Action Figure Friday- R5-D4

Back in 1996 or so, I managed to muster up enough money from my after school job to buy this 6" R5-D4 from the Star Wars Action Collection 12" toy line. At that point in my life, anything Star Wars was going to be bought by me as long as I could find the money for it. There were times that I wouldn't buy my school lunch in order to have just enough money to go buy a Star Wars toy. In some ways, it makes no sense, but I was hooked! The Astromechs from this 12" line were sculpted really well. They look fantastic and feature the essential articulation. I've got to tell you, I'm not a big fan of the droid, but I have kept this action figure all of these last sixteen years due to the fact that I really like this toy! 

As far as articulation goes on this toy, he has a swivel head (expected), Swivel legs (ok), swivel ankles, a pull out center foot and little teeny tiny rollers on each foot. The fact that this is a astromech droid of some sort, I'm not expecting a load of moving parts. I would have liked to see a "pop-out" motivator part for his head. That way he could have a "bad motivator" as Luke calls it when this droid is on its way to Uncle Owen's moister farm. I could just make a motivator and put it where the antenna is. You know, I honestly don't remember this droid having an antenna in the Star Wars movie.... Now that I have done my research, I now know that the droid has an antenna. You can kind of see it here. Enjoy some pics of my R5-D4 from my personal toy collection. 

Here's a couple of Amazon listings for this action figure: Star Wars Action Collection 6" R5-D4 Action Figure and Star Wars Action Collection R5-D4 6.5" Droid Fully Poseable With Retractable Leg.


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