1978 Kenner Star Wars Launch
A big one today, the 1978 Kenner Star Wars Catalog with shots of the original lineup including prototypes and store displays. This stuff will forever make me drool.
Star Wars Gloriole
I’m working on a Star Wars section for the site (very slowly) and this picture kind of gave me goosebumps, i remember seeing this display in Eaton’s when I was 7. I hadn’t seen Star Wars or really heard of it but I was so drawn to these plastic men I bought one right out. […]
What Ever Happened to the Man From Atlantis Toys?
It’s not often I get to play toy detective (which is a shame because I have the hat and everything) so it was gratifying to make this discovery this week. Ever since I posted the Kenner Toy Proposals for the Man From Atlantis Line, I’ve wondered what the line would have actually looked like. Then […]
Stretch Armstrong Day!
It’s a double shot of Corn Syrup today as we take a look at the 1978 Kenner Stretch Armstrong Catalog, which features such memorable sights as Stretch Monster and Octopus If that wasn’t enough, we have the world wide web premiere of the original Stretch Monster Commercial from 1978 as well.What a perfect way to […]
World’s Coolest Cage Match
Alien VS ROM: SpaceknightThat would have made Steve Austin VS Bigfoot look like a tickle fight, I somehow feel cheated I never got to play this as a kid….
The Empire is still striking back
Not many movies can still keep selling toys two years after their debut but I guess that’s why Star Wars was such a phenom. The kenner toys were kind of in a state arrested development by this point, next year would see Jedi and tons of new toys but at 13, I found much of […]
Kenner Stretch X Ray Commercial
This commercial is predictably from the DVD I made last month and is possibly one of my favourites. I don’t remember Stretch X Ray as a kid but as an adult collector, I must have had five of these. I couldn’t pass him up! Stretch Monster on the other hand, is the one that always […]
Oscar Goldman’s Exploding Briefcase Commercial
Another one from my new DVD this time it’s the awesome Six Million Dollar Man’s boss, Oscar Goldman with his fancy sportcoat and exploding briefcase. I spent hours with that thing!
A toy galaxy far, far away
It’s hard to believe that Star Wars is now thirty years ago, thanks to polyester pal the Intergalactic Pimp, we have cool scans of those Kenner Star Wars product catalogs that used to be inserted in the Playsets, so many happy memories, I used to carry one of these with me everywhere.Sorry I screwed up […]
Butch and Sundance: The Plastic Years
Another toy line that I never knew existed, Kenner’s Butch and Sundance (based on the 1979 prequel) line made a real quiet debut but the amount of effort into them have made them a cult favourite with collectors. The Saloon playset is a recycled Star Wars Creature Cantina and the figure’s body style would later […]
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