Tag Archives: Bespin

(Twin Pod) Cloud Car Pilot • The Empire Strikes Back • 1982

C-3PO (Removable Limbs) • The Empire Strikes Back • 1982

Lobot • The Empire Strikes Back • 1981

Ugnaught • The Empire Strikes Back • 1981

Bespin Security Guard • The Empire Strikes Back • 1980

Lando Calrissian • The Empire Strikes Back • 1980

Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues) • The Empire Strikes Back • 1980

Leia Organa (Bespin Gown) • The Empire Strikes Back • 1980

Boba Fett’s Slave I was quickly repackaged for The Power Of The Force "2" [Green/Freeze Frame] line. It’s identical to the Shadows Of The Empire version. Learn more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

We are starting a new category of updates for our Visual Guides featuring modern updates to our older, outdated Visual Guides into our newer, cleaner, hi-resolution format. Our standard updates will focus on items that don’t previously exist in any Visual Guide format, while these new updates will rebuild our old guides. Our first Visual Guide Rewind features the last two Expanded Universe Vehicles from 1998. Click below to check out updates for both the Airspeeder and Cloud Card. Make sure to check out the Research Droids Reviews for these as well.

We’re looking at the incredible 1998 Expanded Universe line. All of the basic figures are completed, but we never got to the “concept art” vehicles. Let’s continue with the Ralph McQuarrie-partially-inspired Cloud Car (with exclusive Cloud Car Pilot). This fantastic line STILL looks excellent today. Learn more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

Welcome to another one of our JTA Presents: Evolutions features! Let’s check out how close or far we are from having an ideal Hasbro 3.75″ Lando Calrissian action figure. Have we arrived at definitive status yet? Weigh in and let us know what conclusion you’ll come to by clicking through and adding your two cents in the comments!

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Welcome to another one our JTA Presents: Evolutions features! Let’s check out how close or far we are from having an ideal Hasbro 3.75″ Lobot action figure. Have we arrived at definitive status yet? Weigh in and let us know what conclusion you’ll come to by clicking through and adding your two cents in the comments!

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Our “Pilots, Commanders And Droids! Oh My!” marathon continues with the awesome Bespin Security Guard [B] figure. But why is he so small? Relive your memories of this classic 1982 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “Pilots, Commanders And Droids! Oh My!” marathon continues with the (Twin Pod) Cloud Car Pilot figure. It’s one of the Kenner’s finest accomplishments. Oh, and we still don’t have an accurate modern counterpart. Relive your memories of this classic 1982 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “Pilots, Commanders And Droids! Oh My!” marathon continues with C-3PO (Removable Limbs). It was amazing to get a brand new version of C-3PO that broke down into multiple parts. Relive your memories of this classic 1982 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “Pilots, Commanders And Droids! Oh My!” marathon begins with ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2). It was awesome to get a brand new version of R2-D2 in the Kenner line with new features. Relive your memories of this classic 1982 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “You Bespin Me Round (Like A Record)” marathon of the Star Wars Series 4 Vintage Kenner Mini Action Figures has concluded. If you need to catch up on any of them, all you need to do is click any thumbnail below, and it will take you to the archive. We’d once again like to thank you for your participation. Recounting all of your childhood memories with these unequaled action figures and sharing the wonderful experiences you’ve all had with them is priceless. Please keep adding to the discussions! Also, please begin to prepare yourselves for more as we dive into September’s “Pilots, Commanders And Droids! Oh My!” marathon where we look at the Series 5 figures. These reviews will focus on the Kenner action figures from the third batch of The Empire Strikes Back line.

Our “You Bespin Me Round (Like A Record)” marathon picks up where we left off with Leia (Hoth Outfit) which has two versions and a host of name changes. She is a nice release, but completely out of scale. Relive your memories of this classic 1981 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “You Bespin Me Round (Like A Record)” continues with Lobot who was Lando’s aide. It’s a great figure, but perhaps he is too short. Relive your memories of this classic 1981 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “You Bespin Me Round (Like A Record)” marathon continues with the favorite Han Solo (Bespin Outfit) figure. It’s one of Kenner’s best. Relive your memories of this classic 1981 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “You Bespin Me Round (Like A Record)” marathon of The Empire Strikes Back Series 4 figures begins today with the lovely Ugnaught figure. It is a great small-statured action figure. Relive your memories of this classic 1981 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “Some Like It Hoth” run of vintage Kenner reviews moves ahead with the Bespin Security Guard. The figure in the bubble is different than the character featured on the card back. Find out more about this classic release. Relive your memories of this vintage 1980 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your personal childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

Our “Some Like It Hoth” run of vintage Kenner reviews moved ahead with a great release of Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back line. Relive your memories of this classic 1980 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!

The Walmart exclusive The Saga Collection Commemorative DVD Collection sets weren’t that great. But some were better than others. Let’s continue with the Han Solo, Chewbacca And Stormtrooper (Captured At Cloud City) set. It’s the focus of our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.