When I was a kid, the best tie-in toy had nothing to do with Star Wars. Sure, the Death Star playset was cool, but nothing from Lucasland could compete with the Enterprise kit’s “functional” transporter. Spin the box, hit the button, and Kirk’s gone planet-side. Plus, the Trek toys were pre-shrinkray — 8 or 12 inches tall instead of tiny and cheap like the Star Wars figures. (Let’s not even talk about what they did to G.I. Joe.)
Turns out, it’s back, and so are vintage figures. I’m not really a fill-my-office-with-SF-toys guy, but for this, I may make an exception.
I never had this set. I had a full-on Kindergarten chubbie for G.I. Joe’s Adventure Team at the time, but I remember the toy. A kid in my class had it, and brought it to school once. Weren’t the original figures by Mego, the same company that made the Super Heroes and t.v. figures? Someone gave me Potsie from “Happy Days” for my birthday one year. I wish I had had the Gorn captain so I could have dimembered Potsie.