tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post1016615882546988347..comments2024-03-27T02:17:48.873-07:00Comments on Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s: Looking back at Star Wars Weekly – issue 5Darren Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-20653998627175072592014-04-28T15:22:43.979-07:002014-04-28T15:22:43.979-07:00I'm not sure what I have. The alterations were...I'm not sure what I have. The alterations were minimal. The imagination did the rest Darren.<br />Oh yes, the Lone Ranger and Tonto toys looked fantastic in those catalogues.John I. Whitehttp://alienage11.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-77179949047684026982014-04-03T14:00:35.252-07:002014-04-03T14:00:35.252-07:00Thanks John. Like you, I was used to Action Man an...Thanks John. Like you, I was used to Action Man and other 12-inch action figures. (Remember the Lone Ranger and Tonto and their incredibly well produced and articulated horses?) So the Star Wars figures were disappointing to me and I was never especially keen to get hold of them. This shows what an eye I have for an investment.<br />I would love to see your home-made vehicles and modified Action Men. Do they, or any pictures of them, survive?Darren Sladenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-54393306988549655312014-04-02T10:38:38.803-07:002014-04-02T10:38:38.803-07:00Oh - nothing can describe the excitement of seeing...Oh - nothing can describe the excitement of seeing those action figures! Even if they did look a bit - silly. Accurate in every detail? Pah! Yes, like today, Star Wars stuff was ridiculously over-priced and of dubious quality. <br /><br />But by God - I couldn't wait. but wait I did, until the following Christmas - 9 months later.<br /><br />Until then, I tried to make my other actioon figures into Star wars ones. Maskatron's white shirt had Han Solo's Waistcoat permanent-black-markered onto it. The Action Man German helmet became Darth Vaders [more marker] and blonde action man who was once named Paul Newman - became a crew-cutted Luke!<br /><br />The long wait also made me create a cardboard landspeeder, TIE Fighter and X-Wing which brought me innumerable hours of joy!<br />JohnJohn I. Whitehttp://alienage11.com/noreply@blogger.com