The Star Wars Collectors Archive Podcast

BOMBSHELL alert! There is a new never-before-known-about Kenner display in this podcast. Ron takes Skye and Steve on a tour through the early, early history of Kenner’s merchandising involvement with Star Wars. What was available in Christmas 77? Table of Contents: 3:15 Was Kenner stupid and lazy in ’77? 6:56 The Early Bird Controversy 11:57 Scholastic News Explorer? 17:58 Escape from Death Star Game 24:38 Kenner Painting Sets 28:39 Store Display Mania! 36:19 Conceptual Rendering of Displays 38:43 Never before known displays Bombshell! 45:07 Market Watch? 8x10s sold on Facebook 49:02 The Foley’s Store Display 50:13 Early Bird Display

Skye and Steve discuss the impact of Mandalorian Season 2 on the value of different vintage Star Wars collectibles. Boba Fett, Weequay, Troop Transports, Luke and more! Best of all, we introduce a new feature “Ask Ron a Star Wars Question.” Plus, the “Episode 7” effect is theorized and explained, Skye antagonizes Ahsoka fans, spoilers are discussed and the show is interrupted by a Biz Markie alarm clock. Oh Snap! This is our first (last?) ever “video podcast” but the video isn’t super great and Skye looks all twitchy for some reason, but check it out on YouTube if you want to see it anyway. Table of Contents; 00:00 Show Intro 05:53 #10 Winner and Loser – Droids Category 08:11 #9 – Bartender Category 10:25 #8 – Fish Aliens Category 17:11 #7 – Ships Category 20:43 #6 – Imperial Grunts Category 24:26 #5 – Ugly Ass Aliens 29:00 #4 – Cool Guy Category 34:53 #3 – Ugly Aliens 39:31 #2 – Mandalorians 46:28 -Honorable and Dishonorable Mentions- 50:49 #1 – Saga Defining Character Category 01:01:00 Closing Thoughts

It’s a Steve-A-Palooza as we tackle the B-Wing pilot in all of his chin-strapped glory. Photo art, coin art, defining wood Patterns, McQuarrie images, bootleg Knock offs, underoos and Skye discovers a Swear word in a vintage commercial. 6:23 Who is the #1 Focus collector in the World? 13:56 How is a B-Wing supposed to be a “B”? (Making the B-Wing) 20:22 The B-Wing Pilot Sculpt by Bill Lemon 25:55 The McQuarrie “Star Destroyer Destruction” image 27:05 The B-Wing and B-Wing Pilot Commercial 29:05 A SWEAR WORD in a vintage Kenner commercial? 30:14 Skye-Ku 32:09 The B-Wing Pilot Photo Art 34:22 Why Steve Collects B-Wing pilot? 35:52 German B-Wing Commercial 38:50 Miscard Trilogo 39:17 Wood Patterns (Nugget from the Archive) 48:30 Unloved Silver Striker Knock-Off Vehicle 54:24 Underoos* Display and Luke 59:30 B-Wing Market Watch 1:05:42 Original POTF Coin Art 1:14:30 Birthday Cards and Outro Thoughts

Jonathan "Johnny Too-Much" McElwain joins the pod with Ron Salvatore to talk about collecting the vintage Star Wars Harris Stamp Kits.

