Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Taken from Those Old Fossils episode 33 where we focused on the vintage Star Wars figure the Imperial Stormtrooper in Hoth Battle Gear AKA The Snowtrooper from the Kenner line
In the clip Dan discusses the history of the German comic book YPS, infamous in vintage Star Wars circles for issue 510. Release back in July 1985 the issue came with a free Snowtrooper and a cover featuring the character.
The figure , a Spanish PBP variant, offen came packed with an AS80 rifle from Palitoy’s Action Force line. The team dig into how this could have come to be, recent prices the issue of the comic has achieved and its place in Star Wars collecting history.
The full episode is available to download now podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/generation-skywalker-a-star-wars-podcast/id1502895941?i=1000753407246
Taken from Those Old Fossils episode 33 where we focused on the vintage Star Wars figure the Imperial Stormtrooper in Hoth Battle Gear AKA The Snowtrooper from the Kenner line
In the clip Dan discusses the history of the German comic book YPS, infamous in vintage Star Wars circles for issue 510. Release back in July 1985 the issue came with a free Snowtrooper and a cover featuring the character.
The figure , a Spanish PBP variant, offen came packed with an AS80 rifle from Palitoy’s Action Force line. The team dig into how this could have come to be, recent prices the issue of the comic has achieved and its place in Star Wars collecting history.
The full episode is available to download now podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/generation-skywalker-a-star-wars-podcast/id1502895941?i=1000753407246
