Well once you have a full size
Wampa living in the garage, you tend to collect others, so here is the first of a series of posts about My
Wampas. This was actually my first
Wampa. I had a bunch of Star Wars figures as a kid but never had a
Wampa .
Since I have 2 small boys the current line of regular sized figures tend to be a little complicated, then again I let them play with my old Kenners. Luckily for me Star Wars has the Galactic Heroes line where they can't lose the guns and they are stubby and easy for little hands. Last year I actually found the Battle of
Hoth play set at Kohl's on discount and could not pass it up. I was still in the planning stages with the
Wampa suit, but I was thinking ahead knowing that my kids would want to play with one of their own. As for the Wampa itself, I was surprised to see the red staining on the chest and he is quite yellow proving that Wampas like to roll around in their own filth. But paint jobs aside the play factor is great. He has a big bone in one hand which the kids like to beat the rebels with and a "swatting" hinge in the other hand.
Wampa vs. AT-AT... my money is on the Wampa!Included in the set are all the
Hoth favorites including a Luke with a
TaunTaun which my little one loves to battle with the
Wampa. This month we added AT-AT to my
Hoth figure collection for my son's 2yr birthday. It came with a AT-AT driver and a snow
speederbike. Included with the other set was a General Veers who fits right in. Another fun feature is a string that feeds through the center of the belly where you can have pilot
Luke rise up and drop his bombs.
Fortunately for me they were giving away these away free at CV so I have hours and hours of
role playing time ahead for my kids!
. I almost bought one of these until I found a smaller one at a dealers table, though I still might get one before they run out. They are limited to 1980. (the anniversary of Empire Strikes Back!) We got to play with some of these at ICEBAR where they named him Wally and some fans posed with theirs and the big Wampa. So if you want a huggable amputee pick up the the wampa!