STAR WARS : GENERATION SKYWALKER
TV & Film
Welcome to the first of a planned trilogy of Those Old Fossils specials, where we celebrate Palitoy and the Star Wars products they released in 1978 and 1979.
Join Dan and Pete, along with guest hosts Jon Aves and Dave Tree as we step back in time to the late 1970’s, for a Death Star-sized slice of nostalgia, UK style. Dave sets the scene and helps us understand the landscape of the UK toy industry in 1977 and provides context to the lengths Palitoy had to go to, to convince retailers to stock their Star Wars line ahead of the movies December release.
Then the team work their way through the Star Wars toys Palitoy released in 78 and 79 and explore changes made to a number of the items for the UK. market. They gush over the Palitoy Death Star and try to find answers for long standing mysteries around some aspects of the range from those initial years.
As well as the items Palitoy did release, we also cover the Kenner items that didn’t make to the great British shores during those years. Craig also drops in to tell us all about the early Palitoy items that went beyond the toys and covers the advertising and point-of-sale materials the company deployed to sell us those wonderful toys. Along the way they share memories of the toys from their youth and as adult collectors.
It’s a Palitoy extravaganza we hope you can join us for.
THE 100th SHOW
THE MODERN WAY : EPISODE 22
THE COMMITTEE : ORIGINAL TRILOGY PUT-DOWNS
GEEKI TIKIS CHRISTMAS PARTY
THE MODERN WAY : EPISODE 21
THOSE OLD FOSSILS : EPISODE 19 : PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA : PART 2
THOSE OLD FOSSILS : EPISODE 18 : PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA : PART 1
THE COMMITTEE : LIGHTSABER DUELS
THE COMMITTEE : TOYS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN 1977
LETRASET STATIONERY ORIGINAL ARTWORK DISCOVERY
THOSE OLD FOSSILS : EPISODE 17 : THE EMPEROR, HIS DIGNITARY AND HIS ROYAL GUARD
THE MODERN WAY : EPISODE 20
THE COMMITTEE : ON-SCREEN DUOS
THOSE OLD FOSSILS EPISODE 16 : DARTH VADER WITH BILL McBRIDE
THE MODERN WAY : EPISODE 19
THOSE OLD FOSSILS : EPISODE 15 : A WALRUS, A REBEL, A BIKER AND A DROID
THOSE OLD FOSSILS : VINTAGE STAR WARS WILD FIND OF DREAMS
A LOOK AT OBI-WAN KENOBI
THOSE OLD FOSSILS : EPISODE 14
THE MODERN WAY : EPISODE 18
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