#4155: Matchstick

MATCHSTICK STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (HASBRO) “Matchstick is a clone pilot in Shadow Squadron who goes on a fatal mission to destroy a Separatist ship. He flies a Y-Wing fighter/bomber to attack the Malevolence, a huge vessel armed with a deadly ion cannon. His Y-Wing is damaged while passing through a large nebula, a mishap that results in dire consequences for the trooper.” Would you believe it if I told you that for the third week in a row, my dive into Hasbro’s Clone Wars tie-in line was going to be a look at a clone? I mean, you probably would, right? There were a lot of clones in that show. Kind of the point, I guess. The show had all manner of different clones, many of them with names, even when they might be relatively throw away characters. But, that gave the toyline something to put on the box, and a great way to keep rotating through molds. And that’s how you get figures like today’s focus, Matchstick! THE FIGURE ITSELF Matchstick was released in the second year of Hasbro’s…

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