Unreleased Kenner Star Wars Micro Collection Playsets
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- Today I take a look at the planned 1983 Star Wars Kenner Micro Collection that was sadly canceled before it could be released. We would have gotten more from Empire Strikes Back and even a Micro Return of the Jedi line!
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I totally ignored the micro line as a kid. Now, looking at these playsets, I wish I had them. There may have not been much play value to them, but the sets would be cool to display. Great video.
I loved the Micro Collection as a kid and have them proudly on display to this day. I think I’m only missing the Falcon and the snow speeder. I have all the “worlds” and the X-Wing and TIE fighter Played with them a TON!
I need to get some. I got the falcon and a few figures
yes , but do you own the coveted 'Star Wars Side-walk Surfer' skateboard from 1979 featuring C3PO & R2 ? hmm..ask yourself ...
I had (and still have) all the Micro Collection sets and ships. I loved that scenes from the films were incorporated that weren't available in 3.75" scale.
I loved the micro collection! I had Hoth world, the Bespin freezing chamber (which came with the Lukes and Vaders from the other Bespin sets. Free figures!) and the X-Wing and Tie Fighter. A friend of mine had the two Death Star sets and I totally wanted those!
Never heard it called ‘bockta’ chamber. We always said ‘backta’ chamber. Learn something new all the time! I guess Junkman’s channel is poppin’!
I said it how txt to voice told me to say it :)
The 90's star wars micro machine lines were my favourite toyline of all time. It was the first time i was able to build a storm trooper army with just 2 packs.
I had Bespin world as a child, but I really wanted Hoth world. I was able to send away for the army builder set.
Looking back, I think this series was way ahead of it's time. Could you imagine a Tattooine world with Mos Eisley cantina and a Sandcrawler? Throw in Luke's Landspeeder and a Dewback for good measure! Oh the possibilities....
Sounds pretty cool
Still have them and love them. Best play sets ever made. Such great interaction.
As a kid, I was never enamored by tiny toys. It may be because I'm a ham-fisted dolt.
I never had any of these when I was young, but a friend had the Bespin set. I can remember playing with them and thinking how cool they were.
I had a hoth set. Super cool.
Jabba's palace would've been awesome, my favorite hang. Salacious would've been the size of an pencil eraser though.
I get the concept, they want to make all these things that would've been cost prohibitive at standard scale so they shrunk it all down. Something just comes up short with the little metal figures. If that's all you ever had it'd be fine but they don't compare to plastic action figures.
Dear god there are 2 puns in this message. I stand by that shit if intend it. These were accidental though.
Those kits were cool. I had the Cloud City set that had the little launcher that would shoot Luke through the glass.
I loved the Micro collection as a kid myself. I had the two Death Star sets and the Bespin sets. Man, I spent hours playing with them. I've recently been looking into using 3D printing components to combine elements of the 1970s Kenner Death Star set and the two Power of the Force Death Star sets to recreate a 3.75" scale replica of the Death Star Trash Compactor Set from the Micro Collection, but it would cost, yep, you guessed it - $$$$. And I got that extra Kenner Death Star lift tube for it, too. Maybe someday.
Had them. Loved them. Heartbreaking that all of of the proposed sets never came out.
I actually never own these in the 80's but that's where Micro Machines picked them up towards the late 90's awesome vid Junkman
I had the Hoth and Bespin micro world sets when I was a kid as well as the micro X-wing.
I absolutely love the Vintage Starwars Micro Collection. Beyond Incredible! This prototype medical bacta chamber and Bespin torture chamber would have been awesome if produced. Such a loss. I had no Idea about Slave 1 or Dagobah sets!!
I think my brother and I ended up with a bigger collection of this line, rather than the regular 3.75” line, for a few years; but not because our parents bought them for us. As all our other friends started getting “too old” for toys, sometimes their parents would make them give some of those toys away and they were usually more ready to part with their Micro Collection stuff than their regular action figure toys.
The only Micro Collection stuff I had was that mail-a-way pack of the Hoth troops that I got by sending in proof of purchases from the regular figures. I know some people really like these but I feel their production robbed us of a cool 3.75" Cloud City playset.
As a kid, I couldn't afford the sets. Got Death Star World one Christmas, and Bespin World the next, but the year after that Hoth World was no longer available. That was a sad Christmas.
I've kept my Bespin Freeze Chamber set, but sold everything else - including a genuine Rocket-Firing Boba Fett, and Blue Snaggletooth, and a Cardboard Cantina. Also, had the two head versions of Han from the first film.
I really enjoyed the Bespin World set. It was the only set of the collection that I had, but I really, really wantes some of the Hoth sets. looking back on it now, I wish that I bought (or that my family bought) several of the Hoth lines so I could havr big battles. the metal figures had bases and could stand. As an adult who plays tabletop games, today, such as Star Wars Legion, I think I have more of an appreciation of monopose figures that can stand. As a kid, I probably held to the conclusion that it was cooler to be able to move their legs and arms. oh well. I was a kid and had loads of fun with both Kenner lines of Star Wars toys. keep up the good work with the channel.
