Background

From the 1983 Kenner Toy Fair Catalog:

Our heroes have a close call! This Action Playset comes with a manually operated trash compactor and an escape hatch that opens at the last second! Other features include an elevator, manually operated blast door that springs shut, plus a blast hatch to let figures "jump" into the trash compactor. Set comes with 8 unique die cast figures including HAN SOLO and LUKE SKYWALKER in STORMTROOPER outfits.

The Death Star Trash compactor playset recreates several of the key scences that happened on the Death Star in the first movie of the trilogy, the main one being the compactor itself. It also contains Leia's cell block and the computer terminal room where Han and Luke encounter a couple of StormTroopers and acquire their uniforms.

The Death Star Trash Compactor was also included with the Death Star Escape to make up the Death Star World playset.

Parts List

• Death Star Trash Compactor
• 8 diecast figures:
  Obi-Wan Kenobi dueling
  Darth Vader dueling
  Stormtrooper being shoot
  Stormtrooper firing straight ahead
  Stormtrooper firing upward
  Leia with blaster
  Luke in Stormtrooper outfit
  Han in Stormtrooper outfit
  

Features

Some of the features that this playset includes are an elevator, remote blast door that springs shut, and a special hatch that allows the figures to "jump" into the trash compactor.