it "No way are we doing free anything".
This could be just 1 more reason today's figures don't sell (along with a slew of other reasons), they don't make it fun or worthwhile to try to collect them all.
Plus you get the variation figures like Revenge of the Sith Palpatine with a blue saber then the very same figure in the very same packaging with a red saber or the Clone Trooper Pilot in white gear and that same guy in black or Darth Maul from Ep1 w/gray vest or black vest yet packaged exactly the same then people keeping the toys carded/boxed just hoping the price goes up to sell in 10 years later? Collecting for the price and not collecting for fun has put an end to promotions like this kind. G.I.Joe had mail-in figures to. I collected both SW & Joe toys because it was fun and all my friends collected them to and we played with most but a few I put on my book shelf like the real hard to get toys because I knew they were hard to get and didnt want to break them or lose one. I didn't think about the price going up.
I got Nein Nub when I was a kid in the UK and remember being disappointed as a kid that he turned up in a plain white box, not on a card like all the regular figures 😢
Yeah in the 90s my dad sent away for the Han Solo so I had two of them and two of the ghost Obi-Wan's and I can't remember what the other mail order for the 90s were off the top of my head
Get on this Hasbro, I have plenty of proofs of purchases to send in!
I remember the day I opened the mailbox and there was the Survival Kit. It came in a tiny brown cardboard box. I loved all the items, especially the Jedi Training Harness. I still have the two Hoth Backpacks.
I got the 12-back stand (with rotating peg stands), Boba Fett, the survival kit, the grey stands, Anakin. Kenner made collecting action figures fun! Thanks for bringing back such nice memories, Junkman :)
The downside to the mail-in offers was you had to cut the proof of purchase off the packages and I liked to keep the packs and use them like big collector cards. Today, however, cutting up a carded figure package would be crazy because people focus on the value more than playing with the toys?
That Star Wars is Forever poster graced my bedroom wall for years. (I had the action figure side displayed of course!). As always, a great video and trip down memory lane.
I can't believe Meemaw is so damn mean to you...🧐
My late Mom (God bless her soul
I had mail away C3PO with removable limbs and R2D2 with sensor scope. And then the POTF2 Han in stormtrooper disguise
Dude that L shaped figurestand was the interior of my imaginary blocaderunner.I fought so many battles in that.
4-Lom looks like a cross between a Sand Person and an Ovion of Battlestar Galactica. He looks a bit insect-like.
Because he is..he is a Gand, an inspector species. I am sure you are well aware of the following info, but, His real name is Zuckus, but due to a mix up at kenner he was mislabeled with 4-LOM, I mistake that was not corrected till the 90s with the release of the power of the force 2 toy line. I even thought it was strange as a child being that 4-lom was a droid designation #, ie C-3PO, IG-88, R2D2, R5-D4, etc.
I did receive my Emperor action figure, but it took a long time to arrive. Because it took all that time, Kenner included that Hoth army builder micro figure set as a bonus.
I remember getting The Emperor. Had it for maybe 2 weeks and my dog ate his hands. If only it was Count Dooku.
I had the first mail order action figure stand, Boba Fett, the Micro Collection set of extra Hoth Rebels and Snow Troopers metal figurines, and The Emperor.
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I have the L shaped EPSB figure stand and the 4 back drops. Its was pretty cool
I remember getting Bossk in the mail. Built so many adventures around him. I was a little disappointed at his small role in The Empire Strikes Back, but he looked awesome. 👍
I remember when I sent away for Nahdar vebb from the clone wars pretty cool mail away
Thanks Junkman, my brother and I love your show. We live in UK and I am very sure that my dad ‘mail awayed’ for Dengar. Everytime you were about to mention a bounty Hunter I was expecting you to say Dengar.
I wish they did this more often. My sister loves free stuff!
"Mee-Maw" LOL
How COUNTRY!
Numba1 Heathen meemaws are awesome!! Leave the meemaws out of this!!
