 | Archive - February 2008 Star Wars Power of the Force Action FiguresPosted Feb-25-08 08:24:10 PST Updated Mar-05-08 16:06:35 PST Star Wars Power of the Force Action Figures The release of the Star Wars Special Edition trilogy paved the way for the Power of the Force action figure line. This Star Wars line is considered the Neo-Classic era of the action figures. My Power of the Force Part II ebay Blog in the immediate future will have more images of the Cinema Scenes and other items such as the boxed items, vehicles, etc.. The first wave of the Power of the Force Carded action figures had a Red/Orange Cardback as seen with the Darth Vader action figure below after the basic figure list. The second wave featured the Green Cardback. Most of the images in this Blog are of the Green Cardback. Several other Green Cardback versions featured:
Boba Fett (Bounty Hunter) Regular Card  Boba Fett (Foil Card)  Boba Fett is seen on the Imperial Flagship, the "Executor" with Darth Vaders proposition: "Find the Millennium Falcon!" Fett is the only one that figures out Captain Solo's next move. The Imperial Fleet dumps their garbage prior to making the jump into Hyperspace and Solo floats the Falcon away with the rest of the garbage. As Solo leaves weaving in and out of the trail of space debris, he had no idea that the was trailed by Boba Fett in his ship, Slave I. Darth Vader (Foil Card)  Note that this version is the same as the one beneath it except for the foil to the left of Darth Vader. This is known as a "Foil Card". The foil stickers were added to the cards in order to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Star Wars. Darth Vader (Green Card)  Darth Vader (Orange Card)  Darth Vader's relentless pursuit of the Millennium Falcon leads to the unfortunate death of Captain Needa. Near the asteroid field by planet Hoth, in hot pursuit, the Falcon vanishes. Solo actually cuts off the power and quickly lands on the conning tower of the Star Destroyer in a blind spot. Moments later, Vader demandingly asks for an update. Needa informs his men that he will personally apologize to Vader as he will fly out to rendezvous with the Super Star Destroyer Executor (Vader's Flagship). Vader kills him with a "Force chokehold"on the bridge of the Executor, after which Vader coldly replies: "Apology accepted, Captain Needa." Emperor Palpatine (Foil Card)  With his new Empire born, Palpatine is a despot determined to bend the galaxy. He orders the creation of the Death Star Space Station. This is one of his most powerful weapons of destruction. The Geonosians developed the early technical designs of it. Palpatine assigns Wilhuff Tarkin a ruthless Imperial officer and also a old comrade to further supervise the development of the weapon at Tarkin's secure secret Maw Installation which happens to be located inside of a Black Hole. The Tarkin Doctrine was created which was the Empire's policy of state terrorism: "rule through the fear of force rather than force itself." Palpatine ruled the galaxy from his throne on planet Coruscant now renamed Imperial Center. Vader as his right-hand man, the empire is run by the sector and Grand Moffs. It is supported by a large array of special organizations and agencies, ranging from Imperial Intelligence, COMPNOR, Imperial Starfleet as well as dark side adepts such as the Emperor's Hands. These were secretive operatives who conducted a array of missions known only to the Emperor and those he so desired. Emperor's Royal Guard (Foil Card)  By working both alone and in pairs, recruits learned how to rely on themselves or on a teammate to achieve victory, a step away from the squad-based Stormtrooper training received on Carida. Failure in training often meant death. In their final test, trainees fought each other to the death in an arena called the "Squall" before Palpatine himself. Only a handful would survive this final test and display of their loyalty and skill. Candidates are first selected from elite squads of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps with certain pre-requisites such as:
Victory is achieved through teamwork and death is failure. The ultimate and final test was held in an arena named the "Squall" in front of Palpatine himself. Trainees fought each other to death. A small amount would survive and become the elite of the elite Emperors Royal Guards. Han Solo (Trenchcoat) Foil Card  Han Solo was a beggar in the streets of his homeworld planet of Correlia. The Captain of the Trader's Luck, Garris Shrike discovered him. This ship was similiar to that of a slave ship. The general rule was that all aboard worked. He spent a considerable time of his childhood pickpocketing for Shrike. A widowed Wookiee named Dewlanna raised Han like a son. Han earned his freedon at the age of 19. He left Garris's ship on the Ylesian Dream. Garris became enraged and killed his Wookie surrogate mother. He discovered an advertisment for pilots onboard the Ylesian Dream. Travelling to Ylesia which was under the control of the greedy Hutt's, Han unearthed a religious conspiracy. The conspiracy was led by a High Priest of Ylesia named Teroenza. He was attracting slaves to help process illegal glitterstim spice. Muuurgh the Togorian and Bria Tharen knew Han. Bria later became Han's first love. Solo stole a huge amount of Teroenza's secret private art collection. The collection ranged in the hundreds of thousands of credits. They destroyed the spice factory and hijacked the T'landa Til's private yacht. Han and Bria headed for planet Coruscant. She left Han and this is where he developed his short