The spooky Supreme Master gets to shine this spooky month as Skye and Steve talk about the Emperor, the bald Emperor, basement bounty hunters, micro emperors before being joined by Duncan Jenkins for some truly Duncan items. Then, Ben Sheehan and Mattias Rendahl join to talk about the adventure of publishing the new book on vintage Preproduction, the Cromalin Strikes back. Finally, Georgia’s own Justin and Jason talk about collecting Palpatine. It’s a full episode! Table of Contents: 5:13 Emperor Figure thoughts 8:38 Cardback Thoughts 10:28 Why the Emperor is the Best Character in the SW Saga 20:35 The Dark Side within us. 21:58 Behind the Steve 35:28 Skye-Ku 27:42 Vader’s Father? Skye’s Father? 42:09 Nugget from the Archive (Bald Emperor Hardcopy) 47:18 The Emperor Offer 54:51 Unproduced Emperor Micro Sculpt With Duncan 1:05:04 Unloved with Duncan. Spanish Chocolate Spread Sticker 1:11:44 Coca Cola Tumbler with Shuttles 1:15:38 Massachusetts Exclusive Plastic Emperor Cup 1:18:50 How Duncan can you get? Vinyl Drawstring Bag from Mexico 1:22:20 McCall’s Fabric Patters 1:27:26 Ewok Bubble? 1:30:46 German Mustard Glass 1:34:38 Greek Mini Puzzles with Store Display 1:37:40 The Celebration IV Lucasfilm Auction at LA 1:47:00 Ben Sheehan explains Basement Bounty Hunters 1:55:04 The Cromalin Strikes Back! Mattias Rendahl interview 2:21:55 Jason and Justin talk Emperor! 2:28:30 65-C Back Rarity and Trivia 2:37:56 Double Lightning Round! 2:45:12 Market Watch Game

Wicket is crowned the best character in Star Wars in this packed ‘Chive Cast as Skye and Steve are joined by Ron who takes us to the “Wicket Chick” (Kori Bailey), “Mr. Wicket Chick” (Trent Bailey) and “The Wicket Person” (Todd Chamberlain) who talk about sculpts, molds and candy bowls. Plus, we are joined by Mark Rusciano and Coopie to talk about hobby energy. What an episode! Table of Contents: 00:36 Wicket is the best Intro 10:39 Behind the Steve (part 1, Ewak) 17:52 Skye-Ku 19:57 Behind the Steve (Part 2, Warwick Davis is the Best) 25:15. Wicket’s Last Name 30:00 Mark and Coopie join the show 32:05 Virtual Archive Party Recap 38:07 What is Peg Warmers 41:44 Virtual Archive Party Auction results 42:40 So-Be-It Lightning Round with Mark Rusciano 52:59 Todd Chamberlain’s Insane Wicket Sculpt and Run (with Ron!) 1:06:00 Sculptor thoughts 1:09:22 Problems with Romanticizing the Kenner Employees. 1:23:12 Old Ugly Prototype Wicket 1:25:48 Kori and Trent Bailey Join the Show 1:29:16 How the couple came to collect Wicket 1:39:26 Who will buy the Photo Art? 1:45:04 Simplicity of Wicket Photo Art. And various Wicket thoughts. 1:49:34 Candy Bowl Loose Wickets 1:56:41 Original Wicket Workbook Art 2:00:00 Meeting Warwick 2:03:20 Market Watch of Wicket 2:20:30 Unloved Items (Australian Greeting Cards and Beanbag Chair) and outro

Skye and Steve talk about the great rebel commando leader and Ewok Queen, Leia Poncho! Unloved storybook, ugly poster, international variations! Jesus Chris Georgoulias joins to talk about the fabled pink poncho and Holy Spirit Ron piles on to discuss vintage sculpts and their reusage. Plus, a deal or no deal debate and an actually entertaining Market Watch game. Table of Contents: 3:57 General Leia Poncho movie and figure thoughts 13:02 Behind the Steve- Leia’s relationship to Gender 18:01 Skye-Ku 20:07 Unloved (?!?) Ewok Storybook 24:36. Unlovable Terrible ROTJ poster 30:54 Around the World with Vintage Leia Poncho 34:42 Trilogo Endor Chase Box Set 38:51 Chris Georgoulias joins the shows 40:47 Ron Salvatore Talks about the Re-sculpt BOMBSHELL!!! 53:41 Deal or No Deal Debate with Ron and Chris 01:08:21 The Pink Poncho (Nugget from the Archive) 01:19:00 Steve Hoffman and Toy Shop stories 01:27:08 MarketWatch Leia Poncho 01:35:32 Outro

