Fantastic video! This playset makes for an amazing display piece. It looks good from every angle. The interior graphics are just too cool. Palitoy did a great job on all the details. Thanks for sharing such an in-depth look at this. It was nice seeing the step by step construction process of everything going together.
I had this playset back in the day. I was given it by a friend of my mum's whose son had grown out of it. I loved it and all my friends did as well but we were always confused about how no-one else had heard of it. There was another more common deathstar playset that was largely plastic and not hemispherical. Nowhere near as good. :-) Great channel. Luv and Peace.
I had one of these as a kid. My dad bought it back to Australia from the UK as a Xmas present in 1977-78, I believe he paid around 9 UK pounds at the time. He (or should I say 'Santa') spent a lot of time assembling it on Xmas Eve. Given the scarcity of this playset, I'd wished I'd kept mine.This Pallitoy version of the 'Death Star playset' was so much better than the multi-level one put out by Kenner. No wonder they are one of the most sought after Star Wars collectibles!! Thanks for posting!!
It used to take me 3 weeks to save enough for a figure, then they put the price up so it took 4 weeks, anything like this would ony be for Christmas or Birthdays if you were lucky. Thanks for watching!
Had this (second hand) as a child, and loved the holy heck out of it. Such a blast from the past. Just acquired the Lego Death Star set to scratch my nostalgia itch and then came across this. Appreciate you posting a video live and direct from my 8yo self's bedroom 👍
My mum and dad got me one this set in 1978 I remember it so well it lasted me for years before my mum gave all my star wars figures away in 1980s. I loved that set really great memories.
Thank you for an depth introduction to this play set that I never even knew about as I’m in the US and I had the Kenner one. I would haVe LOVED this one too!
Just watched this again, such a great and thorough review, Luke. I can't believe this thing wasn't more available or more popular. This is an AMAZING playset for being mostly cardboard and had a lot of creativity evident in it from the chasm perspective drawings on the floor to the walkway to the gunner in the middle. All very cool features. I also love the fact that they incorporated the door that Obi-Wan and Vader fight in front of into the artwork of the wall on the biggest open space of the playset. Very cool. Still can't believe they haven't done an excellent plastic version of this.
Thanks for walking us through that, very cool and thorough review. Awesome to see another version of a vintage Death Star. I really don't know how Kenner/Hasbro still hasn't made a proper version like this with multiple rooms, levels, combined with all the play features and key scenes you would want. I don't care how expensive these would be, people would buy them in droves. The only reason Hasbro's playsets don't sell is because back in the day they were horrific looking. The vintage stuff like Yoda's hut, the Hoth battle sets, Jabba's throne, the Cantina, these were all very cool.
I had this as a young whippersnapper😆,it got hammered and was used to destruction in no time,my parents couldn't find another set for love or money anywhere in the uk after that initial release,I was wounded!nice one for the flashback! 👌👍
I have had my Palitoy Death Star since 1991 when a friend in the UK provided me one. I didn't know it existed. I also have a complete Kenner run of vintage action figures, playsets, vehicles, and cases. Modern figures display well on the Palitoy Death Star.
I remember in either '80 or '79 my parents bringing this home for my brother and I...I remember us in the kitchen and being awed by it as this was my first playset....but sadly gave it away to a 'mate' with all my figures and vehicles a few years later....wasn't until years later when I started working that I was able to buy it again....along with the Nth American version.....it would be cool for a new version to be brought out...just imagine!
This set was my most,MOST biggest want as a kid but yet again my folks said they couldnt find it,i think they said that though cos they didnt want to fork out for a cardboard playset,sigh! Awesome review again mate! ;)
I have the Australian one! being from Australia. This set is so underrated as a toy, I had so much fun with this. The sneaking around, I would have the base slowly explode and floors would be taken out everyone would have try to escape. It helps I have a couple of stormtrooper figures, really made for great play. I would say this set is actually better than the pie slice death star set also available, even if it made of card. Still have it, in box, just missing a couple of small pieces from the top gunner station
Hey mate, you pose some interesting points so I did a bit of research, and ended up with more questions! From what I can tell the only Toltoys 20 back figures were the original 12 plus the 4 cantina aliens, not to say the others didn't get release on the Kenner cards in Australia. But that only gives us 16. Just a point to note, the blue and red Snags have different arms too. What I did find though was a Vinyl Jawa on an ESB card, amazing! If you ever get your answers be sure to let me know
Your videos are of very high quality. I've watched about 10 of your vintage SW ones tonight. I feel like whenever the 80s kid in me wants to buy one of these toys on Ebay, I can just watch one of your videos and be satisfied. Ha!
