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Retro Star Wars Wednesday
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Retro Star Wars Wednesday - Death Star Playset
This was my Holy Grail when I was a kid. Finally got one about 15 years later. This thing has action features out its thermal exhaust port!
- elevator
- “escape hatch” in the floor that goes into the…
- “working” trash compactor with dianoga (trash monster)
- a chasm with retractable bridge and a “rope” to swing across on
- a rotating, clicking and “exploding” laser cannon
Retro Star Wars Wednesday - Kenner Blaster Rifle
Back in 1978, we didn’t need no stinking orange painted cap and our guns were all black…ok mostly black. The inside of the barrel was yellow but the gun wasn’t all freakin neon colored!
The gun made “laser sounds” when you pulled the trigger. In the first version (seen here) it wasn’t much of a sound, it was more like a whirring/grinding noise. If you’ve ever heard a Kenner X-Wing or TIE Fighter, it’s on par with that. This baby was loaded with 2 D batteries. When was the last time you used D batteries? After ESB, it would make more of a laser sound and have two firing modes/sounds and take a single 9-volt.
The thing I love about this classic is the 3-way stock it had. They truly don’t make em like this anymore.
Left - stock is folded up and under the barrel which is usually how you see it on film
Middle - a small handgrip folds down so you can hold it like a tommy gun
Right - entire stock flips back and the handgrip flips down to become a butt so you could hold it like a true rifle
Retro Star Wars Wednesday - Kenner Landspeeder
Through the years the original Kenner toy packaging art has really stuck with me and I still love it because it takes me back in time.
Star Wars Wednesday
Famous Monsters Of Filmland #137, 1977
Star Wars Wednesday
Return of the Jedi Video Game Cartridge (1983)
Your task is to destroy the Death Star before the construction is completed. You start outside the shield perimeter of the Death Star. There you’ll have to combat different Imperial vessels and avoid the death ray while waiting for an opportunity to slip through one of the random openings in the energy shield. After reaching the Death Star you must reduce its structure up to the point where you can hit the core. In the following blow up of the station you must avoid collision with Death Star debris.
Star Wars Wednesday - Chewbacca Activity Book (1979)
