Collecting Vintage Star Wars Playsets! Beginning a NEW Journey - Episode 1 - The Padawan Collector
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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This is going to be another awesome series!!! Jabba the hutt is a playset
Hey Lera! I agree! I will have to move it to my list and do an episode about it :). Thanks for joining the new series!
All-Riiiight... lets see how far down the cardboard rabbit hole we go! I wish you luck on this journey!!!
Thank you Frak!!!
so into this. playsets are actually my favorite part of any toy line.
Hey Jeff! Playsets are my favorite too! I’m glad you can be on this journey with me learning more about them :). Thanks for watching my friend!
My dad and I love the playsets. I like the show
Thanks Chelsey! I’m glad you are enjoying the episodes, and I’m glad you and your dad can share this hobby in common :). Thanks for watching
Welcome back! Much love from Cincinnati, home of Kenner! Grew up with all these toys, even got lots of free ones from visiting the Kenner office. And rescued not one but TWO rocket firing Boba Fett from an old employee. Promptly sold them to pay for textbooks unfortunately.
Hey Guy! I’m impressed that even though you don’t have them anymore, you got to hold a rocket firing boba Fett in your hand!
The Imperial Attack Base came out in 1980 and the Turret & Probot playset came out in 1981. K-Mart may have been the first store to get that piece.
where one journey ends, another begins. looking forward to continue this one with you as well, my brother. take care, god bless and hope you and yours have a merry christmas.
Thanks Joe! Have a very merry Christmas and I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well!
Nice! It's good to have you back and with a new journey
Hey Sema! I’m glad to have you join me for this new quest :). Thanks for watching!
Bro! Welcome Back!! Excited to see you back!! I can't wait to watch your new journey!
Hey Wookiee! It’s good to be back and I’m honored to have you with me in this new quest!
Cool. Playset is your next endeavor!
Hey Eddie! Yessir! It’s gonna be fun 🤩. Thanks for watching
Christmas came early!!! Welcome back Joey. Didn't expect another video till after the new year. This was a great way to finish my Sunday.
Hey FBird! I’m glad you enjoyed it and honored that you are with me on the new journey! Thanks for watching!
the padawan has become the master. finally, you are at a topic where I know absolutly nothing about and can eagerly learn :D i am looking forward to this channel far far in the future: "now, after I have completed my MISB Uzay run, I will start with the Boba Fett prototypes run. But remember: there is no shame being a padawan!" ;)
Haha I wish! One day! Thanks for being here for the new journey! And thanks for taking the time to comment :)
Joey, I pmed you on FB with some advice. Just wanted to say here too, best of luck on this adventure! I'm routing for you here bud, as I'm sure all your fans are. A lot of serious decisions you're going to make throughout this process. Don't be tempted by the Dark Side! (To quote Obi-Wan, "Only a Sith thinks in absolutes!") Remember, these are toys after all! It's time to enjoy them as such!
Hey HRoth! I’ll check it as soon as I can! It’s going to be a gargantuan task, but it’s going to be a fun one. Thanks for the support and thanks for coming along for this new quest :)
Happy Holidays 🎅 🧑🎄 🤶🎄
Happy Holidays 🎄
Oh he’s back, loving it Joey my man, this is gonna be good :) will enjoy the watch and journey
Hey Berrry! I’m glad you are here for the journey! Thanks for watching!
Welcome back Joey, looking forward to the new journey. Happy holidays.🎅🎄🎅🎄
Thanks Tone! I’m honored to have you along this journey with me :). Thanks for watching!
This is going to be exciting!
Thanks Dave! It’s going to be a lot of fun and as well as challenging! Thanks for watching!
Looking forward to the new journey!.
Thanks Marcus! I hope you enjoy the new journey!
Nice to see that you're back Joey, good luck on the new run!
