I'm honestly surprised how normal Luke's new blaster looks, especially when viewed from his right side.

As a kid nothing bugged me more than farmboy Luke's inability to hold a blaster.

Saying "the fans are doing the best work" never gets old, that blaster design for Luke is just genius and flawless! Every custom looks fantastic!

Out-f-ing-standing! Love the customs! Fans ‘are’ doing the best work and are also making toy buying and collecting fun again!

These figures and additions are what is needed. Remember the Kenner "we really cares policy" Which can't be said about the modern manufacturers today. Ace video Sir💥💥💥💥💥

When the best companies like hasbro can offer is retro figures on thin card backs it’s great that fans step up and bring out the parts collectors wanted and bring original ideas to the table

It’s nice to see a shift in tone in this video. I took a long break from this channel, because I was tired of the defensive attitude and what I perceived as much ado about nothing. The info presented here is thorough and objective. I’m only a casual fan of Star Wars collectibles, but I appreciate a straight-forward round-up of the current offerings for vintage collectors.

I have always wondered why Hasbro doesn't complete the Kenner Star Wars vintage line. The only 2 new figures (Tarkin and Luke Snowspeeder pilot) they made were put inside board games that no one I know wanted at all... and that's it. Mandalorian vintage-style figures are ok... but what most collectors really want is completing their Kenner line with the characters that were never released. I am really puzzled about this...

Thanks for the shout out Michael, Han hand fit blaster is on the way!

I love your "The fans are doing the best work" mantra. These creators are doing inspiring stuff. Thank you for sharing.

the ladders for the X-Wing are a nice addition. when I ordered my custom Gray Leader Y-Wing for Christmas 2019, the seller even included a couple of ladders to go with it. I wish he was still around since I would of loved to pick up the Gold Leader & Gold 5 Y-Wings he was making at the time, but hopefully someone will finally attempt to tackle those ships for the fans to purchase since there's been a serious lack of Y-Wing toys for almost a full decade. the last time any Y-Wing toy was sold was the Toys R Us exclusive back in 2012. and sadly, custom Y-Wings and/or sellers who're willing to make & sell them are getting harder to find these days.

I'm totally in love with the Stan Solo figures I've so far purchased. They are just so nice and of the best quality possible. you have to see them in the flesh to believe how great they are. I now have 6 figures with another 8 figures on the way. Just a shame I cant find the lovely black death Star Droid and the C3p0 figure with the chrome shin. I can foresee these brilliant products becoming very collectible themselves in the not too far off future. Well Done!!

Really is great people actually care enough to make these items.

Retroblasting saves the day ...again. After a long draining busy workweek...having a bad restaurant experience with day old dry turkey dinner and store bought pumpkin pie passed off as made from scratch not to mention having the gall to call me to say we didn't pay the bill which turned out to be a computer glitch and their error...nearly getting into 3 car crashes driving home tonight in the first winter snowstorm without 4wd working in my 2019 Ram truck..Ive settled in for the night at my mountainside cabin with a warm toasty woodstove and just watched this wonderfully nostalgic video. Cheers Retroblasting....you made it all worthwhile and brought a smile to my face. The 12 year old boy inside me from 1982 thanks you.

Fantastic video - you need to trademark “the fans are doing the best work”-! That Luke skywalker upgrade is amazing in its simplicity and practicality, thanks for great video Michael

Great video! Thanks for going over all the Star Wars fan toy makers. Now I know where to go beyond Stan Solo.

Great video. These custom makers are keeping vintage collecting alive and exciting.

Thank you so, so very much for going through all of these fan made offerings. I have have finally been able to display my vintage figures in their glass case and have been wanting to add these figures as well.

My jaw dropped when i saw that Luke Blaster fix. So simple yet, so effective! Gotta pick these up!

On the one hand, thank you for introducing me to these amazing fan maker stores. On the other hand, my wallet does not thank you.