I got a survival pack, but the backpacks and gas masks wouldn’t stay on the figures... kept popping off.
my mom was great about staying on top of these mail-in offers - she would call the company and be like "that check cleared two weeks ago, where the hell is my son's bounty hunter!" etc. i could always tell when the thing had finally arrived because she wasn't on the phone screaming at someone when i got home from school and she'd have this grin on her face as though she were just as excited about it as i was.
As usual, I'm sitting at home enjoying the videos. Always great stuff.
I have an idea to throw out there...
How about a video showcasing other free stuff offered by Star Wars, like offers in the magazines like Insider or the Jawa Trader? Fan club exclusive stuff?
Just an idea.
As always, great work.
I remember getting those micro collection figurines with the Emperor Palpatine action figure. Got them with it since Kenner wanted to do it make up for taking so long to send out my Emperor action figure.
i mailed away for a red masked guard with red cloth cape as a kid, and got it as a kid. -- right around the time I got my sgt. slaughter mail in for the joes line , maybe before. it all blended together..
The survival kit was pretty cool but my gas masks are pretty yellow right now.
Crazy how Hasbro revived this trend from 2006-2010. I still have the Rocket-firing Boba Fett replica from 2010, but lost the box and punched the card. Now, he's hanging on a wall with all my Retro Collection figures.
Good memories, had the gray stand, Fett, Bosk, Nien Nub, Akbar, the survival set, and Emperor, never did receive my Anakin. *shakes fist at Kenner* Wish Hasbro would do this again!
the survival kit deserves a video. if you could do one where you equip all the figures with all the stuff that would be cool. one of my favorite mail aways. the gas masks were first to get lost and hoth backpacks were the last i kept till i sold in the early 90s
I recall the Empire Strikes Back Degobah Playset that had a sticker which said it will include that survival playset but mine did not include it.The only time I sent in for a figure was for The Emperor & for 2 Proof of Purchase I got a Kenner Star Wars Action Figure Poster with 79 Action Figures.Still have it too
Thank you Junkman for all the informative vids this past yr! Entertaining too! I especially liked the lunch box bully beat down one as a fave and have saved it to show to some friends! Good stuff and was the best laugh yet from all your vids. Have a nice Christmas! From: Nol P, Kelowna, Canada. (:
It must have been that mail-away free figure, but i definitely remember getting a Han Solo in his Bespin suit (Blue jacket, brown pants) in the mail
I remember that Han Solo Stormtrooper figure. Only available to the US (not in Canada). I remember the new line hadn't come out yet, so this was the new first figure since the 80's. A friend of mine got the Lays Obi Wan, I missed that deal too. But still got my B'Omar Monk who scrambles around my wife's Funko Dark Crystal figures in the livingroom.
Great video!! Loved those mailaways. Wish I would have gotten in on the recent boba feet.
Hey junk man...I just had a film crew here to film my star wars collection and etc "action figures,the most powerful toys in the the universe" coming to net Flix....I really dig ur vids so I name dropped you a bunch...cheers, keep it uo
Every time I see a MIC figure for sale, I think of all those cards we cut up to get those little blue circles.
I got about half the mail-aways as a kid. I'm glad you remembered the poster. I still have mine hanging up in my own junk room. I think you have some of these offers out of order though. I'm pretty sure the poster came before the coin and even before Anakin.
1981 me agrees with you on the Display Arena. Not much bang for your buck there. I hoarded my POPs waiting but wouldn't spend them on that. However 2023 me just shelled out over $100 for one! 🙄
My question is how many of the figures came with a little slip telling you about the character? I know Boba Fett, Bossk, Admiral Ackbar and Nien Nunb all do. Not sure about the others, even though the other 3 I got as mail aways back in the day. I think they just came with a catalog.
Oh, and I still have a little box of POPs standing by for the next offer that never came.
Great vid junkman, you keep educating me and keeping Kenner alive. 👍
Great video junk man. Wish I had done the mail aways back in the day
DC superpower's had a real cool mail away. Clark Kent was a genius move.