Thanks Shane! And thanks for taking the time to watch and comment :)
I collected the playsets exactly the same way, in box as complete as possible, but not mint and unopened. Just loved and played with, but with all instructions and inserts. When needed I would buy a part or piece to replace or upgrade. Also I would buy just an nice empty box then start piecing the set together. The toughest parts to find are the cardboard packing inserts, still looking for a few. Your are 100% correct about, it is hard to get a totally complete playset in box and can take a long time without buying a mint in box one. Still trying to complete my collection all these years later. I did however finally realize 20+ year dream and get all four palitoy sets in box, including the death star! Its not complete or mint shape but slowly I'm trying to make it so. Good luck on your journey, and can't wait for next chapter.
Hey Azach! I think you and I are eye to eye on how we are going about this. It’s going to be TOUGH but I think that will make the journey that much more fun to accomplish :). Thanks for watching my friend
cool beans, i just picked up the box only for my ewok tree house, yes big eye roll from the wife. yes, still hunting those hard to find sets and figues.
Haha! Hey Richard! Yes I know that eye roll all too well! But hey we love what we love, right? And I think it’s a great hobby :). Thanks for watching
I love this second undertaking Joey! First off, Jabba's Action playset is definitely a playset, but one that includes a figure (even if not in the traditional sense). I certainly wouldn't call him a creature.
I think your playset list was solid. Smart leaving off foreign variants for now, but I do hope that at some point down the line you go after those as well.
I hope you had some good down time buddy, we certainly missed you! Looking forward to everything that lies ahead. Have a fantastic holiday week & a wonderful Christmas 🎄
Hey Mopar! It’s great to be back! Thanks for joining me on this new quest :). I agree with you, I think the Jabba Playset is a Playset, so I guess I have to move it over to this list! Thanks for watching my friend
Looks like another great journey.
Thanks Punisher! I’m honored to have you join for this new series!
FINALLY my Sundays are whole again! Welcome back, Joey. Can't wait to join you on your latest journey. My latest rabbit hole? AFA 80 or above graded First 12 figures. Those are the figures that helped me to fall in love with Star Wars so I thought it was only right to dive into that rabbit hole. It was great spending part of my Sunday with an old friend again.😀
Hey my friend! It’s good to be back and I’m honored that you are watching! OMG you have to post those pics on the Padawan Academy on Facebook! Thanks for watching
Have fun.
Thank you my friend!
Finally!!! Up to date!!
Thanks for watching Bloody!
I've always stuck with just collecting the American Kenner toy line. That's what feels the closest to me. But, for some reason the only exception is the Lili Ledy or made in Mexico versions. They still seem like part of the same group. Like always, you collect what you love brother. 👊😎
Well said Scott! If I ever do venture out it will be some of the Palitoy playsets. Thanks for watching my friend
So you get a Runners High.... I'm so excited to see more. I'm still looking on a Daghoba Playset for my own... In my opinion, Jabba goes on a Creatures Site...ride on Joey
Hey Daniel! I think the Dagabah Playset might be one I get sooner than later :). Thanks for watching my friend
I enjoyed your last journey and am excited to see how this one goes!
Thanks Patrick! I’m honored to have you along for the journey! Thanks for watching
Well you know I've been watching you from the beginning and I'm glad to see you starting a new series. Always interesting Joey and you do your research very well. You say you're a Padawan but you surpassed many. Keep up the great work I love the content.
Hey DMR! Yes you are one of the OGs on my journey and I’m very honored to know you will be with me on this new quest. I hope all is well with you and your little one
@@thepadawancollectorofficial all is well with me and the little one and thanks for asking and you have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and I will keep watching for new episodes and enjoying this new adventure. You just keep on going Joey.
Hey Joey. Greeting for Melbourne , Australia. Great timing finding your channel. I've just started collecting . I have 6 from my youth and I have 5 bought this week. I'll use your videos as refrence. Many thx.
Good luck with yours.