I had the Hoth turret defense and the Bespin control room. The 90s Galoob Action Fleet is kind of in the same vein, they are both great lines of SW toys
I had the Wampa set. I also had a set of troops that was a mail-away promo, I believe with more troops from the Hoth battle
I had Hoth, I always loved the little figures. The paint job was excellent on mine.
I remember the noses chipped when they fell over.
Really cool info. All those sets would have been great. Ty for sharing bud.
I didn't have any of these, and I remember everyone that did have them got just one and then never asked for a second one. Everybody was really happy with the 3 3/4" line back then and just wanted more of that, even if it meant printed cardboard back drops for the playsets. I understand how this experiment in smaller toys was instigated by the mid-east oil embargoes of the 70's (this is why so many great diecast toys dominated the Japanese toy industry), but to a little kid, we just wanted more 1/18 scale toys.
They were great
Alas, I missed the whole Kenner line, but had a lot of fun with the Micro Machine line. It was just cooler to play with the mini-sized vehicles where the regular sized ones could get bulky. Those little space ships were a lot of fun on those long ass car trips.
I think it took Mighty Max to really crack the mini-figure concept, and bring it a successful Star Wars line.
There's so much they could have done. Mos Eisley Cantina, Lars Homestead, and Obi Wans home could have been Tattooine World. A Jabbas Sail Barge, and scaled At At.
Had em' and loved em'!..
I remember my mom taking me all around to get all the micro stuff when they were on clearance everywhere . My mom drove till we found each set. What an awesome mom ! JEDI Temple Toys- May the toys be with you!
Great looking line but never had any as a kid ☹️ I’m on the lookout for one now though to display with my vintage collection
I only ever got the Tie Fighter in the Micro Collection. It was all about the 3.75" figures for me. The Micro Collection was awesome though, and I did want the Bespin world set.
I had the Bespin Gantry and Control Room, and my friend had the Carbon Freezing Chamber, so we sorta had all the Bespin World stuff...This line really had my imagination going, and I wondered why we didn't see any more releases. I guess, now I know. I once saw the Millennium Falcon in a store, box was opened and who knows what happened to the rest of its contents, but I'm sure I would've enjoyed it.
This line was great and certainly consisted of some of Kenner’s best work. Shame that Jabba’s Palace and Death Star II weren’t made and to quote you “And it would’ve come with a teeny tiny Emperor sitting in his chair, now that’s worth 20 bucks right there.” Both locations and Slave I would’ve been fantastic for 1983. Also like Kenner’s experimental box designs, especially the black version. Notice the cut-out of the box showing the Luke figure. That’s quite cool, shame it wasn’t part of the final version.
Thanks for the history lesson, Junkman! Those Jabba sets are the coolest. Wish we woulda gotten em, looked better than the micro machines Jabba palace in my opinion
Nice timing...I am working on an article for this line at the moment
I just remembered that I had a dagobah model set. not sure if it came with figures.. was proud how I painted the boxes, ha
"...and Luke Skywalker in his diaper"
LOL!! I would have loved to see that in a 3.75" figure on cardback :
"Luke Skywalker : Hoth Bacta Diaper"
I had the Death Stars set. It was pretty cool!👍👍👍👍
These are your best videos dude. I had this entire set I bought them in the world box sets
I love the unreleased Star Wars stuff but they getting harder to find :) covered a lot and was shocked I some how never did a full video on this
I would absolutely love to have these.
And to think that the ROTJ Death Star playset would hook up with the original Death Star World .. ?!
There should be 2 Royal guards,
2 Emperors (one sitting, one standing), Darth Vader, and a Luke.
And a Jabba WOULD be the ship.
That dungeon looks great, wish they had one for the regular figures.
Thanks for the video
It's a shame we never got these in a compatible action figure size. Those Kenner playsets left a lot to be desired.
I made a few of these, Bespin torture chamber and the Hoth Bacta tank
I loved these things think I'm gonna go buy some
I had part of the Hoth world and the a part of the Death Star, still have the Tie Fighter (but the wing rubber band got broken), I did not know at those time nobody was interested in the micro collection...
Perfect timing. Retroblaster just did a video about a third party Bespin playset for the 3.75 figures.
Sounds exciting. Im sure he got one free for doing the video :)
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A whole bunch of these showed up at my local kb toys back in like 1985. They were heavily discounted so my mother bought me 3 of them
It's criminal that these never got released. I absolutely love the Micro Collection line. The playsets are tiny, but they make very nice display pieces and don't take up too much room, which is great. The Bespin torture chamber, Jabba's dungeon and Throne Room sets look like they would have been amazing.
I have all the Hoth sets except the Shield Generator one. Been trying to find it for a decent price but it seems like it's about doubled in price over the past few years.
I had the Bespin and Hoth sets - Now I kow why I never found the rest of the sets - the little booklets that came inside the boxes had pictures of all the unreleased sets (I think I sent you those)
Thanks for this. I had a few of them as a kid maybe it was just me but I wasn't as into them then, but god I wish I had them now
Funny how they didn't sell but the Star Wars micro machines probably did well
I still have could city and hoth still have them all in good shape
Now if they re-released these in a retro box, ill buy them.
