Originally posted by: zombie84Same old, same old. You get used to these things. Thank god the internet wasn't around in December of 1977--you think any of this is bad? I guess people forgot about the "empty box" toys. Basically Kenner couldn't make their action figures in time for christmas so Lucasfilm sold empty boxes, with coupons inside that could be traded for the toys once they came out in the new year.
Ha, I was one of them! I remember getting Luke Skywalker & C3PO for Christmas, and shaking the box and nothing shook! I remember receiving them in late spring, but the next Christmas everybody was getting SW figures. I am still mad at my mom that she gave them all to my cousin in the mid 80's, only to find out they were worth something years later.