I always got junk until that year too. All the boys' presents would be assigned a number and put in a hat with the numbers for the girls' gifts in another hat. A friend of mine confided that he brought in Snow Job so I checked to see what number it was. When the hat came around I pulled out SJ's number and shouted "SIX! Yes!!" My teacher was all 'what the hell are you excited about you don't even know what you got.'
Its funny because even though Return of the Jedi had come out earlier that year SW was already falling out of favor with my classmates due to GI Joe. The gift I brought was Admiral Ackbar but the kid who got him was all
"um, thanks," as he eyeballed Snow Job.