Shipping Cases
Frank Mewes
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SHIPPING CASES
– Introduction
– Jabba the Hutt 24 Piece Case
– Kenner Luke Jedi Figure Case
– C-3P0 RL Baggie Case
– Palitoy Emperor Mailer Shipping Case
– Jabba Playset Ship Case
– Palitoy Nunb Mailer Shipping Case
– Kenner Emperor Figure Mailer Shipping Case
– Kenner AT-ST Driver Baggie Shipping Case
– R2 ESB-c Sensorscope
– Han Trench Coat Shipper
– Prune Face Shipper
– B-Wing Pilot Shipper
– Luke Hoth Shipper
INTRODUCTION
An area not of huge interest to most but one I am truly fascinated by as they are so stupidly rare they have to be only available in Palitoy VCJ numbers.
Baggies & single figure mailers like most of the Star Wars toy line items were shipped overseas in cardboard outers, 99.9% of these were discarded & destroyed after the shops/factory removed the toys within, there are many size & shape variations to them (no not round ones) as well as a variation in numbers of figures/mailers included in the cases, many came with 200 figures like the Luke jedi (green saber) one & the C-3p0 Removable Limb’s type which are one of the more abundant, but there is word of 500 figure overstock baggie shipping cases, Kenner Darth Vader no text baggies to be precise, some of the single figure mailers like the Palitoy Emperor one only had 144 mailers in it, odd number though 😕 & further to that odd number point, a little tit bit of odd information I deem worthy of inclusion – I managed to obtain some sealed Palitoy emperor mailers as I had intended to try & make the shipping case full, to my dismay when I tried to fill it just the other day, I found that the others I just got are in fact 2mm wise than the ones I already had, so they will not bloody fit in the shipper as it was a very tight squeeze with the ones it came with (huge bummer), but this brings up the question – were there other size shipping cases for these mailers, either slightly larger boxes to still sport 144 mailers, or maybe even larger outers with say 200 count in them, maybe smaller with 100, I guess this is a mute point as I can’t see more turning up, but if you hear of one, please do LMK so the info can be added to the guide.
Jabba the Hutt 24 piece case
Kenner Jabba the Hutt, technically a baggie as well even though not a sealed one, these came with 24 figures in, obviously due to his waistline. Presumably the rest of the playset & parts came in separate shipping cases., which we now know the Salacious Crumbs & the pipe & bowl sets did,
It is rumoured that some of the more readily available baggies came in these shipping cases like the At-St driver & B-Wing pilot & the ever present Jabba’s Pipe & bowl set/Salacious Crumb’s.
But it’s just speculation to date as I have not been able to find any hard evidence to confirm nor disprove this theory (new info added since writing this bit) with new inclusions of multiple others now shown in the below sections.
Jabba the Hutt 24 piece case, likely one of the most wildly available baggie shipping case known to my understanding along with the other Jabba accessories ones , I have seen several of them including full ones, note the baggies were always open one end (un sealed) with black “made in Hong Kong” font
Kenner Luke Jedi 200 figure case
Only known example to date, baggie type ROTJ-h
(ROTJ-c) 200 count, one of if not the most easy baggies to find as numerous examples of this shipping case have turned up (full), sadly most have long since been parted out, I think I must have the worst examples out there as its beat to hell, but I have one & am thankful I do, interestingly this one has a airline shipping sticker on it.
Salacious Crumb shipper, these contained 120 crumbs in baggies with a black Made in Hong Kong test which is very similar in look to the ROTJ-j baggie type, a great many of these have been discovered in recent years & sadly most have been opened & parted out for the individual baggies, hence the market being so saturated with them, it states “Jabba Monkey’s” in writing on the box side, we are not certain if these are handwritten or a stamp made which looks like handwriting, I suspect the latter as the writing looks consistent in all examples I have seen.
144 count with plain white overstock box (no flyer/booklet) for the figures like its Kenner counterpart, but the white box outer is the exact same dimensions as the Kenner one, Palitoy single figure mailers are as I have said earlier in the guide are a bit of a missing link, until I was lucky enough to almost accidentally stumble across this shipping case, I had been chasing the seemingly non existent mythical Palitoy version for several years, never having seen one, its Kenner counterpart (the individual mailers that is) crop up week in week out on eBay, though I have never once seen a shipping case available for them – 1 surviving example has been located, though why we do not see more of them considering the amount of the mailers is a bit of a mystery, as I have spoken with vendors from the 90’s who remember seeing multiple full shipping cases of them available, likely parted out & then discarded, what a crying shame.
It is worthy of note, that this shipping case contained both version of the baggie that have been found in the Palitoy Emperor mailer (Palitoya & Palitoy-n), one would speculate that this case may have been put together at the exact time they changed the baggie type, or maybe just both baggie types were issued throughout it’s short lifespan? just another mystery we will likely never have an answer for.