Skye and Steve talk torture with this episode about 8D8 and his role in Jabba’s Dungeon. We get into the original designs, proof cards, cromalins, prototypes and playsets. Then, completist extraodinaire Duncan Jenkins joins to talk about some unloved international cards and has his first installment of “How Duncan can you get?” Plus, a market watch game with branding stakes. Table of Contents: 6:48 8D8 Character Talk 16:55 Original Design (Behind the Steve) 21:31 Skye-Ku 23:36 8D8Cardback Art 27:32 Trilogo and POTF 8D8 30:05 Nugget: Jabba’s Dungeon Conceptual Mock-Up 34:09 Nugget 2: Jabba’s Dungeon Cromalin 38:37 Vintage Vocab 2-Up 41:13 Deb-8D8: Deal or No Deal 45:14 Unloved Items (featuring Duncan) Myojo Noodle Cards 52:46 Peruvian Pepsi Cards 55:45 How Duncan Can You Get!?! Fancy British Stationary by HC Ford 1:01:23 Bradley Radio Headphone Watch 1:05:17 Japanese Jedi Press Kit 1:09:58 Kidnap Headboard 1:14:11 Dairy Time Yogurt Display 1:21:58 8D8 Marketwatch Game 1:32:11 Pointless Outro

Listen to this month’s Blog Log to learn than you could possibly hope to learn in a thousand lifetimes about Kenner vintage coloring books. We learn about Canadian variants, why kids don’t color inside the lines and Skye drops a language BOMB on guest Ron Salvatore’s head. Plus Steve has a nice time, he’s on this episode too, like usual. Table of Contents: 04:51 Coloring Book Reminiscing 12:26 SW Era Canadian Coloring Books 24:05 Blue Snaggletooth and Prototype images in Canadian Coloring books 28:12 ESB Era Coloring Books (American and Canadian) 33:06 Do Han and Leia hold hands before the meal? 36:59 The Great Bespin Mystery Image!!! (Editors note: it was based on a McQuarrie painting, but it is still wicked weird) 41:56 The “Metal” ESB book 44:23 ROTJ Era Coloring Books 50:34 Wicket The Ewok and Ewoks Era Coloring Books 1:01:51 Clint Garniss Frickin’ Rules.

Skye and Steve begin their 11th season by taking a deep dive into the sarlaac’s pit to discuss Nikto in more detail than you thought imaginable. Movie thoughts, hardcopies, fake hardcopies, mock ups, Hungarian calendars, surprisingly cool foreign variants, POTF price watch and a completely optional poetry slam. Let the 77 backs begin with Boba Fett’s lamest wingman.

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful pod, with Ron Salvatore at the helm of the SS. ‘Chive Cast. Listen as we check in with many different folks, in their cozy Covid confinement, lets us all have a toast. We’ll talk about topics broad and wide like scams, Pokemon, Led Zeppelin and prototype finds. With Jonathan Robinson, McElwain too, A Justin Haynie, and his wife, Amy Sjoberg, A Lemkuhl bro, The Crimelord Brott, Reihle man, Iain Sanderson here on Captain Ron’s Podcast!... also Yeuhuda and Gus.

The ‘Chive Cast enters its second decade with our second attempt at an Ewok centered episode with Chief Chirpa and Logray. It is super poly-vocal Brisbane Brisbane Mike bringing the market watch fever, Ron talking Logray sculpts, Mattias chatting Chirpa, Dave Tree, David Quinn and “Crimelord” Dave Brott celebrating the first decade of the podcast and Mark Catley unveiling new Vintage Pod street art and explaining the Kiwi Card variants from his native New Zealand. All this plus a ton of usual features! Table of Contents: 00:51 Skye and Steve wax poetic about the first ten years of the podcast 11:09 Disney Plus and its impact on Star Wars Collecting 12:52 Archive Party V Update 13:55 Logray And Chirpa Thoughts. 15:54. Updated Cardback Matrices…48 Es? 17:54 Logray the Eminence Grise? 19:38 Best Naked Ewok? 22:57 Fire Emblem Figure? 24:51 Skye-Ku and more Figure thoughts (feat. Aerosmith) 31:16 Brisbane Brisbane Mike’s Market Watch Game with Mattias 51:42 Kenner Commercial Theater 56:15 Fratastic Pete’s Market Watch Game with Mike 01:10:23 Inside the biggest Chief Chirpa collection in the world 01:50:42 Logray and Accessories Sculpt with Ron 2:16:43 Dave Tree - The Great ‘Chive Cast Wank-a-Thon begins! 2:37:21 Mark Catley 2:47:57. The “Kiwi-Cards” – A brief introduction to The Short New Zealand Cardbacks 02:57:30 David Quinn reveals the Top 5 ‘Chive Cast Moments 3:08:30 Dave the “Crimelord” Brott Interview 03:23:24 Outro

