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When the first Star Wars action figures came out in 1978, I
was a bit too young to really appreciate them.
My older brother though did a good job at ultimately getting me all
excited about the toys and so when my
dad went to the US on a business trip all I wanted for pasalubong was Star Wars
Star Wars Star Wars! The thing is, I
didn’t really ask for anyone specific; I just assumed that when you asked for
Star Wars toys you’d get all the main guys, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Darth
Vader….or hell even R2D2 or C3PO. So while my dad was away, I went around
telling everyone who would listen, my friends…hell even my yaya, “when my dad
comes back with Luke & Han I’m gonna make them fight Darth Vader…and
it’s going to be EPIC!!!!! “(Ok so I just added the epic part).
After what seemed to be an eternity, the day of days finally
came! My dad came home and he seemed
just as excited to give me my new toys as I was to get them. So we were in his room and he slowly opened
his bag, reached in, and pulled out…….DENGAR!!!!!!! Wait! What? Who? But there
was more! My dad was still excitedly pulling out more and more figures….after
Dengar came…..HAMMERHEAD!, then Cloud Car Pilot! Bespin Security Guard! Hoth
Rebel Commander! WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE?????? Oh wait….my dad was reaching in
one last time….surely, SURLEY he must have saved the best for last…...a Luke?
Han? Hell even Leia would be GREAT!....and then there it was…DENGAR!!!!
Again????? Yeah even THAT confused my dad as well…I guess in all his excitement
of bagging me a variant African-American Bespin Security Guard (of course I
didn’t know there was such a variant) he sorta lost track of that fact that he
had already gotten me a Dengar already….
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Childhood disappointment was never so properly illustrated
as in that exact moment. I don’t know if my dad picked up on my massively
deflated excitement….but to be fair, I did not throw a tantrum. I think I was more worried at having to face
my yaya and show her my two Dengars fight with the Cloud Car Pilot…
This story does eventually have a happy ending. As it turns out, even if he didn’t look it,
Dengar turned out to be one of the bounty hunters who were assembled to hunt
down Han Solo and apparently was buds with Boba Fett….so he must have been
bad-ass as well? Who knows….oh and he
had a big long gun…I was really grasping at whatever positives I could find. And
my dad did good on his next business trips and he eventually did bring home all
the heavy hitters…..I got my Luke, my Han, Vader and even some Jawas. And with that, my Star Wars collection was
well on its way!
