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<blockquote data-quote="Simply Sci-fi" data-source="post: 476264" data-attributes="member: 5480"><p>I simply love the Icarus place mats. I was twelve when they were first released in 1982 and they were objects of considerable desire. The only one I managed to afford was the Chewie, Han and Lando. I was a bit dissatisfied with the armaments of the characters, with Han and Lando having puny-looking blasters and Chewie brandishing Bossk's gun!</p><p></p><p>Mini99, there were six designs in the Star Wars set, so you're missing R2-D2 and C-3PO (maybe the rarest). Only the Ewoks were added to the ROTJ branded set, making it a strangely odd-numbered range. </p><p></p><p>The plastic film is part of the design. Peeling it off can work but patches of the film can be left behind that that are difficult or impossible to shift. I keep my place mats in a A3 pouch binder which is large enough for the entire range including the two laminated ROTJ posters. The outer edge of the individual pouches need to be cut though, as the mats are a tiny bit larger than A3. </p><p></p><p>If I can be allowed a shameless plug, I interviewed the artist responsible for the place mats and his recollections are really interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simply Sci-fi, post: 476264, member: 5480"] I simply love the Icarus place mats. I was twelve when they were first released in 1982 and they were objects of considerable desire. The only one I managed to afford was the Chewie, Han and Lando. I was a bit dissatisfied with the armaments of the characters, with Han and Lando having puny-looking blasters and Chewie brandishing Bossk’s gun! Mini99, there were six designs in the Star Wars set, so you’re missing R2-D2 and C-3PO (maybe the rarest). Only the Ewoks were added to the ROTJ branded set, making it a strangely odd-numbered range. The plastic film is part of the design. Peeling it off can work but patches of the film can be left behind that that are difficult or impossible to shift. I keep my place mats in a A3 pouch binder which is large enough for the entire range including the two laminated ROTJ posters. The outer edge of the individual pouches need to be cut though, as the mats are a tiny bit larger than A3. If I can be allowed a shameless plug, I interviewed the artist responsible for the place mats and his recollections are really interesting. [/QUOTE]
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