It was every parent's nightmare. A seemingly endless stream of
plastic figures that were just affordable individually, but for
which you'd need to take out a second mortgage to complete the set.
Dozens
of figures were produced in at least two different sizes, along
with scale models of hardware from the film and electric guns that
emitted a series of ear-splitting death tones - at least until you
played with them in the rain.
Just
as it seemed there couldn't be a single thing left to exploit from
the film, the sequal The Empire Strikes Back was released.
