Uzay Card Back: The Turkish Uzay cardbacks featured 13 figures, 4 mini-rigs, and the Battle Damaged X-Wing Fighter, all of which, presumably, were supposed to have been released as parts of the line. To my knowledge, however, the product actually released differs from what the cards show, making them poor checklists for those wanting to complete a set of these toys.

I do not believe that Klaatu, AT-AT Commander, Imperial Commander, B-Wing Pilot, a standard Hoth Stormtrooper, or the X-Wing Fighter were ever released. Different figures (or variations of the figures shown) were produced, however, which were not depicted on the backs of the cards. These include the following: Artoo-Detoo (with pop-up saber), two versions of the Emperor's Royal Guard (one with a cape, one without), Imperial Gunner, and two very odd variations on the Emperor's Royal Guard and Hoth Stormtrooper, Head Man and Blue Stars, neither of which has any correlation to characters seen in the Star Wars films.

It is also notable that the producer of these toys seems to have intentionally left out letters of the items' names, possibly in order to avoid any trademark infringement more blatant than was already occuring. Starting at the top, from left to right, the cardback shows: "Imperial Stormtr oper" (Hoth Stormtrooper), "Stormtr oper" (regular Stormtrooper), "Dart Vader," "AT Driver," "Che bacca," "Wing Pilot" (B-Wing Pilot), "Imperial T E Fighter Pilot," "AT Commander," "Deat Star Droid," "Imperial Commande," "Arfiv -Defour" (R5-D4), "See-Threep," "Kl atu,"SP-6 (Imperial Shuttle Pod)," "M V-7," "M C-3," "P T-8," and "Wing Fighter" (X-Wing Fighter).

Description: Ron Salvatore
Photo: Rob Godwin
From the collection of Rob Godwin