Yoda - ESB - Basic

Added: July 31st 2018
Category: Empire Strikes Back, The
Reviewer: Paul Harrison
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Yoda

Detailed Visual Analysis

Yoda

General Analysis

It’s probably accurate that the vintage Kenner Yoda action figure changed the lives of many young Star Wars collectors. After his appearance in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, he became a character that we wanted to aspire to learn from and become. His knowledge was strangely worded but understandable. And his connection to Luke Skywalker made him all the more critical to our young minds. Kenner developed an action figure of Yoda that still holds up well today. In fact, some collectors feel it remains the most excellent version of Yoda available today. They may be right. He comes with soft-goods like the Jawa before him, yet comes loaded with additional accessories that made him an action figure we always wanted to have in our hands. Throughout the years, Hasbro changed Yoda’s skin color, snake color, and gimer stick color, but the approach remained the same. And he will forever continue to be one of Kenner’s most essential action figures of all time. Between the soft-goods cloak, removable belt, the contoured fitted snake around his neck and his walking stick, Kenner exceeded most young collectors’ expectations and set the bar for so many future releases. Size matters now. And Kenner proved that in spades with their incredible Yoda action figure release.

Hasbro's Most Definitive Modern Counterpart: Yoda from 2022's THE VINTAGE COLLECTION Yoda (VC218) figure.

Collector Notes

Name: Yoda

Alternate Names: Yoda The Jedi Master / Yoda, The Jedi Master

Collection: The Empire Strikes Back

Alternate Card Back Image: Yoda, The Jedi Master (ROTJ 65-Back)

Source: The Empire Strikes Back

Release: 1980

Status: Yoda is an all-new figure.

Assortment: No. 38310

UPC: N/A

Retail: $1.99 USD

Alternate Card Art Details:

• Yoda, The Jedi Master

• Trilogo

• Packaging features alternate RETURN OF THE JEDI image from running change Kenner release.

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Figure Release Information

Major Figure Variations (loose):

  1. orange snake – Yoda is molded in a lighter green; cane is a lighter brown; snake is orange
  2. brown snake – Yoda is molded in a darker green; cane is a darker brown; snake is brown (shades vary)
  3. green snake – Yoda is molded in a darker green; cane is a darker brown; snake is pea green in color

U.S. Card Back Release Information (confirmed to exist)

orange snake (original picture)

  1. ESB-32B
  2. ESB-41A
  1. ESB-41B
  2. ESB-41D

brown snake (original picture)

  1. ESB-41B
  2. ESB-41D
  3. ESB-45A
  4. ESB-47
  5. ESB-48B
  1. ESB-48C
  2. ROTJ-48
  3. ROTJ-65A
  4. ROTJ-65B

brown snake (new picture)

  1. ROTJ-65A
  2. ROTJ-65C
  3. ROTJ-77A
  1. ROTJ-79A
  2. POTF-92

U.S. Card Back information derived from the Kellerman Book Matrices and confirmed samples

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