FOTW: DARTH VADER

Please feel free to use the following links to help you expand your knowledge of the figure!



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- The Imperial Gunnery -- Here you'll find the legendary info on DARTH VADER'S LIGHTSABER:
http://www.imperialgunnery.com/lightsaberssection.htm
CLICK HERE

- A superb thread provided by walkie -- all about GLASSLITE -- PAGE 1 shows the differences between the GLASSLITE and KENNER DARTH VADER and also shows the differences between the DARTH VADER LIGHTSABERS
http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t6330p60-glasslite-guide-discussion-thread#VADER
CLICK HERE

- Our very own Artoo-Detour's thread on the JAPANESE focus -- Here you'll find information on TAKARA, POPY and TSUKUDA
http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t6433-the-japanese-vintage-star-wars-collecting-thread#
CLICK HERE

- An excellent pair of threads by Dr Dengar -- the LILI LEDY guide -- DARTH VADER info is located on PAGE 13 as well as guides and rules surrounding LILY LEDY
http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t2135p255-the-lili-ledy-guide-discussion-thread-part-1#DarthVader
CLICK HERE

- Dr Dengar's -- the POCH/PBP guide -- DARTH VADER info is located on PAGE 12 as well as guides and rules surrounding POCH/PBPs
http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t4427-the-poch-pbp-guide-discussion-thread-part-one#
CLICK HERE

- PROTOTYPES and PRE-PRODUCTIONS by stevemac1976 -- Exactly that, take a look!
http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t1221-the-pre-production-prototypes-thread#
CLICK HERE

- Everything TRILOGO -- CARDBACKS, MOCS, LOOSE and more!
http://trilogo.info/carded-figure-gallery/star-wars/
CLICK HERE

- The Jedi Temple Archives -- CARDBACKS and LOOSE DARTH VADER guides
http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/vintagemoc/#cardbacks
CLICK HERE

All of the following sites, threads, and pages above have taken a lot of hard work and years to put together.

It is a priceless well of information by the TIG team and other avid collectors and fans.

Thank you for your dedication!
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If you're still having trouble finding what you're looking for, please feel free to ask!

-- And don't forget to check out all of the other posts below as they are LOADED with useful information and pictures!

After all, this is still a FIGURE OF THE WEEK thread!  
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*Links and other information gathered by Lobotic*

Bill's pics:




http://www.sithtoys.com/

Finally!! It's Vader's turn!!

12-A


12-B



12-C



Takara Stickered



ESB 21 Back



ESB 31-B



ESB 41-B



ESB 41-D


ROTJ 65-A



ROTJ 77-A



ROTJ 77-B



ROTJ 79-A



POTF



ROTJ PBP



ROTJ Palitoy



ROTJ Canadian



Tri-Logo Scalloped Bubble



Tri-Logo Palitoy



ROTJ Ledy Vader on MIM 65-B Card



ROTJ Ledy Vader on MIM 65-D Card



ROTJ Ledy Vader on MIM 65-D Card with black SKU sticker on left top corner



Closeup of Ledy Vader Saber and PLastic Sheet Behind Figure


Takara 7" Boxed Die Cast



I'll take more pics of a few more MOC and my loose, bagged, etc., and post them as soon as possible.

ROTJ Palitoy 45 back with double stemed bubble.
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ROTJ Palitoy 65 back with short etched Tri-Logo bubble. (The bubble is different to the one on the Palitoy 65 back shown in the previous post by Darth Tad).
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Hong Kong #3 on the guide. Soft flexible cape. Letter 'A' on hilt.

12" loose vader



the loose guys


NO 14 and NO9 on the list


no 14


NO9



correct me if im wrong but it looks like a ledy too me

Yep, that's a Lili Ledy. On the back of the card you should see "Made in Mexico" as well.

Darth Vader Lettered Hilts


"A"







"B"






"FF"






"L"






"NN"






"Y"







"Z"

These are ordered using Wolffe's guide for ease of use.




Darth Vader #1 - Hong Kong COO










Darth Vader #3 - Hong Kong COO







Darth Vader #4 - Hong Kong COO








Darth Vader #6 - Hong Kong COO













Darth Vader #7 - Made In Taiwan COO






Darth Vader #9 - No COO






Darth Vader #12 - No COO






Darth Vader #14 - No COO Raised Bar






Darth Vader #16 - No COO







Darth Vader #19 - Hong Kong COO






Darth Vader #20 - Made In Hong Kong COO

I'm still in the process of cataloging and photographing my other vintage Vader stuff, but I thought I'd throw this up here real quick. While looking at my loose Lili Ledy Vader, I noticed the saber had an "N" on it.

I was always under the impression that the lettered hilts were only produced during the absolute earliest manufacturing of SW action figures.

