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In April 1996, Tomart's Action Figure Digest, Issue #29 revealed a variety of new Shadow of the Empire toys that were exhibited at the New York Toy Fair Show. A considerable portion of the displayed items consisted of preproduction prototypes or samples.

This conceptual mockup seems to feature a hand-cut cardboard representation of Luke Skywalker dressed in his Imperial Guard disguise. The blister lacks an inner tray, and the cover also appears to be of non-production quality.

This 2-pack of Boba Fett and IG-88 includes hand-cut figures. Additionally, you will observe that the cover art for the novel replaces the comic book that was issued in the production counterpart.

Dash Rendar had a different paint deco that included some extra black accents.

In 2025, the crowdfunded HasLab Vintage Collection LAAT/i Gunship finished with 10,541 backers which only unlocked the first tier exclusive Coleman Trebor figure. Unfortunately, it didn't have enough backers to unlock Saesee Tiin and Agen Kolar exclusive figures. That being said, the figures on these exclusive card backs are likely never to be produced. However, the figures may be released in the future on different card backs. Especially since it appears that the sculpting design has already been done. Only time will tell...

Share information and limelight your Star Wars pre-production items.

Trade your loose prototype weapons, limbs & other accessories.

Books, Catalogs & Websites

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Here are handling and return instructions for returning prototype and sample figures back to Hasbro Cincinnati.

Unfortunately, my website host Wix has ceased support for the Shared Gallery widget, which housed several hundred remarkable pre-production items.