Description: Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video ganes, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas, comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. Star Wars is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. When George Lucas began shopping around for a company to distribute products and toys for Star Wars in 1977, nobody seemed too interested. Mego Toys had famously passed on it, but a small toy company named Kenner stepped up and took a chance on it, and the toy world was forever changed. Kenner decided to shrink down their Star Wars figures to a more economical 3.75 inch size. This new action figure design allowed Kenner to create more scaled accessories, playsets and vehicles for their Star Wars line, with a whole new playability factor that many other past action figure lines just didn’t have. It all began with the “promise” of new Star Wars action figures at Christmas in 1977 with the release of the Early Bird Certificate, which led to the first four action figures being sent to eagerly awaiting fans everywhere. The rest of the regular figures were released later in 1978, and the world was never the same. With all of their action figure and accessory innovations, Kenner began a new era in the toy industry and revolutionized how toy lines are marketed and sold. This offering are the original Kenner Star Wars 2nd Wave of action figures sold in 1978. The second series contained 8 initial figures, followed by the mail-order Boba Fett. Boba was also released on a regular Star Wars card in 1980. These first Boba figures are known as “20 Backs” or “21 Backs with Boba” due to the number of figures on the back of the card. This 2nd Wave included: Death Star Droid: The Death Star Droid was certainly a cool looking droid figure but this is a case of Kenner not doing their homework. There is a droid similar to this on the Death Star but with a black finish instead of silver. This particular droid was actually inside the Jawa Sandcrawler and NOT on the Death Star as his name would suggest. Kenner should have named it the Sandcrawler Droid, but that doesn't quite have the same ring. Greedo: If only Greedo had just listened to Han when he explained that he was on the way to see Jabba to pay him back, but no, he had to be difficult about it. In case you were wondering who shot first……It was DEFINITELY HAN! This was a cool figure to add to the Cantina playsets, despite the wardrobe being a bit off compared to the actual character in the movie. Hammerhead: Hammerhead, also known as Mamow Nadon, was one of the patrons at the Mos Eisley Cantina from the classic Cantina Scene in Star Wars. The design of the character was very unique. In later installments of Star Wars media, we learn that Hammerhead's mouths are in the side of their heads, an not underneath (who knew). Luke Skywalker (X-Wing): The first alternate costumed figure of a main character with the Luke Skywalker X-Wing Pilot. Obviously, there was no way to change the clothes on these figures, so Kenner was gracious enough to make multiple takes of all our favorite characters in many outfits. The X-Wing Luke was fantastic, especially with the actual X-Wing Fighter and to be honest, it didn’t really look much like Luke so you could pretend it was any generic Pilot. Power Droid: The Power Droid was also known as the Gonk droid, due to the sound it made it made when it walked around. It really didn’t serve too much purpose outside of background in the Sand Crawler in the original movie. Gonk has more signiciance as a member of a crew on the animated series "The Bad Batch". R5-D4: What if R5-D4 had not blown up at the Lars Homestead and it ended up being C-3P0 & R5-D4 instead of R2-D2, which would’ve completely changed everything. A more deviant mind would perhaps think that R2 had something to do with R5 blowing his dome and planned the whole thing so that Owen Lars chose him instead. These droids did have a known motivator flaw. Snaggletooth: Snaggletooth was yet another great looking alien produced from the Mos Eisley Cantina scene. Walrus Man: Poor misunderstood Walrus Man (actual name: Ponda Baba). He was just at the bar, having a drink with his buddy, Dr. Evazan, when Ben Kenobi pops up out of nowhere and cuts his arm off. He kind of had it coming, but Evazan really started the whole thing by improperly translating for Walrus Man. That being said, somehow Evazan remained untouched through everything and Walrus Man loses his arm….Typical! Boba Fett: Just the name brings up all kinds of cool thoughts and images. Boba Fett first appeared in the Star Wars Christmas Special in an animated short and was originally offered as a mail-away figure by collecting proof of purchase seals and sending them in to Kenner. The figure promised to be a Rocket Firing version of Boba Fett with a shooting missile from his backpack, but this all changed with an unfortunate incident involving the death of a child and a similar shooting missile from a Battlestar Galactica ship. So when the Boba Fett figures finally arrived, the missile was fixed and the firing mechanism had been removed. A consumer note was included in each mail-order Boba Fett package that stated the reasons for the rocket firing change. This Boba Fett was one of the mail order items and not from a store (it required a number of Kenner Star Wars Proof of Purchase from other actions figures to get Boba in the mail). This Boba does not fire its missile, as it was sent after the modification to the toy. These are great examples of original 2nd Wave Star Wars toys. I am the original owner of this product and remember buying these as a child from K-Mart, except for Boba where I sent of the Proof or Purchases to get him. If you are an international buyer, please be aware that additional fees or duties may be collected that are outside my control. Shipping charges are based on the Ebay postage calculator. If multiple Items are bought I will combine shipping and refund you the difference.
Price: 50 USD
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Convention/Event: San Diego Comic Con
Items Included: Blaster
Year Manufactured: 1977
TV Show: Star Wars: The Christmas Special
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 3.5 in
Features: movable arms, movable legs
Featured Person/Artist: War
Unit Quantity: 9
Animation Studio: Lucasfilm Animation
Movie: Star Wars Episode III, A New Hope
Character: Boba Fett, Greedo, R5-D4, Snaggletooth, Death Star Droid, Hammerhead, Luke Skywalker (X-wing), Power Droid, Walrus Man
Signed: No
Color: Multiple
Material: Plastic
Age Level: 8-11 Years
Franchise: Star Wars
Brand: Kenner
Series: Star Wars
Type: Action Figure
Theme: Science Fiction
Time Period Manufactured: 1970-1979
Country/Region of Manufacture: Hong Kong
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Color: Death Star Droid
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Color: Greedo
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Color: Hammerhead
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Color: Like Skywalker (X-Wing)
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Color: Power Droid
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Color: R5-D4
Price: 55 USD
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Color: Snaggletooth
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Color: Walrus Man
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Color: Boba Fett
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