Just like with the movie content, this is all about intention. Fans actually care about what other fans want, so accessories like x-wing ladders, and a blaster for Luke just make sense. It's the small details that matter, to add more value (not the monetary kind) to existing collections. While the corporations just want profit, and to repackage another version of what already exists, was already sold, or make a large, overpriced, niche product to generate hype.

What a suprise, fan made toys are the actual things collectors want to buy, while Hasbro are making a black series rancor that no one really wanted, how about a scout walker or an X wing for the black series ,even then I don't think £350 is a fair price ,£250/300 at max, but the rancor? That's not worth the money by any stretch( in my opinion).

a little acrylic plastic (like the kind found on the blister packaging) could easily be cut and added to the cockpit frame to give you a window. Just a thought otherwise I would say spot on. Especially the Luke blaster.

Hell yes. I am blown away by the maker community.

It's nice to see some products turn out so well. So often I think we just deny the disappointment that sub par products are.

Great video, thanks. I have quite a few 3rd party figures, some of them featured here. On the whole the ones I have bought are excellent, but being even handed, a couple do have very minor nitpicks. However, I would do it all again and eagerly await the latest offerings in a way that I havent since I was a kid, which to me is what it's all about. A tactile connection to moments long gone yet somehow seem like yesterday...

The fans are incredible.

That 77 Luke blaster is so genius I'm legitimately surprised noone thought of it sooner. Also, I love the variant options on the Rebel Troopers, really helps diversify a display so it's not just a mob of same faced dudes.

I’m sure this doesn’t get said enough - thank you for consistently publishing the best in Vintage Star Wars content. I’ve been watching since 2014/2015, and I’m always excited when a new Star Wars video is released. The Luke Skywalker blaster/belt is awesome!

#retroblasting . I own both a Sandtrooper and a Rebel Fleet Trooper from the defunct Vader Trader, to me they are way superior than the Procustoms's. The Sandtrooper actually fits nicely in the hatch from a Dewback (this perhaps could have been mentioned in the video). Also, there was no comparison of the Rebel Fleet Troopers (Vader Trader vs Procustoms, I thought you owned one from Vader Trader Michael). I personally feel like Procustoms's sculpts follow-up in the cartoonish side of their TV Droids figures (Their Vlix's are awesome and have a space in my collection). So to me their Rebel Fleet Trooper's look cartoonish for the lack of a better adjective. The Vader Trader Rebel Fleet Trooper's face for instance is more in line with the faces of let's say the Endor Rebel Trooper and the Hoth Rebel Trooper, and the body seems to be better defined. Pity Vader Trader went downhill into oblivion.

I finally grabbed some Stan Solo and Smith Lord figures and accessories, and wow. Absolutely exciting to start getting these into my collection. I've been impressed by the quality and the ingenuity. Great video; I'll have to look up some of these.

Excellent review of some great upgrades to the vintage toy line.

Just wanna thank you for championing the SW fanmade figure cause. I've been confident buying fan product due to videos like this that show how much more expansive our range of figures can be.

Not a toy collector but it’s interesting to see other people make these toys.

Always visioned the Sandtroopers with big rifles, eh??? Lol I bet Leia did as well

I love seeing you enjoying toys rather than becoming depressed by the sorry state of most toy sellers these days! Thanks for posting.

I love how the fans are creating Star Wars figures and items that enhance any vintage collection. I might get inspired to collect vintage Star Wars again. Thanks for this awesome video!

The rebel fleet trooper was a figure I was surprised was never made back in the vintage Kenner line. Its cool to see these now.

On this, what is known as "F*** Off, Puritan!" Day in the UK (Thank you, Greg Proops!) thankful for this channel. I give full credit to RetroBlasting and Mock the Week for keeping me... as close to sane as I can pass for as I wind down the dissertation. Thanks, Michael. As I'm fond of quoting INXS, "Don't change."

WOW ! This fan made figures and accessories are to cool . Thanks for bringing this to to us R/B .

