Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix is Out
Yesterday Street Fighter 2 HD was released on the Playstation network and today it is out on Xbox Live. I think I am going to buy it, so I can have some Street Fighter action over Thanksgiving break. The nice thing about this release is it is not just the old game like most releases. They actually updated the graphics to give it a new look. You can also still play with the old graphics too which is a nice option. Anyway it looks great and costs $15. IGN already posted a video review of the PS3 version.
Some More Cases
Today I received two more custom cases that I had Oscar make for me over at oscarscases.com. They turned out excellent and display great. I’m still waiting on some risers that I ordered from another site that should help them display a little better on the shelf. Boba Fett is definitely my favorite of the mail away figures and I guess he should be since he was also the most expensive. This leaves me with 4 more to go and then some of the paperwork I have.
Mail-Away: Young Jedi Knight Kit
This was an offer that was never advertised. Around 1984 kids were moving on from Star Wars with things like He-Man, G.I. Joe, and Transformers taking its place. Kenner decided to send these out to young kids to try and generate interest in Star Wars. The sets were mailed out in a white mailer box that contained an envelope with lots of goodies and a free figure.
The envelope featured a great picture of a space battle. Inside was a letter for parents about introducing Star Wars to their young child. At the bottom was two coupons. One which was good for a free figure which required $1 to cover shipping costs. The other was for a $1 rebate off a figure or accessory. The kit also contained a letter from Luke Skywalker that was for the child talking about his adventures from the movies. On the other side of the letter was 4 stickers that the child could use to place one of them on the rebate coupon for a free figure. 
A poster was also included that showed scenes from the various movies. Lots of sample kits have come to the market from Kenner employees. These ones are addressed to the son of John A. Sample and included Logray as the figure in the box. Finding ones that were actually mailed out is much harder. I managed to find the paperwork for one that was actually mailed in an ebay auction that went under the Radar. I was then able to pick up the envelope and some of the other items I was missing from a sample kit a fellow collector was selling. I have seen in some collecting books that Chewbacca was a figure included and also saw a kit on ebay that included Lando. I decided to pick up a baggie Chewbacca to go with mine. I pretty much have the whole kit minus the white mailer box and return envelope. I have a vague memory of receiving one of these as a child, but obviously have no proof left except that memory. I wish I could say for sure. I would have been close to 6 years old at the time which is about the age that these were supposed to be sent to.
Here is a picture of the sample kit with Logray from another collection
and here is mine
Another neat thing about the paperwork I received was that it included a followup letter, coupon, and cardback from the 2nd free figure. It is dated as being received on 8-24-84 and the proof of purchase is blacked out on the back of the R2-D2 cardback. This is the only one documented of these items that I know of. Here is a picture of that paperwork as well.
This concludes the series on mail-away items. I still have a few more I would like to add down the line which include the original early bird figure set. They are right now just a little bit out of my price range, but hopefully I will add one of those to go with the set.
The Deal I Missed Out On
Almost every day I check KSL for Star Wars stuff. Now and then a vintage item shows up, but nothing too major. This weekend has been pretty crazy, so I haven’t had a chance to check it out. This morning I did and look what I missed out on.
These are the last figures that were released in 1985. The seller sold the lot for $50. A couple of those figures sell for that alone not still in the original package. I’m kicking myself for not checking it out yesterday, but as the saying goes “The early bird gets the worm”
here is the link on KSL
Hollywood
We were just at Hollywood video and found this parked outside. You don’t see one of these every day. It even had a custom outtatime license plate.
