Star Wars Victories! Custom Kenner-Style Bespin Playset! 

Okay, but the idea of an Irvin Kershner action figure playset with come down Carrie Fisher feels like something Hasbro would've made as a double pack in 2007. Maybe an Entertainment Earth exclusive

"Just because you're accurate does not mean you're interesting." This is why classic Kenner and 80's toys are still resonating. Were they accurate? Sometimes but NOT dependent on being so. The toys continue to be popular because they were a playful caricature of the real thing. Truer words never spoken; y'all have forgotten what a toy is supposed to be.

"Just because you're accurate doesn't mean you're interesting"... my god, so many people need to hear this wisdom.

The joy on your face, and the determination in your voice were absolutely palpable, brother. From all of us, thank you for doing this, and thank you for not backing down. I cannot wait to see what comes next.

Makes you wonder how a guy with a dream can out do a massive corporation with a marketing team and focus groups. Yet he has and succeeded by leaps and bounds. Stunning playset and to quote some guy 'The fans are doing the best work'.

You’re channel is the only Star Wars “ thing “ I enjoy anymore . Cheers

I forgot that toys and play sets were supposed to be fun. Man, that thing looks like a blast.

A modular play set like this is fantastic… For any franchise. This was kewl.

I want to give this more than one like but RU-vid won’t let me. Seriously, this looks so great and kudos to you for making this dream happen! I can’t wait to see how the rest turns out.

The ending with Vader and Michael was honestly the best thing I've seen all day. Thank y'all at Retroblasting for making my day a lot better QwQ

who would have thought we would live to see the day that BV plays nicely with Michael? Yo Joe!

This is legitimately the best Star Wars playset I've ever seen! The fans are doing the best work!

It's a brilliant set. Eleven-year-old me and current me are both absolutely thrilled you pulled it off. Can't wait to see the rest!

I haven't seen something this beautiful or awe-inspiring since the day my child was born. This is like watching a childhood memory that you never had but wish you had unfold in real time before your eyes. Thank you, Joe and Michael, for undertaking this.

This is *INSANELY* cool! A true testament to the necessity of pursuing your dreams, however big they are.

That playset is spectacular! ❤️👍🏻

This is absolutely gorgeous to look at my guy. I love that it WORKS like a PLAYset - it has PLAY FEATURES, you can easily move your arms around it even as a grown ass adult and PLAY with the fgures inside it easily. It's not just a beautiful diorama, its something that could really have been marketed and sold in the golden age of playsets as something to PLAY with, all while having a ton of customization options for the more adult display oriented minds. Absolutely lovely, makes me wish I had a Kenner 3.75 inch collection to justify buying my own once it hits market.

I thought it looked damn fine with the lights on. But then the lights went out, and the practical lights from the floor came on…and it looked like the actual scene from the film. Got chills. Good work to both of you, and congrats on incarnating a vision. …Now about that Irvin Kershner action figure…

This is now my favorite video! Michael you have done a good thing in this...I cant wait to see more and hopefully be able to purchase the final product for my own adventures with my figures. "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Retroblasting kid!"

Incredible work! I’ve been a huge fan of the micro collection, and it’s amazing to see it go 3.75 size. Well done Joe and Michael!

I love it. This is the perfect idea executed marvelously. Your point about people forgetting what a toy is supposed to be is very true, and a playset should be like this and not two bridges to nowhere. Extremely impressed, wish I could have one for my collection!

I'm not a huge SW collector so I probably won't be buying one, but this does look incredible and I completely understand the desire for this set. Bespin is easily one of if not THE coolest location in the SW universe, and is quite possibly the most pivotal from a story point so this is almost essential to display a proper display of the entire story world. I did always love the Bespin playsets in the Micro Collection. They were well designed and beautifully executed, this is indeed a worthy successor.

I can only call this: a TRIUMPH!!!! And another example of The Fans are doing the Best Work!!!!!! Can't wait to see more

Probably the coolest thing I have seen on RU-vid in a very very long time. Thank you, Michael.

Kudos to you Michael And thank you for sharing with us looking forward to seeing more of it in the future as well as more than likely purchasing it

I love that the concept came from an original kenner design.

I love how logical your channel is and how your argument is always valid.

OMG! FRICKIN’ FANTASTIC!!! Outstanding work and congratulations to Joe and you for tackling this most impressive project. I can’t wait for more. Oh to have had this as a play set back in 1980~. Thank you.

You know the toy has succeeded in making Michael happy when even DV wants to join in.

Nice, made my own Bespin from the polystyrene that came with my Dad's Hi-fi. Looked really awesome and was way more creative than anything i could'a come up with as an adult. Great video guys.

