The Retro Star Wars Thread — Page 4

SilverWook said:

There never were any Burger Chef’s near me as a kid. I always thought McDonald’s invented the Happy Meal concept. Guess what franchise they kicked off with?

I didn’t even know that Burger Chef existed until recently, but apparently they were the first to come up with the idea.

I can’t imagine that that Star Trek marketing worked out too well for MacDonalds. Didn’t most merchandising for the first ST movie fail pretty badly? It wasn’t exactly the most “kid-friendly” in the series.

SilverWook said:

What’s more “fun”? Dead Rebels, or hideous head swapping transporter malfunctions?

Well, I never thought I’d ever see Spock in Klingon armor before, so that’s a bonus.
(Also is that one Klingon having a head-ache?)

Man, I could’ve made an entire thread for just SW-related fast-food restaurant merchandising.

Apparently Taco Bell released some toys to advertise the Special Editions of the OT in 1997.
This isn’t quite retro enough for me to bother posting a lot of pictures, but I though it was worth a mention since it’s OT related.

Source

EDIT: TV commercial

I remember all of those. I still have the Falcon from that balancing Falcon one, and I remember the “exploding” Death Star, puzzle cube, and balancing Boba, too.

I’m pretty sure the Yoda was a magic 8-ball thing, they did a CPY version when TPM dropped that sits on my Star Wars shelf.

I was collecting the Pepsi cans for awhile. I also have one full and one half Darth Maul novelty cup from Pizza Hut (I think).

SilverWook said:

I was disappointed those commercials with Colonel Sanders, the Taco Bell dog, and anonymous Pizza Hutt delivery lady weren’t included on the TPM DVD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnbNXlpWdh8

Did the voice say “The Naboo system has been invaded by the Force?”

(Lol, “Pizza Hutt”. Was that spelling intentional or accidental?)

Star Wars pencil toppers and erasers (because why not?)

Helix pencil-top erasers - UK 1977

H.C. Ford & Sons Ltd. of London perfumed erasers - UK 1982

(Threepio & Artoo = apple, Chewie = orange, Han = lime, Luke = mint, Vader & Stormtrooper = grape, Leia = strawberry.)

ROTJ pencil-toppers - US 1983

(These are apparently available in vending machines for the most part, which also came with the stickers shown in the photo, but I can’t really figure out what those were for.)

More scented erasers - UK 1983

(This time around the Gamorrean guard got to smell like mint and Paploo got to smell like strawberry.)

Butterfly Originals glow-in-the-dark erasers - UK 1983

(I like how the Falcon eraser is firing at the Vader eraser on the card-back.)

Butterfly Originals also released these much more elaborate collectible erasers which almost looked like little action-figures.

Source; StarWars.com
Link 1
Link 2

SilverWook said:

And I recall those erasers and such pegwarming for years at my local Kaybee Toys. I think the idea of slowly eroding a beloved Star Wars character’s head off didn’t go over too well?

Depends on who you ask.
The guy who wrote the article that I got these pictures clearly didn’t mind;
“I have fond memories of chewing the dome off my Artoo. (Don’t judge me.)”

At least by 1983 they’d realized that it was smarter to label them as “collectibles.”
(Or maybe they thought it’d be a tad too morbid to shave off the heads of the "Baby Ewoks eraser.)

SilverWook said:

And I don’t smell like oranges!

I’d be more surprised to hear that Gamorreans supposedly smell like mint.

Star Wars candy dispensers/containers

Topps ESB candy dispensers 1st set (1980)

2nd set “Yoda Series” (1980)

Source
(I haven’t really been able to find much informaton about the above dispensers other than the photos. It is however funny to see Bossk with little ears. I guess they misinterpreted his little “horns” as being ears based on a poor reference photo.)

Topps ROTJ candy containers (1983)

These were apparantly sold primarily in delis and corner stores, and the the author of the StarWars.com article that I found these pictures in described the taste as “bootleg Smarties.”

Source (StarWars-com)

Hmm, there’s that pesky yellow lightsaber again.
(Don’t think I’ve ever seen that appear as late as 1983 before.)

Also now I’m curious as to what “Jedi jelly” tastes like.

Pepperidge Farm’s Star Wars Cookies (1983)

1983 TV commercial

These cookies came in three flavors;

Vanilla; referred to as the “Rebel Alliance I” set. This contained cookies shaped like; Luke, Han, Leia, Yoda and Wicket.

Peanut Butter; e.g. “Rebel Alliance II”. This contained Chewbacca, Artoo, Threepio, Ackbar, and for some reason; Max Rebo.

Finally there was Chocolate; referred to as “Imperial Forces”. This had Vader and the Emperor’s Royal Guards, as well as Jabba the Hutt, Bib Fortuna and the Gamorrean Guard (not really Imperials, but I guess chocolate flavor had to represent as many interesting and new bad guys as they could fit into one box).

(Well, someone’s going to get lead-poisoned.)

Source (StarWars.com)

“FINDING PEPPERIDGE FARM’S ORIGINAL STAR WARS MOLDS AND ENGRAVINGS!” (StarWars.com article)

SilverWook said:

LOL! I was just about to say that about the glass.

And someone probably has a sealed box in their collection.

Well, the guy who wrote the article that I got these photos from did actually open a sealed box, and those are 30 year old cookies.

(The real question is, what’s the most dangerous; novelty glasses covered in lead paint or three decade old chocolate cookies?)

Finding the molds is pretty sweet, I gotta say.

Hopefully they use them!