I bought the trash compactor Sand-trooper pauldron from Etsy. I absolutely love how it looks! Great review! These custom Kenner figures and parts from various fans are getting me excited as well, Michael! Between these and the Hasbro retro collection tarkin and snowspeeder Luke, it feels like the Kenner vintage line has been resurrected. It’s amazing. Happy Thanksgiving to Melinda and you! Jedi Temple Toys- May the toys be with you!

Want to know an open secret? The fans are not only doing the best work, but they are actually giving us the action figures we want, unlike certain modern toy companies, who haven't got a clue.

I like the enthusiasm for the accessories, and the dedication to repairing damaged vehicles, but my favorite element will always be the astromech droids and army building. The blue R3-M3 being a favorite of mine, and I don't know why.

These are some amazing customs. I absolutely love those stormtrooper belts and the Luke blaster! Thank you for sharing Michael. I will definitely have to check those out!😃👍

Another great vid! Thanks for the great leads and links!!! I'm gonna check em out!!

Great video Michael, I went on some of the links and ordered stuff. “The fans are doing the best work” needs to be a RB t-shirt. Just a thought, maybe some of the x-wing parts won’t fit the Kenner version because it was modeled after the Palitoy version. Thank you for all you do!

I have no nostalgic feelings for vintage Kenner Star Wars toys, and their simplicity doesn't hold much appeal for me as an adult toy collector, but all the cool fan-made stuff like this that's been coming out lately kinda makes me want to assemble a Kenner Star Wars display anyway.

That Luke blaster is a display game changer. It looks brilliant especially when displayed in the Palitoy Death Star.

Great stuff! Got a couple of the items on display here, more I have my eye on! Thanks as always for highlighting the great work people are doing to improve the hobby!

These are some great figs! And those accessories are awesome!

Superb video once again Michael, and how have I never even thought about farmboy Luke with a blaster!!!!! 😲🤷‍♂️. Fans to the rescue again! Keep up the great work buddy 👌👍

This is such inspiration! Make me wanna go back to my childhood modds and plans for camolaged stormtroopers etc!

It's like christmas all year long with all these excellently done customs! :D The fans really do have more passion, attention to detail, and respect for the classic lines & the films than certain commercial manufacturers today. *cough* Hasbro *cough*

Those ladders blew my mind. Brilliant.

This is super cool to see. I'm glad fans have picked up Hasbro's fumbled ball.

If I was a Star Wars collector, I'd totally want all this stuff!

These fan made items are incredible. Though I am not very much into Star Wars, I am a Star Trek person, I really appreciate the love these fans have put into these items. I just had a thought, what happens when Broken Vader commissions one of these fans to make him new arms, behind Michael's back? The hijinks that ensue!

@9:58 "The fans are doing the best work" I totally agree! It is baffling that the copyright-owners couldn't catch up with the quality and best ideas that the fans are doing.

Fantastic video, Michael! Thank you for sharing the links to these amazing creators!

Great video

An excellent video for custpms. I especially liked it when Gary got his grandfather's gun. 🤣 Cheers 🍻👍🏻

Love the video, the skit was hilarious. Repros and customs are the way!!!

And all thanks to the person who make the 3d printer and set the octrooi free to use. Not only for toys but for 3d print hands and feeds for people who lost thare real hand.

Thanks for sharing these awesome finds with us, Michael! Looks like my next paycheck has already been spent

Thank you, Michael, and Happy Thanksgiving.

I like the landing gear extensions and ladders for the X-Wing, they add a great presence to a static display and does not require modifying the toy. Another great video.

If only Kenner had done this. How many great stories I could have played out as a child.

Of particular note in all this amazingness is what could have been a deluxe POTF (1984) Xwing upgrade. one of my favorite features of the Y-wing is how high it sits on the landing gear. I cant wait to grab some of these parts/figures and do a mini Yavin 4 living room floor setup. Great video as always sir!