I followed some of Michael‘s beloved videos, when the night came and I could barely keep my eyes open, as much as I wanted to … then fatigue triumphed and I felt asleep. When I openend my eyes again later, I saw the orange lights and the dark surrounding of Cloud City‘s Carbon Freezing Chamber - and I didn‘t know, if I was still sleeping and dreaming. But I wasn‘t!:-) Man, this was real. What a MASTERPIECE!!! Kenner wouldn‘t have made it better … on the contrary! This thing is awesome! I bow … I can‘t even get that far down!

Michael, that is the most amazing thing I've seen in quite some time. Wow! It is amazing to see something like this come to life after all these years. The fans, truly DO make the best stuff. I can't wait to see the completed playset.

Absolutely awesome.. Watching this made me feel like the 12 year old kid I was when empire came out. And while practically all my toys are long gone.. I still have about 40 or so figures and if I was going to buy a display set, to display them.. THIS WOULD BE IT.. freaking spectacular!

Michael (and Retroblasting ), this is truly a beautiful and well detailed Bespin play set. Thank you for posting this video.

Well done to both of you! Absolutely worth it and you sir are correct, Bespin hit different and pivoted the franchise like no other!

Totally worth all the time and effort.👍 Very, Very Cool 😎

This is a beautiful modular playset. You, my friend, are doing the best work!

Now that is a real playset. Brilliant stuff.

This is absolutely the Empire set I always wanted as a kid. Amazing job!

That is so awesome! Congratulations on you receiving what you have dreamed of for 40 yrs.

"Michael, you got a lot of nerve coming here with this..." So happy to see this review and reveal! I absolutely agree with all your points. This is beyond awesome. I am a member of the maker community and this is truly a labor of love. This is what life as a collector is all about - encompassing our dreams and desires into an actual thing that will be a part of a personal collection. Absolutely thrilled this is now a part of your life. So looking forward to some more "lights at the end of this tunnel." This was so worth the wait!

Oh my God this is exactly what kid me wanted also. Can not waot to be able to buy this! Thank you for spearheadding this! 😁

This is the single coolest thing I’ve ever witnessed. I want- I want - I want

It looks great....then you lit it. Perfect screen shot from the movie. Just gorgeous. Just saw the ending. Looks much better with someone beaming from ear to ear playing with it.

So good I had to watch it again! 👍👍

"Build me a 1/18 Bespin playset Kenner!" "That's impossible sir!" "It doesn't matter, I'll build it myself!" Well done!

I love it. Correcting a 40yr wrong and the fact you can make it happen is just fantastic.

Awesome playset... been thinking the same thing ever since I first saw ESB. The carbon freeze chamber is by far the coolest set piece in the history of film. Keep up the great work Michael, looking forward to seeing the rest of the playset!

Impressive. I like it!!!

This is sheer beauty and commitment. Love all of this.

Michael and DV playing at the end is the most wholesome thing ever. And as someone done with high school and getting ready for college, this is the reminder that i needed that toys don't have to be something that gets left behind for childhood, these tangible figures represent the things I love, and I don't care what anyone says, but I love them.

This is amazing. I can’t wait to see the finished product. Like you’ve been saying, the fans are doing the best work.

This playset is coming along nicely, and you can really see the amazing work, detail and passion that is going into! Looking forward to seeing the rest of this build. Also, that was a sweet ending. We're all kids at heart, and we should always take a moment to play with our toys, if only to feel young and carefree again. Great video!

This is just awesome. This... is why this channel always stands out in my mind. It’s so satisfying, and, honestly, heartwarming and wholesome to see a child’s dream finally become an adult’s reality. It’s not often that our childhood dreams come true, whether big or small, but this one of those very cool and rare instances. It’s stories like this which keep me loving this channel. Because it’s not just a Star Wars/toy/pop culture one.. it’s also at times, an enlightening journey of not just a fan, but a _man’s_ journey through fandom. Don’t mean to get too sappy, haha, but I’m very happy you accomplished this, Michael. If only more people had the gumption and passion to not give up on some of _their_ dreams, I think the world would be a better place.

So inspirational. I hadn't thought about a 3D printed play set or display until now. Excellent work by you both.

I commend you sir! Actions speak louder than words. We're at a point with age and technology that it's upon us to make that which Kenner/Hasbro has never made and will never make. Excited to see the rest of the playset!

I enjoy this video so much I had to watch it again

Absolutely fantastic! Bespin was also the play set I wanted more than any other, we didn’t even have access to the cardboard version in the Uk

I'm not big into Star Wars toys to be honest, but this is absolutely one of the most awesome things I've ever seen in my life! Congrats on fulfilling a childhood dream, this is truly awesome!

The playlet is rad AF but it's the story that rules here. Amazing stuff.

I think a neat addition might be some kind of antenna array that attaches under the tall platform that Luke could hang from while he mentally phones Leia in the Falcon.

