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Toy Of The Week
SWTOTW, Week 45, 2019 Imperial Tie Fighter Pilot
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 520760" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>Thanks, Lars <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>No, I don't know why it took Kenner so long to produce this figure, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was because he's technically a 'Star Wars' character rather than an 'The Empire Strikes Back' one. He appears on screen in the first film, but although we see a lot of (now blue) TIE Fighters in Empire, we never actually see a TIE Fighter Pilot in the film. Therefore, perhaps Kenner viewed him as an older character and hence less desirable to kids? If so, they needn't have worried as I, like countless other kids around the globe, snapped him up the second I saw him on the shelves for the first time in Tesco 'Home and Wear' in Ware, Hertfordshire in 1982 :-D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 520760, member: 7379"] Thanks, Lars :-) No, I don't know why it took Kenner so long to produce this figure, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was because he's technically a 'Star Wars' character rather than an 'The Empire Strikes Back' one. He appears on screen in the first film, but although we see a lot of (now blue) TIE Fighters in Empire, we never actually see a TIE Fighter Pilot in the film. Therefore, perhaps Kenner viewed him as an older character and hence less desirable to kids? If so, they needn't have worried as I, like countless other kids around the globe, snapped him up the second I saw him on the shelves for the first time in Tesco 'Home and Wear' in Ware, Hertfordshire in 1982 :-D [/QUOTE]
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