At the Star Wars Celebration Europe event in London in April 2023, we presented this panel entitled New Zealand collectibles: Tip-Top, Toltoys, “Taste the Magic“, and beyond, as part of the Star Wars Celebration Collecting Track program. It is now online for public viewing.

This version contains the same slides and details, but has had the audio re-recorded for clarity, to compensate for the ambient noise in the main convention hall where the Collecting Track stage was located. In it we discuss the range of Star Wars collectibles, companies, and promotions that are unique to New Zealand, across the eras of Star Wars collecting – topics include Toltoys figures and packaging, Tip-Top Ice-Cream promotions, Kellogg’s stickers, Twinkies stickers, Allen’s & Regina trading cards, Confection Concepts, Bing Harris Sargood Ltd, Pizza Hut, KFC, Pepsi, Mainland Products Ltd (“Taste the Magic”), Folio posters, and much more.

This was the fifth presentation I have given at a Star Wars Celebration event, and the fourth for Kristy – we very much enjoy talking about our specific Star Wars passions, and hope you enjoy this topic.

• For more details about the collectibles covered in this video, visit this SWNZ article category.
• For more about Toltoys NZ Ltd, visit this SWNZ page.
• For highlights of New Zealand Star Wars collectibles, visit – this SWNZ article category.

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Happy Star Wars Podcast Day!

We are excited to be participating in the third annual Star Wars Podcast Day, as hosts of the SWNZ Star Wars New Zealand Podcast. Our first episode premiered on September 7th 2018 – I can’t believe it’s been more than four years already!

From the Star Wars Podcast Day Facebook page –

Today is Star Wars Podcast Day 2023, the 3rd annual celebration of our Star Wars fan audio community. This year over 115 shows plan to take part, releasing episodes on February 7th or shortly thereafter. Why February 7? It is the day 24 years ago that Jedi Talk, the very first Star Wars podcast premiered, way back in 1999!

This is the first year that we have officially participated, with the SWNZ Podcast that we host together, as part of the Star Wars New Zealand website and fan community. We really enjoy chatting about Star Wars news and sharing our passion with other kiwi Star Wars fans.

SWNZ Podcast #80 –

In this instalment we celebrate Star Wars Podcast Day, and talk about the new Jedi: Survivor gameplay footage, Visions Vol.2 details, episode 6 of The Bad Batch, local store reports, and more.

Listen to SWNZ Podcast #80 on the SWNZ website or check it out on YouTube –

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