Almost all Star Wars fans who were around between 1979 and 1984 will immediately recognise the particular shade of pink bordering the above…
Category: NZ Collectibles
Because of its isolated location, New Zealand has traditionally not seen much in the way of locally exclusive toys or collectibles. This has appeared to change somewhat over time with the globalisation of merchandising (i.e., we are exposed to licensed items from large, international corporations like Pepsi and KFC), but the costs involved in niche licensing still limit our truly exclusive pickings compared to larger countries, in particular the USA.
Having said that we do in fact have quite an interesting history of unique product harking right back to the very beginning…1977. Geographic isolation and modest population numbers have influenced the story of NZ Star Wars collectibles in other ways: some items and sets were produced in small numbers only, and have become quite sought after due to their rarity. This category chronicles such collectibles.
Almost all Star Wars fans who were around between 1979 and 1984 will immediately recognise the particular shade of pink bordering the above…
When did Star Wars first screen in New Zealand? It’s a question that I’ve heard a few times now, so I decided to…
Immediately prior to New Zealand’s December 1977 theatrical debut of ‘Star Wars’ (some months after the rest of the world), the Listener magazine had…
The eating establishments of the Restaurant Brands corporation, KFC and Pizza Hut, have run a number of Star Wars promotions over the last decade-and-a-half. In…
How many of you were around when these came out? These 15 small (73x50mm) stickers, released at the time of the first Star…
This isn’t just some Star Wars graphics on an existing Kellogg’s cereal product…this is an actual limited edition Star Wars cereal! In a…
Toltoys are an Australasian toy brand associated with many early Star Wars toys and collectibles. Coming soon on SWNZ, we’ll be presenting a…
In May 1997, Caltex petrol stations collaborated with Pepsi to run an Original Trilogy promotion: “Scratch and match to win. Scratch the panel…
The above photograph of a New Zealand edition of an advertising poster takes us back to 1985…when ‘Return of the Jedi’ had just…