Star Wars The Force Awakens Micro Machine Playset (Assorted R2-D2/Stormtrooper)

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Pushing Jabba’s dais forward opened the latch on the trapdoor that sent your figurines plummeting into the rancor pit that included, obviously, a rancor.

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Right off the bat, this playset should definitely evoke memories from those that owned the original Dagobah playset from Kenner’s The Empire Strikes Back series of toys. Micro Machines were a big deal in the 80s – launching in 1986, they were tiny vehicles such as cars, trucks, boats and planes. There were some incredibly surprising licensed Micro Machines sets released over the years – with sets based on (sometimes very adult) franchises such as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Star Trek, Aliens, Predator and Terminator 2. Despite first arriving in 1991, newer, upgraded versions of Super Van City even exist today – the one we have pictured is from 2020! Each of these vehicles had a magnifying window on the roof, which kids could look through and see the ‘secret scene’ inside.

For a playset that didn’t have much space to work with, the Star Destroyer playset knocked it out of the park. That continued here, with sets based on all of the expected, famous vehicles, settings and even characters from the movies – alongside some serious deep cuts from the franchise, including sets based on novels and the Shadows of the Empire video game (which itself was a real multimedia project that even had its own soundtrack, novelisation and comic book adaptation – it appears quite high up on our best N64 games list too! It genuinely did feel like a micro sized city, which somehow found space for kids to use all of their Micro Machines vehicles.

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For extra geekiness with see-through Micro Machines, check out the Star Wars X-Ray Fleet line – which took the X-Ray concept to a galaxy far, far away. What could be cooler than a whole lorry that folds down out into a whole city for you to explore with your stunt cars? Some very fancy and futuristic models of car were used as the standout designs in the range too, with those beautifully colourful paint jobs giving them an extra layer of appeal. Micro Machines Shake and Sniff are a bit like that: a range of trucks with small holes in their trailers.While it wasn’t in actual scale with the rest of the miniature vehicles, the fact we had a larger vessel to act as a flagship for our living room floor space armadas was good enough.

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The Galoob Micro Machines line started in the 1980’s as small- scale competitors to larger toys, and included an array of cars, trucks, and military vehicles. The Super Micro Lights range took the concept further, with extra lights or even back-lit scenes in the vehicle’s window when activated! Is it a cop out to feature an entire spin-off toy line of Micro Machines in first place on the best Micro Machines toys list?

Opening on hinges, one half of the Millennium Falcon consisted of the ship’s interior as seen in A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, albeit exponentially expanded. Imagine trundling around the city in your sweet new ride when the apocalypse hits – and suddenly, you’re surrounded by bloodthirsty gangs looking to steal your fuel and wheels. While the Millennium Falcon from the films didn’t have the adequate space to house Luke’s X-Wing, my best guess is that Galoob was offering two playsets in one: the interior of the Millennium Falcon and a generic Rebel Alliance base of some kind. We’re talking movable parts, amazing jumps, and hours of fun pulling off slick tricks with your favourite micro machines.