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Leia (Hoth Outfit) was from the second line of Empire Strikes Back action figures.  I had waited through the first line of figures, hoping the would come out with a Hoth version of Luke, and was disapointed when he wasn’t in the second line.  I wasn’t crazy over spending my hard earned allowance on a Leia figure and there was never a shortage of her on the shelf.  Sometimes I’d manage to find a stash of figures hidden at the back of a store, and they would all turn out to be the Leia figures no one wanted to buy.

I did like the smart outfit on this Leia.  I mean, who doesn’t like a peach vest over a snowsuit, with your hair up in a tight bun.  Very stylish.

The price tag had YDC on it, and a price of $2.99.  It looks like I bought this at the same place I bought the Imperial Commander. Made in Hong Kong.

This was one of the coolest figures.  I still remember poaching this one from the back of the drug store’s stock room.  His head could go up, down and swivel around 360 degrees.  His main arm could swivel around 360 degrees too, and he had nine or ten other arms that poped up from his sides.  I was really excited to find this figure.  It was one that was a little harder to find when it first came out.

FX-7 was just so different than any of the other action figures at that time.  Like most of the other cool figures, he was only in Empire Strikes Back for about 30 seconds.  He would always manage to fix up my other action figures after a big battle.  In my imagination, FX-7 was a caring, but misunderstood robot who couldn’t talk.

Yoda was my all time favorite action figure from my childhood.  He could do anything he put his mind to and always came out on top in any action figure battles.  I remember buying this figure in a store next to the bowling alley in Easton.  I also bought a Star Wars Colorforms (plastic stickers kind of thing) from that same store, but I don’t think it was on the same trip.

Yoda came with an orange snake, a walking kane, a little robe made out of cloth and a utility belt, that had, what I imagined, a small silver lightsaber on it.  This figure was just so darn cute!  Who wouldn’t love it.  It’s how I like to rememeber Yoda: light and funny.  Not all grim and serious, like in Return of the Jedi.  I mean, he had Fozzy the Bear’s voice for crying out loud.

The back of his card is the same as the Bossk card I have.  It doesn’t hav a price sticker on it.  “Meets or exceeds all safety requirements of Product Standard 72-76″ is on front, under the Kenner logo.