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I finally picked up a couple figures that were on my want list, a large size BASA Chewbacca and Darth Vader that were made and sold in Peru back in the early 80's. There wasn't a lot of Star Wars merch available in Peru at the time, but most items that were sold there consisted of imported Kenner items with a BASA sticker slapped on the card or box. As far as I know, these were the only two Star Wars figures actually manufactured by BASA exclusively for the Peruvian market. The figures are very similar to the Kenner large figures, except they are around a half an inch shorter, are blow-molded instead of injection molded, the color and paint schemes are a bit different, and the copyright info is missing from the back of the figures. Vader's head seems to be a different mold too. There is only one boxed Chewie known to exist, and only a couple loose complete examples of each known, so I had to settle for incomplete ones, but I'm happy to have them. I took a pic of the BASA Chewie next to my Kenner one to show the size and color difference. Unfortunately, I don't yet have a Kenner Vader to do a comparison pic with (yet!). These guys will be hanging out next to their Latin-American cousins, the Mexican Ledys. My first purchase from a Peruvian seller, but it went great. 
I have to work on finishing the line some day, I love them. Hey man, are you gonna have a table at the Burlington show September 8th? We'll be there, and hoping to see what goodies you might bring this time. 
See you in a couple weeks!
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