Hey TwoMinds! Welcome to the channel and good luck on your journey :). I’m glad that you can use these videos as a reference! MTFBWY
Cool 😎 exciting for the new journey i am and good luck 😊 Wishing you a Merry Christmas my friend
Thanks Marco! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Welcome back!! Boxes!! Ouch. That hurts my wallet just thinking about it
Haha! Hi Dandy! Yea I have to be super careful and I also am going to be doing a grading run while I’m doing this run so I can take breaks from getting big ticket playsets 😎. Thanks for watching my friend!
ok. Jabba the Hutt. it’s a playset that comes with a creature figure. Jabba himself IS a creature -but the throne he sits on is the playset. It has multiple play features. So that Jabba set complete and in the box is a playset.
Saying it is not a playset just because it comes with a creature figure is like saying that the Jabba dungeon is not a playset because it comes with some action figures.
or it’s like saying that the cardboard cantina is not a playset because that came with three action figures.
Hey John! Yea I agree with you! I was kinda shocked that so many websites and old school collectors had it listed as a creature and not in their playsets catagory?
Welcome to the rabbit hole! You started with an in depth insight to figures and it was a journey many enjoyed watching, with facts, history, tips, and lessons learned. I know I am not alone in wanting to share in your next steps. Death Star playset is arguably the best Kenner ever made due to playability and scale. Great start!
Hey Daniel! It’s going to be a fun ride and I expect to learn so much and show what I learn :). Thanks for watching!
Can't wait for the new journey. I hear the foam pieces for the trash compactor and Dagobah sets are really hard to find.
Hey Tim! Yes I’ve heard the same thing. Thanks for being a part of the journey and for coming along on this one :)
Now we're talking buddy! You are exactly where I am in my collecting journey! I have a complete, boxed, Hoth Ice Planet set and a few others of those. I think you should be open to possible variants, like the Palitoy creature cantina was bloody awesome buts it's wayyy out of my budget! Great to see you back man, this run I am going to love!
Btw - I say Jabba is a playset, because it says so on the box 😅
Hey Kev! Yea I agree with you, I think I would like to add a few more on from Palitoy. It may take longer, but I think they are great parts of the complete Kenner history. Thanks for the advice my friend and for watching
Hey Kev! Yea I agree with you, I think I would like to add a few more on from Palitoy. It may take longer, but I think they are great parts of the complete Kenner history. Thanks for the advice my friend and for watching
And ...... he's back!!! looking forward to watching the next step in your journey. Its been an incredible and very informative one so far, especially for new collectors like myself. Kenner is such an awesome company I've gotten into quite a few other toy lines since i started and the majority of them are made by Kenner.
Hey Alvin! Honored that you are joining me for this new quest :). I agree, Kenner is one of thee great toy companies! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, Alvin
Great content as always, Joey! Can't wait to follow you on this new journey.
Thanks Daniel! I’m honored to have you on this journey with me :). Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment
So glad you're back joey! And I'm so happy that you're collecting these playsets. This will be fun to follow you on this!
I may have told you this before but I don't remember what year it was but there was one Christmas I woke up to go into the dining room and I saw Darth Vader Star destroyer playset sitting under the tree and obviously I completely flipped out and I'm so happy. However, that thing got lost to the years. I couldn't even pretend to imagine what happened to that damn thing which is a bummer to say the least.
I am also with you on the day about playset. My cousin had that and every time we got together at my grandma's house for a weekend he would bring it and I would bring my figures and we would just go nuts doing Star Wars and I loved the day go by a place that and that kid also had the ewok playset which was awesome. That's a lot of fun to play with as well.
I'm so excited that you're doing this! This will be fun and I look forward to the upcoming videos of your collecting adventures!
Hey Glass! Ah I would have loved to have gotten that for Christmas! But I still have a chance to collect it :). I’m glad and honored you will be joining me on the new quest! Thanks for watching
I love this channel. Great content!
Thanks Joshua! Thanks for watching the channel :)
Great way to follow up the figure run! Looking forward to seeing how it goes!!
