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CT who remembers the bounty hunter competition ?

Discussion in 'Classic Trilogy' started by d0nne11m, Jun 27, 2011.

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  1. d0nne11m

    d0nne11m Jedi Youngling

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    Around about the time of Empire Strikes Back in a toy shop far,far,far away. Kenner held a competition to design a bounty hunter for the new film - Return of the Jedi.
    If my memory serves me right you had to cut out and submit a number of the Kenner logos from the cards the figures where mounted on.
    Does anyone rememeber this competition other than me ? I can find no reference online.
    Who won it ?
    Who was the bounty hunter ?

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  2. Darth_Nub

    Darth_Nub Manager Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Never heard of it, sadly. I think you might be mistaken - possibly confusing it with the 'mystery figure' offer for ESB, which was a bounty hunter (Bossk). I certainly can't imagine you'd have to send in five proof of purchases just to enter a competition, & the idea that LFL would include a creature/character design from an amateur is a bit much. You might be thinking of a simpler competition from the time at a local toy store or something.

    Oddly enough, it does ring a bell, but I think it might have been a different film altogether (definitely not SW), & it might have been just naming the character. I also think there might have been some sort of competition to name or design an official SW character a couple of years back for the action figure line or the card game.
     
  3. sith_rhino

    sith_rhino Jedi Master star 2

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    This sounds really interesting, but I don't recall any such thing.
     
  4. d0nne11m

    d0nne11m Jedi Youngling

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    This comptetion happened as friends can remember it as well as me. We spent hours on our entries.
    Maybe it only ran in the UK ?
    I think the bounty hunter may have been Boushh - AKA princess Leia.
    Not sure if any other new bounty hunters appeared in ROJ.
     
  5. Darth_Nub

    Darth_Nub Manager Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Boushh was designed by Nilo Rodis-Jamero:

    [image=http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c103/ThinWhiteDuke1/NRJ5.jpg]

    Again, I think whatever competition you entered wasn't run by LFL, & the winner's design didn't end up in ROTJ.
     
  6. metalinvader1982

    metalinvader1982 Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Hmmm..It would be well known in the community if this contest happened. Like others have said,MAybe a store run promotion. I know Masters of the Universe ran a similar promotion in the mid 80's. Maybe you are thinking of that?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_Photog

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