Washita and Other Weird Tales

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Monday, December 9, 2024

The Empire Strikes Back Retro Collection

Star Wars Retro Collection
Star Wars Retro Collection - Author's Collection

Unboxing Five

The back of the box reads:

"Dengar is an effective bounty hunter preferring firepower to finesse and style. And IG-88 is a chrome war droid turned bounty hunter who answered the call to capture the Millennium Falcon."

I bought the above package from Amazon with Amazon gift cards. The box is not worn or weathered - it's designed to look that way. It contains two action figures. The action figures are from Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. I had (or sort of had or maybe shared) both figures when I was a little boy, in the early 1980's. This set was fairly cheap, a little over $23 if I'm not mistaken. However, it is much more expensive than it was in the 1980s. Back then, individual figures cost $3.14 per figure.

Tonight, I will unbox and take a couple of pictures of the set. Beginning tomorrow, I will show the individual characters. I was hit with many memories when I found this set. As can be seen in the box, they are IG-88 and Dengar, bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back.