The PDT-8 was a mini rig.
Mini rig was the name given to a category of small vehicles. The PDT-8 Personnel Deployment Transport was considered a mini rig.[1]
Behind the scenes
The term "mini rig" is a reference to the PDT-8 originating as one of the vehicles from Kenner's Mini-Rigs toys.[2] Though many of those vehicles appeared in fiction,[3] no others were called mini rigs.
Sources
Mini-Rigs (Pack: PDT-8 (Personnel Deployment Transport)) (backup link) (First pictured)- "Scouting the Galaxy" — Star Wars Insider 30 (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive (Picture only)
- "Toy Vehicles Price Guide" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 5 (Picture only)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 15 ("PDT-8") (First identified as mini rig)
- Offscreen, but Not Forgotten: Mini-Rigs, Body-Rigs, and Other Kenner Vehicles on StarWars.com (backup link) (original link is obsolete) (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 15 ("PDT-8")
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Mini-Rigs (Pack: PDT-8 (Personnel Deployment Transport)) (backup link)
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Offscreen, but Not Forgotten: Mini-Rigs, Body-Rigs, and Other Kenner Vehicles on StarWars.com (backup link) (original link is obsolete)