Darth Vader Collector's Case
Case for Action Figures
1980 (manufactured)
1980 (manufactured)
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1. Pacakging, a card wrapper printed in colours to show the title, details of the toy and photographs of it open and some of the action figures
2. Case, injection moulded hard black plastic, showing the face mask of Darth Vader on the front, plain at the back with a carrying hand groove at the top. The inside is divided into compartments for 31 action figures behind six removable bars. The two halves, hinged at the bottom, are held together by three clips, one at the top and one each side.
3. Sheet of stickers, printed in white on black to show the names of the action figures.
4. Sheet in the shape of the case, one side pink and the other yellow printed in colours to show photographs of the action figures
5. Advertising leaflet for other Star Wars toys
2. Case, injection moulded hard black plastic, showing the face mask of Darth Vader on the front, plain at the back with a carrying hand groove at the top. The inside is divided into compartments for 31 action figures behind six removable bars. The two halves, hinged at the bottom, are held together by three clips, one at the top and one each side.
3. Sheet of stickers, printed in white on black to show the names of the action figures.
4. Sheet in the shape of the case, one side pink and the other yellow printed in colours to show photographs of the action figures
5. Advertising leaflet for other Star Wars toys
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Title | Darth Vader Collector's Case (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | injection moulded plastic, printed card and paper |
| Brief description | Darth Vader Collector's Case; Hong Kong; 1980 |
| Physical description | 1. Pacakging, a card wrapper printed in colours to show the title, details of the toy and photographs of it open and some of the action figures 2. Case, injection moulded hard black plastic, showing the face mask of Darth Vader on the front, plain at the back with a carrying hand groove at the top. The inside is divided into compartments for 31 action figures behind six removable bars. The two halves, hinged at the bottom, are held together by three clips, one at the top and one each side. 3. Sheet of stickers, printed in white on black to show the names of the action figures. 4. Sheet in the shape of the case, one side pink and the other yellow printed in colours to show photographs of the action figures 5. Advertising leaflet for other Star Wars toys |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Gallery label | A bright centre to the universe
The galaxy of the Star Wars films is enormous, and it has a lot of characters that have been made into toys.
It isn’t just the star players who are duplicated in miniature. There are many toy background figures who don’t even speak in the films, like FX-7 or an Ugnaught. This variety creates a universe of play possibilities.
[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery long object label](2023) |
| Credit line | Given by the Palitoy Company |
| Historical context | References: Star Wars; The Empire Strikes Back; second film. © Lucas film Ltd LFL 1980. ™ owned by Lucasfilm Ltd LFL and used by Kenner under authorization. ages 4 and up. CPG Corp, a subsidiary of General Mills Inc by its Division Kenner Products, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Star Wars |
| Other number | 39632 - Model number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.1098:1 to 5-1993 |
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| Record created | April 17, 2000 |
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