10 Star Wars Figure Collectors Really Wanted 

I still army build with these stormtroopers and yes sandtroopers.

Once more, great STAR WARS toy history! The sculpt of that 1995 / 1996 Imperial Gunner helmet was a game changer back then.. very movie accurate, very shiny, incredible sculpt. The new Vintage Collection gunners with their pinhead size helmets are pathetic in comparison. I was fortunate enough to find both the red and green cardbacks at my local Toys R Us in Greenwood, Indiana back in the day & I still have both versions MOC 25+ years later.

The 1990s. We were very blessed to be alive during that wonderful time. It was a sweet spot in history. The economy was strong, the Cold War ended, the internet became available to most people, and the pop culture was good.

There were also the long saber versions of Luke, Vader and Obi Wan, the Frito Lay mail away Spirit of Obi Wan, and the theater edition Luke. Then there were the many variations of the orange card Boba Fett. Oh, and it was in that Power of the Force 2 line where we finally got the Rebel Fleet Trooper.

For those of us that grew up with the original figures, it was exciting to see the new ones in the 90's. Even with the buffed out physique, it was new Star Wars. As a college student, I didn't have the money to buy any of them at the time, but it was a great time to be a fan.

I thought , back then, that anything new was Awesome! Slave Leia, Tarkin & being able to get a cheap Yak-Face was thrilling. They finally gave me what I wanted since the 70's. The Cantina Band members. Great video JM!!! You Rock!!!

POTF2 was a great time to be a collector. Also thanks for your mentions of those great 90's magazines like Lee's Action Figure News,Toy Shop, and Tomarts.Those always bring back some great memories.

B'omarr Monk will always be the crown jewel in my collection. Good times! Would have gotten the Slave Leia but I was hitting my teen years... would have sent the wrong message. Still remember picking up Tarkin and Long Snoot. Great figures!

Agreed. I think we can all agree that the muscles was a misstep. However, I had so much fun doing the HUNT in the mid to late 90s. And, I believe the early POTF2 vehicles was a nice upgrade to 70s/80s Kenner line.

Getting that Slave Leia was tough. I had friends looking everywhere. They finally found me one. Two weeks later I walked up on one when I was looking for Tarkin. Truth be told, I transferred the "Never Before" label to that 2nd Slave Leia I found. (yes, I opened the first one) When the Bespin Luke (w/removable hand! said the sticker) and Darth Vader (w/removeable helmet!) showed up at a local toy show in the mall..I got one of each. Slides I really didn't care about that much...but it sure felt good having those ESB characters.

Honestly, it's refreshing to hear positive words about these 90s figures, especially because these were MY childhood figures. It makes me wish Star Wars and its fandom had a more holistic love for itself. Thanks for the hope!

Great topic for a video! Not enough POTF2 love around, but I am a huge fan. By the way, if anyone's interested, there are exactly 227 figures in the POTF2 line, from 1995 to early 2000 when they changed it to Power of the Jedi.

I can still remember when I 1st found the new 1995 SW Figures at my local TRU..I was so excited for NEW SW(because there wasent much out there back then) that my knees almost buckled!.TRU had them all except for C-3po..A Great day that people who don’t collect will never understand!

Don't forget Lando on the Red/Orange Power of the Force card back in 95-96, you could find him everywhere. Still find Lando everywhere.

Nice to see some love for the Power of the Force 2 toys. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who loved them. The Jabba's Prisoner Leia figure was especially nice. Also, Grand Moff Tarkin was super great to get. It's about time that we got a figure for who was thought to be the main bad guy other than Darth Vader in the first Star Wars movie. Loved getting Han Solo in Stormtrooper Armor from Fruit Loops! What a great idea that was. I was excited to see new Star Wars toys again when these came out. I got two of each of the ones that I got: one for my collection and one for my nephew who had just turned five - about the age I was when the first Star Wars toys came out in 1978. That was so fun introducing him to Star Wars movies and toys! These action figures were fantastic! The vehicles from this line were even better - perfectly made. I loved that they used some of the same molds or designs from the first lines, but did a much better job painting them to look like the vehicles in the movies. The Sandspeeder, for example, got those cool pin stripes and had the access hatch removed on one of the engines just like in the movie. They even made the Scout Troopers have bendable knees so they could actually sit astride their Speederbikes rather than awkwardly perched on top of them with that T-bar kinda holding them in place. Thanks for this video!