Thanks Michael! I’m honored to have you watching this new series :)
Another great episode!! That DS box is beautiful!
Thanks Teenage! It’s going to be fun reviewing it :). Thanks for watching and joining the new series!
Great topic Joey! A fun journey it will be. I had the Death Star, Land of the Jawas, Creature Cantina, Dagobah and Hoth Imperial Base sets as a kid. Death Star was the best! I think Jabba playset should go under Playset since he was a sentient being and not so much a creature like a Dewback or Taun Taun.
Hey Bill! I agree with you about Jabba and you had an amazing collection of playsets as a kid! I’ll be glad to get some of those and play with them as if I was a kid again lol. Thanks for watching!
@@thepadawancollectorofficial that’s a big part of the fun - being a kid again!
Like and subscribed.
This is going be a nostalgic journey for me.
I will watch your other series.
Hi Valse! Welcome to the journey and I hope you enjoy the first series :). Thank you for watching my friend
My favorite playset was the Death Star space station. I played with it so much that some of the pieces were damaged or missing. I wish Hasbro could make a new Death Star playset.
Hey lamar! That’s one of the best! Do you still have it? Thanks for watching my friend!
Thank god I collected all this stuff 25 years ago lol.
Hey Craig! I wish I would have been a collector back then! Thanks for watching my friend
Dude! So excited for your new series! Wishing you every success on your new journey. Your legend continues! MTFBWY!
Hey Soda! I’m honored that you will be joining me for this new series!
Great new Journey Joey !
Thanks Pascal! Honored to have you along his new journey!
Wath about the mail away "playset" ? Action display Stand and Action Figure Display Arena ? I m not sure that are "Playset".
Collect only Kenner USA here! Like you I aim for MIB, but prefer opened. But I do have a few sealed sets. Only ones I need are the 2 Jabba Dungeons, Cloud City, and HOTH playset. Never had those as a kid. I have passed these up over the years and wished I hadn't. Cause they just simply getting hard to find for a good price anymore.
Hey Chaser! It sounds like you have an awesome Playset collection and know what you are doing! Looking forward to have you give me some pointers on this journey. Thanks for watching
The millennium falcon is both a ship and playset as the rebel transport is a ship and carrying case
Hey SWCC! The millennium Falcon is one of my favorites! So many play features :). Thanks for watching!
I wish you luck finding the Cloud City Playset. I've seen very few photos of ones that people have on the FB groups and have never seen one in person other than the ones that were in stores back in the day. I agree that the Star Destroyer is a playset because it is a cross section of the ship rather than an entire ship. The only ways to get a whole Star Destroyer is to get a small die cast metal one, a plastic glue together model kit, or the Lego set that you can build one from. I have the die cast metal one. The Micro Machines series is the best way to get models of the really big ships from Star Wars that Kenner never made 3" action figure compatible versions for. Less expensive than the other methods, usually, and more durable.
If I were you, I'd stick to the US released Kenner playsets and not go into the variants of them either. It will be difficult enough to find those without getting into other countries' versions and the variants. It'll be really interesting to see what you find and the info you learn about them.
Hey John! Right now I have a cloud city Playset in my sights but it’s graded, soooooo I’ll have to see about that one… and yes, for now I’m only collecting the US released playsets. If I get any other country releases, it will have to fall in my lap… literally. Thanks for the info my friend and for commenting
@@thepadawancollectorofficial You bet! I bet that the graded one is a bit on the high price side.
Great video.
Thank you and thanks for watching :)
So great to hear about the next journey! I love the playsets and they are generally more affordable than mocs. I like playsets open but unassembled so you can experience them as when you first got them as kid. I might include the mail away Display Arena. Probably the most challenging one to get will be the Sears Cantina Adventures playset. I passed on an unassembled one a couple years ago and totally regret it!
