tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post3432656969875934578..comments2024-03-17T07:11:44.454-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Late Night Blogging: Kenner Star Wars Toys CommercialsJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-52364784139678178942013-08-15T04:18:51.925-04:002013-08-15T04:18:51.925-04:00Oh man, my inner seven year old is experiencing so...Oh man, my inner seven year old is experiencing some serious toy lust now! Had the landspeeder, a friend had the Millennium Falcon. I seriously wanted the X-Wing and Tie Fighter but only ever got the smaller (the ones not to scale with the action figures) metal versions that Christmas. I do remember being pleasantly surprised with the quality of the metal spaceships as they looked a bit cheap in the Sears Christmas Catalog pictures. The "floating" effect of the landspeeder was actually pretty good considering it was just provided by soft springs and hard-to-see wheels!<br /><br />There are also some things in these commercials I don't even remember seeing on TV let alone in person - e.g. the "Patrol Dewback" the extra large action figures or the boxy droid that looks like the Silent Running robots. <br /><br />And what have I got left from all that? A beat up small size Millennium Falcon missing the radar dish and with the top gun turret replaced with one from a Y-Wing!nowherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125582590094636085noreply@blogger.com