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AT-AT = Imperial Walker

By josh | Published 05/21/2010

In 1996 I had a girlfriend that got me a vintage AT-AT for my birthday. She bought it at Man From Atlantis in The Garage at Harvard Square so she wicked over-paid for it, but it didnt matter because at that moment it was the best present I had ever gotten! A couple of years later she dumped me and I got a new girlfriend who would eventually buy me an Addams Family pinball machine… so screw her and the AT-AT!

Seriously, the AT-AT from Empire Strikes Back is one of the coolest ‘space crafts’ of all time. I cant imagine a kid watching the movie and not thinking it was totally badass!

This is the more recent ‘power of the force’ version, but right now its .99cents with no reserve! Plus it comes with an AT-AT Driver (to drive it), an AT-AT Commander (to Command the driver) and a Hoth Rebel Trooper (to get squished by it!).

Most people don’t know that Willrow Hood was a miner in Cloud City on the planet of Bespin. What they do know is that the man loved his ice cream!

Willrow can be seen during the mass exodus of Cloud City trying to get out of the city before the Empire took total control. Was Willrow concerned with getting his family safe? Nope. Did he grab irreplaceable photos or other heirlooms? Nope. Did he pack clothes planning to leave the entire planet? Nope.

So you’re asking what did Mr. Willrow Hood take with him knowing his life was in danger. He took his trusty ice cream maker!

After years of custom figures being sold on eBay Hasbro and Lucasfilm finally gave in and made an official action figure of ‘Ice Cream Maker Guy’ and you can get him here.