So I don't quite know what to make of this. Didn't Lili Ledy come into the Star Wars manufacturing much later?



As a side note, what a pain in the ass it is to take pictures of lettered sabers! I must be doing something wrong. I think I took a kajillion different pictures of different lettered sabers I have, and this is the only freaking one that turned out ok. PM me any tips if you have them!

Got a few more pics done.

Palitoy 12 Back




ESB 45 Back



ESB 32-B



Clipper Mail Away


12" Lili Ledy


12" Denys Fisher


ESB 41 back Case

"Collector Series" Darth Vader Tie Fghter

Mike, this thread is FIGURES and coins only. The vehicles and playsets thread will be later, but thanks though.

Chris_J wrote:

Mike, this thread is FIGURES and coins only. The vehicles and playsets thread will be later, but thanks though.

I saw the Darth Vader carrying case and couldn't help myself.

No prob. No harm done, but dont want to get all the fun done right away.

Four Clipper mailers and a Made In Mexico 65B

I have in the past owned six of these mailers but only these four at once
Only one of the mailer boxes I had contained a plain baggied Vader, the others had the “Made In Macau” black text bags


The no text baggie contained the so called "Clipper Vader" - scarred coo, ‘rectangular’ feet & thick cape. There are a few slightly different scarred Vaders about (different mould cavities / slight changes to the mould). They are fairly prevalent throughout Europe and probably appeared on a few different cardbacks as well as in Clipper mailers.

Another 2 with the “Made In Macau” text baggies contained a Darth with a raised ‘ridge’ over the Hong Kong. A further similar mailer contained a Vader with a slightly different raised ridge, both coos pictured here:


The other two Macau baggies contained the raised bar no coo figures (coos 13 & 14), which at the time I was quite surprised about as these raised bar figures were (are!) often referred to (incorrectly...) as China variants.

I have never seen a China baggied Darth, nor a carded figure with the Made In China text, anybody got one…

Rog

clipper no text baggie - Rog - that bit of info was invaluable thank you so much for posting it re the Made in Macau baggied clipper mailers, fingers crossed the other one I have sealed is the made in Macau, I think there are also mailers without baggies - just a loose figure in them, do you know if that is correct?.



Sealed Clipper mailer



Palitoy Large black vertical font



ESB-c - which is part of my ESB Red 6 pack



ESB-a


Sorry no way of me checking the COO's on these without the possibility of damaging the baggies

Sorry about posting the case. I wasn't sure so I threw it in there. If you want, I can take it off so as not to add confusion to the thread. :?:

Also, here's a couple more additions to the thread.

Heres's my Minty PBP Vader. It's a much better card, and you can see the figure better.




And here's a few variations I thought worth mentioning. RetroRewindToys' run of COOs is freaking amazing, so I figured there was no need to re-post them! Awesome job, man!!

Here's one with COO #6, that has white spray apps for all of the chest box buttons, then is resprayed with red where necessary.
Also, it's worth pointing out that some Vaders have a small dot for the belt buckle (like this one) and some have a much larger dot.



Also, Vaders can be found with and without a "mold hole" on the back of the helmet. Like this:

"mold hole"????? :scratch:

Dude...thats simply an injection point!!

As far as COO's go, I am curious about COO #19 on RetroRewinds post. I have a few of these as well, but I couldn't find any info. Wolff's guide only goes to 18, so is there another place to look? I'm glad he posted it though, because it seems to be common enough to be considered a legitimate COO variation.

Also, I have this one. Which I believe is closest to COO #3, but has a lowered last "7."



Any thoughts?

wbobafett wrote:

"mold hole"????? :scratch:

Dude...thats simply an injection point!!

That was the best thing I could think to describe it. ANd that's what they call it here. http://www.highasakoit.co.uk/starwars/vader.php

DarthTad wrote:

[ ANd that's what they call it here. http://www.highasakoit.co.uk/starwars/vader.php

uh...sorry..."Wattos" variant site!! I wont compete with that one...........then it IS a "mold hole"!

DarthTad wrote:

As far as COO's go, I am curious about COO #19 on RetroRewinds post. I have a few of these as well, but I couldn't find any info. Wolff's guide only goes to 18, so is there another place to look? I'm glad he posted it though, because it seems to be common enough to be considered a legitimate COO variation.

Also, I have this one. Which I believe is closest to COO #3, but has a lowered last "7."



Any thoughts?

There is 30++++ Vader coos! To me this doesnt make sense anymore! I only collect "familys" anymore! Thess annoying slight differences are just another steelmold belonging to the same pairs. On Vader there is also often three coos belonging to a family!! *headache*

This is by farest the most produced figure!!