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1947 Kenner Products is formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Steiner brothers, Albert, Philip and Joseph. The company is named after its original office location on Kenner Street. Kenner Products introduces the Bubbl-Matic Gun. 1949 Kenner Products’ Bub-L-Rocket sells over one million units. 1956 Joseph McVicker, of the Rainbow Crafts Company ...
Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, was an American toy company founded in 1946. Throughout its history, the Kenner brand produced several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines including action figures like the original series of Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Batman as well as die cast models. The company was closed and merged by ...
Kenner Products, also known simply as Kenner, was a toy company that was headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was founded in 1946. Kenner rose to prominence when it acquired the license to make Star Wars action figures. Before getting the license, Star Wars was a relatively unknown movie that was directed by George Lucas, who directed only ...
Kenner Products[2] was a post-World War II era American toy company founded in 1947 by brothers Albert, Phillip, and Joseph L. Steiner, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Under subsequent ownership of the General Mills Group Kenner Products acquired a master license from Lucasfilm Ltd. to produce all toys, games, and crafts based on the 1977 Star Wars film.[3] Kenner, named after the street where the ...
History of Kenner Toys. Kenner Products was a toy company founded in 1947 by three brothers, Albert, Phillip, and Joseph L. Steiner, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States and was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located which is just north of Cincinnati’s Union Terminal. Kenner introduced its popular Girder and ...
Dec 11, 2015 · Kenner was founded by brothers Al and Phil Steiner. Phil's son Corky joined Kenner in the late 1960s and stayed until Hassbro toys, which bought Kenner, moved operations to Rhode Island in 2000 ...
Dec 3, 2015 · One of the first companies to offer tie-in merchandise was Cincinnati toymaker Kenner Products. Kenner’s line of “Star Wars” toys, designed and made right here in Cincinnati, allowed ...