I went absolutely nuts over the POTF2 figures, but I really got excited learning about the up coming Expanded Universe line, looking at the magazines and drooling over the pictures .. One of my top favorite figures from the 90s is Jedi Leia. Thanks for doing this video. Although I've moved on from POTF2, for the most part, I still love the 90s SW figures. Alot of great memories collecting that line like going shopping after we (my sister & myself) got our Christmas money from our grandparents and we went to the mall and I spent all my money on Star Wars figures. My grandma was pissed and I over heard my grandpa say, "well, it's his money". haha :)

In 1995 When I was 13 there was a grown man who almost fought me for a Rare monkey face Leia at Kay Bee toys!!

What was great about Stormtrooper Han/Luke is that if you had these figures, along with basic Stormtrooper, you basically had multiple Stormtroopers for "troop building." I know there are people who would want a dozen of them, in a practical sense, you really only need about three of them, and Stormtrooper Han/Luke has got you covered.

I managed to complete my set of orange card POTF2 figs (including variants) not long after the transition to the green cards. I was able to find them all in stores fairly easily, except the R4-D5. That one I found at a comic shop for $25 in 1997. I even decided to buy an extra Tatooine Stormtrooper.

Expanded universe characters were like the Mini-Rigs of action figures. Yup! I said it!

5:05 I had the Empire Strikes back Boba. (Different coloured jet pack) I don’t remember anything else about it. I thought THAT the one you showed here was the alternate (because it was released with that oversized armour from The Shadows of the Empire line)

Finally getting the A wing and Luke's skyhopper in this line was also a great thing.

I remember looking all over for Slave Leia in the stores, and I wasn't going to pay scalper prices, so I just waited a few months and I found a couple.

Great video Junkman the return of the star wars figs in the 90’s was great back then it was easy to complete your wave Stores were full of merch I had bought several trooper to make armies or squad for me 8 was my lucky number. Back then twice a week I was checking the toy stores or wal mart KMart just to get my fix of plastic now I get that fix once a month or 2 months later. Boy I miss those times

I remember finding a Jedi Luke with brown vest at TRU and thought I won the lottery that day.

I had a ton of these figures and all of them were stolen. My buddies and I would go to Zayre, Venture and Kmart, shove a few down our pants and walk out the door. Department stores (other than Target) were on the decline and the security was absolute shit. After a few months doing this I did get caught and had to sign a document stating I had stole merchandise and that I would never enter Venture again. Security handled it, there was no arrest. However, about a month later my father (who has the same name as I do) opened a letter from a law firm. The letter was meant for me but he opened it assuming it was for him. The letter included a bill for $250. The law firm filing the paperwork I signed was charging me for the time to file the paperwork and the details regarding the theft were documented. Needles to say it was pretty embarrassing revealing to my dad I was 22 years old and had been stealing action figures.

I ordered the Han Solo Stormtrooper when i lived in Maryland. Somehow i got two (different packages) of them. I gave one to my younger brother who was little at the time. I still have it to this day.

A simpler time for collectors... I was only 8 years old back then and wow what a way to start!! I remember always going over to my friend's house because he had figures that I didn't and I had figures that he didn't so it was always exciting for us to play with different figures

Do you remember when regular leias were going for 25?? Just cause they only had one per box?

I have every single one of these figures in my collection right now. My Han Solo Stormtrooper is standing on my Death Star escape play set along with my Luke Stormtrooper.

I agree. That Death Star Gunner figure was AWESOME!! When I first saw it in a toy shop in the Metro, I immediately bought it. I still have it on card. That Sandtrooper fig is cool, too. Excellent video, as always Junkman!

I scored (didn't know it at the time) a Luke Skywalker long tray short saber at my hometown Shopko in 96 or 97. Sold it to Brian Semling (Brian's Toys) in 2000 for $700. His "shop" was out of his parents basement in Bluff Siding, WI across from Winona. Crazy times.

I remember my dad bought me all the EU figures for Christmas. Was so excited to finally get the Dark Trooper and Kyle Katarn after playing the shit out of Dark Forces and Jedi Knight. Good times.

Where can we hook up that Snaggletooth Belt Symbol hat the Junkman is rocking?!!

I've got two of the sand troopers. Funny thing is one has an orange pauldron while the other is grey.

