Osaka Tin Toy Institute Tin Age Collection Star Wars Set Of Five, R2-D2 To Boba Fett, Unopened Boxes
Osaka Tin Toy Institute Tin Age Collection Star Wars Set Of Five, R2-D2 To Boba Fett, Unopened Boxes
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A guide for this piece: about $236, based on the 10% US charge on the declared value of goods made in Japan.
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Every piece is measured by hand, in centimetres as Japan measures. Please allow 1–2 cm (about ½ inch) for the give of the material and the hand that held the tape.
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Condition report
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The saga in tinplate
For the collector who loves both Star Wars and Showa tin toys.
Best for: Star Wars collections
Condition notes
Never taken from the boxes.
Long private storage; boxes may show age.
Figures inside not inspected.
Photograph review
6 white-background versions of the original photographs added (2048 px square, item unaltered, wear and marks kept), hero first; original photographs retained after them.
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Five Star Wars figures from the Osaka Tin Toy Institute's Tin Age Collection: R2-D2, C-3PO, Darth Vader, Boba Fett and a Stormtrooper, never taken from their boxes.
The Piece
Each is pressed and printed tin in the manner of the old Japanese tin toys, boxed individually. They were bought new for the Japanese market and kept boxed in private storage for a long time.
Allow for the marks of age on the boxes, as shown in the photographs.
Tin in Osaka
Japan's tin toy makers supplied the world in the post-war decades; read our guide to Showa tin plate and soft vinyl and our directory of Showa tin toy makers. The Tin Age Collection applies that craft to modern characters for collectors. Five figures make a small cast from the original trilogy, characters who first appeared on screen between 1977 and 1980.
Details
- Maker: Osaka Tin Toy Institute
- Range: The Tin Age Collection
- Characters: R2-D2, C-3PO, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Stormtrooper
- Material: Tin plate
- Market: Japanese domestic
- Figures: Five, each in its own box
- Purchase: New, never unboxed
- Status: Unopened, boxed
Measurements are given in centimetres with inches.
Condition
- Never taken from the boxes.
- Long private storage; boxes may show age.
- Figures inside not inspected.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade S (new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained and our grading guide.
Authenticity & Care
Maker and contents are given as the boxes show. Store dry; tin can rust in damp. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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