A Stereo Shop Far, Far Away

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Francis sent in a pair of awesome Star Wars appearance shots this week, I'll start with this awesome Chewbacca and let him explain.

I thought you might enjoy these pics from 1978. Back story: It was announced (I think in a newspaper ad) that Darth Vader and Chewbacca were both making an appearance at a local stereo/audio shop in Sacramento, California. My friend and I took the bus to the store and encountered the faux-Star Wars characters. I believe we were the only ones there to see Vader and Chewie. It looks like I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Thanks Francis! Look for part two of Francis's adventure in a stereo shop far, far, away next week!


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[EMCE Hammer]

I used to love to go to the home audio store. Ours was called Sun and I'd save my allowance for components. My dual cassette deck was a major coup. The pioneer logo on the box in the pics brings back memories. I don't know who that tall furry guy is, but I always wanted a coat like Francis is sporting.

[cjefferys]

Awesome pic, that's a pretty nice Chewie outfit. I would love to take a look around in that store and see all the cool vintage electronics.

[rchatlin]

Too cool.

Francis looks like a proto Indiana Jones in that outfit.

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[SeattleEd]

^ I was thinking the same thing. Was this perhaps taken in Winter of 81/82? From the looks of that Sansui logo and packaging it it appears to be from the early 80's.

[Werewolf]

That's a really nice Chewie costume for the time. Cool pic.

[MIB41]

Like others have said, my first thought was how good that Chewie mask and costume actually looked. You don't see that too often with this character. So that's a keeper right there.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

^Agreed. My eleven year old self would have loved seeing a guy in costume like that.

[Chris]

It's not every day you get a visit from the mighty Big Foot.