Not sure if this has been talked about, I never post over here but I had an honest question. Every time I walk down Star Wars toy aisles in stores I feel like the pretend market is missing something.
I was born in '91 so I had 1995 Kenner and Hasbro toys. My favorite was a kit with a rebel blaster, belt, foam darts and toy macrobinoculars. In the prequel years I had an "apprentice kit" with a belt, braid, holoprojector and plastic Qui Gon lightsaber with a foam blade. Later on, the battery operated sabers came around, with flick-out lightsaber blades.
Now it seems there are a couple blasters that don't look like screen blasters, and only small lightsabers with permanent blades - those cheaper fx ones, and these weird lock-together lightsabers that I don't know enough about. Like, how do you draw your lightsaber?
It's hard to describe, but the toys seem geared towards a different type of play now
I was born in '91 so I had 1995 Kenner and Hasbro toys. My favorite was a kit with a rebel blaster, belt, foam darts and toy macrobinoculars. In the prequel years I had an "apprentice kit" with a belt, braid, holoprojector and plastic Qui Gon lightsaber with a foam blade. Later on, the battery operated sabers came around, with flick-out lightsaber blades.
Now it seems there are a couple blasters that don't look like screen blasters, and only small lightsabers with permanent blades - those cheaper fx ones, and these weird lock-together lightsabers that I don't know enough about. Like, how do you draw your lightsaber?
It's hard to describe, but the toys seem geared towards a different type of play now