The Best and Worst of Bootleg Star Wars Toys

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Published 2013-02-21

We all know Star Wars, but have you ever heard of the Stars War? That subtle spelling difference allowed companies like Turkey's Uzay to make bootleg toys that latched onto the popularity of Star Wars. Steve Sansweet of Rancho Obi-Wan shows off a few of his favorite bootlegs here.

All Comments (21)

@BARKINELDEM 8 years ago

Oh man! I had all those "uzay" branded figures when I was a kid. And also the board game! I wish I still had them :) Gret memories :) ps: "uzay" means "space" in Turkish.
@TheLocutus70 8 years ago

Blue Stars looked like it was a Cobra Commander figure.
@blockkingdiscontinued8501 8 years ago

lol the Blue star guy aka blue snowtrooper actually looks cool
@ItaloDiscogs 7 years ago

the calculator is the best
@philipcao1275 7 years ago

Hi i'm from Hungary! They made back then bootleg figures because the original Kenner star wars figures weren't availables in Hungary,and those figures that were available where usually very rare and expensive at the time,and bootlegs where more common and cheaper
@jaydencrowe8111 8 years ago

He didn't mention Head Man. How do you talk about Uzay without bringing up Head Man?
@biggiantcollectibles1158 6 years ago

The way the collector says “very” makes me happy and I don’t know why
@MonkeyspankO 11 years ago

Thank you Norm for bringing this place to our attention. If i'm in cali, I will definately make it a mission to go there!
@MegGriffin45 8 years ago

He's talking about the Uzay figures, and he doesn't even mention Head Man?!
@UKToyCollector1977 11 years ago

Great vid! You've just gotta love Steve Sansweet - he's a legend!!
@MiKeMiDNiTe-77 4 years ago

I love bootlegs especially good quality with colour variations a la Blue Stars
@FilmMastersChannel 4 years ago

Steve is amazing and such a nice guy. Traveled to USA from Australia in 2013 and was blown away with Rancho Obi-Wan!
@jjsnacks8511 7 years ago

That host just loves trying to touch the guys stuff when he is holding it
@StormBringer1966 6 years ago

I know for sure thet he does not have the same Boba Fett action figure I have, with a removable helmet showing the face of George Lucas underneath.
@DiiKai 11 years ago

I'm not much of a Star Wars fan, but I am loving these videos!
@leeshard6754 9 years ago

Awesome vid! Thumbs up, damn that's a lot of Star wars :p
@technoshamanarchist 11 years ago

These were for sale (for us poor Turkish kids who couldn't afford or find the originals) when I was in elementary school (about 25 years ago), I remember "Darth Vader" was named "Dark Leader" :) And I think I owned an Imperial Gunner (no calculator included) ;p
@Preske 11 years ago

I like this guy. He seems like he can tell really passionate about his hobby, without geeking out about it.
@gundamleader 4 years ago

Hungarian SW figures... Yessss!!! I have some at home. Unfortunately are unboxed. These was my favorite childhood games. I was able to read the box label: 02:22 "Csillagok Háborúja". Yeahhh. Thank you! Great memories.
@Karemaker 5 years ago

How on Earth did they get the molds for the toys from Kenner?