Star Wars Action Figures

Everyone around the globe is familiar with the name – Star Wars. People are crazy for behind everything that is related to Star Wars be it a movie or a star wars figure.

The man behind star wars is George Lucas. The first movie of this world famous series was titled ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ was released on May 25, 1977. This movie became a worldwide hit and later in a span of just three years, two sequels followed up.

Till now there have been six Star Wars movie have been released and the box office revenue of all these epics has crossed $4 Billion.

The success of Star Wars has been so big that now it has spawned other media like TV series, books, comics and video games. These media have expanded the universe of Star Wars.

And after all these things, another Star Wars based thing hit the market - Star Wars Action Figures Toys. Star Wars action figure took the whole America and the world by storm. The famous toy company Kenner launched a series of Star Wars action figures. Each star wars figure of this toy series was based on the characters of the Star Wars movie trilogy.

From 1977 to 1985, more than 90 variants of star wars figures were launched and around 300 million star wars action figures toys were sold. Kenner made a huge profit because of its star war action figure line.

These star wars figure were smaller than four inches and were movable at five points.
This line of star war figure was launched with vehicles and play-sets.

These star wars figures were sold in plastic packaging along with product cards. The cards were used to promote the available star wars figures.

Later a new line of star wars action figures toys was launched in 1995 when the Special Editions of the original trilogy were released. By that time, Kenner was overtaken by Hasbro.

The star wars action figures toys were seen in a movie E.T. (the Extra-Terrestrial) released in 1982. It was the scene in which Elliot introduces E.T. the objects of his daily life.

Cultural Impact of Star Wars

All the Star Wars movies had a significant impact on the modern culture of the United States. The references of Star Wars are embedded deeply and used in English-speaking nations with a belief that all understand these references. Today, phrases from Star Wars like ‘evil empire’ and ‘may the force be with you’ are still very popular.

The sci-fi movies that followed up Star Wars were also big hits and this happened only because of Star Wars.

Star Wars changed the narratives and aesthetics of Hollywood totally. The success of Star Wars series ignited a boom in the special effects wing of Hollywood. It resulted in huge investments in the special effects.

There was an exhibition of the original costumes, props and characters at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.

Also NASA in October 2007 launched a space shuttle and the prop handle of that shuttle was used as Luke Skywalker’s in the flick - Return of the Jedi.

Star Wars Figures Weapons

Today star wars figures are produced and sole in large numbers. There are various star wars action figure of each and every character. Some of the star wars action figures toys come alone while some come with their related weapons and other gadgets. Below is the description of the star wars weapons.

Ship-Mounted Weapons

In the universe of Star Wars universe there are merchant vessels along with combat and non-combat spacecrafts to deter pirates. These star wars weapons are like Laser Cannons and powerful Turbo-Lasers, for the use of rapid-fire quad turrets.

Personal Ranged Weapons - The ray gun is the classic science fiction and dangerous weapon held by the characters and action figures of the Star Wars. There are pistols, cannons, carbines, and machine guns. For instance, Princess Leia Organa used a sporting blaster when the forces of Darth Vader boarded the ship.

Heavy Ranged Weapons – Other weapons of Star Wars are grenades, mortars, rocket launchers, land mines and remote explosives.
And few of them have affects that are unknown to even advanced science. For instance, Cryoban grenades are used to freeze organic matter. With this no organisms can survive.

Some of the Top Star Wars Figures Are

* Han Solo * Princess Leia * The Emperor * Luke Skywalker
* Wedge Antilles * Obi-Wan Kenobi * Wan Kenobi * Kenobi
* Boba Fett * Yoda * Lando * Darth Vader * R2-D2
* Wicket * Wuher “The Bartender” * Chewbacca * Porkins “Red Six”
* Greedo * Uncle Owen * Admiral Akbar * C-3PO * Jabba the Hutt

It has been more than three decades since the release of first Star Wars movie, but the craze has still not stopped for star wars action figures toys and nor will it in the future.

How many star war action figure you have in your collection? Check out our exclusive Star Wars toy range and make some good choices.

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