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About The Book
| Why This Book? | ||
| "My interest in collecting Star Wars action figures and related items began about 12 years ago. Early on in my collecting, packaging variations always caught my eye and were noted and logged. What started then as simple spreadsheets for tracking items I had in my collection and to take along to toy shows (so I did not have to rely on memory) became the basis for this book."
"As an action figure collector, I always felt the need for a "complete" reference book, one that not only identified the figures but also detailed the many variations, looked at the different forms of action figure packaging, and also included figure-related items. Approximately seven years ago I embarked on a serious effort to put together a guide to fill this need; the first publication of this work is being offered here." |
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| John Kellerman |
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| Chapter / Contents — Original Edition | Chapter / Contents — 2nd Edition | ||||
| 1 | About This Book | 1 | About This Book | ||
| Contains definitions and a general discussion about the book. | Contains definitions and an updated general discussion about the book. | ||||
| 2 | Card/Figure Differences | 2 | Card/Figure Differences | ||
| Focuses on loose and carded figures and variations. | Focuses on loose and carded figures and variations. Now with expanded coverage of loose variations, additional carded figures, and updated matrices. | ||||
| 3 | Card Front-Back Combinations | 3 | Card Front-Back Combinations | ||
| Provides complete coverage of the card variations for American Kenner including foreign uses of these cards. | Provides complete coverage of the card variations for American Kenner including foreign uses of these cards. Now with additional card variations added. | ||||
| 4 | Mailers | 4 | Large Size Figures | ||
| Pictures and discusses all known Kenner mailers. | New chapter featuring loose and packaged large size figures. | ||||
| 5 | Multipacks | 5 | Mailers | ||
| Focuses on all multipacks issued, and includes a chart of all known merchandiser catalog packs. | Pictures and discusses all known Kenner mailers with the addition of a few new and enhanced images. | ||||
| 6 | Miscellaneous Figures and Related Items | 6 | Multipacks | ||
| Lists all other figures and associated packaging, such as Special Offer vehicles and play sets. | Focuses on all multipacks issued, and includes a chart of all known merchandiser catalog packs. Now includes updated images and the addition of several multi-packs. | ||||
| 7 | Preproduction Items | 7 | Action Figure Related Items | ||
| Discusses Cromalins, proof cards for carded figures, plus other preproduction items and packaging. | Greatly expanded chapter features all figure-related items including play sets, vehicles, special offer, creatures, figure cases, and display stands. | ||||
| 8 | Displays | 8 | Tri-Logo Packaging | ||
| Contains listing and photos of Kenner store displays and several prototype displays. | New chapter featuring tri-logo packaging for figures and figure-related items. | ||||
| 9 | Promotional Items | 9 | Displays | ||
| Samples the merchandising material Kenner issued to promote the action figure line. | Contains listing and photos of Kenner store displays and several prototype displays with a few new additions. | ||||
| 10 | Grading | 10 | Promotional Items | ||
| Discusses the relationship of grading and prices. | Samples the merchandising material Kenner issued to promote the action figure line. | ||||
| 11 | Droids and Ewoks Cartoon Series | ||||
| New chapter featuring loose and packaged figures and figure-related items from the Droids and Ewoks cartoons. | |||||
| 12 | Early Concepts and Design | ||||
| New chapter featuring expanded coverage of preproduction concepts and design from 1977. | |||||
| 13 | Preproduction Items—Figure Related | ||||
| New chapter featuring stages in the preproduction process including conceptual models and designs, sculpts, molds, patterns, fabrics, hardcopies, protomolds, first shots, mock-ups, sign-off samples, coin plasters, tooling masters,softcopies, etchings, hobs, and dyes. | |||||
| 14 | Preproduction Items—Packaging | ||||
| New chapter featuring stages in the preproduction packaging process including conceptual material, original artwork, photo art, mock-ups, photography, prepress, color separations, Cromalins, press proofs, box flats, and QC samples. | |||||
| 15 | Preproduction Items—Unreleased | ||||
| New chapter featuring 45 pages of unreleased preproduction items. | |||||