Jawa Toy With Vinyl Cape

It sold on ebay earlier this year for 11 300.

Jawa toy with vinyl cape.

After taking a gamble the vendor now owns the only graded vinyl cape jawa in existence. Since the jawa was the smallest figure in the line and since all of the action figures cost the same price at retail back in 1978 approximately 2 99 canadian or roughly 1 99 american kenner executives believed that consumers would perceive more value for their money by adding a sewn cloth cape to the jawa in place of the vinyl cape. A guide on how to make a vinyl cape jawa to add to your own collection. You can get the pattern.

What is believed to be the only graded example of the star wars palitoy vinyl cape jawa toy from 1978 is currently selling on ebay. Looks much better than the poor quality ones on sale on ebay. The figurine is modelled after the hooded jawa creatures featured in the star wars film franchise and features a vinyl cape which was discontinued in favour of a more realistic cloth cape version. This fascinating document which was unearthed by ross cuddie clearly shows that the jawa was modified before release to add the cape for marketing purposes.

When the original jawa action figures hit store shelves they were outfitted with a thin vinyl cape similar to the capes found on darth vader and obi wan kenobi. Make offer vintage kenner 1977 jawa w reproduction vinyl cape gun star wars hong kong star wars vintage meccano 12 back vinyl cape jawa afa 75 80 85 70 moc 35 750 00. A rare star wars toy kept in a cupboard has fetched more than 20 000 at auction. The star wars vintage vinyl cape jawa figure is thought to be one of only a handful that exist.

In fact only one other jawa complete with vinyl cape and packaged on unpunched card is known to exist in the world.