After the posing stand and Boba Fett (which I still have), I stopped the Star Wars mail-aways, and just waited until the figures were available in stores. Waiting for the mailman everyday was becoming nerve-wracking. Boba Fett took forever and a day to arrive, and my brother was very disappointed when he read the note from Kenner and noticed that Boba Fett didn't fire his missile. We knew about the Battlestar Galactica tragedy and understood why Kenner was being so cautious. I didn't care because I loved the figure, and my sister was too busy combing her 12" Princess Leia's hair to notice. Ah, the memories.
My Nien Nunb came with one glove black, and the other one red. Still own it.
One of my brothers had that survival kit. I remember seeing the gas masks on some of his action figures.
I missed kenner's mail proof of purchase free figure.😢
Free? Lol. I loved my Me Maw too! Fun video
I remember getting Nien Nub, and the survival kit, and i have the figure bandoleer. Lots of things, in the UK at least, had cut the box up and sent in the tokens things
I got the Emperor figure this way. It took wayyyyyyyyyy longer than 12 weeks. It took so long that I had kind of outgrown playing with action figures but it was still pretty neat.
Dang I bet you checked the mailbox a million times..and no emperor...I feel for ya junkman
I remember a Rancor Keeper mail away figure in the UK - or maybe it's my memory playing tricks!
Yes it was in UK
Junkman you should do some videos on Star Wars Micro Machines. Those are my favs for sure. I have almost all of the playsets new in box. They also just released the new 2020 line of Micro machines that are not too bad. Im super happy to see the line revived. You should check those out as well. Keep up the good work man!!
I ordered the Boba Fett with the rocket that flung out of the backpack. By the time I got my Boba Fett, it was the version with the attached rocket. I got the letter too. Should have kept it. I got Bossk too. I got the survival pack too and it was awesome.
Kenner proof of purchase mail away is how I got my Boba Fett, Admiral Akbar, and 4-LOM. I had to buy Bossk on card.
@That Junkman did you do the mail away for the inflatable lightsaber & t-shirt that came with the Official Soundtrack album?
I missed out on all these offers since we never bought the 3.75 action figures, once again thanks Junkman!!!
I love the Micro Collection.
In the UK I sent away for Dengar, 4Lom, Admiral Akbar, Nien Nunb, Emperor and Rancor Keeper. I also sent away for the survival kit but got a GI Joe kit sent to me instead. Still never got over the disappointment lol.
I couldn't find a Junkman video about the Young Jedi.
Another GREAT vid, Junkman! My experience tho w the 4-Lom was, they were out of the figure, sent my mom/me 4 of those rescue/accessory kits instead, with an apology form letter. But i did get my Bossk fig! Wish i still had that apology letter! (Also did get my Akbar. And the Emperor and geezer Anakin.) But i got those metal Micro Collection ones, but they suuuuucked as a kid. What i ended up doing was digging a hole, flipping the yoda puppet upside down, and pretending it was a Sarlacc, and after the Micro Collection got boring, added toothpicks to the edge of upside down yodas cloak, used the reg figs for Carkoon action! Tentacles were moms crafting pipe cleaners. (Friends def impressed!)
I had the earlybird certificate, rocket firing Boba fett(glued in rocket, which i was pissed about) and I had the action figure stand. I also had the survival kit
I Never Had The Mail In Anakin Skywalker.Had Everythig Else Before That.
8-12 weeks was seemed like years when you were a kid waiting.
My brother and I always pronounced 4-LOM as "FOUR el oh EM" (different emphasis than the kid in the commercial) and Nein Nunb as "nine numb". There's another guy from the same species named "Ten Nunb", so it seems like "Nein" is meant to be pronounced as "9".
That's weird that the 4-LOM offer specified that it wasn't available in Washington. That's where we lived and we definitely got The Emperor and Anakin Skywalker via mail away.
