At the time I wondered: "It's interesting because if you know anything about these minis, you'll know that many of them are rip-offs of Star Wars characters. For example, "Hans Self" instead of Han Solo etc etc. I always assumed that this one was supposed to be an Ewok, but if I'm not mistaken this figure actually dates to around 1977 and as far as I know Ewok's did not appear until Return of the Jedi in 1983. So I guess not."
Then today I saw a book cover illustration that cleared it all up. This miniature was clearly based on the following illustration of H. Beam Piper's book, Little Fuzzy.
I love revelations like this one and just thought I would share it in case anyone else would get a kick out of it too.
IIRC, the Little Fuzzies were kind of proto "Avatar" story: indigenous life forms at risk from humans, and their human protectors. It's been a long time since I read the book in high school. Cute little guy, anyway :)
ReplyDeleteI had a bunch of those miniatures when I was a kid! I just randomly remembered, googled, and your site was the top resultin the image search. Cheers for keeping the memory of these quirky miniatures alive!
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