Loving your videos and history insights. From one collector to another many thanks.

I did a lot of driving for a job I worked at the time, in my own, and neighboring states. When finding the elusive figures was tough at home, it was easier, out of state. (I might have been a factor in why a lot of people didn't find theirs, sorry!) I have almost every figure from every wave, and some still in packages.

Still got mine, for now, plus some episode 1 figures, collected about 100 figures plus some other stuff. I knew someone who worked at my local toys r us in the uk, if they got something i didnt have he used to store one away in his locker for me.

6:00 - Slave Outfit Leia largely came from the constant term 'Enslaved By Jabba The Hutt on the Topps cards that were popular at the time and also Jabba enslaved her... on the audio cassette and record The Story Of Return Of The Jedi.

What I miss about the 90's is that we were mostly left to our imaginations about what the rest of Star Wars was like, which I'm afraid was a lot more exciting than what we eventually got in the PT. Even the EU was more "Star Wars" than the PT!

I think my favorites were the Shadow of the Empire figures... that was really the only expanded universe story I ever read as a teenager. I think Chewy in weird apocalyptic Rambo style fatigues and with a flatop was my favorite of those figures because it was so weird.

Somewhere I have the sandtrooper, Han Solo, ASP Droid, Boba Fett, and I think death star gunner. Gotta see what they go for.

I remember some of those. Thanks Junkman

Cool action figures. Some never used or opened. Came with display back ground

Simply Great Job Junkman 👏

I had the stormtrooper and C3PO.

I wonder why lots of the stuff from the 2011 -2012 era fetches lots of money but the 1990s doesn't get much love. I'm 49 so of course Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are my favorites from the 1970s and 1980s.

@That Junkman Did you know? Costume designers (Nilo Rodis-Jamero and Aggie Rodgers) draw inspiration from the works of fantasy artist ''Frank Frazetta''. When creating Princess Leia's ''Slave bikini'' costume. I can clearly remember shopping at a local ''K-Mart'' and buying the (Star Wars Power of the Force- Grand Moff Tarkin) action figure in 1997. I still have it, and it's MOC. I also still have the Kenner, Star Wars, 12" (Grand Moff Tarkin), MIB.

I was totally excited for these , in fact I was totally excited when I went into a toy store near and actually seen figures back on the shelf.. and also was excited when I sent away for My fruit loops han solo stormtrooper disguise potf2.

Thrawn was such a cool figure. Also had a vintage look about it too

When I first got into collecting POTF2, I was really waiting for them to make an R5-D4. I thought they really hit the R2-D2 out of the park, and that R2 body with an R5 dome would have been amazing! But then...we finally got the R5 figure... 🤬

Yep. had mulitples of all of those. Do I still? IDK. Maybe. Sold a lot off. Think I still have some, like the Han/trooper mailaway. I was not supercharged about the EU stuff or the Special Edition stuff, but still collected it. It was a good time tho. No wife or GF, no school, no scool loans, no debt, no mortgage. I had steady employment. Just income and free time. Free to roam the department stores and toy stores. I could hit toy shows or flea markets on weekends too and see vintage stuff showing up. Late 90's was good times. THE COLLECTION benefittied in those days.

I got the 12inch Boba, chewbacca , Darth and c3po all signed by the the original actors.

Yeah, now they are all peg warmers, and the only figs ever instock.

How about the crazyness over the Yakface misspelling on the back card. LOL

I remember all of these being the hot stuff, but especially Tarkin. I still remember the exact day we got it at Target after pestering the stock guy.

I was excited to get a Yoda...🤗💯✔️

One of my most prized possessions is the Han in a Luke red card that I pulled out of the shipping box.

Did anyone want that droid? I can't imagine. I couldn't believe Tarkin wasn't listed as number 1. And, as someone else pointed out, this list missed the rebel soldiers from the original movie. (Maybe they didn't come out in the group you're talking about.)

My buddy got all these and I thought the Sandtrooper was great. Kenner should have made them. I did mention to him, why they so jacked? I only got the Death Star Gunner. When the POTF line came out, I started really to look at Star Wars figures again as the sculpts and characters they started doing got really cool (Cantina aliens especially).

I agree with your list junk man but I think yak face should have been on it I remember the buzz over that figure since it was so rare in the force line

If I recall, back in '97 when the owner of the comic shop told me about the Leia in a bikini, he referred to her as the "Slave." That was the first time I've heard her referred to as a slave, but I guess it did become more common a few years later.

