tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post2087564068411986024..comments2024-03-28T06:42:11.183+00:00Comments on Hypnogoria: The 'Orrible 'Ouse of Terrible Old Tat #01 - Doctor Who and the Gambit Menace! Jim Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834711093704256462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-58816257452693931942017-01-12T20:41:14.949+00:002017-01-12T20:41:14.949+00:00Being born after the last original film came out, ...Being born after the last original film came out, I slowly acquired unwanted Star Wars 'men' from car boot and jumble sales, a little bit at a time, always concentrating on the villains and aliens.<br /> How the heart would sail when you found a skiff guard you didn't even know existed. With no widely available videos, if it wasn't in the illustrated storybook, to me it didn't exist.<br />I remember finding the Imperial Dignitary figure and wondering why I had been brought up sheltered from such things, my copy of Return Of The Jedi was taped off the telly and would regularly cut to completely different productions that my parents had recorded over it.<br /> I distinctly remember Robert Powell hannging of Big Ben right after Han comes out of the carbonite. I await a special edition that includes this scene.<br /> . I always found the Emperors creepy pals to be one of the best parts of ROTJ.<br />Some nice stories about the detective work finding the actors who played them, One was the shopkeeper in Force 10 the other was a Zeppelin passenger in Indiana Jones In The Last Crusade.<br />ST.CLAIREAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-21168067185101330472017-01-12T14:01:04.411+00:002017-01-12T14:01:04.411+00:00I remember being rather shocked when I checked out...I remember being rather shocked when I checked out the latest Star Wars figures in the local toy shop one day and found they were all claiming to be made by Kenner rather than Palitoy. At first I thought they were some kind of knock-offs or pirate copies but the fellow behind the counter informed me that demand was so high Palitoy couldn't keep up and had imported figure from the US! Jim Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15834711093704256462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-13774328456212595742017-01-12T00:53:28.927+00:002017-01-12T00:53:28.927+00:00Palitoy was the high watermark of British Toy-maki...Palitoy was the high watermark of British Toy-making. You can say what you like to the contrary but you'll be flogging a horse that's long since been turned into cheap mince. But, alas, they couldn't make those wee figures cheap enough but I'm sure they gave it a bloody good go, anyway. The manufacture of low cost products of any sort was on its arse in the U.K. by then. <br /> I'm glad I am of a certain age that allowed me to be there at the time. 1.5 weeks pocket money saw me get friendly with Boba, Bossk, Walrusman etc one by one. Then later, it was Muton, Kraken and co. The more monster-like the better. Happy days. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-67023467870557101192017-01-11T19:38:23.512+00:002017-01-11T19:38:23.512+00:00Great article Jim. As tat afficaindo i do love me ...Great article Jim. As tat afficaindo i do love me some behind the scenes 70s action figure esoterica, particularly ones pertaining to characteristically cheap skatery from corner cutting British companies, which I'm told was due to rising oil prices as well as good old fashioned brass neckery.<br />The famous Star Wars Blue Snaggletooth story is fairly well known, but The Palitoy Action Force range has a few dark secrets as well..<br />ST.CLAIRE<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com