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35 years ago today, Star Wars fans were scrambling to get their proof of purchases together to send off their last minute requests for The Action Figure Survival Kit, a set of accessories and weapons with a Hoth focus (it was the Empire Strikes Back era, after all). What I wouldn’t do for a set of those weapons today. I have some defenseless figures on my shelf.