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Darth Vader Figure (Empire Strikes Back) – Vintage Collection, 2010 Action Figure Star Wars...

Darth Vader Figure Empire Strikes Back Vintage Collection

Darth Vader (Empire Strikes Back) Action Figure: Overview

Darth Vader Figure Vintage Collection front Darth Vader Figure Vintage Collection helmet off

I'm missing the mouth piece for this Vintage Collection rendition of Darth Vader, but the lack of this piece calls attention to something quite unexpected about this action figure. Without the mouth piece you can see Vader's full face and we see that he has part of a remaining beard on the left side of his face and part of a mustache on the right side. This is something that we don't see in The Return of the Jedi. Moreover, this Vader has a more chiselled looking face than the rather watery and puffy looking one familiar from the film. In fact, this Darth Vader seems to be younger, middle aged and somewhere between the old man we know from Return of the Jedi as a shimmering spirit and the young Anakin who first goes under the mask. Perhaps this Vintage Collection rendition of the action figure could be considered a more accurate portrayal of what we might expect to find under the Sith Lord's mask bearing in mind that he would have been about 50 years of age in The Return of the Jedi rather than the 65-70 year old we see in the film.

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I've used the meditation chamber from the Original Trilogy Collection commemorative Darth Vader 500th figure in the photo below.

Darth Vader Vintage Collection with 500th figure meditation chamber Darth Vader Vintage Collection helmet and mask

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All Star Wars action figures, vehicles, collectibles and Star Wars toys shown on this website are the 3.75 inch scale and from my own private Star Wars collection unless otherwise stated. Where possible original vintage accessories have been used but in some instances I have placed Kenner Star Wars figures with either reproduction weapons and accessories or for Hasbro figures close approximations have been used. This is mostly the case for modern Star Wars lightsabers where the correct item can be very difficult to identify on some ocassions. Vintage Star Wars action figures are shown with their original weapon or accessory when I have them. When a vintage Kenner action figure is shown with an accessory which is not original I have tried to point this out where possible.

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