Star Wars The Force Awakens Micro Machine Playset (Assorted R2-D2/Stormtrooper)

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And regarding size constraints, the designers pulled off a pretty nice-looking command bridge even if it has been scaled down considerably. Highway Warriors were standard Micro Machines vehiclea that came with bulky, armoured ‘shella’ that snapped on top of them, transforming the vehicle into a spiky, lethal, weapons-laden attack machine. Included with the set were your standard rank-and-file Echo Base Rebel troopers and General Rieekan, who looks as though he just ran some Just for Men through his once-gray locks; staving off the Empire and mid-life crisis.

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Naturally, it’s a no-brainer that best part of the film be immortalized in the form of a plastic playset — and it hits all the right marks: Echo Base (with hangar room for vehicles)? Some weird, slightly more obscure choices made the jump to Micro Machines too, such as Babylon 5, Jonny Quest and Biker Mice from Mars.Like the Dagobah playset, the C-3PO Transforming Playset is reminiscent of a Kenner Star Wars playset that preceded it. Granted, it was kind of a bitch to put together, but the end result was amazing: a Death Star that opens to reveal a multi-tiered reproduction of Mos Eisley and the Lars Family Homestead, the latter having the charred remains of Owen and Beru molded onto the desert floor. Right off the bat, this playset should definitely evoke memories from those that owned the original Dagobah playset from Kenner’s The Empire Strikes Back series of toys. The set showcases a number of key locations from Mos Eisley as well as a very small part of the Death Star which acts as the top of the space station when the set is converted back to its original form.

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These cars felt like the future when they arrived; the colour schemes made even the more standard models feel unique too. The first game he ever completed was Wonder Boy in Monster Land on the Sega Master System – which remains one of his proudest gaming achievements. Of course, as cool as they were, the tiny Insider cars – a little over half an inch in size – were so small that they were prone to being lost or vacuumed up by an oblivious parent.Yep, you too can give your kid a head start on a lifelong obsession with voyeurism – thanks to Micro Machines Private Eyes! The top of Cloud City came off like a lid and opened to reveal separate little rooms, all of them from key scenes in the film. While the Millennium Falcon from the films didn’t have the adequate space to house Luke’s X-Wing, my best guess is that Galoob was offering two playsets in one: the interior of the Millennium Falcon and a generic Rebel Alliance base of some kind.

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The trip to Cloud City may have been memorable and made for a good playset, but it’s the Battle of Hoth that stood out and became a defining moment for The Empire Strikes Back. While all these things are well and good, the inclusion of Boba Fett and Yoda — granted, in his corporeal form — figurines raises an eyebrow. It still blows my mind that so much can come from one little truck; it just meeps going and going when you unpack everything! Larger playsets – in scale with the vehicles – were also available, giving kids environments to drive and fly their vehicles around.Please follow the article standards laid out in the Layout Guide and the Manual of Style and complete this article to the highest level of quality before continuing on other articles. In an ironic fashion, the fussy and well-mannered C-3PO opened up to reveal the drunken and cutthroat vice den he wasn’t even allowed to enter: the Mos Eisley Cantina.