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by Bruno Dennis
I have always loved toys and action figures. Star Wars toys, however, have always been some of my favorites. When I was a kid, I had the whole set of Star Wars Legos. I had the Star Wars millennium falcon Lego set, x-wing fighter, several Imperial fighters, and even a land speeder.
My very favorite Star Wars toy when I was growing up was the light saber sword. A Star Wars light saber is basically a hollow plastic tube with a handle at the bottom. What makes it different from other toy swords, however, is the fact that there is a battery powered flashlight in the handle. This flashlight makes the whole sword glow whenever you push the button, and even makes laser sounds in some models. Of all of the Star Wars toys that I had, the light sabers got me into the most trouble. I would always get into sword fights with my brother and sisters. Although we would have a whole lot of fun at first, eventually someone would get hurt and go crying to mom and dad. Then we would all have our Star Wars toys taken away, and be sent off to our rooms.
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Most baby books also tend to romanticize the mother who stays at home, as if she really spends her entire day doing nothing but beaming at the baby and whipping up educational toys from pieces of string, rather than balancing cooing time with laundry, cleaning, shopping and cooking.
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When the Star Wars prequels came out, I initially avoided them like the plague. I had grown up with the Star Wars trilogy, you see, and to kids of my generation it was almost sacred. Playing with Star Wars toys was one of our favorite games growing up, and the special effects and spectacular puppets and costumes in the original movie always captivated us. I did not think that I would want to even play with Star Wars toys anymore if the movie was not well done.
Well, the movies were terrible. They did not do justice to the original version of Star Wars at all. The acting was bad, the story was horribly written, and the entire thing depended almost entirely on special effects. It made me lose respect for George Lucas, but it did not ruin Star Wars toys for me. Even though the director went over to the dark side, the original stories still hold a lot of their appeal. I can still sit down and look at my old Star Wars toys and feel the same sense of wonder that I had as a child. Even some of the new Star Wars toys are pretty cool, even though the movies were lousy.
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