What vintage Star Wars saw their stock rise thanks to "The Rise of Skywalker"? Which ones saw them fall? What do Skye and Steve think of the movie? Lots of passionate thoughts and insightful insights! *not an enhanced episode. What is the point of that?

First Skye and Steve break down the Vintage “Winners and Losers” of the Mandalorian. You won’t believe the #1 loser! Then Ron joins to discuss the Yoda Draught of 1980 and early Yoda prototypes. Seriously awesome information! Table of Contents 00:54 Intro 02:50 Fancy Steve Goes to the Movies 04:38 Skye’s big time 501st Buddy 08:15 Mandalorian Thoughts (We all win when Vintage toys smash!) 13:15 Neal Scanlan is the Devil 14:46 We need Rian and Filoni -MANDALORIAN: Winners and Losers- 16:30 Number 5 Loser (Bib) 17:13 Number 5 Winner (R5) 17:56 Number 4 Loser (Power Droid) 18:35 Number 4 Winner (Jawa and Land of Jawa) 19:34 Number 3 Loser (Jabba’s Goons) And Last Jedi discussion 23:04 Number 3 Winner (Ev-9D9) and the Toy Box discussion 24:42 Number 2 Loser (Bossk) 26:38 Number 1 Loser (???) 27:10 Number 1 Winner (Ugnaught) 28:52 Soundtrack Length Talk 31:05 Baby Yoda talk RON 35:00 Ron joins the show 38:58 Yoda joins the action figure line! (31-Back and 32-Back Timeline) 43:01 Jar Jar was the new Yoda 47:08 Finding The Yoda Sculpt with Fluffy! 51:09 Gimer Stick: A Star Wars Story 53:53 The Yoda Puppet 1:07:19 Internal Kenner Plannogram Shot 1:10:13 Porg vs. Baby Yoda, Skye vs. Mall 1:12:12 Mervyn’s Commercial 1:13:50 Thanks Mortimer, and Goodbye!

Lando’s Halibut Faced co-pilot takes center stage in this months show as Skye and Steve return to the silver mic once again. Broc Walker comes on the show to talk Nien Nunb Hardcopies, Toltoys, Sweepstakes fever, Proofs and coca-cola tumblers. This episodes features the great 2010 Hardcopy auction and outlines how a first shot went from Toy Shop to Broc. Plus an EPIC Market Watch game that proves that James Brown is better than Prince on the next vintage pod. Table of Contents: 00:00. Intro 02:29 The Havens Interview fallout 07:09 Skye and Steve’s Personal lives and the showa 14:40 Muppet, Language, Racist, Labia (Very Diverse Nien Nunb Thoughts) 30:07 Skye-Ku 32:35 Vintage Vocab ROTJ 48 Backs 41:54 Australian and Canadian Nien Nunb 46:36 Kenner Commercial Break 50:42 What if you wanted to collect ALL Carded figures with Nien Nunb on it? 53:05 Broc Joins the Show 54:08 Nugget from the Archive (2010 Hardcopy Auction Story) 1:00:30 First shot: from ToyShop to Broc 1:03:54 Revenge of the Jedi Mock-up Proof Card 1:07:43 The ROTJ Kenner Sweepstakes 1:19:41 Unloved Item of the Month (Coca-Cola Tumbler) 1:23:05 Super Market Watch Game: Prince v. James Brown 1:35:58 Baseball talk 1:45:03 Outro