Original Trilogy (O.T.) Star Wars T-shirts

Rather than write a separate post about each of these I've decided to clump them together.

I've had a quite a few Star Wars t-shirts over the years and I've got plenty of wear out of them too. Some are long gone, a few I still wear*, and this selection here have been retired but kept. 

*I still get new ones given to me- It's an easy gift idea for birthdays!

I should really add my other Star Wars t-shirts on for completion. The next one about to retire features Minnie Mouse as Princess Leia asking Mickey Mouse dressed as Stormtrooper Luke "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" The other more recent t-shirts feature an X-Wing fighter, and another one with the "Dadalorian" (i.e. a father's day shirt with Mando with Grogu, however, that last one doesn't fit with the O.T. aspect of this post.)

Masks

 A long time ago, well, the turn of the century, I picked up these Star Wars masks whilst on holiday in Orlando. I bought them from Tatooine Traders at Hollywood Studios. I got the Vader mask in 1999, and then the Stormtrooper mask the following year. 

Now, with the Darth Vader mask I disposed of the packaging in Florida, and put the mask in my hand luggage. With the Stormtrooper mask I once again carried the mask in my hand luggage, and had the cunning idea of putting the packaging in my suitcase. Why I didn't think of that first time round I don't know. 🤦

Anyway, they've been sat on a shelf for a long while just gathering dust. Every so often I'll take them out and put them on - I tried to scare my kids in their early years, however, because they'd seen Star Wars very young (gotta start them early) they were not phased. In fact they just walked up to me, said something like "cool, can I have a go" whilst pulling the mask off my head!

Anyway, here they are. They're in cupboard gathering dust, but every so often I get them out, wipe off the dust and contemplate wearing them for trick-or-treaters on Halloween! 🎃

Star Wars Letraset transfer sets

Dating back to the late 1970s, these were fab transfer sets that were great fun for kids, albeit very annoying when after rubbing neatly with pencil you found Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi's head hadn't transfered properly!

Of course, being a kid I didn't do them properly.  Stormtroopers has to be jumping from the Falcon, mechanics were fixing spaceships as they flew by, characters intended to be far away in the scene appeared next to close-up characters. The adult in me is somewhat aghast as my childish efforts, though I admit a degree of rebellious pride too.

Various Star Wars Annuals

Here's a bunch of Star Wars annuals. The first two of course date back to the 1970s when Star Wars was just referred to as Star Wars. No mention of "A New Hope" on here! There are also a couple of The Empire Strikes Back annuals followed by three Return of the Jedi annuals. All of them are from the UK with varying publishers (incuding St Michael, which is Marks & Spencers)

Star Wars X-Wing Fighters

Winging It With The Rebels

The X-Wing Fighter was one of my favourite toys as a kid. I'd run around my bedroom shouting "lock S-foils* in attack position", "I got a little cooked, but I'm all right" and "I'm going in. Cover me, Porkins."  - Yep, hours of fun. 

* S, as in Strike foils or stability foils. However, I think I probably said X as a kid. Afterall, it is an X-Wing.

So, what we have here is a battle-damaged X-Wing Fighter from The Empire Strikes Back in its original box (its in the box), plus another normal X-Wing from Star wars: A New Hope.