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OT vehicles and playsets that should be made in the modern line

Discussion in 'Collecting' started by Blur, Dec 15, 2008.

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  1. Blur

    Blur Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Hey everyone - I'm not sure if there's a thread for this, but didn't see one.

    Here is a list of the OT vehicles and playsets that have never been made in the POTF2-on lines, and that I would really like to see:

    Vehicles

    * "Twin-pod Cloud car" - I'm amazed this hasn't been made yet. A re-tooled vintage sculpt of the Twin-pod cloud car would be great, with some new improvements and a new paint job. Also, it would be great if they could pack in one (or even two) cloud car pilots.
    I don't see any reason this couldn't be a retail store exclusive (Target, Wal-mart, TRU).

    * "Rebel Blockade Runner" - great toy, and had a lot of play value. Again, a re-tooled vintage sculpt would be fine, with a revised paint-job.

    Playsets:

    * "Jabba the Hutt's Throne Room" - This would probably be super-expensive, but would be great if done right. I envision a huge throne room playset with all of the nooks and alcoves that were in the throne room in ROTJ. To add icing onto the cake, this could include 2-3 previously unreleased ROTJ aliens from the Palace.
    This should also include a trap door for the Rancor pit playset (see below):

    * "Rancor Pit playset" - sold separately, but can attach to the above Throne Room so that you could set it up to have Luke (or others) fall into the pit via some kind of switch, like in the film.

    * "Mos Eisley Cantina" - I envision a faithful reproduction of the set in ANH, with the bar, tables, etc. To add play value, it would be cool to have the feature where you push a lever and a figure that is standing on a certain spot falls down - those that had the vintage "Creature Cantina" playset know what I'm talking about.

    * Modular Death Star Playset(s) - I envision about 6 (or more) different smaller playsets that can attach together to create a monster playset - these should consist of:

    - The chasm where Luke and Leia swung over
    - The area where Ben Kenobi turned off the device holding the Falcon
    - The hanger bay where the Falcon was
    - The computer room that the heroes first went to after leaving the Falcon, and where R2-D2 and Threepio later left from
    - The room and hallway where Princess Leia's cell was
    - The trash compactor, complete with Dia-noga

    Granted, most of these playset ideas will almost certainly never happen because of the logistical complications involved in making something like these (plus the obvious expense), but they would still be cool to see.

    It seems like these days the focus is on the prequels and "The Clone Wars", which makes sense, but I'm more of an OT fan (having grown up with the original films), and it's unfortunate that this OT era is largely being ignored by the big H.

    Please feel free to add to this list - Thanks.
     
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