(100 count) Oddly these came with no printed markings on the box outer like other shippers, just a hand written description, which leads me to wonder if they were shipped several boxes at a time in a larger box outer, which may have been printed with codes etc on, though I have never heard of one.
It is possible that the what looks to be handwriting is indeed a very simple stamp, as all examples seen look as good as if not identical.
Many of these have surfaced over the years & most have been broken down & parted out to sell the individual baggies, I have one which I have saved from that process & sealed it shall remain.
Same as the emperor one above, but 200 count this time, again with plain white overstock boxes, baggie confirmed to have been issued in these in these shippers was Palitoy-a, but some mailed out examples in the UK have been found with an alternate Palitoy baggies (Palitoy-r), same as the ones issued as standard in Holland for their version of the mailer.
Kenner Emperor single figure mailer shipping case 144 count with plain white box & catalogue, it’s a pleasure to finally see & be able to share an example of this shipping case which I had hoped there would be an example of remaining, it’s interesting to see the count number is the same as my own Palitoy example shown above, from speaking with Chris regarding these, there were a LOT & I do mean a LOT of these available in overstock / dead stock form, with him having a clear memory of handling at least 50 complete cases of them back in 1991, no wonder the market is still as good as saturated with these, these like the Palitoy ones these came with 2 different baggie types in them, those being ESB-c & ROTJ-c. Info & photos courtesy of Chris Arbizzani.
Kenner At-St Driver baggie shipping case (200 count) finally managed to confirm my suspicions about these, photo courtesy of Thomas Derby & Chris Arbirzzani, thanks to Chris is it now 100% confirmed the baggie type included was ROTJ-c as suspected.
R2 ESB-c Sensorscope 200 count shipper, note there is no mention of the word “bagged” anywhere on the box, but it is confirmed to be a baggie shipper, baggie included was the ESB-c Photo Courtesy of Todd G.
The figures were neatly packed in layers, 40 per layer and 5 layers. Small pieces of cardboard were placed between each layer, one would assume to try to prevent damage to the stickers. The above additional image (showing layer divider) & information Courtesy of Chris Arbizzani
B-Wing Pilot 200 count baggie shipping case (Kadar) with ROTJ-f baggie. Fantastic to be able to add another shipper to this section, as well as to my collection, even though it looks like it’s been through the clone wars, but it is like many, the only confirmed existing example, so who cares about condition issues.
It is with great pleasure I am finally able to add a shipping case for the ESB era figures, this one as you can see differs from the ROTJ era one somewhat, it also states “consumer relation parts” which may indicate it was intended for the replacement parts / we really do care program, obviously that is speculation, but it is interesting, baggie included was the ESB-d baggie, these suffer from yellowing on the white parts of the figure which is down to a chemical reaction with the 2 plastic types, the owner of this pack who had it from way back direct from Kenner as dead stock, has confirmed that even way back then as fairly new there was evidence on the figures of this reaction/yellowing process,. Photos courtesy of Chris Arbizzani.
Special thanks to these contributors for their knowledge and image contributions:
Laurence Dyer, Arnaud Heyser, Andrew Neo, AJ, Snaggletooth, Kevin Bletsoe, Brett Meyer, DEL, Gary Borbidge, Edd Grant, Chris Eddleman, Vince Hely, Nathan Maunder, Jamie Woollard, Niels Pit, Andrew MacLachlan, cantina_patron, Franck Gadal, Joe, Richard Temple, Sven Schneider, Steve Savory, Shane Carter, Chris Fawcett, Andy Clarke, psybertech, Jake Neilheisel, Alex Pardi, Marc Caraway, Spookedhippy, Frank Ferro, James Body, Jonathan Freeman, Grant Criddle, Chris Arbizzani, RobbieZombbie, Narayan S. Naik, Mark Yeo, SHAWN_K, Andy Raymond, MOMIKE, theguiltyone, Sublevel Studios, Mike Silver, Mr Palitoy, Ronny Anngren, Willem-Jan Bos, Robert Heron, Darren H, REBELALLIANCE, Uncle Ron, LandoSkiff (Dan), Mike Horn, Pat O’Brien, Benjamin, Samir Krim, Pete Fizke, Final Frontier, Mike Heel, MR KENNER, John Kellerman, Paul Naylor, Matthieu Barthelemy, Stéphane Faucourt, Yogi, Chris Simmons, Stormtrooper37, Thomas Derby, Todd G, Sheldon Wagstaffe, Derek Ho, Broc Walker, Adam Marks, James Gallo, Charles Jones, Darrell Johnson & Brendi Burton, Christian Somma, Johnpaul Ragusa, Jesse Cedar Soberman, Dorothée Drouin, Dennis Hall, Javier Ruilopez, Enric Rovira, Matthew Carlise, Stephen Tzaras.
Photos in the guide galleries below are compiled from a number of photo sources. It’s not been possible to find credits for each one, however, if you own one of the featured images and want to have your credit added, or don’t wish to have your photo included, please let me know and I’ll arrange.
Thanks, Chihuahua.
