Did you know… back in 2002 local food manufacturer Mainland Products Ltd launched a very wide-reaching promotional campaign for Star Wars Episode 2:…
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.
Did you know… back in the early 1980s, a kiwi version of Twinkies snack food, by local company/brand Irvines, came with The Empire…
Did you know… over the summer of 1977-1978, the Star Wars ice-blocks from Tip Top Ice Cream cost a mere 10 cents? Each…
Did you know… back in 1979, the Europa petrol station chain (since merged into BP) ran an advertising campaign featuring a very familiar…
The Rise of Skywalker promotional popcorn and soft-drink items at Event Cinemas include this very large and surprisingly well detailed R2-D2 popcorn-and-drinking-vessel combo…
Did you know… that the relationship between Kellogg’s breakfast cereals and Star Wars in New Zealand goes back to 1984? A Return of…
Although all the new movie and TV-related Star Wars toys out today are pretty distracting, it’s worth checking out some of the other…
The image of C-3PO with glaring red eyes in the Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker D23 Expo footage was striking, and raises…
This quirky Darth Vader mug is new to The Warehouse, in time for Father’s Day. From Australian company Park Avenue, the Dark Side…
Did you know… that between Aug 1979 and May 1984, Star Wars comics appeared in a total of 251 consecutive issues of the…