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Originally Posted by Morgan

Here's a Canadian-market Guinan on 7th season card, which is one of several figures that were released in Canada on these later 1994 cards with pogs.

This figure has a really good likeness, which is another illustration of how the big stars on TNG were clearly given more attention than some aliens-of-the-week when it came to sculpting, or someone like Vedek Bareil who looks more like Chakotay but without the tattoo. This figure also has really cool accessories, including a 3D chess set and a tray with cups, so the toy designers spent some time thinking about appropriate accessories for this figure.

Guinan was a bit fo a mystery on the series, and one of the coolest episodes with her was undoubtedly in "Q Who," where it was revealed that she and Q had some previous dealings, and he actually seemed scared of her. It would have been neat if that was explored a little further, but I don't think Q and Guinan had any other exchanges after that. That episode showed a lot of potential of her character in dealings with the Borg, and she had a role in "Best of Both Worlds" as well.

In terms of rarity this figure is about equal with Lore as one of the two that are easiest to find on Canadian cards. At the other end of this spectrum we have Crusher and Ambassador Spock as two of the most difficult.

I remember my younger sister getting this figure during a very Star Trek-heavy Christmas morning years ago. We'd have imaginary 3D Chess games with Guinan on one side and my Geordi figure on the other (arguing over who had won), and then when she got tired of that she'd flip Guinan upside down and pretend that her hat was a vacuum cleaner.

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