Hasbro sent out this amazing page-a-day Star Wars calendar to help us countdown to the release of new Star Wars: The Force Awakens product on “Force Friday” on September 4th.

Today we are 47 days away from Force Friday and the toy of the day is this vintage chestnut: the vintage Kenner Empire Strikes Back Hot Ice Planet Adventure Set.   In 1980 we didn’t know that later that holiday season Kenner would be releasing a full scale, plastic AT-AT vehicle/playset, so we were content with this refresh of the Land of the Jawas Adventure Set.   The Hoth set is the same base, cast in white plastic  with a new cardboard backdrop featuring a squatting AT-AT with an elevator?  This set was the first way that you could get a Hoth Rebel Cannon, before they made a Mini-Rig version.    It’s a charming set, and I owned it as a kid.   The cardboard back drop is long gone however.  Now I only have the cannon and the base.