Check out this Vintage Kenner Star Wars Visual Checklist!

If you’re a collector of vintage Kenner Star Wars figures, there are plenty of guides and resources, but we’ve found a great image listing all of the original figures! We’re…

The Retro Collection Is Now Available From a New Online Retailer

If you didn’t get the chance to order the Retro Collection when it was available at Target, you have a second chance to get them, thanks to a new retailer!…

The Retro Star Wars Board Game and Tarkin Figure is Now in Stores!

Hasbro’s “Escape From Death Star” Board Game, with an exclusive Grand Moff Tarkin Retro Collection action figure, is now available in stores! The game, which was announced earlier this year…

Finally! Grand Moff Tarkin is Getting A Vintage-Style Figure!

Back in the day, kids collecting the original Star Wars action figures never got one key member of the Empire to display in their Death Star playset: Grand Moff Tarkin. …

Hasbro Announces ‘Retro’ Series of Figures

This weekend’s Toy Fair has brought a number of major announces from Hasbro, including the reveal of reissued vintage figures as part of a new “Retro” Series.  Hasbro announced that…

You gotta see this Kenner employee sales video from 1983!

A Kenner internal promotional sales video from 1983 is a fantastic look at how the company rallied its salesmen and employees prior to the release of Return of the Jedi.…

Finally! Vintage-styled Rebel Troopers can be yours!

If you ever hoped for a Rebel Trooper figure back in the 1980s, your prayers have been answered! Custom figure maker The Vintage Studio is offering a new four pack…

Sears was Star Wars Central in 1979

Here are more scans from a 1979 Sears catalog we came across recently. It includes some great pictures of vintage toys, including the infamous Blue Snaggletooth. See more after the…

It’s Nien Nunb action figure inception!

OK, this is weird. Daren Hinton posted photos of this vintage Kenner Canadian Nien Nunb action figure cardback from 1983, featuring a mailaway offer for a Nien Nunb figure! The…

These Kenner Empire Strikes Back store displays are worth more than some cars

Recently, two rare and unique vintage Kenner The Empire Strikes Back toy displays were auctioned off on eBay, and sold for an incredible price. See how much after the jump.…

The Ultimate Guide to Spain’s vintage Star Wars figures!

Many Star Wars vintage figure collectors are unaware that Spain made their own figures, known as the PBP or Poch figures. Javier Ruilopez has written perhaps the most complete accounting…

35 Years Ago Today: The Kenner Action Figure Survival Kit Mailaway!

Advertisement from action figure cardbacks. Image courtesy TheSWCA.com 35 years ago today, Star Wars fans were scrambling to get their proof of purchases together to send off their last minute…

Star Wars action figure ‘time capsule’ rediscovered after 27 years

Here’s a very cool story we came across that you old school fans will appreciate. Gareth Wood, a Star Wars collector in the UK, recently posted the picture above to…

Rocker Rick Springfield loves Star Wars toys. Seriously.

Back in the 1970s, Rick Springfield picked up some Star Wars figures, and was immediately hooked. Over the years, he has amassed an amazing collection, including some of the rarest…

Vintage Return of the Jedi figures – fresh out of the case!

The Toy Hunter himself, Jordan Hembrough, posted this picture to the Return of the Jedi Vintage Collecting Group on Facebook. It shows some key vintages figures and even the original…

The rare vintage “Poch” Yoda action figure

Check out this photo of a very cool vintage carded “Poch” Yoda, posted to The Empire Strikes Back Vintage Collecting Group 1980-1982 on Facebook by super collector Oliver Olson. “Poch”…

Check out these cool vintage Kenner custom figures!

 We don’t know who did these customs, but we would love to find out. They are fantastic!

Finally! A vintage Kenner Tarkin action figure

  If you collected the vintage Star Wars figures, you were likely as disappointed as we were that Kenner never made a Grand Moff Tarkin figure. Thanks to an enterprising…

The ultimate Star Wars coffee table is here!

This is the absolute coolest way to display your Star Wars action figure collection! This custom coffee table has 100 slots to fit action figures in, and it’s available on…

Yes, this is a Stormtrooper stuck inside a tree

These photos were posted on the Rebelscum.com forums, and shows a vintage Stormtrooper action figure that a tree has completely grown around. The story, as told by the poster, was…