The    CAP-2 "captivator" was another mini-rig not found in the movies, but    put out to give kids a cheap one-figure vehicle to play with,  extending   the original line. The CAP-2 was another unique design (they  weren't  all  that way). Suction-cup legs for climbing on...windows? A  pivoting  front  blaster; a bubble-cockpit; two front pincer arms; and a  rear  capturing  device that could hold a captured figure. This was  operated  by a little  knob on top.
Like many mini-rigs, if you  didn't have  the box, or  didn't hear about it previously, there is  probably no way  you'd know  this was a Star Wars vehicle. It does have  some  Imperial-type design  reminiscent of maybe a probe droid, but  nothing  that strikes it as  definitely Star Wars-ish. For a long time  as a  child, I thought it was  used for window washing around Cloud  City.
Why should you get this vehicle?  Five  reasons:
1. Unique.  Suction-cups: what the f--- is up  with that?
2. That shade of gun-metal grey.  Cool.
3. The  picture on the box is another example of Kenner ambiguity.  So the Hoth rebel is captured on Cloud City by Bossk and turned over to the Empire?   What?
4.   I always assumed (having not had the box) that it was a  maintenance   vehicle for Cloud City. It always amused me that they would  have made a   mundane window washer vehicle.
5. Perfect for  dentists - one of the pincer claws looks  just like  a tooth scraper.
Backstory:
The   CAP-2 is one of  those rare mini-rigs that was not glimpsed in the   movies, even in some  other function, and does not have a larger,   equivalent, vehicle. It is  said that this ship was used by Bossk, but   this is based only on the box  picture. It could easily be a vehicle   used in the Star Wars universe,  but has not shown in any works   considered canon.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
CAP-2 Captivator (ESB)
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