When they made the Micro Collection shortly come back in 1985 with C3P0's cereal, Kenner should have used the opportunity and released the Death Star II and Jabba The Hutt's Palace Play sets they had ready for release when it was originally cancelled in 1983.
I used to go to the local pharmacy and they had tons of action figures. I'd tear the proof of purchase off of the corners of the figures that I already had, and buy the ones that had the sticker which had an extra proof of purchase circle. I wound up with 9 Anakin Skywalkers for free!
I got the Emperor, dam thing took for ever (for a kid) to show up and I was away at camp when it showed up. Lol
I’m 42, I’ve collected Star Wars since I was 4.
I could of swore Dengar was a mail away too. I remember it coming in the white box. I’m in England though, may of been different characters they mailed away.
Almost all figures were sold from sears and other catalogs and sent in the white mailer box. Maybe you got it from there. Catalog ordering was big in in that time. Mostly around Christmas.
In the UK we got Dengar as the second free figure after Boba Fett instead of Bossk.
Great video Junkman, bring on the next one 👍
Its officially pronounced 'nine - num' (spelt nein numb)
No, it is spelled with an "ie", not an "ei". Nien Nunb.
Thought it was ..." nee....en .... num
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I remember the controversy of Boba Fett. The cards were blacked out. I ordered the guns/survival gear, Admiral Akbar. One you missed, the bag of Snow Speeder replacement parts. Everyone lost that damned harpoon and string thing. I'm not sure where that offer popped up from.
I'm jealous of your intact Death Star playset. Mine lost pieces over the years. It's in pieces in my mom's attic.
GI Joe was the same way, it said it would be there in 6-10 weeks, my parents called to complain and my hooded Cobra Commander was there in less than a week
I got a Emperor by sending in my proof of purchases back in the 80s
Junkman, you always make my day.
I can tell you with Emperor, it did take FOREVER, but i eventually got him.
And, as an "apology" for taking so long, they sent 5 Hoth Stormtrooper micro die cast figures. They probably couldnt get rid of them anyway...
Correct me if I am wrong... wasn't Lobot also a mail in? For some reason, I am remembering a Lobot sticker on cards advertising him.
No he wasn’t
I got the Emperor and remember thinking, "He didn't have bell bottoms in the movie." Everything was ready to go to get Nien Nunb, but Mom never mailed the envelope. When she found it a few months later, she felt bad and bought me the Speeder Bike Stormtrooper.
Keep em coming Junkman!
We must’ve gotten a Canadian shipment of the POTF line, because I saw a carded Anakin Skywalker with coin at the Meijer I Flint - I bought my Endor Luke that day, and I was kinda mad that I sent away for the Anakin and here it was on a card - those figures were only there for a few weeks before they cleared all the Star Wars stuff out and I think voltron and gobots took over, lol
I had the mail away Anakin and remember waiting forever and by the time it came in I didnt care. Still have the F-Loops Han stormtrooper somewhere I believe and the Lays Chips Spirit Obi.
I got most of the mail-away action figures and the L-shaped figure stands, but I don't remember if that's how I got Boba Fett. The only one I didn't care about was the accessory pack. (I didn't even know about the one for the micro figures-never got into that line.)
It is 4 and the letters L, O, M. For Love Of Money.
I remember those build your armies and how do I get those again! I guess just Ebay hey?
I skipped the figure stands but I did get all the mail away figures, weapons kit, and the poster.
Hey. Nice channel. I wondered if you were curious. I think I figured out the order in which the Kenner commercials aired. Wanted to share my list with you to see what you think.
Geoffrey Linehan love to see it.
I remember that. I sent off for the Emperor, too. Never got him
I feel like every kid sent away from a free toy in the mail.
Empire survival was so cool
Only one I mailed 4 and received
That nobody in the copilot seat
Am I the only one here who would love to hear The Junkman talk hours about Boba Fet???
And what would you like me to say about him :) I did the history of the Boba figure video. But I might need to redo it. It’s old
I got the Emperor this way. I may still have the box. I know I had it long after I got it.