From 1980: A UK Palitoy print ad for the new THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK additions to the STAR WARS toy line.
Not even an advertising genius could make the Twin-Pod Cloud Car (which always reminded me of the laser pistols from THE BLACK HOLE) any more exciting than Lando's taxi.
The captured Snow Speeder is also a bit of artistic license... presumably the AT-AT Walker (surely the most coveted of Star Wars toys) hadn't been released in the UK when this Ad ran... so an alternative way of featuring the Snow Speeder toy had to be concocted.
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