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Cantina

Prototype and Tested Model Parts
dated 1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kenner Products (made)
Place of origin
Hong Kong (made)

Each item or set has a dated and signed green approval label. These were placed on the parts at Palitoy where they were tested. The smaller items are contained in plastic bags on which the label has been placed. All pieces of yellow injection moulded plastic.
1. Code No. G341. Dated 28.6.79
2. Code No. G342. Dated 28.6.79
3. Code No. G343. Dated 28.6.79
4-9. Code No. G346; containing 5 discs. Dated 31st May (1979) with a different signature.

*CREATURE CANTINA.
Recreate exciting action from the weird cantina scene. The parts do not make up a whole object.

Object details

Object type
Prototype and tested model parts
Parts
This object consists of 9 parts.

  • Prototype
  • Prototype
  • Prototype
  • Prototype
  • Prototype
  • Prototype
  • Prototype
  • Prototype
  • Prototype
TitleCantina (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
injection moulded plastic
Brief description
Creature Cantina; Hong Kong; 1979
Physical description
Each item or set has a dated and signed green approval label. These were placed on the parts at Palitoy where they were tested. The smaller items are contained in plastic bags on which the label has been placed. All pieces of yellow injection moulded plastic.
1. Code No. G341. Dated 28.6.79
2. Code No. G342. Dated 28.6.79
3. Code No. G343. Dated 28.6.79
4-9. Code No. G346; containing 5 discs. Dated 31st May (1979) with a different signature.

*CREATURE CANTINA.
Recreate exciting action from the weird cantina scene. The parts do not make up a whole object.
Marks and inscriptions
Copyrights held by 20th Century Fox Film Corp; Lucasfilm Ltd (LFL); Kenner Products; Palitoy and General Mills Fun Group Inc signature L J Codrington
Object history
References: Star Wars; The Empire Strikes Back; and Return of the Jedi.

illustrated and described in the 1979; 1980 The Empire Strikes Back Leaflet
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.1112:1-1993

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Record createdApril 17, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O35950/cantina-prototype-and-tested-kenner-products/
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