minded idea of love towards women: "Love 'em and leave 'em!" Han enlisted in the Imperial Navy. On the night of his induction ceremony, he was almost killed by Shrike for there still was a bounty on him for his sabotage on Ylesia. Han almost killed Shrike as he sought revenge for Dewlanna. As the two battled, a second bounty hunter killed Shrike only to be killed by Han. Jawas (Foil Card)  This race of beings are native to the planet of Tatooine and keep mostly to themselves. They are scavengers who have a horrid stench about them. They average only one metre tall. They always wear hoods which cover their facial features with a shadow. Part of the shadow is usually a nasty swarm of insects which constantly hover close to their faces. In most Jawa Clans, half of the clan live and work in Jawa Sandcrawlers as the other half are in the deep fortresses deep in the desert amongst their collection of rather unusual wares which we would deem as junk or garbage. To the typical Jawa, everything can be sold and there is always a potential buyer. The fortresses are cobbled together from old wrecked spaceships and have rather large walls which are intended as a means of protection from Krayt Dragons and Tusken Raiders (Sandpeople). Princess Leia Organa (Jabba's Prisoner) Foil Card  Leia's attempt to rescue Han fails for she is soon discovered as impersonating Boussh the Bounty Hunter in Jabba the Hutt's Palace on planet Tatooine. Jabba and his Court laugh at her after they see that she is trying to free a frozen Captain Solo from his prison of Carbonite which also decorates the Hitt's Palace. One of Jabba's Gammorean Guards brings Leia and shoves her against his slimy grotesque body. Leia warns Jabba that he will regret his actions. He rewards her by laughing at the comment and slowly kisses her with his squirmy tongue. Leia endures several months of rancid disgust as she is partially clad in a gold/brown bikini type outfit. Her body constantly touches or rubs abgainst Jabba. She eventually is responsible for killing Jabba with the very chain that is her leash onboard his Desert Skiff on Tatooine. Luke Skywalker (Imperial Stormtrooper Disguise) Foil Card  Luke and Han rescue Leia from her cell which leads to danger in the Imperial Trash Compactor. Luckily R2-D2 saves them by shutting down all of the Compactors. They head to the Millennium Falcon and hastily depart the Death Star. Unfortunately, Obi-Wan Kenobi meets his demise at the lightsaber of Darth Vader, his old apprentice. Yoda (Foil Card)  Yoda encounters Luke on planet Dagobah and is frustrated with him. Luke can barely contain his belief when he discovers that this little creature is the 800 hundred year old Jedi Master who will train him in the ways of the "Force" to become a Jedi Knight. My Revenge of the Sith ebay Blog can also be utilized as a checklist for all of the action figures which are very popular after Episode 3. Please enter the correct information in the highlighted fields.
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Star Wars Comm Tech Action Figure Chip Reader & Comm Tech ChipsPosted Feb-21-08 07:01:56 PST Updated Feb-25-08 05:13:15 PST Star Wars Comm Tech Chip Reader & Comm Tech ChipsStar Wars Comm Tech Chip Reader 1999
The first Comm Tech Chip Reader was available in 1999 released with the Phantom Menace line of action figures. In order to listen to the Comm Tech Chips, one
had to buy a Comm Tech Reader, install a 9 volt battery, turn on the
Reader and slide the chip slowly across the face of it. You can hear
several of the character's lines from the movie. Comm Tech Chip # 9 was sold with the Comm Tech Chip Reader as seen above. A typical collection starts wtih a few seen below..... Phantom Menace
There were oval Chips that were produced but not released to the general public due to a very high cost for producing them and a lack of interest. These are known as the 2nd generation Comm Tech Chips and several do exist in various styles and colors. 2nd Generation Comm Tech Chip (Chewbacca)
Back of Chewbacca Oval Chip
Darth Maul Oval Chip
This technology is very impressive and is known as RFID
(Radio Frequency Identification). The Reader has two pre-programmed
sounds in it and can store the data of a total of four chips. In
various parts of Europe it is known as the Comm Talk Reader. One of the neat aspects of the Comm Tech Chips is the fact that they have a very small peg on them that allows the owner to use the Chip as a base for the action figure. There is also a small hole on the far right hand side which allows the owner to wear is on a chain around his or her neck similar to a military identification tag commonly known as a dog-tag. Feel free to use this Blog as a reference in regards to collecting Comm Tech Chips. It is spaced out on purpose so that one may add notes if one were to choose to print out the Blog as a check list. The following is a list of the Comm Tech Chips that were available with the carded Star Wars Power of the Force action figures:
Jawa C 1 Tatooine Scavenger.
R2-D2 C 2 Astromech Droid who holds the secret plans to the Death Star Space Station. Power of the Force Carded R2-D2 Droid with Holograph Princess Leia Organa. Note that the amount of lighting can change the small one inch Princeaa Leia Hologram in the package as well as the Comm Tech Chip.
Loose  Luke Skywalker C 3 Aspiring Rebel Alliance pilot.
Greedo C 4 Rodian Bounty Hunter.
Han Solo C 5 Captain of the Millennium Falcon.
Darth Vader C 6 Dark Lord of the Sith.
Stormtrooper C 7 Member of the Imperial shock troops.
Princess Leia C 8 Aspiring Rebel Alliance pilot.
