Star Wars revisited

I was rummaging in the loft last week for some old Star Wars toys for Nephew and Niece to play with. Amidst the piled up bags and boxes receding into the blackness I found just about everything except for the X-Wing and Jabba the Hutt. I even found this, which Big Bruvva made from cardboard and paper mache about a million years ago: some kind of massive snow tower from the Battle of Hoth.

I'd forgotten all about it since it was sent up to toy heaven. It's amazing though. None of the official Star Wars toys were as cool as this, a three-storey fortress with doors, roof hatch, side ramps, escape tube, windows cleverly fitted with (clear plastic) glass, gun turret. Big Bruvva even painted it up with battle damage.

If anything, twenty years of sitting in the loft has only made it look more rugged and authentic. It seemed a shame to leave it there with a ten-year-old Nephew who is the biggest Star Wars nut on the planet running about, so it is now entertaining a new generation. It is officially the coolest Star Wars accessory after Lego Star Wars, whatever that is.