April 2006
Story and Images by David Syczylo (Boba Binks)

THE REVIEW
The long loved and beloved Hasbro / PlaySkool Mr. Potato Head has once again made the jump into the Star Wars franchise. What else would hardcore Star Wars fans want from the makers of Star Wars products and Mr. Potato Head? At first you got Mr. Potato Head to walk down the path of the Dark Side as Darth Tater. Now he walks with other spuds in the ranks of a Spudtrooper. Equipped with his laser masher and spud armor to save his skin, the Spudtrooper has sworn his allegiance to Darth Tater. Now the Rebel Alliance must flee to keep from getting fried, juliann, or mashed by the evil Empire and their cooking oil!

You and only you can take the friendly Mr. Potato Head and make him turn evil with his armor.

Mr. Potato Head / Spudtrooper comes packed in a nice window box a little larger than the classic Mr. Potato Head package dressed in his Spudtrooper armor. The package has a nice little red carry handle on top for you to transport him anywhere ready for his next encounter.

This version of Mr. Potato Head / Spudtrooper comes with twelve mix n' match
parts.

#1 - The all known famous classic potato body
#2 - Classic ears
#3 - Classic nose
#4 - Classic set of teeth
#5 - Classic pair of eyes
#6 - Classic set of ears
#7 - a pair of Spudtrooper shoes
#8 & #9 - Spudtrooper Arms
#10 - Face Plate
#11 – Helmet
#12 – Laser Masher

To store your Classic Mr. Potato Head parts (that you probably will not use since you are a member in the ranks of Spud troopers.) you can open up his rear end and shove all those parts into his cavity. So that is why Stormtroopers… I mean Spudtroopers clank and rattle all the time when they are running around. Who knew?

Then when you want to convert the Spudtrooper back to Mr. Potato Head you can once again open up his rear end and let it all come out. This time though Mr. Potato Head can't shove all those Soudtrooper parts inside of him. He is going to have to find a place for his Helmet and Face Plate. I guess that is where the box that he came in comes in handy.

And have you wondered what the face of a Spudtrooper looked like under that helmet? Man if I had a face like that I would also wear the helmet all the time.

Overall the Mr. Potato Head / Spudtrooper is once again a neat idea to bridge the gap of younger children to the Star Wars franchise. This little continuation of the Star Wars saga should I would think inspire young children to turn to the Force and see the all inspiring Star Wars universe that George Lucas has created for us to get lost in. I bought this item to stand next to my Darth Tater and I say bring on R2-Pota-2.