actionjackman It certainly is Luke, been after one for ages even had the 6 foot pegs for the figures and the original instructions. They made paper to last in the 70's lol. Glad you only need 10 clips and not the full 12 as it only came with 10.
No not me, a guy that lived in my neighbourhood had it. He was a bit older than I am, think about 4-5 years. He had a huge Starwars collection, with lots of amazing things. Including this cardboard Deathstar. He never let us play with anythinh though.
me and my bro got this for christmas 78 or 79 in australia. our parents set it up for xmas morning when we woke up. it's still at my parents house and now my bro's kids play with it. its still in almost mint condition as we were taught to respect our star wars toys. wonder how much its worth today?
This is would have been much better if the kenner Death Star and Palitoy Death Star play sets were put together it would have been awesome. HINT....HINT HASBRO
I remember this, it was all cardboard. I had a Jawa sand crawler and I remember that was mainly made of cardboard as well. Still totally awesome though!
Great video there bud, even though it's made of cardboard, it's far superior than the kenner play set. I used to have the Action Force playset. I'm gonna have a look around on your channel to see if you've got it
MONKEYZENTV Hi Jim, how's it going mate? I like this set too, but it's one expensive piece of cardboard. I do indeed have the Palitoy Action Force Headquarters set, haven't done a video on it yet though. It's up in the loft somewhere. Cheers mate.
New drinking game, for every time you hear "trash compactor", take a shot of whiskey. In all seriousness, great video, you go into an amazing level of detail. 👍
Good luck with that, this was a set I never thought I would get, then I saw it on ebay and bid, no one bid against me! OK it's not mint or boxed but the kid on the box is scary anyway! Thanks for the kind words.
this is so fantastic!.why wont Hasbro return to the playset concept for the modern line!.even re-release the original death star kenner playset in new colors or something and maybe some updated parts,it would be awesome!.could be a tie-in to the 3-D release of episode 4 or something.great review mate!
I had this when it first came out loved it and i don't know whatever happened to it i know the box it came in was used on the floor of our dogs house out b the door i remember it because me and my best friend would go in there to get out of the rain as kids it would b considered pricey flooring these days 😢😂
Excellent - this is the best review I've ever seen of the Palitoy Death Star. Huge fun to watch. My one isn't in such good condition as yours. It's a fantastic playset. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for the review. It's pretty ridiculous that in modern day toys, we never see playsets when it comes to Star Wars. Although what is worse is that they didn't ship enough of the last VC figures and they have wasted the last six months not selling any new SW figures. The VC should have continued and I have bad feelings about Black Label because of the 6" robs 3.75" efforts.
too true mate, I think that Ep1 wave just about killed the VC collection. Shame too as the black series isn't looking too great right now. Thanks for watching
You could make a better one from lolly sticks and spray paint, how about that for a challenge? I hope in POTF2 those small Death Star sets would continue and combine to for a really cool set, they missed a trick there. Thanks for watching!
Changing the huge video image of the death star (across from the chute) for stormtroopers firing down the cell bay is really all that's needed to alter on this set. TERRIFIC review!
That's more than I paid for the real deal, you hit a winner there because there aren't many about these days! Will certainly check your channel out, thanks for watching.
fantastic review my friend!il defo check out your channel!great set,wish wed get a re-release,this is awesome!youv earned another subscriber,may the force be with you!
This is so awesome thanks for sharing, INDEED an in depth review, and totally makes me want to own one of these! in fact this was one really playable set. You would think Hasbro would make a super cool playset similar to this by now but 20x better! Superb review!
yeah, if this unfolded to give you a docking bay that would be cool, even more massive though! I have that AF HQ in the loft somewhere, I will get round to Action Force before long, they are just hard to get too in storage.
