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What's the most confusing toy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Simply Sci-fi" data-source="post: 457179" data-attributes="member: 5480"><p>Without any evidence to back it up, I've long suspected that the toy was designed as a Rebel trench and if that's the case it was a pretty poor move. One of the major play features is the fact that it can be destroyed (just as in the film). Young boys though prefer to blow up the enemy than their good guy figures. I can't think of another toy where boys are meant to destroy their own side. You can blow the wings off of a TIE Fighter but not the X-Wing!</p><p></p><p>The other playset from Hoth, the Turret and Probot always confused me as a child. Having watched the film, I knew that the Probot never came anywhere near the base and if you wanted to recreate the Hoth Battle, you had the robot sitting there. You could remove it but it left an ugly looking spindle there (maybe the spindle could have have been used to mount a gun as well). I always thought it should have been two separate play sets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simply Sci-fi, post: 457179, member: 5480"] Without any evidence to back it up, I've long suspected that the toy was designed as a Rebel trench and if that's the case it was a pretty poor move. One of the major play features is the fact that it can be destroyed (just as in the film). Young boys though prefer to blow up the enemy than their good guy figures. I can't think of another toy where boys are meant to destroy their own side. You can blow the wings off of a TIE Fighter but not the X-Wing! The other playset from Hoth, the Turret and Probot always confused me as a child. Having watched the film, I knew that the Probot never came anywhere near the base and if you wanted to recreate the Hoth Battle, you had the robot sitting there. You could remove it but it left an ugly looking spindle there (maybe the spindle could have have been used to mount a gun as well). I always thought it should have been two separate play sets. [/QUOTE]
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