J’Quille (Tooth Face) Figure by Hasbro
J’Quille (known originally as “Tooth Face”) is a Whiphid who was one of the many members of Jabba’s court plotting to assassinate him. With so many people gunning for him, I’m surprised Jabba lasted long enough for Leia to finish him off. As with the Tanus Spijek figure, this is the first and only time that J’Quille has been made into a figure, and he shares much of his sculpted body with Tanus.
Tanus Spijek Figure by Hasbro
Released in 2004, this is the first and only figure we’ve gotten of Tanus Spijek. He was apparently once a rebel spy, but during Return of the Jedi worked as an informant for Jabba. It’s not a bad figure, although the articulation leaves something to be desired, and as a character he does bear a striking resemblance to Sid from Ice Age. His only accessory aside from the stand is a horrible rubbery rifle. He shares much of his body sculpt with the J’Quille figure released at the same time.
Star Wars Special Edition Puzzle Cube from Taco Bell
When the “special editions” of the original Star Wars movies were released, Taco Bell had a promo where they would give away various Star Wars themed toys. One of these was a puzzle cube with different scenes from the movies. Basically, it’s a plastic cube made up of smaller cubes connected by stickers, and you can open it up and rearrange it in various configurations.
Two of the scenes pictured relate to Jabba. The first is from A New Hope when Han and Jabba talk at the Mos Eisley Spaceport, and the second is a shot from Return of the Jedi showing the new dancers that they added. I hate both of these additions to the movies, but it’s still kind of a fun item.
Vintage Squid Head Figure
Squid Head (now known as Tessek) is another one of those palace aliens that really just serves as window dressing in the film, but has had a whole complex backstory invented for him in the intervening years. I’ll point you to his Wookipedia entry for all of that, but suffice it to say that he’s very well done. The cloth parts of his outfit look natural, and the head and hands are well sculpted. Definitely a great one to put in back of your vintage Jabba display.
Gamorrean Guard Real Mask Magnet by Kotobukiya/Tomy
This is part of a series of Star Wars themed magnets released in Japan. While the first waves of this series are currently available at Target stores in the US (and that’s where I got my Boushh magnet I mentioned earlier), this one is part of wave 3, which as of this point is only available in Japan (or through importers). It’s about the same size as the other magnets in the series, which means that it’s actually somewhat undersized for a Gamorrean Guard. But the sculpt is very good and the paint is pretty well done as well.
It was recently announced that a line of 16 mini cereal boxes is going to be given away to attendees of the collector panels at Celebration 5 in Orlando this August. Each box is a clever combination of a Star Wars character with an existing cereal, such as “Hothted Flakes” and “Raisin Han.” From what I understand, each box was sponsored by a fan, who paid to commission the artwork and have the boxes made. These are definitely unique collectibles even if you don’t particularly collect cereal-related products.
Of course my favorite is the “Grape Hutts” box. I am in contact with the sponsor of this particular box, and I hope he will be able to hook me up with a box even though I won’t be able to make it to Celebration 5 in person.
Saga Legends Leia as Boushh Figure by Hasbro
This was only just released, but it’s the same figure as the Saga Collection Boushh that was released in 2006. I never got that version, though, so I decided to pick this one up. It comes with some extraneous stuff necessary to play the “Galactic Battle Game” that I don’t have any interest in, as well as some “secret” weapons of some kind. But I’m just going to cover the figure itself.
She comes with a removable helmet, a thermal detonator that attaches to her left hand by means of a peg, and her staff (which is made of a super soft and bendy kind of plastic, making it a bit challenging to display well). The articulation isn’t great, but the paint and sculpting are both quite good, making this figure (and the original Saga Collection one) the best Boushh figures we’re likely to see in this scale for a long time.
Han Solo’s Rescue by Kay Carroll
Published in 1983, this is a very short (12 page) pop-up book for children. It’s rather small at around 6″ by 5″. It tells the story of Han Solo’s rescue from Jabba’s palace, but with so few pages to work with and so little text on each page, it doesn’t have much of a coherent story. It more like a few scenes from the movie. The pop-up effects are okay, although they are a little understated. Here are a couple of representative pages:
I assume this set of vintage children’s sheets was released in 1983. It consists of a fitted sheet, top sheet, and pillowcase. Jabba is featured rather prominently, both on one side of the pillowcase and in the repeating pattern on the sheets. His sail barge and skiff are also present, and Salacious Crumb is part of the decorative frame around C-3PO, R2-D2 and Chewbacca.
This is a one-of-a-kind piece from the production of the Dark Horse Comic “Jabba the Hutt: The Hunger of Princess Nampi.” As I understand it, the page was first drawn in pencil by one artist, inked by another, and then the colorist (in this case, Matt Webb) used watercolors to color in a copy of the inked page. This was used as a guide to show what colors should be used on the final comic book page. You can see notes in the form of numbers and letters that indicate which colors were to be used in various places. As I understand it, the actual final page was colored by computer. There are a number of differences between this page and that final version, including the addition of a background behind Jabba and Nampi. Click either image to get a larger view.
Mighty Jabba's Collection 