| Imperial Troop Transport (Palitoy with Meccano Sticker) 'Includes 3 Figures' sticker | |
| I have included a good picture of the special offer box which carry 2 very cool french stickers one rectangular that says "3 figurines comprises" (3 figures included) and a discount-like yellow sticker
that says "Ce coffret contient 2 soldats imp�riaux et 1 D2R2" (this box contains 2 imperial stromtroopers and 1 R2D2).
The Meccano troop transport is the same box as the Palitoy (1 sticker hides the palitoy logo) and the white area in french was always included, even on the items sold in UK (in that case, meccano copyright mention was blacked out with a black marker). There are three variants of this box for France : without sticker, with only 1 3-figures sticker (the rectangular one), and the special offer with both stickers. It is interesting to note that although it was supposed to contain 2 stormtroopers + 1 R2, approximatly 3 boxes out of 5 were filled with cantina aliens (greedo, walrus, snaggle - childhood memories) . Also, the figures were not carded, but in baggies. I have included a picture of the special offer content (not my picture, taken from a recent auction) : TroopTransport_content.jpg The instructions on this item are very interesting and full of french wording with transalation of the english electronic voices. |
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| Description by: | Stephane Faucourt |
| Photo: | Stephane Faucourt |
| From the collection of: | Stephane Faucourt |
| Country: | France |
| Film: | A New Hope |
| Licensee: | Meccano |
| Year: | 1977 |
| Category: | Toys / Action Figure Related / Vehicles |