Recommended music: Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie – Tea For Two
We’re back inside Echo Base during The Empire Strikes Back this #StarWarsSaturday. Today, from The Vintage Collection, it’s 2-1B!
Following a rescue from the frigid blizzard conditions by Han Solo and Zev Senesca, Luke is placed in a Bacta Tank to help heal his recently sustained wounds.
This version of the medical droid 2-1B is labeled as The Vintage Collection having been released in the “Rebel Set” 3-pack with a Hoth Rebel Trooper and Hoth Princess Leia, it was actually a repaint of a FOURTEEN-year-old Power of the Force 2 figure from 1997. The paint on this version might have slightly more blue mixed in with the silver but is otherwise the exact same figure.
Even though this character was included in the vintage Empire Strikes Back line 45 years ago, it still has not received a modern update with elbows, knees, or ankles. Thankfully, the paint apps are good, he holds his Medical Diagnostic Computer just fine, and the design of the feet helps keep him standing upright in your Echo Base display.
The Empire Strikes Back turned 45 years old last week! I “figure” there’ll be a new Episode V figure to share here for the rest of the year. Happy 45 years of ESB!
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