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| Photo courtesy Star Wars Collectors Archive |
OK so here we go with another great Micro Collection toy! It's the Sears exclusive Millennium Falcon - the third example of the Falcon in Kenner's lineup (the others being the 3 3/4" toy and the diecast one).
I think that this version is even cooler than the 3 3/4" one. It's certainly a lot more rare but the play features are unique as well. You might wonder why there's no 3PO or R2 in the box tableau - that's because the examples I have are still in their baggies (see farther below) and I couldn't bring myself to open them for the pictures, sorry! And crazily enough, this is the only Micro Collection toy or playset that came with the droids figures. Don't believe me?
Of course we've got the dorsal blaster here with gunner's chair, just like on the larger version of the toy. The interior detail stickers are great aren't they!
Now this is a unique feature of the toy - the top hatch. As you'll see in photos later you can use it to stage the rescue of Luke from the weather vane beneath Cloud City.
There's even a ventral blaster cannon - also unique to this toy version of the Falcon.
It's really a good-looking model of the ship.
Here's that top hatch in action. The figure poses are pretty specific to this scene from the movie aren't they! (note handless Luke)
Here's the two droids in their original sealed baggies. Didn't have the heart to open them, unlike my Jabba the Hutt playset.
All in all a very cool toy (it certainly scales to the figures better than the large version does) but pretty hard to find nowadays and consequently, expensive. You could probably buy a decent boxed large Falcon for the money you have to pay for a complete loose one of these. But for the Micro Collection completist, it's a must.
