Via Starwars.com:

IN 1983, YOU COULD WEAR YOUR ACTION FIGURES!
With roughly a hundred different figures in Kenner’s vintage Star Wars collection, it was only natural that they’d release a few action figure carrying cases.

The most functional of them looked like little briefcases, containing simple plastic trays to hold all of your Lukes and Leias. A step beyond those were cases shaped like the busts of Darth Vader and C-3PO, which flipped open to reveal storage space for up to 40 Star Wars figures.

…and then we had this one. The Chewbacca Bandolier Strap. Wwwah rroooaaah wha?

It didn’t hold nearly as many figures as the traditional cases, nor was it very good at “protecting” anything. In truth, those aspects were immaterial. Kids didn’t want this thing because it kept their collections tidy. They wanted it because it made them look like Chewbacca.

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