At best, bootleg and knock-off action figures can usually be classified as a novelty item, lacking real value. But there are a select few bootleg figures that have attained the status of coveted collectors’ items, with their scattershot distribution, poor quality, and lack of manufacturing information making them seriously rare. In some cases, these bootlegs […]
George Lucas has never treated Star Wars as a finished product. He tweaked dialogue and sound mixes on the original trilogy throughout its theatrical run in the late 1970s and early 1980s, long before home video gave fans a fixed version to compare against. The habit became impossible to ignore in 1997, when Lucas brought […]
When Return of the Jedi left theaters in 1983, it also left Kenner’s massively popular Star Wars toyline with an expiration date. Without new media to support the line and inspire new, viable characters, it was a matter of time until retail and consumer interest faded. Kenner did a laudable job milking Return of the […]