- Post
- #1646371
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- [<( The Star Wars TV Commercials Project )>] (* unfinished project * - a host of info)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1646371/action/topic#1646371
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(bumping this old post with a slight update)
I haven’t been active on this thread for quite some time, but I haven’t stopped collecting SW commercials.
Well, I say that. Actually, I’ve sort of fallen off on collecting general SW commercials after about 2015-2017 (there just got to be too many, with all the video game ads, etc.). But I definitely continued my efforts on the Kenner/Palitoy/etc. toy commercials.
Recently I was a little annoyed to find out there was a whole fan-made DVD of Palitoy commercials released way back around the time I started this project here. And no one bothered to tell me about it - I only just now found out. It’s called:
“Palitoy Advert Archive”
I don’t have this DVD. I wish I did. I do have the Kenner one, however, and it’s one of my most cherished fan-made discs, as well as the best source for most of my Kenner commercials.
Additionally, I found out there was a fan-made DVD of the Brazilian Glasslite commercials(!). It’s called:
“The Vintage Glasslite Commercial Collection”
There were only 50 copies made, so I don’t feel quite as bad about missing out on that one. Still, it would be lovely to have a copy of that as well. (why did neither of these DVDs make it to the 'Spleen?? The Kenner one did!)
In the absence of these, I’ve gathered what I think must be nearly all of the Palitoy commercials that ever aired (there’s not that many compared to Kenner) mainly from more recent YouTube posts in much better quality than the 240-360p ones I had before. And I have found 3 of the Glasslite commercials, including the DROIDS one.
I wanted to address this one again:
Hi guys is this project still active as last post was 2008 , I have been searching as I have some palitoy Uk commercials from a big box of vintage British off air recordings vhs I bought a few years ago. i have been slowly capping them and cleaning them up. but would like to contribute to the project . if not then I can finish them myself and upload them over time.
kingrixy, could you possibly list the Palitoy commercials you have? I’d love to compare against what I’ve got. Here’s my list:
Palitoy Commercials
1978
SW Death Star, vehicles & figures [30 sec]
SW Death Star, vehicles & figures [15 sec]
1979
SW Landspeeder, Boba Fett [15 sec]
1980
SW Darth Vader TIE Fighter, Landspeeder, Boba Fett special offer [30 sec]
ESB AT-AT & Snowspeeder [30 sec]
ESB Imperial Troop Transport & Millennium Falcon [30 sec]
1981
ESB Imperial Attack Base, Tauntaun, Snowspeeder [15 sec]
ESB Star Destroyer, Darth Vader TIE Fighter, Millennium Falcon [30 sec]
1982
ESB Darth Vader TIE Fighter, Imperial Troop Transport, Millennium Falcon [15 sec]
ESB Darth Vader TIE Fighter, Millennium Falcon [30 sec]
1983
ROTJ Ewok Village Playset [30 sec]
ROTJ Mini-Rigs [15 sec]
ROTJ Mini-Rigs [30 sec]
ROTJ Plush Ewoks [30 sec]
ROTJ Rancor [15 sec]
ROTJ Scout Walker [30 sec]
ROTJ Speeder Bike [30 sec]
ROTJ TIE Interceptor & B-Wing Fighter [15 sec]
–SKot