Do you remember the time that Superman flew to a galaxy far, far away and stole Darth Vader’s red suit and lightsaber? Me neither, but apparently in the 1990s designers of the bootleg Star Wars toy line “Space Power Warriors” did!

Recently I got out some old plastic storage totes and started rummaging around. Inside were a lot of childhood and teenage possessions of mine that I hold dear… then there were these things! Throughout the 90’s I got on the kick of buying certain toys, usually Star Wars based, to just “hold on to”. Maybe something inside me thought I’d strike it rich selling these things like others did with Beanie Babies?  HA!  Inside the tote, among a few other knock off and counterfeit Star Wars toys, were these labeled “Space Power Warriors”. I bought these at a pharmacy in southeastern Ohio in the mid-1990s when I drove my Grandmother to pick up her medicine. I recall killing time inside as prescriptions were being filled and browsing at the toy section. I couldn’t believe the OBVIOUS Star Wars bootlegs staring back at me for sale in this big chain pharmacy! They only had Darth Vader and two versions of a Vader body with Superman/Clark Kent’s head – one with a black suit and the other dressed in red! For $1.99 how could I pass these up? So I bought a few of each.