Vintage 1977 Star Wars Jawa Action Figure

Description: Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video ganes, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas, comprising an all-encompassing fictional universe. Star Wars is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. When George Lucas began shopping around for a company to distribute products and toys for Star Wars in 1977, nobody seemed too interested. Mego Toys had famously passed on it, but a small toy company named Kenner stepped up and took a chance on it, and the toy world was forever changed. Kenner decided to shrink down their Star Wars figures to a more economical 3.75 inch size. This new action figure design allowed Kenner to create more scaled accessories, playsets and vehicles for their Star Wars line, with a whole new playability factor that many other past action figure lines just didn’t have. It all began with the “promise” of new Star Wars action figures at Christmas in 1977 with the release of the Early Bird Certificate, which led to the first four action figures being sent to eagerly awaiting fans everywhere. The rest of the regular figures were released later in 1978, and the world was never the same. With all of their action figure and accessory innovations, Kenner began a new era in the toy industry and revolutionized how toy lines are marketed and sold. Jawas are meter-tall humanoids completely hidden behind rough, hand-woven robes. Their faces are concealed within the dark folds of a cowl, from which peer their sickly glowing yellow eyes. They comb the deserts of Tatooine in search of discarded scrap and wayward mechanicals. Using their cobbled-together weaponry, they can incapacitate droids and drag them to their treaded fortress-homes, immense sand-scarred vehicles known as sandcrawlers. They sell their hastily refurbished junk to moisture farmers who are hard-pressed to find a better selection elsewhere. This offering is original Kenner Jawa action figures, created in 1977 and sold in 1978 as part of the first retail wave of the Star Wars Action Figures. The first retail wave in 1978 consisted of 12 figures, of which the Jawa was one, followed by eight more. Jawas came in two different versions with the very early ones having a brown vinyl cape instead of the brown cloth cape that most of us have seen. Jawas also came with thier signature Jawa Blaster. The original Star Wars action figure line remains the gold standard of a successful toy line, with each item considered a “must have” for collectors. This is a great example of an early wave one Star Wars toys. I am the original owner of this product and remember buying these as a child from Sears. If you are an international buyer, please be aware that additional fees or duties may be collected that are outside my control. Shipping charges are based on the Ebay postage calculator. If multiple Items are bought I will combine shipping and refund you the difference.

Price: 60 USD

Location: Huntsville, Alabama

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