One of the rarest items from early Kenner Star Wars history. The 1979 Kenner Star Wars Special Offer Action Display Stand for Star Wars Action Figures MIB (Mint in Box) Complete
The box is in good condition with a little bit of water damage on one side.
The plastic stand is in near mint condition and all gears work.
The cardboard backdrop is in near mint condition and doesn't even look like it was used and still has it's "sheen" on the front.
The paper insert is in good condition and slightly yellow.
The catalog has a little bit of wear but these are common.
The sticker is in near mint condition and unused.
From The Star Wars Collector's Archive website:
Technically, this boxed version of the Action Display Stand--an item first available as a mail-away premium in 1978--was not a regular-release Kenner toy. It was produced solely as a bonus, or "Special Offer," item for larger retailers, and thus was not widely available to consumers. But since it featured a unique package and not just a sticker as did most of the Special Offer items that Kenner produced, the Action Display Stand merits special mention here.
The mail-away version of the toy was shipped to consumers in a white cardboard box, which featured no graphics whatsoever. The stand itself included a sticker bearing the names of the first 12 figures released. For the store-boxed version, however, Kenner whipped up a really striking package; and, since it was released in 1979 when more figures had been added to the line, a new sticker was included, which featured the names of some of the later releases (Greedo, for instance, is shown on the box front).
As one might expect, this is a fairly rare item; like most of the Special Offer toys, including the infamous action figure three-packs, it was offered for a limited time only and was likely never available in certain regions. Consequently, nice examples bring high prices on today's collector's market.
