In The Palace Of Jabba The Hutt

Action Figures, Science Fiction, Star Wars (Hasbro) / reviewed by Earl August 21, 2000

Star WarsIf the cantina scene from the original Star Wars was a gold mine for moviegoers’ imaginations as well as toy collectors, the opening scenes of Jabba the Hutt’s boisterous inner sanctum from Return Of The Jedi were even more so. (Click here to see the rest of the article plus pictures.)

Star Trek: Generations Action Figures (1994)

Action Figures, Science Fiction, Star Trek (Playmates) / reviewed by Earl August 7, 2000

Star Trek action figures - photo copyright 2006 Earl Green / theLogBook.comHere’s an entire series of toys fraught with bloopers.

In pre-production for Star Trek: Generations, which premiered over the Thanksgiving 1994 holidays, a new costume design - rather a spiffy one, I always thought - was conceived for the crew of the Enterprise-D in their first film. But at the last moment, despite the fact that a lot of money had been spent actually creating these new costumes, the powers that be decided to reduce the number of “new” and unfamiliar elements, opting instead to outfit the Enterprise’s crew in a random mix of their original Next Generation uniforms and DS9-style jumpsuits.

There’s just one problem. Playmates had gotten to work on their new line of Generations toys before the movie ever got in front of the cameras …and as far as they knew, the new uniforms would be in use. (Click here to see the rest of the article plus pictures.)

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