Funny story, a friend dropped $100 for the Hasbro 2020 Bridges to Nowhere, displayed it near a window for natural light to give it a glow. On a blustery day, the set was so flimsy it blew over with a gust of wind xD

That’s so cool!!! I really like how you let your childhood figures have their turn first. It shows how much you loved and cared for those toys as a kid that you still have that respect and admiration for them in your adult life. Thanks for showing more people you’re never too old to play with toys and use your imagination

I think it looks really good, and great with the right lighting. Well done, Joe.

The look on Michael’s face at 17.07 is face of that realised childhood dream, and one we’ve all made a a few times. Look forward to you and Joe’s updates!

My favorite Star Wars toy of all time is the Micro Collection Bespin World. I still have mine today. I always wanted to see a 3-3/4" scale Bespin World worthy of the accomplishment of the Micro Collection toy. This is so exciting!

The best bespin-playset ever. Would love to have this in my collection

A wise man once said, "the fans are doing the best work". Trying to remember who that was... Excellent work Michael.

OMG this excites me so much! And it's weird to find someone who thinks so much like I do about these kinds of play sets. Definitely something I've wanted for years and would totally pay that price point. [insert "shut up and take my money" meme] So glad you are spearheading this, and that there is a craftsman making it happen!

One word... Epic. Thank the Force for you and Joseph Dickerson. You guys are a credit to the fans.

That is astounding work. My hat is off to you, sir.

This is so amazing. I've always been a sucker for toys with quality lighting, it would mesmorizine me as a kid and does so even now. It brought a literal tear to my eye. Keep up the good work! I imagine this will be only the first of many custom playsets you will create!

What brings me back to Retroblasting videos, is Michael's core understanding of what this stuff is supposed to be....fun! The era of collector's editions and exclusives has gotten to far away from play value. That final bit at the end of this video really drove it home, and I started writing this comment before seeing the whole video.

That playset is freakin AMAZING!!!

Looks authentic to the original line. Really well done!

Haha watching a grown man “play” is thoroughly heart warming lol 👍. What an unbelievable playset, Imagine what hasbro could do if they tried with the tech they have at their disposal, truly mind blowing set Michael! 👏 “A Peter Mayhew action figure keeling over from heat stroke!” 😂👌

If I were a Star Wars collector I'd totally want this! And yeah, I don't get the backlash against "assembly required" these days. People are just lazy I guess. Even the new Castle Grayskull requires assembly!

I really enjoy your dry humor and love for the hobby.

That's freaking cool man. Hat's off to you and the designer.

Wonderful! Congratulations on the progress Michael and Joe! Proud to be a long-time Retroblasting subscriber!

The fact that you can move the platforms around, AND fit the classic Slave 1 is great! Modular parts are a smart design method.

Not sure what I like more, your fantastic videos or how you pre-argue the naysayers. Thanks for showcasing a great play set.

Not a toy collector, or even a consumer of popular culture, but I really enjoy your videos and hearing what's on your mind. You make valid points on issues I would never think about otherwise.

This is great. It's giving me some ideas for my play set

This looks so fantastic. I hope to see more from this project later

Perfectly Splendid! This is amazing! Hasbro/Kenner needs people like you! #letshelphasbro understand the fans!

I love Broken Vader!!! That skit at the end was great!

That is top class, the lights are fantastic. Well done to all involved.

For the longest I been saying that 3D printing will only get better. Is great to see the maker community do what big corporate business won't do. Hope he can get a popular design and keep selling this custom playset and it out shines any of the other ones.

'If you've done nothing, then say nothing.' is a great piece of wisdom.

I'm a bit younger than you so when I was a child the only Bespin playset I had was the Micro Machines one. Now THAT was small. I played with it endlessly though. It was awesome.

I like how you just have a love of collecting - I’m surprised at all the negativity regarding the collecting community, this stuff is supposed to be fun - way to bring something from your childhood dreams into reality, you need to patent “the fans are making the best stuff!” Slogan!

Absolutely outstanding…I’ve said before that the last 30/40 minutes of ESB are perhaps the greatest committed to film and this play set does it justice.

I've seen this video a dozen times, but I love it. Very wholesome in a way.

This thing is perfect! An acetone vapor chamber and some sand paper gits rid of most printer build lines and some decals and a printed floor mat would be the finishing touches to make this play set perfect. Great job man. I can't wait to see the final version of this. Seriously great work.

There are many Micro Collection Prototypes that would be amazing to see in 3.75.

Wow I want this so bad, I’m going to design a kenner style box to go along the set if I ever get it.

This's crazy awesome!!!! It's nice to see that once again, the fans are doing the best work. I can't wait to see the finished product in a future video Michael.

okay now this is playset is knock out of the ballpark awesome design all the way around looking forward to the next one