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Scout Walker (AT-ST)
Kenner's reproduction was a pretty faithful of the vehicle seen in the movies, except that
it only fit one figure. It had a hinged ingress/egress hatch, positionable legs, front and
side-mounted twin blaster cannons. It was released in both ESB and ROTJ packaging.
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Rebel Transport (ESB & ROTJ)
Kenner's Rebel Transport appears to have been modelled after the "quantum storm"
transport featured in ESB. Necessarily out of scale to the 4" figures, this vehicle
featured removable front and back hull panels, a 40-figure carrying capacity, a secret
escape hatch, and a ion cannon. It also came with five Hoth backpacks and four
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Will anyone who saw ROTJ ever forget the Speeder Bike chase through the forest of Endor ?
I guess not !. Kenner's SBike featured positionable thrust flaps and altitude controls,
and away parts for some cool tree trunk collision.
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The Y-Wing was the most common and relied upon starfighter of the
Rebellion Forces. Kenner's reproduction featured an opening cockpit with a seat for one
pilot, an electronic laser cannon sound, removable engine pods and moveable bomb units and
landing gear.
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The Ewok Village was one the neatest playset ever released. It could
be used to recreate scenes from the movie with a high level of details. It featured an
elevator, a trap and a chair for threepio. Notice that the molds from this playset were
used in 1992 for Kevin Costner's Robin hood toy line, what make the collectible price drop
a little. ROTJ packaging only.
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Endor Forest Ranger '84
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The Endor Forest Ranger has forward-mounted twin blasters, and
aft-mounted blaster cannons that gyro around the rig (neat !). The cockpit hatch opens
upwards from the front end, and a kickstand flips down on the aft gyro portion of the
vehicle. ROTJ packaging only.
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B-Wing Fighter ( ROTJ)
This vehicle sat one figure and featured an opening cockpit canopy and manually operated
secondary wings and the gyroscoping cockpit. It bristled with all the cannons featured on
the movie model.
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TIE Interceptor ( ROTJ)
Did you know that Darth Vader's TIE Fighter from Kenner was in fact a Tie Interceptor
prototype ?? Like all Tie Fighters, this one featured a flashing laser light and cannon
sound, an opening cockpit and seated one figure.
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Imperial Shuttle Tydirium ( ROTJ)
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In my opinion, was of the greatest and biggest ship of the Kenner series, the Imperial
Shuttle featured manually operated hinged door and starboard wings, an opening cockpit
that seated two fgures, and electronic laser battle sound.
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The sail barge was the luxury cruise ship of the expansive Tatooine deserts. Kenner's
skiff was loaded with play features, including : breakaway rails, working rudder vanes, a
lever-operated ejection floor plank, maneuverable landing legs, and an accessory storage
rack. Today, it's one of the toughest vehicle to find, and also one of the most expensive
($600 boxed).
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Tatooine Skiff ( POTF packaging)
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The Ewok Battle Wagon, available in 1985 in United States only. Although
it was not seen in the movies, it was a pretty cool piece well designed with a lot of
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One of the latest ships to reach the final stage in 1985 in the Droids series, taken from
the TV cartoon. It was an electronic ship, and was coming with a planetary map inside,
displayed the StarWars planetary system on the top, and a photo with all Kenner figures
available since 1978 on the back.
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