Don't hassle the Moff

Design by Blake Smisko. I want one. Click below for the link to his store. His blog post is here.

Blake Smisko's store

Hasbro to release Grand Moff Tarkin action figure

I am not a Star Wars toy collector--unless you count the 100+ Kenner action figures and five boxes of Kenner vehicles and playsets taking up space in my basement. What I mean is that I don't collect Star Wars toys actively today, and I haven't done so since I was about 12. But when I first saw Hasbro's Vintage Collection of Star Wars action figures, packaged in 1970s-style Kenner cardbacks, I was sorely tempted. You can read about that here.

Now comes news that Hasbro's next wave of vintage figures will include one I always wanted as a child, but which Kenner for some reason did not produce: Grand Moff Tarkin. Hasbro has made a Tarkin figure once before (see here) but it was pretty crummy. This new version, like all in Hasbro's vintage line, is a much more faithful rendering of the character, judging by the one photo I have seen.

I'm still not a Star Wars toy collector. But how do I resist this?

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