Another figure everyone wanted was the Vader with removable helmet ...

He was wearing the outfit too Haha

The slave Leia looked good apart from the lousy hip articulation & one hand being bigger than the other.

I got the Death Star Gunner and Boba Fett figures when I was a kid. Unfortunately, a dog my family had at the time chewed at the Gunner figure and it got partially damaged. An arm got chewed off.

What was the price of the greenish 3pO vs the regular?

I still have boatloads of those figures, from orange cards, to green cards, to hologram cards, to film cell cards. I can remember getting thrawn for my brother. Not all of those figures in that line were bad, in my opinion. I felt the playsets they came out with, like the death star hallway, were pretty damn cheesy, and yes, I still have that one as well. I just wish they didn't get so damn carried away with some of them, like switching it up to the 3 pack scene sets. Don't get me wrong, some of those were pretty damn cool, but as far as "toy factor" went, they weren't good. I'm thinking of the emperor's throne room from Jedi that had palatine in the throne, Luke and Vader. As a diarama set, it was awesome, but play factor, it was way low on the scale in my opinion.

Love¡ more pof2 content please love ‘‘em good video

This may be a hot take but I like this era of Star Wars toys better than the current and even the original vintage. Of course, it helps that I am a 90s kid XD

Great video. There was a great hype in Europe even paying insane amount of money to import it. Thast why they can not make people rich because of the high collectors price back then.

That's true in the 80's no one said "Slave Leia" we used to say "Leia in the gold bikini"

I really enjoyed this, Thanks Junkman. ™️

Good stuff

Good times

I never liked that the Power of the Force characters looked like they were ripped.

I got tons and it's a bummer they aren't worth anything but damn it was exciting hunting for those figures

Exciting times I bought 5 of the green cards back in 96 thinking they will be worth some money in years to come! Then about 5 years ago I bought 5 of the orange cards that’s 10 of my favourite figures altogether! Got them stored away in the attic and they’re still not worth much today 😩😂

JUNKMAN how's it going.Hey still till today I have 3 power of the force figures.Han solo with Jabba the Hutt,Luke Skywalker & Han Solo by himself.

I got the ASP-7 figure because It was featured in shadows of the empire as an enemy

I have the imperial Gunner the Han solo in stormtrooper disguise and Force ghost Ben Kenobi from from the Lay's potato chip to mail away.

I didnt care for the Han Stormtrooper outfit cos they had its legs in a dumb pose which made it limited to how it could be posed.

Garindan for me

I got a Slave Leia with Salacious Crump two pack I believe it was a mail order. It's somewhere in my attic.

Back in 1995 these figures was my BIG retirement plan. However a single Apple shares was $0.24. 😒

I would do anything for the EU figures i just want them so bad i have just thrawn and no one else

Grey beard Ponda Baba was a big draw, too.

You have your mic setup for stereo. It is weird. You get close and it is on the left, or move right and its on the mic. just use the mono setting so your voice just stays center.

#10 Death Star Gunner was a peg warmer, for a while, in my area #8 Mare Jade, I have 2, she was easier to find #6 -2 Were easier to find #1 Never felt the need to get mail-away Han.

So weird . We just look up popy star wars Watched it then you upload a star wars video 😄👽

Great list forgot about Han stormtrooper but I think the rebel trooper should have been in there and asp7 not.

Just wish they had a gun with Han, haha you have to get one from eBay

People also went ape for that original POTF2 monkey-face Leia. That figure really sucked but people were shelling out inflated prices for it that’s for dang sure. I did. Don’t hate me.

I was out of toys when these came out. I missed the original line also because I was too young LOL. My little brother got the han mail away and my mom got 2 thinking of me but I was too and didn't care

I have that Boba Fett, and it's signed by Jeremy Bulloch, who played Fett in ESB originally.

You're awesome

Grew up with potf2 figures, now I've returned to them as an adult collector,. Turned out perfectly, potf2 is readily available and dirt cheap :) But feels weird among other collectors, the vintage series does nothing for me, I've never had or even seen these toys

Remember Turing down a blue snaggletooth for £50 to get Han stormtrooper instead lol! Man what a mistake that was!

What is malawe?

I just went on eBay to buy a Thrawn and they want $60 for it !!!! 🤣