Clipper Mailers
Frank Mewes
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SINGLE FIGURE MAILERS
– Palitoy Issued
– Clipper Issued Mailers
Introduction
Darth Vader
Clipper Flyer
Clipper Cardback Sticker Offer
Survival Kit Mailer
From what little I know of the mail in’s in Belgium & the Netherlands Darth vader was sadly the only figure that was offered in such a promotion, though for some unknown reason he came in 2 baggie styles/types both issued in the same box.
As you can see the above information regarding the clipper mail away offers has changed a great deal from us initially thinking Darth Vader was the only mail away figure offer, since then many have been added to the guide including Nien Nunb / Admiral Ackbar / The Survival Kit / Teebo & Klaatu Skiff, though we are still very much sketchy on solid information regarding many of them.
we have since confirmed the existence of a 3rd incarnation for the Vader mailer, bringing the variations known for him to 3, that’s 2 different box types & 3 different baggies, see below for full details.
A further 3rd example of this mailer has now been found & confirmed with a no text baggie & plain white box (photos to come) I can only assume it is a clipper overstock box that never made it to being printed for postage?
Nien Nunb Clipper overstock, same “MADE IN HONG KONG” no Kenner font but it’s not Palitoy-a like the Palitoy issued ones, has an old Dutch price sticker on the back and is now confirmed to be a Palitoy-r baggie, font close up below.
Clipper no text baggie (Euro-b) & Clipper Macau text baggie (Euro-c) shown side by side, the Euro-b shown on the left is a lot tougher to find than the Euro-c & available in much smaller numbers, it has the thicker textured cape & both Euro-a & b baggies sport the thick saber tips.
Clipper Macau Text (Euro-c)
Clipper overstock, Palitoy-k baggie & plain white box. This one looks to have the more regular thinner saber tip.
It is also worth noting that the clipper Vader came with a thicker textured cape in the plain text Euro-b baggie but not the made in Macau Euro-c & a thick tip saber in both, just confirming what’s been stated above with a good image of the textured cape version & saber.
The cardback offer above & comic book add with the offer details depicting the same offers as the cardback & also a section to attach your name plates for the promotion
The flyer offer above & comic book add with the offer details depicting the same offers as the cardback & also a section to attach your name plates for the promotion.
Further info on a clipper mail in offer, this cardback sticker shows 3 other offers which we have very little info on, those being Teebo / Klaatu Skiff & the Survival kit, it is speculated these were sent out in white boxes in baggies the same as the other offers, but to date we have only found one overstock example of the Klaatu which would seem to have slightly different inner cardboard that other mailers know to date, sadly we have no solid provenance for this, but do suspect it is correct with it turning up in the Netherlands. pic’s below
Survival Kit mailer which would seen to have some in a padded envelope & a Palitoy type SK baggie (no kenner logo) note the font though extremely pale compared to normal & maybe specific to the Netherlands & Belgium offers, it is worth noting I have seen a figure in a baggie with the same really lite coloured font, think it was an 8-D8 from memory.
Above some additional paperwork which would seem to indicate more offers, sadly nothing more is really known as no examples of the items offered have surfaced.
Special thanks to these contributors for their knowledge and image contributions:
Laurence Dyer, Arnaud Heyser, Andrew Neo, AJ, Snaggletooth, Kevin Bletsoe, Brett Meyer, DEL, Gary Borbidge, Edd Grant, Chris Eddleman, Vince Hely, Nathan Maunder, Jamie Woollard, Niels Pit, Andrew MacLachlan, cantina_patron, Franck Gadal, Joe, Richard Temple, Sven Schneider, Steve Savory, Shane Carter, Chris Fawcett, Andy Clarke, psybertech, Jake Neilheisel, Alex Pardi, Marc Caraway, Spookedhippy, Frank Ferro, James Body, Jonathan Freeman, Grant Criddle, Chris Arbizzani, RobbieZombbie, Narayan S. Naik, Mark Yeo, SHAWN_K, Andy Raymond, MOMIKE, theguiltyone, Sublevel Studios, Mike Silver, Mr Palitoy, Ronny Anngren, Willem-Jan Bos, Robert Heron, Darren H, REBELALLIANCE, Uncle Ron, LandoSkiff (Dan), Mike Horn, Pat O’Brien, Benjamin, Samir Krim, Pete Fizke, Final Frontier, Mike Heel, MR KENNER, John Kellerman, Paul Naylor, Matthieu Barthelemy, Stéphane Faucourt, Yogi, Chris Simmons, Stormtrooper37, Thomas Derby, Todd G, Sheldon Wagstaffe, Derek Ho, Broc Walker, Adam Marks, James Gallo, Charles Jones, Darrell Johnson & Brendi Burton, Christian Somma, Johnpaul Ragusa, Jesse Cedar Soberman, Dorothée Drouin, Dennis Hall, Javier Ruilopez, Enric Rovira, Matthew Carlise, Stephen Tzaras.
Photos in the guide galleries below are compiled from a number of photo sources. It’s not been possible to find credits for each one, however, if you own one of the featured images and want to have your credit added, or don’t wish to have your photo included, please let me know and I’ll arrange.
Thanks, Chihuahua.
