If there's one defunct Star Wars product you want to see resurrected...

[The Mad Professor]

I recall my cousin having a toy lightsaber years ago that was all plastic. It was designed in such a way that if it was swung, the tube that comprised the blade would hum in such a way as to passably imitate the sound of a saber.

Does anyone else remember them?

 

[scarf man]

I had so much fun with these as a kidView attachment 410453

I recall my cousin having a toy lightsaber years ago that was all plastic. It was designed in such a way that if it was swung, the tube that comprised the blade would hum in such a way as to passably imitate the sound of a saber.

Does anyone else remember them?

That is what the above sabers did.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Mark me as another one who'd love for the X-Wing series of games to come back!

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

Too many. The Decipher game, certainly, as well as the X-Wing/TIE Fighter game series. I also want the Fighter Pods back. Hate Commander. Likewise the first generation of "chibi" kids' figures. The second series weren't as fun. I want bedsheets and towels and Underoos back -- but in adult sizes, as well. I want Hasbro to stop cutting corners on plastic quality and figure accuracy. They hit a few high-water marks, and then too often fail to step up with others. Love the larger-scaled Falcon, and accurately scaled TIE Fighter, TIE Interceptor, X-Wing, and Slave I... but no love for the Y-Wing? That thing hasn't had a mold update since 1977. I would also echo a plea for the return of the more "Sterling replica" version of blaster rifle, with more play features, were it not for the fact that safety-overconscious today would never let that happen.

Some of my list-toppers, though, are things that never got done -- or done right. Some ships that never got model kits, some characters that never got figures or -- worse -- got bad figures. Themes that began but have yet to be finished. Most notably, for me, are the accurately-scaled-and-marked TRU-exclusive X-Wings and Y-Wings. I would gladly shell out for the rest of Red Squadron and Golds One and Five, with accurate plots and droids. Don't know where I'd put them all, but that's a minor detail.

So yeah, short version, I want all worthwhile threads that got dropped over the years picked back up. *heh*

--Jonah

 

[hansicle]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d9rn5BeGR...enner+Star+Wars+Inflatable+Lightsaber+(4).jpg

you beat me to it. i had one of these as a kid. it would be so much fun having one of these now.....the hard plastic ones sting when you get hit with one....

 

[Laspector]

I had the original SW toy lightsaber which was nothing more the a red flashlight with a white hollow plastic tube attached to it. The tube has a small plastic dome on the end which, if you removed it, would allow the tube to make a little bit of a wooshing noise as you swung it. The flashlight had a green circular cellophane filter over the light to make the tube a slight greenish color when lit. Anybody have one of those?

 

[Solos blaster]

I remember something very similar to that being sold at the shrin circus back in the early 80's. Some of those filters were a solid color and others werea couple different colors so you could sort of change the color, but like you said they only kind of lit it up. I remember they even had a scene of "Vader and Luke" fighting on the handle. I use quotes because "vader" had clawed feet. I'm pretty sure they were some knockoff lightsaber toy being peddled lol. But it was my first lightsaber and I loved it.

As far as what I would like to see come back...the micro machine ships..or maybe make more of those legendary millenium falcons so I can buy one for retail instead of aftermzrket lol.

I had the original SW toy lightsaber which was nothing more the a red flashlight with a white hollow plastic tube attached to it. The tube has a small plastic dome on the end which, if you removed it, would allow the tube to make a little bit of a wooshing noise as you swung it. The flashlight had a green circular cellophane filter over the light to make the tube a slight greenish color when lit. Anybody have one of those?

 

[Bryancd]

I had the original SW toy lightsaber which was nothing more the a red flashlight with a white hollow plastic tube attached to it. The tube has a small plastic dome on the end which, if you removed it, would allow the tube to make a little bit of a wooshing noise as you swung it. The flashlight had a green circular cellophane filter over the light to make the tube a slight greenish color when lit. Anybody have one of those?

I did! Mine came with a few different cellophane filters. This was the winter of 1977 as I had it for Christmas that year. I was 9.

 

[TheCaptain]

It was called "The Force Beam"
http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=51113


And yes, I had one as well.

 

[CB2001]

Rebel Assault.

 

[JoMamma_Smurf]

I had so much fun with these as a kidView attachment 410453

I WAS GONNA POST THIS!!! I have 4 of these still. 2 green, one red and one rare yellow. I love them. My favorite Star Wars toy of all time.

 

[Bryancd]

It was called "The Force Beam"
http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=51113


And yes, I had one as well.

Yeah, I remember it not having any STAR WARS packaging, but I didn't care.

 

[Darth Lars]

A friend mentioned yesterday that he wanted the Kenner Scout Trooper blaster resurrected.

The X-wing series. I loved those games...

If you mean the PC games, there is one or two that has been modified to work on modern machines and very recently been re-released for digital download.

Ralph McQuarrie

Zombie Ralph McQuarrie ... :facepalm

 

[Wolfsburg]

If you mean the PC games, there is one or two that has been modified to work on modern machines and very recently been re-released for digital download.

Yeah, X-wing and TIE fighter have been re-released. Really cool but I haven't tried it yet. I'd love a proper sequel to X-wing Alliance though!

 

[DARKSIDE72]

The "Micro Collection". The small diecast figures and awesome playsets! I'll never for get going to a store not known for toys and seeing the Falcon set. Luckily I had saved plenty of allowance and I bought it. Other than adding the stickers, It's still in it's original "NEW" box.

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

A hearty +1 for the Micro Collection! I loved how the Cloud City carbon-freeze chamber let you drop Han, twist the knob, and pull up HIC. Imagine what can be done these days? Including being able to use all the figures from the miniatures game to populate the miniature locations.

--Jonah

 

[JD]

The Star Wars Radio Dramas - loved, loved, loved these as a kid on the radio and again when they came out on cassette/CD. RotJ was a bit truncated.... would love to hear the prequels done this way.

But, nowadays anything Star Wars is so scrutinized by LFL that we'd never get that much more in depth or additional story.

 

[glunark]

Dark Forces.

 

[Solo4114]

If you mean the PC games, there is one or two that has been modified to work on modern machines and very recently been re-released for digital download.

Yeah, X-wing and TIE fighter have been re-released. Really cool but I haven't tried it yet. I'd love a proper sequel to X-wing Alliance though!

FYI, the versions re-released are the 1993/94 floppy disk versions, and the 1998 versions done on the XvT engine. What hasn't (so far) been re-released is the DOS CD versions. You can look up the differences, but basically people tend to think that the CD versions were the best, even if they lack some of the graphical polish of the XvT-engine-based versions.

Dark Forces.

That's available on Steam, actually. Along with DF2:Jedi Knight, Jedi Outcast, and Jedi Academy. DF1 was awesome DF2 was...ok. Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy were pretty so-so, in my opinion. Decent single-player action, but the multiplayer was always broken.

 

[glunark]

You were always bumping into the same four or five different enemies.

That said, force choking stormtroopers, then letting go of them over a long drop never gets old.