Kenner’s Star Wars on Sale in 1984, Including the Vehicle Maintenance Energizer!!!
In one of the display cases at home I’ve got three boxed copies of the Vehicle Maintenance Energizer toy. None of the boxes are in great shape, and I know it’s not one of the best of Kenner’s Star Wars toys of the eighties, but the toy holds sentimental value for me since I can remember the day I bought one. I wrote about buying the Vehicle Maintenance Energizer toy in Each Sold Separately*, and I’m still not finished thinking about that small and simple toy.
The toy didn’t get a lot of promotion, so seeing it in this 1984 newspaper ad was a bit of a treat this morning. What a great ad; even the Laser Rifle Carry Case makes an appearance!
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As a kid I recall pining after that scout trooper pistol. The big rifle carrying case was cool too. But that pistol….
@Jay – That carrying case looks cooler still in the patent drawings: https://www.battlegrip.com/star-wars-laser-rifle-carry-case-patent-drawings/