“Your Inside Source for the Most Powerful Force in Toys!”
Last week I posted one ad for Topps’ Official Guide to Star Wars Toys (posted here) and today I’ve got a second ad for the same magazine to share with you guys. From the July, 1997 of Topps’ X-Files comic book (Amazon.com search*) this two-page spread gives us a lot better idea of what’s inside the Official Guide to Star Wars Toys magazine.
I have definitely got to get my hands on this magazine. A snapshot of the Star Wars action figures and vehicles before the prequel trilogy hit theaters? Yeah, this is worth chasing down for my archives.
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- November, 1998 Wizard Magazine Talks Star Wars Action Figures (battlegrip.com)
Yeah, that looks really cool! The dewback in that spread is the best one they ever made. I really don’t like the modern one from Wal-Mart. I picked up the ’97 version on eBay, sealed, for about ten bucks, and I have the ball-hip Sandtrooper from the Wal-Mart dewback riding him in my display. It looks awesome in my little Tatooine vignette.