Hey Jart! Yes it is not as bad as the MOCs but I agree with you the cantina will be hard to find. It might be a little bit of an uphill battle but let’s go! Thanks for watching my friend!
OMG! Who could have seen this coming?!!
JK, play sets are a natural progression. Always upping the ante!
Haha hey Gravel! Thanks :). I hope you can watch the premiere! Take care my friend
The jabba dungeon w/ ev,barada,amanaman is really going to hurt !!
Hey Kenobi! Yea I need to look for one that goes easy on the wallet :).
Love your posts and watching your collection grow, disappointed that I have still not received the shirt that you offered as a giveaway months ago
Can you contact me? I have sent out all the shirts so let’s make sure I got the correct address and shipping info
Joey my friend - well I’m finally back ! After the big move back from Bangkok Thailand 🇹🇭 to Cambridge Uk 🇬🇧 with the family it’s been a hectic 6 weeks on top of that Facebook blocked me out of my profile on a glitch when I updated my phone number and location - so I lost all my groups and pages liked so I really am starting from scratch- thinking of starting a channel as it’s been fun so far 😅- Joey let me know f you have booked tickets to celebration and what days - peace 🎉
Hey Ash! I’m glad your travels have all been safe and I’m happy that you and your family are all settled in :). Reach out to me on either Facebook or Instagram and I can let you know my travel plans!
So you can’t buy Sherwood Forest? 😅
I think it looks like a better Ewok Village because of the foliage
Hahaha I thought about buying it! I like the Robin Hood version better!
The color scheme is better, too. :)
I want the Sherwood Forest playset so bad.
I can't wait to try putting the tree top pieces on my Dagobah tree hut :)
Ewoks village is my favorite play set.
Hey MCoVG! It’s a super good one! Thanks for watching :)
Merry Xmas to us welcome back Joey
Thanks Bill, happy holidays to you as well! Thank you for joining me on this new journey
This will be interesting to watch, I am sure you are going to need a lot of patience, and probably need to piece these things from multiple sources. The simplicity on some of these sets really add to their charm.
Hey Jedi! Yea it’s going to be a tough challenge but a fun one :).
@@thepadawancollectorofficial Jeff is likely quite right. There may be situations where it is easier and/or less expensive to find parts from different sellers and assemble the playset than it will be to find a complete one in the box. The only playset part I have is the escape pod from the Tatooine playset. Found it on a Facebook Star Wars collectors' group (I think it was Imperial Commissary) for $10.
Was missing some of the stickers, but I found a website that had very good quality photos of the sticker sheets from a lot of the ships, playsets, etc. and printed that off on high quality paper, then carefully cut out and glued the 'stickers' that I was missing onto my escape pod.
I've also done that for some of my ships like my Darth Vader TIE fighter and Millenium Falcon that used to have all the stickers as I got it new back when they came out, but some of the stickers fell off. I was able to find some of the stickers loose in the boxes that I had kept them in while I was in college and glue those back on, but some were just missing. I'm not worried about having everything 100% original, I just want it to look good and be something that a kid can play with carefully when my friends' and relatives' kids come to visit me.
Good luck on this next journey. In case you ever do the topps Star Wars card. Keep me in mind if you have any questions. I am a big collectors collector of those.
Hey Saul! I actually am going to do a video series on those and would love to ask questions!
@@thepadawancollectorofficial anytime. :)
#LetsDoThis 💪😉
Let go! 💪🏽😎
I will love for you to do the Gijoe vintage collection. I know there is no such thing as a Padawan in Gijoe but....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
One day I would love to do that run.
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It will be AMAZING to see...
Thanks for replying brother. You are one of the most decent UA-camrs out here. There are some UA-camrs that, once the reach high levels of subscribers, ignore comments from the little people. Not you...👍🏻🤝🏻😊 Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May God bless you and your family...🎄🎄🎄🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤝🏻🤝🏻🤝🏻🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I still have a bunch of play sets from when I was a kid no box’s my mother tossed them when in was saving she threw away a small fortune lol I collect all the star wars Lego sets I have most of them from the beginning running out of room
Hey Solo! That’s awesome you have some of your originals! I wish I had mine, but a lot of the bigger playsets and ships got lost over time. Thanks for joining this new journey my friend!
