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Re: Expanded Universe
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 17 May 2000 17:22:48 GMT
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Funny thing is, that mold originally came from a Batman toy. I think
Hasbro (Kenner) just thought it would make a good EU toy.
Or did the SW version come first? I sure hope the Batman version came
first. *shudder*
Still, the little "shuttle pod" from the original Kenner EU toys was one of
my favorite Star Wars toys... I never had the original Imperial Shuttle.
~Mark
In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes:
> > Perhaps I should rephrase: poorly implemented "expanded universe" • series.
> > They may not have designed the items the line is based off of, but they • did
> > design the toys. Poorly.
>
> Ah. I have to admit, I never picked any of them up (although I wanted to,
> because I liked the idea of toys based on design sketches). I was a • little
> taken aback by the amount of things that popped up, popped out, or • were
> "hidden" on them.
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> If you want to talk about poor design, how about the Hasbro "Imperial • orbital
> drop trooper" or whatever he was called- the arrowhead-looking ship • with the
> guy fused into it. Ugh. That was the toy that put a stake in my desire for
> any more Hasbro "PoTF2" toys.
>
> eric
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| (...) Ah! I always thought it probably came from another line, because we all know toy companies love to do that (the Ewok Villiage Playset, for example, was re-marketed as the "Robin Hood: Prince of Theives Bandit's Hideout"). At any rate, it (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Ah. I have to admit, I never picked any of them up (although I wanted to, because I liked the idea of toys based on design sketches). I was a little taken aback by the amount of things that popped up, popped out, or were "hidden" on them. If (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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