KEYCHAINS

Factor's Keychains

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Star Wars Button Keychain's

1977 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. / Factors Etc Inc. Image Factory Inc.

3 " Diameter ( 7.5 cm )

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These Keychains were made with the same 3 " Factor's Pin Back Button face with a key ring attached . It appears that they can be found with a couple different key chain styles and colors - even the backs seem to vary in color .

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Darth Vadar Lives

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May The Force Be With You

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The Darth Vadar Pin Back Button was also used for a "Communicator" ...

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1978 Order Form

This order form was sent along with the early Star Wars Fan Club Newsletters :

Front / Back

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Official Star Wars Fan Club Key Ring

1977 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. Factors Etc. , Inc. (USA)

This is the free Fan Club key ring included for purchasing $6 worth of merchandise found on the order form above .

1 1/2 " Diameter

Front / Back

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Unlicensed Keychains - Most likely produced during the Return Of The Jedi era

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These keychains consisted of 5 plastic cards (about the thickness of a standard credit card) that had artwork on both sides . The cards fanned out so that you could see a total of 10 different scenes (5 on each side) from the original trilogy . The images are pretty poor quality and the only marking I found was "Taiwan ROC" (on the 1st example shown) so I am fairly confident that these were not a official Lucas licensed product .

Taiwan ROC

Each plastic card measures :  1 5/8 "  x   3 "

Emperor Side :

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Luke Skywalker Side :

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No Country or Manufacturer Markings at all :

This one was purchased in the plastic bag shown but we're unsure if it is the original package or if these keychains even came in a package originally .

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Back :

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Each plastic card measures :  1 1/2 "  x   2 7/8 "

Luke Skywalker Side :

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Jabba'a Barge Side :

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If anyone knows more about these  keychains , your input would be greatly appreciated  

Return of The Jedi Keychains

LFL 1983 Adam Joseph Industries Inc. (Made In Taiwan)

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Actual Package Size : 3 1/2 " x 4 1/2 "

Darth Vader

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Millennium Falcon

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R2-D2

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Yoda

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The backs of the packages in this series are all the same :

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MAGNETS

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Return of The Jedi Magnets

LFL 1983 Adam Joseph Industries Inc. (Made In Hong Kong)

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Back :

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Wicket The Ewok Magnets

1983 Adam Joseph Industries Inc. (Made In Hong Kong)

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Unlicensed Star Wars Bootleg Keychains (circa late 70s early 80s)

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I can confirm from my two of my collecting peers from SWFUK , that they remember having some of these in the early 80s and even showed me some pictures .

I own 2 of these trades cards which I bought in 1 lot . The figures are made of crude PVC plastic and are 2 inches high . Both trade cards I have feature the exact same combination of figures and line up .

How they survived intact for so long is a mystery . The person I bought them from was selling on behalf of a friend who cleared a closed down tobacconist/sweet shop - these were found in years worth of storage .

I got lucky and found a R2 Keychain like the unlicensed batch that Chris (poncho) posted earlier in this thread  

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In addition , although the keychain loop is broken , I found a silver version of the exact same keychain mold  

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I also split the Keychains and Magnets posts from where they were originally posted in the Jewelry Thread - just getting too many items and it will make organizing them later easier ...

No idea what the history on these keychains is but I really like them  

I am guessing they are probably unlicensed bootlegs of some sort but have no idea if they're even "vintage" .

Actual Size :  1 3/4 " to 2 1/4 " tall

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Any one seen them before or know more about them ?

Added more pics and info on the 3 " Factors Button Keychain post at the top of the page …

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there seems to be a few variations on the chain / keyrings