Micheal , you always say what I'm thinking ! My daughter named my grandson after you ! Cool designs, much respect to the builders .

vintage Star Wars is about the only 3 3/4" line i do not collect, im not certain why but i just never have had any interest and much prefer the modern figures. that said i do have a very small collection of vintage Star Wars and i mean maybe 3 or 5, thats a blue snaggletooth because its the only rare figure i actually had as a kid and for years back then i never seen another and wondered where the hell it came from before having the internet. i also have a Jawa with a repro cape and a regular complete Jawa because i always thought they looked cool. i LOVE that people are making these little accessories like this though it is very very cool, and i would not mind getting those astromechs because when i was a kid the two things i always most wanted was more of those cool background astromechs and a CZ droid.

Awesome stuff! Hitting these as soon as paycheck is deposited.

Very cool.

I also grabbed myself an Ephant mon from the next17 a couple months ago. I absolutely love it 😍

I just ordered a young(er) Tatooine Obi-Wan with a weapon-carrying backpack from Trash Compactor. Looking forward to it.

Hey Michael. Thanks to you and Richard from Star Wars Obsessed, I have grown to love and appreciate fan made products. Have you seen the vintage X-Wing fan made canopy that Richard posted not too long ago?.

Awesome 👍 simply awesome. Thank you for the video. Like you said before " the fans are doing the best work" and it shows. Would love to own alot of this and create displays with vintage and custom figures. I am recollecting the vintage line to get the record kits. Having to repair some of the figures I buy due to thier condition make capes or belts and use imagination I can see why fans are bringing value to the hobby. Hasbro sucks even the retro collection is not the same as the original figures I did purchase some to use for my re carding. Given how the prices and conditions of originals are nice to see fans care to keep it alive. Some of Hasbro's figures are not cheap. I purchased a bit rage collection endor Han and Lea so I might use the capes belts helmets and they were about the same price or more than buying a loose vintage incomplete figure, thanks Hasbro.

At lease these fan madeed companies still have the heart for the fans.

That luke farm boy blaster is a very novel idea. Best of all you can build it yourself with some modeling skills. Using a repro blaster of coarse.....

That was Great!

The fans are doing the best work, and Micheal is making the best videos.

Absolutely brilliant, I'm going to order nearly all of these

THAT ...is awesome stuff.

That Luke blaster attachment is brilliant

Dayum, all those multicolored R2 variants collected together look amazing!

I really enjoy seeing the fan made figuires. So much fun. Thanks for the video sir!

These look pretty spot on. Nice to see some attention is going into figures

no joke that blaster for Luke really is my favorite!

I would love it if someone could use the vintage xwing as a base for a complete z95 headhunter or a parts kit to turn an xwing into one.

Love the mini video with the stormtroopers with the gun that made me laugh and they all look super well done Michael Great work like normal

Impressive. Most impressive. The accessories are brilliant.

The Luke Blaster attachment is damn genius!

You keep makin ‘‘em and I keep lovin ‘em. Thanks man! That X wing is looking great!

That blaster adaption for Luke is the thing I never knew I always wanted. Genius!

Fantastic stuff! The fans do the best work, Hasbro should take notes and change how they do things, but we all know they won't, the dysfunctional and skewed corporate culture will continue on. Great video!It brings some joy and maybe you could even say, a new hope :)

That's just Awesome man. I just wish someone could make a line of toys from Babylon 5. Maybe someday.

Outstanding review of products!!!!

It’s quite uplifting to see the dedication and effort put in by the fans despite the poor state of current Star Wars. Great stuff .

Just and amazing Job from all fans, Jeep doing your best! 👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I know this isn't quite the same, but I was buying extra guns for my Lego SW Minifigures. In a search I found listings for Lego blasters that look like the stormtrooper,rebel and smuggler blasters,it's a neat edition to my display.

Wow! I got a beater Luke that was missing his lightsaber! He’s gonna get an upgrade. The Ephant Mon has been ordered and that seller is fantastic! I live your intro video with Stormtrooper and his gun! 😂