Bossk - Working that orange jumpsuit angle

When I was in sixth grade, I started getting three dollars a week for allowance. Every change I got, I would head straight to the drug store in town where my great aunt used to work. I think it was called Eagles, or Ekart’s or something like that. She would let me go into the back and cherry pick out of the boxes in the back so I could get the action figures I wanted most. Back then, they only had about ten action figures on the shelf, and they had a couple of boxes in the back. Since they had some of the older figures on the shelf, the stock never turned over, and I was able to pick over the stock for several months. Once Christmas hit, they sold out and never restocked.

I think Bossk was my first pick from the stock room. He just really seemed like he could kick butt. He was only on screen for like ten seconds, but he made a great action figure. His gun was also different than everyone else’s. It slid under his armpit. Ha! an armpit gun! He was also barefoot and scaly.

I bought him for $2.99. The back of the card added Yoda to the top of the Empire Strikes Back figures, on the left of the card. I think they added him as a single figure after the first wave of ESB figures came out. This card had the same back as my Yoda card.

Here’s the toys listed on the back of this card:

• Hoth Ice Planet Action Playset - Realistic action playsets includes swiveling action lever to set up mock battles, ALL TERRAIN ARMORED TRANSPORT backdrop with elevator and room inside for action figures plus a radar laser cannon. Figures not Included. Assembly Required.
• Star Destroyer Action Playset - Relive all the exciting events on Darth Vader’s Star Destroyer which includes a meditation chamber, secret escape hatch, laser cannon, prisoner detention pegs and a swiveling command bridge. Figures Not Included. Assembly required.
• Darth Vader Collector’s Case - A 3D sculpture of Darth Vader which holds 31 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Action Figures and contains a special Accessory Storage Chamber. Also includes name stickers and a 4-color photo of all Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Action Figures. Figures not included.