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In case you missed them, we reviewed the latest figures from Hasbro’s The Vintage Collection including AT-ST Driver (VC192), Paploo (VC190), Princess Leia (Endor) (VC191), Scout Trooper (VC196) (Gaming Greats), Heavy Battle Droid (VC193) (Gaming Greats), and Shadow Stormtrooper (VC194) (Gaming Greats). If you need to catch up, click any image below to be taken to that RDR! Thank you for reading!

Today we look at the Walmart exclusive The Vintage Collection Paploo figure. What a joke! Hasbro slapped us all in the face with this one, and they should be embarrassed. It’s nothing more than Lumat in a different color and with different accessories. And this approach is bad when Paploo has distinct features from all other Ewoks. That’s just the beginning of this mess, however. (more….)

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Either Walmart is doing things right this time and keeping pre-orders open long enough for everyone to get an order in, or we are in for a lot of cancelations! Seriously though, this is how it should be done. Even their non-Star Wars pre-orders are still available for those interested.

• VC190 Paploo
• VC191 Princess Leia (Endor)
• VC192 AT-ST Driver

For our crossover fans, here are direct links to the other brand exclusives launching today!

• Ghostbusters: Kenner Classic Ghosts: Bug-Eye Ghost
• Ghostbusters: Kenner Classic Ghosts: Fearsome Flush
• Ghostbusters: Kenner Ecto 1
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Trex Megatron
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Optimus Primal
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Cheetor
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Rattrap
• Transformers: War For Cybertron Battlefield Voyager
• Transformers: War For Cybertron Spoiler Pack

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Walmart.com has posted the pre-orders for the three upcoming The Vintage Collection exclusives:

• VC190 Paploo
• VC191 Princess Leia (Endor)
• VC192 AT-ST Driver

For our crossover fans, here are direct links to the other brand exclusives launching today!

• Ghostbusters: Kenner Classic Ghosts: Bug-Eye Ghost
• Ghostbusters: Kenner Classic Ghosts: Fearsome Flush
• Ghostbusters: Kenner Ecto 1
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Trex Megatron
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Optimus Primal
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Cheetor
• Transformers: Beast Wars Vintage Rattrap
• Transformers: War For Cybertron Battlefield Voyager
• Transformers: War For Cybertron Spoiler Pack

JTA reader JW was inspired by our article yesterday to Photoshop the newly announced Paploo body with the head sculpt and cowl from the 2009 Legacy Collection figure. We think it looks infinitely better. Hasbro captured the likeness of that Ewok well in 2009, and has more screen-accuracy than a repainted or tweaked Logray head sculpt. Click the thumbnail below to see what it looks like. The new figure has much too long of a cowl, and this one is shortened a bit. And don’t forget about that better likeness. What do you think? (We watermarked the image to let everyone know this is a modified image.)

Thank you for getting Paploo into The Vintage Collection, Hasbro. As one of the main Ewoks in Return Of The Jedi with tons of screen time, it’s awesome to get an update as well as another Kenner 96 release checked off in our collections. But as usual, you have some work to do. Click through for more.

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Today’s Fan First Friday livestream gave us 5 new The Vintage Collection reveals, broken up into the Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary themed releases and mainstream releases. Click through for the full discussion! Look for some pre-orders to go live at 1 PM Eastern.

Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary

• AT-ST Driver (Walmart exclusive)
• Paploo (Walmart exclusive)
• Princess Leia (Endor) (Walmart Exclusive)

Mainstream releases

• Ahsoka Tano
• Darth Maul

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In 1984, new packaging for Star Wars figures was introduced for the European market. A cost containment initiative, the new packaging sported three languages of the Return Of The Jedi logo for a “one size fits all” approach. Although a “three-logo” design was created for The Power Of The Force line (as evidenced on some ‘boxed’ toys), it wasn’t carried over to the basic figure line’s card design. They continued to use the three Return Of The Jedi logos instead. Although the word “Trilogo” is found nowhere on the packaging, the term is universally adopted by all Star Wars collectors to describe this line of figures.

We are finishing the Trilogo line up with the final 15 The Power Of The Force Kenner figures, and there weren’t any coins provided with them. Today we revisit Romba. Do you notice anything strange? The Kenner version of Paploo shows an image of Romba. And the Trilogo version of Romba shows an image of Paploo. (We should also mention that the Trilogo version of Paploo shows Romba as well, but the Kenner POTF Romba shows the correct character.) See the full card art and additional notes by revisiting 1985’s THE POWER OF THE FORCE Romba figure HERE.

In 1984, new packaging for Star Wars figures was introduced for the European market. A cost containment initiative, the new packaging sported three languages of the Return Of The Jedi logo for a “one size fits all” approach. Although a “three-logo” design was created for The Power Of The Force line (as evidenced on some ‘boxed’ toys), it wasn’t carried over to the basic figure line’s card design. They continued to use the three Return Of The Jedi logos instead. Although the word “Trilogo” is found nowhere on the packaging, the term is universally adopted by all Star Wars collectors to describe this line of figures.

Today we revisit Paploo. Just like the Kenner version, the Trilogo card art also erroneously features a reference image of Romba instead of Paploo. Also, the name “pill” humorously has the subtitle of “Action Figure” added. See the full card art and additional notes by revisiting 1984’s RETURN OF THE JEDI Paploo figure HERE.

Paploo • Return Of The Jedi • 1984

Once again, it’s hard to believe, but our “Turning Ewokese” marathon of the Star Wars Series 7 Vintage Kenner Mini Action Figures has concluded. If you need to catch up on any of them, all you need to do is click any thumbnail below, and it will take you to the archive. We’d once again like to thank you for your participation. Recounting all of your childhood memories with these unequaled action figures and sharing the wonderful experiences you’ve all had with them is priceless. Please keep adding to the discussions! Also, please begin to prepare yourselves for more as we dive into December’s “The Final Countdown” marathon where we look at The Power Of The Force Series 8 figures which were the last wave of Kenner Star Wars figures of the vintage era. These reviews will focus on the final 15 Kenner action figures and represent some of my fondest memories of collecting as a young person. I am ecstatic to present them to you!

We finish up our “Turning Ewokese” marathon today with Paploo. Relive your memories of this classic 1984 action figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to add your own experiences to the conversation! Reminisce your own childhood stories of this figure in our comments. Share your life-changing vintage Kenner adolescent experiences with us!