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The Gang's All Here...
Well, the first twelve of them at least.Recently I completed a small collecting dream of mine - to bring together a complete set of the original twelve Kenner figures. Not a particularly impressive...
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Marvel #30 - A Princess Alone
Issue #30 (from December 1979) was kind of a special one dedicated solely to Princess Leia. In it she travels to an industrial planet called Metalorn which is essentially a slave labor camp run by the...
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MAD Magazine: January 1978
Some say that parody is the highest form of flattery. If this is true then Mad magazine must have really been kissing Star Wars' butt in its January 1978 issue. Their 7-page ribbing of the previous...
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Kenner 3-3/4" Action Figures - The Droids 2
Kicking off Kenner's second wave of action figures from 1979 here with three droids. Pretty much the whole second wave consisted of background characters (other than Luke in his X-wing gear and Greedo)...
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Marvel #38 - Riders in the Void
We come now to the final issue of Marvel's Star Wars comic book before it began its 'The Empire Strikes Back' adaptation. This issue from August 1980 is known for both its superb and fantastically...
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Artoo Detoo's Activity Book
Random House put out a bunch of these activity books in 1979 filled with the usual word searches, puzzles as well as a few oddities like Star Wars based recipes and ideas for things to make. Although...
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Famous Monsters of Filmland #142
It's been a long time since I blogged. Things have been chaotic but the good news is that a new job = an increased income so I have hunted down a few items I'll be taking a look at over the next few...
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Topps Trading Cards: Series 2
Series 2 here (#66 - 137) with the red borders.Most of the backs of the cards feature either 'Movie Facts' or 'Actor's Profiles'.Two jigsaw puzzles can be put together from the backs of certain cards;...
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The Star Wars Album
In November 1977, Ballentine put out this 75 page Star Wars Album featuring tons of color and black and white photos from the movie and behind the scenes shots. The contents seems to fall into three...
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Kenner 3-3/4" Action Figures - Cantina Crew
Yes, I know Greedo is missing from this collection of scum and villainy Kenner put out in 1979, but I'll get to him in another post. While far from spot on with their depictions of the background...
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Space Wars: October 1977
There was a ton of these cheap sci-fi magazines put out in the wake of Star Wars. This one's from October 1977 and also features an article on the future of Star Trek which had been a thing of reruns...
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I'm a bit late for the whole 'May the 4th be with You' Star Wars day thing (I much prefer to celebrate on May 25th in any case) but I only just found this vintage clip from 1977 and thought I'd post it...
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Starlog Magazine - December 1978
I've only just picked up an issue of this Sci-fi fan favorite magazine and can only say that it's brilliant! The quality is top notch in comparison with the slew of cheaper magazines put out at this...
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Happy Birthday Star Wars! + Burger King and Burger Chef Commercials
Well, it's been 35 years and we can all feel a little old today. May 25th, 1977 was the date that changed cinema. It never fails to amaze me how old my all time favorite movie really is. And it's a...
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Topps Trading Cards Pack: Series 3
Series 3 came with the yellow borders as shown below.
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Star Warp Magazine - April 1978
This is issue #1 of a cheap sci-fi magazine that lasted 7 issues. The '6 Gigantic Star Wars Posters' emblazoned on the cover is a bit cheeky as the so-called posters are merely black and white full...
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Topps Trading Cards Pack: Series 4
Series 4 seems to be the only series that had borders that matched the pack colours (green).
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The Novelization: Book Club Edition
Nowadays, when a book is published, the hardcover edition usually comes first and then the paperback. But back in 1976, the Star Wars novelization (by Alan Dean Foster but accredited to George Lucas)...
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Topps Trading Cards Pack: Series 2
I only have one more of these packs to collect (series 1) before I have a full set, so I need to get on to that pronto. Meanwhile, here is series 2 which contained cards with the red borders.
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Luke Skywalker's Activity Book
Another cute little entry in this series of things to do and make. The model instructions are by far the most impressive things about these books.
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