SPORTING / OUTDOOR

Der Wienerschnitzel FRISBEE

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During January 2019 while searching Ebay I came across a Frisbee that I had never seen before . This was the sellers auction description and photo :

1977 White Luke Skywalker , promotional item made for Der Wienerschnitzel restaurant . 9 1/2 "  Frisbee type Flying Disk ,  1 of 12 made .

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I took a chance at buying and got it for the minimum bid of $34.95 . When it arrived it looked like this :

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The seller shipped it in a oversized bubble envelope with one small piece of cardboard and wrapped in a 1/2 sheet of newspaper

Luckily I received a full refund and , since the seller didn't want it back , I did my best to piece it back together …

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Although it's far from perfect , I felt it was better then throwing it away

I still had no idea how accurate the sellers description & history was since I was never able to find any other info or photos of it online .

I reached out to the seller to see if he could provide more information .

E-Mail Conversation :

Hi again - 1st off , Thank you very much for the refund .  I wanted to let you know that I spent about 4 hours piecing it back together the best I could , it seems a shame to just throw away what may be a pretty rare item . I do a lot of research on oddball vintage Star Wars merchandise and to my amazement , so far I have not been able to find any info or even another picture . I was wondering where you got your info from and/or if you know anything else about the Der wiener promotion ? You said it was 1 of 12 - do you mean there were 12 different designs or that there was only 12 of the Luke frisbee made ?

Sorry for so many questions - LOL !

Sellers Answer :

Hi James - a relative worked in California, during the initial Star Wars craze . His boss at Der Wienerschnitzel had 12 of these locally made and must have known he could not use George Lucas's images . When Bill comes to pick his check up I'll ask  if he knows more about the image on the frisbee .

Thanks , Rick .

Seller Follow up with more information :

Hi, James - I had lunch with Bill today . He worked in Anaheim , California at Der Weinerschnitzel in 1977 . A coworker's dad that worked at a local advertising firm had 12 prototype frisbees produced at the owners request . The restaurant owner declined to purchase the minimum amount of 150 pieces because of the adverse cost . The father gave the employee's son the 12 prototypes which were used at the park when the employee's gathered together . Bill was given the one you have which he used it for a couple weeks , then placed it in storage . Unfortunately no one seems to remember the name of the advertising firm that produced the 12 frisbees - Rick

FRISBEES

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Star Wars Flyer Fleet Frisbees

1977 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , Pine-Sol Liquid / American Cyanamid Co. (USA)

Actual Size : 9 1/2 " Diameter

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This Flyer Fleet Frisbees were only available through a Mail In promotion when purchasing Pine-Sol cleaning product :

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Coupon:

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The copyright information and the backs of all 6 Frisbees in this set are identical :

Copyright Information :

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Back :

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The Empire Strikes Back Frisbee

LFL 1981 Burger King / Coca Cola (USA)

Actual Size : 9 1/2 " Diameter

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Back :

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Star Wars Kites

1977 20th Century Fox Film Corp.

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The following kites were available via a mail in promotion offered by Big G (General Mills) Cereals . There were at least 2 versions , one was diamond shaped and the other was more of a delta wing style .

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Diamond Shaped Kite

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Delta Wing Style Kite

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Return Of The Jedi Spectra Star Kites

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Darth Vader (LFL 1983)

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Luke Skywalker (LFL 1983)

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Wicket The Ewok (LFL 1983)

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The copyright information is the same on all 3 kites shown above :

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80 Inch Ewok Kite (LFL 1983)

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50 Foot Dragon Speeder Bike Kite (LFL 1983)

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8 Panel Box Kite (LFL 1983)

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42 " Delta Wing (LFL 1984)

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64 " Streamer Kite - Darth Vader Luke Skywalker Jedi Duel (LFL 1984)

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80 " Droids Streamer Kite (LFL 1984 or 1985 ?)

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Added the diamond shaped version of the GM Cereal Mail In Kite promotion to the library above ...
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