Via Starwars.com:

By the time The Phantom Menace debuted in theaters, scores of toys based on the movie were already in stores. It was an amazing time to be a Star Wars fan… and an even more amazing time to be a Star Wars collector.

For any company producing Star Wars toys, there was no reason to hold back. So long as the plaything had a lightsaber somewhere on its package, everyone was gonna go home happy.

At least, that’s my theory, because it sure explains some of the more wonderfully bizarre Star Wars toys born in that era. Things like a hollow Jabba the Hutt figure, capable of vomiting half-digested frogs. That’s not something you put on the market when you’re hedging your bets!

Brothers and sisters… I’d like to introduce you to JABBA GLOB.

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