For a while there, it was getting harder to find the equipment to play these on, but with vinyl records enjoying a resurgence in…
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.
In 1999, the whole globe was abuzz with Episode 1 hype. One area that was quite saturated with Phantom Menace promotions was the…
Before the DVD box sets, before the Special Editions, it was a bit more of a big deal when the Star Wars movies…
1983. The year McDonalds introduced the Chicken McNugget. The year Microsoft Word for MS-DOS was released. Swatch watches are born; IBM XTs came…
The fourth story in the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Star Wars comic strip series (read more here) was “Princess Leia, Imperial Servant”. It features…
Following up on the Star Wars Premiere article, we take a look here at the first screenings of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, which…
Following on from the success of the R2-D2 Space Ice ice-blocks and collectible sticker set, the Tip-Top Ice Cream company released a second…
‘Twinkies’ snack cakes are renowned as the quintessential junk food (yet are consumed at a rate estimated at over half a billion per…
The third story in the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Star Wars comic strip series (read more here) was “Tatooine Sojourn”. It was one…
Our random Star Wars product today are limited edition Kleenex tissue boxes, distributed in Australia and New Zealand and found locally in supermarkets.…