1979 kenner toy catalog Archives - PS https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/category/1979-kenner-toy-catalog/ Reboot Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:55:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 207447804 Kenner 1979 Butch and Sundance Catalog https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/kenner-1979-butch-and-sundance-catalog/ https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/kenner-1979-butch-and-sundance-catalog/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:55:48 +0000 http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/?p=16520 In 1979, Kenner toys launched just a dandy line of action figures on a Western, “Butch and Sundance the early years” which was a prequel to 1969’s mega-hit “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” but without Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Instead, we were left with Tom Berenger and William Katt (who would be a […]

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In 1979, Kenner toys launched just a dandy line of action figures on a Western, “Butch and Sundance the early years” which was a prequel to 1969’s mega-hit “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” but without Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Instead, we were left with Tom Berenger and William Katt (who would be a very sought after action figure a few years later)

The movie flopped at the box office but the Kenner toys were so nicely made that I’m sure many kids dug them. Kenner even tried to expand the line without the Butch and Sundance branding in 1980.

 

I can’t believe it took me years to recognize Peter Weller as Marshal Joe Le Fors, now it just smacks me in the face..

The horses were recycled into Kenner’s Indania Jones line as were the figure bodies themselves..

The Mint wagon was a Catalog item for this toy line..

 

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]]> https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/kenner-1979-butch-and-sundance-catalog/feed/ 3 16520 1979 Kenner Megabug Gladiators Catalog https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/1979-kenner-megabug-gladiators-catalog/ https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/1979-kenner-megabug-gladiators-catalog/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:50:57 +0000 http://plaidstallions.com/reboot/?p=16077   Described by Kenner in 1979 as “Combat vehicles of the future….half insect, half-machine” Megabug Gladiators were perhaps just too ahead of their time. That’s pretty much the only reason I can think of to justify why this cool toy line of insect tanks wasn’t a hit with kids. Had it been spawned in the […]

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Described by Kenner in 1979 as “Combat vehicles of the future….half insect, half-machine” Megabug Gladiators were perhaps just too ahead of their time.

That’s pretty much the only reason I can think of to justify why this cool toy line of insect tanks wasn’t a hit with kids. Had it been spawned in the 1980s, Megabugs would have likely gotten an animated series to support the concept and would have been a bigger hit.

As it stands, it’s one of those toylines that deserves more fanfare, for being one of the most creative concepts of the decade.

 

 

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