There was an even larger playset on the horizon, one that rode the waves of the Star Wars boom during the release of the Special Edition Trilogy. Is it a cop out to feature an entire spin-off toy line of Micro Machines in first place on the best Micro Machines toys list? Like the aforementioned Cloud City playset, the Rebel Transport playset doubled as a vehicle as well.

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Slightly larger than standard sized Micro Machines, the Radicator collection featured cars in bright, bold and very 90s colour schemes. The Galoob Micro Machines line started in the 1980’s as small- scale competitors to larger toys, and included an array of cars, trucks, and military vehicles. There were plenty of playsets out there (enough to recreate an entire planet), but there were some that truly stand out from the rest in regards to creative design, mechanics and pure fun.There were loads of individual city sets hat could be combined to make bigger and more varied environments, but having a single set that tried to do it all was amazing. And regarding size constraints, the designers pulled off a pretty nice-looking command bridge even if it has been scaled down considerably. There were some incredibly surprising licensed Micro Machines sets released over the years – with sets based on (sometimes very adult) franchises such as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Star Trek, Aliens, Predator and Terminator 2.

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Seriously, this toy is absolutely bursting with features, detail and miniature figurines and vehicles. Overall, this was a toy unlike any other, but if there was one thing that could’ve made it even better, it would’ve been John “Micro Machines Man” Moschitta, Jr. But given George Lucas’ tendency to constantly make changes to the original trilogy, we might just see Boba Fett ravage Endor soon enough. Naturally, it’s a no-brainer that best part of the film be immortalized in the form of a plastic playset — and it hits all the right marks: Echo Base (with hangar room for vehicles)?During the entire run of the Star Wars Micro Machines toy line, there were two Jabba’s Palace playsets.

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Plus, the addition of the swiveling turrets adorning the sides of the playset were a very nice touch that made the whole thing look more “full,” if you will. One was in a similar vein to the Battle of Endor and Battle of Hoth playsets in that it was flat and included an action feature that was a part of the terrain; in this case it was the Sarlacc Pit Monster and a swiveling worrt (that Muppet-ish frog-thing for you non- Star Wars folk) outside a rather small Jabba’s Palace. We’re talking movable parts, amazing jumps, and hours of fun pulling off slick tricks with your favourite micro machines. But unlike the original playset, this iteration of the Cantina included Docking Bay 94 with the Millennium Falcon… which can be conveniently accessed via a staircase that connects both establishments together (Galoob’s disregard for established continuity strikes again! The Super Micro Lights range took the concept further, with extra lights or even back-lit scenes in the vehicle’s window when activated!In an ironic fashion, the fussy and well-mannered C-3PO opened up to reveal the drunken and cutthroat vice den he wasn’t even allowed to enter: the Mos Eisley Cantina. For a playset that didn’t have much space to work with, the Star Destroyer playset knocked it out of the park.