Star Wars Variations

You better watch out…Darth Vader is coming to town!

December 21, 2011
Holiday Edition Darth Vader

‘Tis the season to be jolly, so here’s a look back at Hasbro’s Holiday Edition Darth Vader action figure that was a StarWarsShop.com exclusive back in 2005. Essentially the same figure with eight points of articulation which had been issued as part of the Original Trilogy Collection in 2004 and earlier still as part of [...]

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Star Wars Variations: Han Solo on Bespin

September 23, 2011
Han Solo in Cloud City Outfit

The Internet has been abuzz with news of the Blu-ray edition of the original Star Wars trilogy which hit stores world wide recently, so I thought I’d stick with another vintage Star Wars action figure this post. Of course, I use the term “original” trilogy with some caution – as is well known, George Lucas [...]

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Star Wars Variations: Emperor’s Royal Guard

September 18, 2011
Emperor's Royal Guard

Whilst thinking about today’s post I noticed that this blog has been rather light on vintage Star Wars action figures for a couple of months, so lets correct that situation right away with a look back at an absolute gem – the Emperor’s Royal Guard. First appearing in 1983 on 65-back cards in conjunction with [...]

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Star Wars Variations: C-3PO (Removable Limbs)

June 10, 2011
C-3PO (Removable Limbs version)

I mentioned in an earlier post that I have recently been re-watching the original Star Wars Trilogy again on DVD. The Empire Strikes Back inspired me to dig out one of Kenner’s major Star Wars 3 ¾ inch action figure variations, the C-3PO (or See-Threepio) Removable Limbs version, and display him just as he appears [...]

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Star Wars Variations: Black Bespin Security Guard

May 17, 2011
Star Wars Variations: Black Bespin Security Guard

By the time that this classic 3 ¾-inch Star Wars action figure variation came out – first on a tie-in card for The Empire Strikes Back and then repackaged for The Return of the Jedi – it was already clear that toy manufacturers Kenner were happily set on helping kids re-enact all three movies using [...]

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Hammerhead: The Eyes Have It!

March 7, 2011
Vintage 1978 Kenner Hammerhead action figure

When Kenner launched its 3 ¾ inch Star Wars movie tie-in action figures in 1977 it soon emerged that kids wanted not only the major players – Han, Luke, Leia, Chewbacca et al, who appeared in a first wave of 12 carded figures, known ever after as 12 back figures – but that there was [...]

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Star Wars Variations: Lando Calrissian in Skiff Guard Disguise

February 21, 2011
Vintage Lando Calrissian in Skiff Guard Disguise by Kenner

Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi in the original Star Wars Trilogy, came away with something which none of the other cast members managed to obtain – a series of action figures that actually looked rather like him! Of all of the Lando [...]

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