I liked the original micro collection. I had the bespin set & the Death Star. I wanted the hoth and falcon sets, but never got them. I had the crushable x-wing too. Shut up!, Slave 1!
These unreleased sets would have been cool!
I got Hoth World for a birthday and a piece of the Death Star and the Millenium Falcon for Christmas. I liked that they were smaller - - it was easier to put it in a reasonable sized suitcase/box when going to my grandparents or my boring aunt's house so I had more than a few figures. But the little metal figures taht didn't move were kinda boring over time. I think the Action Fleet line from Galoob got the figure side of things with the little moveable arms and legs I always felt like those and the Micro Machine sets figured out what Kenner didn't.
I used to have a death star gunner or some figure in black. I always wondered how old it was then i found out a few years ago
The micro-line was great, I don't think we ever got them in England other than shops which got them from the US, the Paliitoy line seemed to be the poor relation of Kenner even though the figures were generally the same.
My brother and I both had a couple of those playsets. I still have a few of the figures even. Time and play hasn't done them any favors tho lol. I believe my brother had a bespin section and I had a both section. Maybe had a couple of each, I really don't remember for sure. But I do still have some of the figures set up in my nic back cabinet.
Nice one.
Wasn't there also micro vehicles. I remember there was a X-wing where the nose "crumbles"
I wonder how it would have sold if they were the same scale as the green army men.
I had one of the Death Star micro sets, but never saw them in the store again after initial release. I thought it was pretty cool, buy I wanted the full set.
Edit the Death Star set I had was the laser cannon part.
Had both Cloud City and Hoth. Thought they where great
Funny how these were pretty awesome and detailed but cancelled early. Then years later the micro machines playsets that are way worse in comparison took off.
I wish I could afford these toys as a kid
I had a few of them
Thx fun!
*WAMPA WAMPA WAMPAAA!*
Word up. Good video
Do a video on the 90’s playsets
I remember these
When MM SW came out I hated them - because I wanted more BIG Star Wars. All the expense to mint METAL when grocery stores wasted infinitely more plastic on disposable bags. I do recognize how neat they were constructed though. Be neat if "Luke in his Diaper" could also "Float" by a magnet pushing upwards - though a tiny transparent plastic poker would do 99.9% as much given the two layers of other plastic for the tank.
I vaguely remember me or my cousins having a Hoth or Bespin micro sets, but I could be wrong. Too much Mountain Dew...
We used them as set pieces for the normal figures. Would have loved to have had any of those sets made for 3.75 figures.
I loved these sets so much ( the ones that were released) . Now I feel cheated !
The only thing that turned me off of the Micro Collection, is the permanent-posed figures. If they could have at least had some articualtion, I would have been all over these! These expanded (and more accurate and better-detailed) playsets were pretty cool, especially since the regular size line hardly put out any Bespin environments at all (it was all Hoth and a couple of Imperial environments, plus Dagobah), unless you counts the flimsy Sears exclusive of Cloud City which was nothing but a cardboard diorama, with 3 different areas all crammed into one concentrated space.
I would have bought them all.
I had a few of these and at the time, kinda preferred them.
So I’m going against internet lore and say by 1982/83 Star Wars 3 3/4 was winding down for me. Also D&D “lead figures” were in their prime. Especially with my younger brother. My take was they were for fans getting a little older and not a really a cash grab (also internet lore). They could be respectfully set up on a shelf or dresser for months. Falcon was on the wishlist but disappeared too fast.
I actually have all of the sets in my collection 💪🤓 but I am sure you knew that 😆
I’m sure
I’m sure you really don’t have any of them
Hi Junkman! I went to Walmart tonight to get some onions and peas to make my chicken and gnocchi soup. I went through the self checkout and I got a free box of Ding-dongs! How bout that!😏
Freebies!!!
Junkman, I wish you lived near by so I could give you some of that soup. It came out the bomb son!!!! 💣🍲
I don't know if you have seen analog toys new video yet or not but he's calling you out.
Still??? Fuck it’s been like 2 weeks of that. What now.
I need that Luke in a diaper! My pants got tight when I saw that! I just really Luke figures. Get your head outta the gutter! 👀
I think 🤔 the puppet master is obsessed with the bespin micro set.. so much that hes telling people in the comments that he made a custom set when he really hired some dude to made if for him ...
Saw that. It lead up in the teaser like he was the builder. Full video had the whole story. The maker did a really good job.
So much stuff from too many lines never made it past conception/ prototype stage. Sad. Speakin of SAD , boy howdie did you sure get that fella worked up. Sounded like that time that fella from Australia tore AJ a new one. ...Rant !
a lot seems to over react to me or take me too seriously ;)
@@ThatJunkman I think your in a great , sorta middle-ground area of minor fuss,s. Good stuff to be sure....hell , i dont even collect S.W. ( much)
When I got the Micro Collection X-Wing I felt ripped off. Can't play with it against my TIE Fighter. Too small. Can't play with it and JI Joe's. Too small. And didn't want any more cuz...Too small.
These were for ‘poor’ kids
I had a few of the sets as a kid but they were so boring.