I finally had a Tolyoys Death Star off the shelf and into my hands in early 1981. One had sat in a local toy shop for almost a year (It was an expensive toy, but I still say worth every cent), and I convinced my mum to buy it for me.

It came about in a strange way. I was in Perth with mum for the day and we were leaving to drive home to our country town when above the south eastern horizon, an almost full moon was hanging in the twilight sky.

It was the most beautiful sight and it really looked like the Death Star. Mum and I began talking and negotiating a deal involving additional chores. About a month later I had my Toltoys Death Star.

I put it together and played with it all weekend. Come Monday afternoon when I arrived home from school, I discovered my little brother had found it during the day and somehow rolled off the couch ontop of it, and although it was made from some very tough stuff indeed, squashed it like a pancake.

So, after a year of wanting it and a month of extra chores to get it, I had it a whole two days.

I nicknamed my little brother 'Luke Skywalker Death Star Assault Outfit'.

The end result, 28 years later, was another Toltoys Death Star from ebay which I won for $300.00.from Melbourne. It is missing Trash Compactor chute and Turrent canopy but is otherwise in excellent condition.

With original figures placed inside it looks great and is the flagship of my Star Wars collectables past and present…

Cheers

Mark,
Northam, Western Australia

Thanks for the tip will have a look and leave a post here.

Cheers and thank you

It looks like Mousedroid Aussie Star Wars Forums are about to add a Vintage Marketplace section, I think that would be a good place to put the word out that you're after one.

Cheers!
WIll

Read over that you were interested in knowing the value. Does this mean you would be interested in selling?

Cheers,

Bas

If anybody has one boxed set for sale i would be interested. Depending on the state we can always discuss a price which works out for both parties.

Bas

I’ve seen boxed ones sell for as low as $200 and very nice examples $500+.

If you’d like to send some pics I could give you a more accurate estimate.

Cheers!
Will

will(at)toltoys(dot)com

I still have a complete Toltoys Death Star playset including the original box – all in very good condition (very minimal wear on the playset/no sticky tape on the box). I’d be intersted to know what you think it might be worth in today’s collectors market.

Cheers,

Mark.

I have no idea what happened to it though, I still have all the figures.

Thanks for your comment, it is an awesome set isn’t it? Drop me a line will(at)toltoys(dot)com for a chat.

Cheers mate,
Will

I had a friend when I was a kid who had this playset, I can remember playing Star Wars endlessly on it. It really was a great playset, you have done a good job with all these pictures. Do you own one of these sets?

Michael