Star Wars ANH Activity Books

[DarthWensleydale]

Does anyone remember or still have the early Star Wars activity books?

I was given them prior to ESB and recall that they had puzzles, stories and even recipes for Star Wars related food. I also recall them having some Mcquarrie-type drawings in them (x- wings in hangers etc).

I'd love to see some scans if anyone has any? I don't know if these were a UK only release as my memory is fairly sketchy when it come to the details.

[jerseys_big_al]

Yep, I still have them. I have the activity books with Chewie on the cover, one with Darth on the cover, a ROTJ one with Luke in poncho on the cover and a cool one from ROTLA.

My favorite part of the Darth one was this picture of Darth it said to stare at without blinking for 30 seconds, then look up at a blank wall and blink rapidly - Darth will appear!

I also remember that you could make a Darth Vader "bust" from a salt can by using the cut-outs from the book.

Alex

[DarthWensleydale]

I do remember the vader on the wall thing

Do they have any mcquarrie art in them? I just remember this great scene of pristine looking x-wings lined up in a hangar.

[jerseys_big_al]

Check these out. Yes, I have too much time on my hands. I did not see any McQuarrie stuff in my books.



















Whew!

Alex

[BryanSimmons]

I've got all of them from my childhood. Just flipped through them the other day as I came across them cleaning off my library shelves.

[HWR]

Those books seems amazing.

Just found out somethig spooky. I did focus on the Darth Vader picture on the monitor, and when I clicked back to the list of threads, I could still see the Vader face on the monitor severel times.

[DarthWensleydale]

Those are the two I once had! I'll have to try and track some down.

Thanks for the great scans big al, they really have brought back some good memories

I feel the need to make a few Death Star cookies!

[jerseys_big_al]

I have thought about completing a run of the activity, coloring and pop-up books as well as school supplies. I have some of each, but I am not sure of a definitive list of what was out there.

See there is so much vintage to be had, there is no need to collect modern toys! (with the exception of VOTCs)

Alex

[Leia_Way]

I still have my Artoo Detoo's Activity Book from my childhood. I misspelled "Tatooine," but I was only a youngling.

[jerseys_big_al]

Very cool Leia_Way. I need to get the rest of these.

Alex