Saturday, May 01, 2010

ESB@30: 30 Collectibles, day 10

Hoth. The ice planet where the first pivotal events in The Empire Strikes Back unfold has been the source of countless collectibles. A good number of the characters and machines that appear on Hoth have been represented in the plastic miniatures line from Wizards of the Coast. Starting in 2004, and ended in April 2010, Wizards has well over 800 miniatures spanning every era of Star Wars, and that doesn't even include the offshoot "Starship Battles" miniatures spaceships.


Later series included "huge" miniatures allowing some small war machines such as the Rebel Troop Cart and the Anti-Infantry Battery to be produced.

The largest of all these was the Colossal Imperial Walker pack. The AT-AT stands 13 inches tall, retailed for $49.99, and has much of the detail of pieces twenty times more expensive.

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