Boba
Fett? Boba Fett? Where? Oh, right here. Yes, believe it or not,
Boba Fett was the last figure produced from the first movie line –
even though he wasn’t in it (until the Special Editions came out
much, much later). Boba Fett was probably the most hyped figure from
the vintage line. First he was promoted as a mail-away with a
rocket-firing jet pack. Naturally, you could poke your eye out, so
the rocket-firing part was removed before it got into the stores or
to customers, and any mention to it was blacked out. The figure
actually came out two years before Empire Strikes Back.
Fett
came on an SW, ESB, and ROTJ cards (2 different photos for the ROTJ
card). The SW card also had some additional writing on the front
kind of explaining who this character was. He came with the same gun
as the Stormtrooper and many other figures in the first line. Boba
Fett only appeared in an animated segment of the atrocious and
cheesy Star Wars Holiday Special, making him the only figure made
from it (originally).
Why should you own this figure? Five reasons:
1. The bountiest of the bounty hunters!
2. That Cylon-like helmet!
3. The Mandalorian armor!
4. Yellow! Green! Red! Blue-grey!
5. Card shows use of the flamethrower – waaaaaaay before it was ever used!
Backstory:
Boba
is the unaltered clone of Jango Fett, and was raised by him until
Jango was beheaded by Mace Windu in combat. Boba went on to a
successful bounty hunting career like his "father" before him. He
became one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy, and often
teamed with or crossed paths with other hunters. While on assignment
for Jabba the Hutt, he fell into the Sarlacc on Tatooine and was
badly injured but managed to escape. He went on to live a long life,
continuing hunting and reuniting with his lost daughter as well.
His primary ship was Slave I, but he also had Slaves II-IV.
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Saturday, April 6, 2013
Boba Fett (SW 1978-79)
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