Toy spaceship
Palitoy
Category
Toys
Date
1980
Materials
Plastic
Measurements
Ship - 520 mm (length); 420 mm (width); 155 mm (height), Hans Solo - 95 mm (height), Chewbacca - 105 mm (height), Cockpit lid - 101 mm (length); 72 mm (width), Door when on legs - 100 mm (height), Satellite dish - 57 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Coalville
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667369
Summary
A plastic toy spaceship named the 'Millennium Falcon', Han Solo's ship from the Star Wars films (1980). The orginbal box (in storage) is recorded as inventory number - 669427. The ship is white and cylindrical in shape with rotatable guns in the centre and a satellite dish to the right. This dish can be removed. The front of the ship ends in a flat ended V with a gap in the middle leading to a docking bay. On the front left is the cockpit, with windows. This can be lifted up to view two seats and a control panel. Sitting in the seats are Han Solo and Chewbacca action figures. Han Solo is wearing a black waistcoat, black trousers and a white shirt. Chewbacca is a hairy alien Wookie with a gun pelt and bag. The back of the ship has a panel which can be lifted up to view the ship's interior. The underside is inscribed '519004A'. Inside the ship is a table, a punchball and a seat at the bottom of the guns, which can be rotated. Various computers and controls are on the walls depicted as drawings. A door is at the bottom of the ship and can be removed. This door has two blue legs for the door to stand on. Underneath the ship are three landing legs which can be pulled out for the ship to rest on. Total number of items is 6.
Marks and inscriptions
On the bottom of the ship: 'COPYRIGHT CPG PRODUCTS 1979 / KENNER PRODUCTS Div / Cincinnati, Ohio 45202' On the action figure leg: 'COPYRIGHT G.M.F.G.I 1977 / HONG KONG'
Makers and roles
Palitoy , toy manufacturer Lucasfilm , copyright holder CPG Products Corporation, copyright holder C.P.G. Products, copyright holder General Mills Inc., copyright holder Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , copyright holder