Here’s yet another prized toy from my childhood, which ranks amongst the “Top 5 Most Awesome Things I Ever Owned As A Kid That I Would Never Get Rid of Even If You Payed Me,” if there was ever such a category.
Unfortunately, though, I was never one of those kids that thought, “Hey, maybe 30 years from now I’m gonna still cherish this thing like it was yesterday. I better take good care of it.” No way. I’m just lucky that my dad was (and still is) a packrat. I guess I take after him in that way myself. Heck, look at this thing—it was buried under clutter and junk since the ’80s.
And yes, my dear ducklings, I have the toy too, not just the box. Much to my chagrin, though, it’s missing parts. Ironically, parts that I kept seeing even through my teenage years, strewn in various random locations here and there at my parents’ house. And what would I say? “Oh look, there’s that radar dish from my Falcon. Haha. I remember that. Ok let’s go get some wine coolers.”
These days, like any other 40-something looking to recapture his/her childhood, there’s always Ebay to find those stray parts. I just may be lucky and find all of them. Or, I can find someone ditching their old Millennium Falcon and part it out. Hmm. Sure.
Those tiny mold spots are not from the Falcon’s travels through the Dagobah System, but I can always say they are. They do kinda look like battle damage, right? Or just an acute case of Interstellar Leprosy. Nice going with the ramp there, eh? Good luck holding your breath during Hyperdrive. And gosh darn it, I used to kick around those stray struts like twigs around the house. Geez.
Nevertheless, I leave you, for now, with a shot of the back. See that kid’s face? That’s some genuine illustrated freakin’ bliss right there. Yes siree. I’m telling you, the Millennium Falcon was like the Rolls-Royce of toys in ’79–’80. I bet if you took a montage of every single kid’s facial expression when they received that toy those days, we would all look exactly like that illustrated kid, helmet-headed and everything.
If you haven’t yet taken the opportunity to click the pics, you may do so now at your leisure. They will bring you to my Flickr Photostream, where many more pics of the toy and box are awaiting your much-needed attention. Enjoy and have a great weekend.
