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Toy Factory Videos! Woot?

by Paul

The title pretty much explains the reason for this post, I’m out of interesting things so I’m trying my best here with some videos. I find these interesting, but I’m not sure how much anyone else will care. The first is a very short glimpse into the past. It’s part of a news clip talking about Star Wars toys and it shows people hard at work building toys in Kenner’s factory during the reign of Return of the Jedi.

Why is this only 8 seconds? I’d kill for more footage like this because I’m the kind of weirdo who could sit and watch factory workers in the 80s making Star Wars toys all day long. It’s beautiful, like a sunrise or a lap dance.

Here’s the video for our European friends. It’s Palitoy factory workers making Star Wars toys such as the Millennium Falcon and AT-Ats. I think it’s interesting to think that these factory workers could be making anything else and it wouldn’t make any kind of difference to their lives, but this is utterly fascinating to me.

And damn, those images of that toy aisle! If only I could invent a time machine to go back and see that aisle, then promptly buy as many toys as I could and bring them back to sell them on eBay.

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Posted in Kenner, Star Wars, Videos on May 27th, 2008

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4 Responses to “Toy Factory Videos! Woot?”

  1. PJ Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    That was beautiful. Just awesome. Imagine. . .500 AT-ATs a day.

  2. Esbat Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    My blue jean shorts make me hurt right now. Ow.

  3. xequae Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Those toy aisles are just…WOW!!

  4. Dr Nightmare Says:
    June 5th, 2008 at 12:35 am

    Nerds everywhere are a’sploding knowing beautiful mature ladies like these handle their toys beforehand. @_@

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