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  1. vintagevinyl

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    this was sitting behind the counter at kimono . no telling how long this toy has been in the store but i bet its been a loooong time . this will look great next to the jumbo machinder stormtrooper if im lucky enough to get one .
     
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    Hehehehe...is that a velvet cape he's got? He must have been hiding really well cause I never saw him...or maybe my glasses just don't work anymore.
     
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    Is that the Kenner 15" figure from 1978? I still have the one my grandparents gave me for Christmas when I was about 10 years old. It's a toy I prized back then and still cherish today.
     
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    i really would have loved that as a kid

    shit i would love it now
     
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    Nice catch! The cape looks to be nylon and the limbs look blow molded. I'd bet that's a Mexican version of the Darth Vader that Kenner released.
     
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    Could be. I think the cape on mine is tied in front and I can't see the knot on this one.
     
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    You can get these really cheap.I sold mine mint a couple months ago on Ebay and only got 10 bucks.
     
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    yummy
     
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    yeah , vader goes for practacly nothing along with the rest of 12 in kenner line .this one was 20 but at least i didnt have to worry about shipping costs . i think it was nostalgia but im pretty sure i saw this figure so many years ago and that nobody seemed to care ,just collecting dust without even a price tag .
     
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    kichigai has an amazing blow molded mexican bootleg darth vader 12"
     
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    FWIW, something happened to the value of vintage Kenner Star Wats stuff in the past 10+ years since the "Special Editions" came out. Back in 1997, figures really sold for a high price. And carded? Through the roof.

    Right now the prices are so low that even overpriced stores like Saint Marks Comics in NYC have carded 12-back cards selling for less than $200 right in the store.

    I guess George Lucas's goal of releasing new films to create new merchandise so he could tap into the collector's market again worked well.. For him...
     
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    One of my favorite Vaders. I got my at a flea market for 5 bucks. The only problem is that it's too tall for all my shelves.
     

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