There is a separate sticker sheet which will normally have been applied unless the vehicle is mint in box. This sticker sheet includes a diagram showing where to stick the stickers as an instruction sheet was not included. This sticker sheet was unique to the Palitoy version of the ship.

To cut production costs, Palitoy simplified these Kenner moulds and often left out the electronics that were available on the Kenner versions of the vehicle. The 12A cardback was reprinted as the 12B cardback to remove references to these electronics. In the case of the X-Wing Fighter they left out the laser light and sound that featured on the Kenner version of the ship. The back of the Kenner ship was moulded and had 2 screws so that the back could be taken off revealing the electronics underneath. On the Palitoy version there is just a sticker with the same design pattern as the moulded Kenner version. This extra sticker is on the sticker sheet which makes it unique to Palitoy. The front of the Palitoy version of the ship is also missing the laser light seen on the front of the Kenner version.

Darth Vader Tie Fighter was one of two Tie Fighters released and came in a dark grey colour. The regular Tie Fighter was white. In the movie both fighters are light grey in colour so it is strange that they chose different colours for the 2 ships. Maybe it was to make them look different so kids would want both versions. The box features the ship with Darth Vader's helmet to the top right of this. There are blue circles emanating from the all important laser light on the front of the ship showing that this ship had working electronics unlike the X-Wing Fighter. The Palitoy logo is in the bottom right hand corner of the box. The back of the box is the same as the front. The ship features 2 spring loaded detachable wings that pop off when a switch connecting them to the main body of the ship is pressed. There is a hatch in the top of the ship that opens up so that the Darth Vader action figure can be inserted. The box says 'MINI ACTION FIGURES NOT INCLUDED' under the picture of the ship to avoid disappointing any child expecting a free Darth Vader action figure.

Inside the box, the ship came with 2 separate cardboard inserts that had a round hole to fit on the front of the ship and a rectangular hole to fit on the back of the ship. One or both of these inserts are often missing. You can see on the cover of the removal battery cover at the back of the ship that it says '(c) Kenner Products Inc, Cincinnati Ohio, USA', indicating that a Kenner mould was used.

Also included were 2 sticker sheets, one for each wing that would normally be applied unless the ship is MIB. A Palitoy printed set of instructions was also included that detailed how to put the batteries in and get the all important laser light going and also how to attach the wings.

This ship kept it's original Star Wars branding and was updated for the Empire Strikes back to include 4 Boba Fett bounty offer tokens for a unused Bounty Hunter promotion. These were placed under the ship description on the top of the box. Most of this ships release cycle was on Empire Strikes Back line making the box without the Bounty Hunter offer on it the rarer of the 2 box variations. A Bounty Hunter capture log was also included in the ESB version of the box.

 

The second Tie Fighter is the iconic Empire fighter ship rendered in white. Palitoy could not produce a reduced electronics version of this ship, maybe because the moulds were not available from Kenner. They did plan to do this as the 12A cardback was corrected to remove laser lights and sound on the X-Wing Fighter and Tie Fighter and replaced with the 12B cardback. Palitoy had no other choice than to just import the Kenner version of this vehicle. The box features a picture of the ship with circular lines emanating from the laser light on the front of the ship. They placed a Palitoy sticker over the Kenner logo on the bottom right hand corner of the box.The back of the box is the same as the front but does not include the Palitoy sticker. The ship itself has spring loaded detachable wings like the Darth Vader version and hatch at the top that opens up so that a figure can be inserted. The correct figure, Imperial TIE Fighter Pilot was only released on the ESB 45A cardback, so kids had to make do with a Stormtrooper until then.

The Palitoy sticker stuck over the Kenner logo on the box has the Palitoy logo at the top, with the Palitoy catalogue number 33363 and battery types for the UK on it.

Inside the box, the ship came with one folded cardboard insert that contained the body of the ship and the 2 detachable wings. This was possible as the wings are flat, unlike the shaped wings on the Darth Vader version of the Tie Fighter. You can see on the cover of the removal battery cover at the back of the ship that it has a Kenner COO stamp on it.

Also included were 4 sticker sheets, one for each side of the 2 wings that would normally be applied unless the ship is MIB. Palitoy made their own Palitoy printed instructions that detail how to to put the batteries in and get the all important laser light going and also how to attach the wings.

This ship was imported throughout the ESB line before getting rebranded in 2 different version on the ROTJ line. Again, they varied the colours on these 2 versions with blue for the Battle Damaged Tie Fighter and grey for the Tie Interceptor.