Star wars micro machines death star1/20/2024 It has a few nifty little features that really make it a lot of fun. Though I have made fun of this set somewhat, it really is amazing and holds so many memories for me. That scene where they make enough money for them to hire some more farm hands and then buy Mos Eisley Cantina may not have made it in the film, but it can sure as hell happen now, which you can see with this picture of Uncle Owen telling the Jawas that they can’t bring their Ronto into the Cantina, whilst Beru yells as she is worried that they are going to have to clean Ronto shit out of their new nerf hair rugs. Nowadays I can totally see playtime potential with Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen. I know because I remembered the small amount of disappointment I experienced when I discovered this back then. Where is Luke? Do kids really want to play with Owen and Beru Lars instead of Luke? No they didn’t. The figures are comprised of Owen and Beru Lars, Ben Kenobi, some ‘scurriers’ (which I always thought were just womp rats), a Ronto being ridden by some Jawas and the Falcon.ĭo you see a small problem here? I did back then. This picture wasn’t taken on the back of a family pet by the way, these figures are sat are on a furry blanket. Here’s a better look at them that the picture on the box. The set comes with five little figures and the Millennium Falcon. It makes me think that the first part of Star Wars would be a lot quicker if R2 just had to wander across the street to find Ben. Ben Kenobi’s home is directly opposite the Lars homestead and is now a doorway into the wall. Owen and Beru Lars moisture farm seems to be located just meters away from the Mos Eisley Cantina, which is now up a flight of stairs and seems to be an open air bar. It is definitely a very very condensed version of Tatooine. It still displays nice enough though, and opening it up is where the good shit really is. When I picture the Death Star in my head I don’t imagine some clear thing hanging off it. It has a little clear plastic sticky-out-bit to put the Falcon on which is kinda neat, but I think I would have preferred it without. But here it is, out of the box and put together in all of it’s planet ending glory. You can see the interior and the bunch of the little figures that came with the set, which I will look at in a bit. It’s kind of reminds me of ’80s home computer or Atari games, which featured amazing cover art that was meant to really sell the games to you, the only the difference being that the games were often crap. Everything is clear and photographed these days and I really miss the time when things had paintings to show just how awesome they were. The Mighty Max Skull Mountain playset that I looked at in my Halloween Countdown is similar, featuring amazing artwork that really makes the product come to life. It was only as an adult that I realised it had been painted by Ralph McQuarrie, the concept artist for the original Star Wars trilogy. I don’t think I appreciated the artwork as much as I should have as a kid. It’s a Death Star that transforms into Tatooine! Just look at it! The box art alone makes this the best thing to have existed ever. It also wasn’t ‘vintage’ like what most of the other people collect on the site, so I was pretty astounded when the postman dropped this off. I also put down something that I unwrapped on Christmas morning in 1998, an item that I didn’t think I would receive in a million years as it can be quite pricey and is large and cumbersome. There wasn’t a whole load of vintage stuff I really wanted as my loose collection was nearly complete with the few exceptions of some pretty expensive figures, but I put some things I wanted down like vintage trading cards, comics and a some other items. The limit is usually £30 (not including postage) but this year it went up to £35 just to cover the rising costs of vintage Star Wars toys. I think everyone knows the concept of Secret Santa, but on the forum we have a wish list just to give our Santa a bit of an idea as to what we would like to receive. One of the most exciting things to happen is the Secret Santa which happens in December (oddly enough). It’s an awesome place full of laid back, knowledgeable, funny, friendly people. A few years back now, I signed up for a site that focuses primarily on collecting vintage Star Wars memorabilia from the late ’70s to the mid ’80s.
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