Hey Joey, I'm almost up to date and I'm looking forward to this run!
Just a quick question - wasn't there a Darth Vader hangar playset as well? I think it was mentioned on your loose figure run in one episode?? Possibly a Hoth Echo Base hangar playset too? 🤔
Hey HST! There was a hangar that came with the tie fighter and one with slave 1, but I don’t include those as those were sold with ships and not as a stand alone, but I will mention them :)
Good luck get ready to break out the big bucks ,believe me I know.
Hey Bantha! Yea this one is going to take some time. But it’s gonna be fun :). Thanks for watching my friend
I have a couple play sets but I really want the Death Star. No, I want 3 Death Stars set up side by side by side.
Hey Ransome! Haha that would be rad! Why stop at 3 🤔
Sick! I can’t wait to follow along on this journey! I’d stick with the U.S. releases. I’m interested to see the foam items with the Death Star playset and Dagobah. I believe they’re notorious for disintegrating if unsealed. May the Force be with you! 👊🏻
Hey Pawlie! Yes you are right, the foam is extremely difficult to find original and in good shape. The accessories for all the playsets are going to be hard to track down and make sure everything is inside the box. Let go! Thanks for watching my friend
If it says playset in the bax, IT IS A PLAYSET. 😎
Wise man 😎
To me, Jabba is an action figure, because he is an alien character.
He's NOT a beast or creature just because of his size.
A creature is an animal like a dewback, tauntaun, rancor, etc.
The dais is a two in one.
It CAN be a playset seeing as how it is meant to represent the rancor pit.
Likewise for the probe droid,
that's an action figure also.
As for the Star Destroyer, I agree with you, it's a vehicle AND a playset.
If the Falcon is a two in one, why is the Star Destroyer not a vehicle/playset?
Here's the thing, would the DEATH STAR be a vehicle also??
Maybe not, since it's a piece of one. 🤔 ???
I like thinking of it as a military base, too. Very versitile playset. :)
The Palitoy Death Star, I think, should be saved for when you've got all the U.S. playset releases.
To me, it's not a variant.
Happy hunting :)
Thanks for the video 📼
Thanks T! I just might have to reconsider the Palitoy Playset and yes, you are right… that may have to be the season ender ;). Haha. Thanks for joining me for this new series T!
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This video was a nice thing to wake up to from a nap with my cat. :)
I wish that Death Star box was under my Christmas tree. :) haha
No shame in being a Padawan,
Never too old to have a Star Wars Christmas. :)
I hope you have a great Holiday. :)
Will you be worried about Inserts as well? I'm doing something similar.
Hey Ken! I am going to try and find them complete as possible, but at the very least I want a very good condition box and the complete toy inside. Thanks for watching my friend!
Definitely Kenner only.....No Palitoy
Hey Timmothy! Yes for now it’s just the US releases, but if I expand it will only be a couple. Thanks for watching
What is that frame that you hang your figure display case from?
Hey Uulwyn! I build the frame from metal pipes I picked up at a hardware shop, and placed wheels on the bottom so I can roll it into position. Thanks for watching my friend
This will do for now Joey, but we still need GOBOTS.
Haha one day! Thanks for watching :)
Does anyone now care given how horrible Star Wars has become? Friggin Andor is being thought of as a masterpiece.
Hey 285! Thanks for watching
This dudes beta energy and talking with hands is very triggering for me for sum reason
Hey Danny! You can always address these directly to me, I always answer these. It’s ok if these aren’t to your liking, I can only be myself when doing these, but lucky there are a ton of other creators on here that might fit a style you are looking for. Thanks for giving this a try and watching though!