Admiral Motti C 9 Commander of Operations aboard the Original Death Star Space Station.
Darth Vader C 10 Dark Lord of the Sith.
Wuher C 11 Bartender at Chalmun's Mos Eisley Cantina. Power of the Force Comm Tech Chips
Note that there are two Darth Vader Chips. Listed below is an alphabetical listing of the chips that were sold in 1999 with the Carded Phantom Menace Episode 1 Action Figures.
Phantom Menace Episode 1 Comm Tech Chips:
Adi Gallia #29 Jedi Master member of the Jedi Council.
Son of Shimi Skywalker, owned by Watto the Toydarian Junk Dealer on Tatooine.
Son of Shimi Skywalker, owned by Watto the Toydarian Junk Dealer on Tatooine.
Son of Shimi Skywalker, owned by Watto the Toydarian Junk Dealer on Tatooine.
Foot Soldier of the Trade Federation Army.
Ruler of the Gungans.
Head of Royal Security for Queen Amidala.
Captain Tarpals #26 Commander of the Gungan Army
Chancellor of the Galactic Senate.
Partly completed Protocol Droid. Sith Lord apprentice to Darth Sidious.
Sith Lord apprentice to Darth Sidious.
Sith Lord apprentice to Darth Sidious.
Sith Lord apprentice to Darth Sidious.
Sith Lord master of Darth Maul.
Elite unit of the Trade Federation Army
Elite unit of the Trade Federation Army
Gasgano #22 Pod Racer of Tatooine.
Jar Jar Binks #5 Gungan banished from his tribe.
Jar Jar Binks #56 Gungan banished from his tribe.
Jedi Master & member of the Jedi Council.
Mace Windu #20 Jedi Master & member of the Jedi Council.
Naboo Foot Soldier #16 Member of the Naboo Royal Security.
Naboo Royal Guard #30 Member of Volunteer Royal Naboo Security Forces
Nute Gunray #33 Neimodian Trade Viceroy
Qui-Gon Jinn #17 Jedi Knight apprentice to Qui-Gon Jinn.
Obi-Wan Kenobi #2 Jedi Knight apprentice to Qui-Gon Jinn.
Jedi Knight apprentice to Qui-Gon Jinn.
Obi-Wan Kenobi #21 Jedi Knight apprentice to Qui-Gon Jinn.
Ody Mandrell #23 Pod Racer Pilot
OOM-9 #37 Ground Commander of the Trade Federation Army.
Padme Naberrie #4 Hand maiden to Queen Amidala.
Pit Droids #51 Pit Droids worked on Pod Racers at the Boonta Eve Challenge on Tatooine.
Queen Amidala #6 Elected Leader of Naboo.
Queen Amidala #12 Elected Leader of Naboo.
Queen Amidala #71 Ready to battle on Naboo.
Qui-Gon Jinn #1 Jedi Master
Qui-Gon Jinn #14 Jedi Master of Padawan Learner Obi Wan Kenobi
Ric Olie #11 Pilot to Queen Amidala.
R2-B1 #44 Astromech Droid on the Naboo Royal Starship.
R2-D2 #7 Astromech Droid on the Naboo Royal Starship.
Rune Haako #34 Lieutenant to Nute Gunray the Viceroy.
Scene #113 Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker. (Graxol Kelvyyn is on the chip)
Scene #114 Graxol Kelvyyn, Watto and Shakka. (Qui-Gon Jinn is on the chip)
Confrontation with Sebulba in the Mos Espa market. (Sebulba is on the chip)
Senator Palpatine #18 Naboo Senator & member of the Galactic Senate.
Sio Bibble #50 Govenor of Naboo who attends to daily matters.
Star Wars #9 Star Wars Logo with pic of Comm Tech Reader on the back.
Protocol Droid on the Nute Gunray's Trade Federation Battleship
Watto #36 Toydarian junk dealer in Mos Espa.
Yoda #21 Jedi Master & member of the Jedi Council.
The image below shows various Comm Tech
Chips from the Green Carded Power of the Force and the Phantom Menace
Episode 1 Carded Action Figures. Comm Tech Reader shown on the right
and also the chain. Each Chip has a small hole where one can run the
chain through it. A smart way to keep the collection all in one area.
Comm Tech Chips, Chain & Comm Tech Chip Reader
My Revenge of the Sith ebay Blog can also be utilized as a checklist for all of the action figures which are very popular after Episode 3. If you have any questions, feel free to email me through ebay. I will not sell or buy items outside of ebay. My Star Wars items are for my personal collection. I firmly believe in sharing knowledge through others and ebay is a excellent well of knowledge and a fantastic source for one to find items that they desire. I also believe that if you keep on looking, you will find what you desire on the wonderful world of ebay. Looking for Star Wars Toys, check out my ebay Store: landofthejawasI offer a 7 Day 100% full money back guarantee on all items (unless specified) No Questions Asked Return Policy Free Bonus Star Wars Miniature for all orders of minis, buy one and you will receive one of our choice. Buy a bunch, you still receive one. All auction winners will receive a free Star Wars bonus of our choice! Copyright © 2006 darthoz [-o-] February 2008 |
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