Yahoo Web Search

Search results

      • In 1970 General Mills merged its Rainbow Crafts division into Kenner Products bringing Play-Doh into the Kenner product line. Kenner Products obtained the rights to produce Star Wars action figures and playsets for the Star Wars trilogy from 1977 through 1985.
      www.mrvintagestarwars.com › history-of-kenner-toys
  1. People also ask

  2. plastic. Between 1978 and 1985, Kenner produced and sold action figures based on the Star Wars franchise. From a line of over 100 unique toys, a total of more than 300 million units were sold during their original run. Kenner began producing new Star Wars action figures in 1995.

    • 1978–
    • action figures
  3. Star Wars (1977-1979): Mail Order/Exclusives. Kenner offered three mail-away promotions during their initial run of action figures for the original Star Wars movie. The first was, of course, the genius promotional idea of the Early Bird Certificate Package, which was mailed away to obtain the Early Bird figure set.

  4. Star Wars 1977-1985. When George Lucas began shopping around for a company to distribute products and toys from his new Science Fiction movie called Star Wars in 1977, nobody seemed too interested. Mego Toys had famously passed on it, but a small toy company named Kenner stepped up and took a chance on it, and the toy world was forever changed.

  5. When Mego turned down the license to produce Star Wars action figures in 1976, Kenner saw the opportunity to gain market share (and more importantly, one-up the leading company that produced action figures). And it almost didn’t happen. When Star Wars was released in 1977, Kenner was surprised by the huge response to the film. Although ...

  6. Kenner released more than 100 action figures in their Star Wars range between 1977 and 1985. The table below takes information as given on the cards with which each action figure debuted. After the debut of an action figure, details in the packaging, in the shape of the action figure and the name of the action figure were subject to change.

    "wave"
    Debut Package Card
    Action Figure (verbatim From Debut ...
    Product No. (on Card)
    A
    12-Back "Star Wars"
    No. 38180
    A
    12-Back "Star Wars"
    No. 38190
    A
    12-Back "Star Wars"
    Artoo-Detoo ( R2-D2)
    No. 38200
    A
    12-Back "Star Wars"
    No. 38210
  7. Rebelscum.com: The Original Collection 1977-1985 by Kenner Vintage Star Wars Photo Archive. Every saga has a beginning, and for Star Wars mini-figure collectors it was the fourth quarter of 1977, when a small toy company from Cincinnati, Ohio sold us the promise of toys.

  8. Kenner Products obtained the rights to produce Star Wars action figures and playsets for the Star Wars trilogy from 1977 through 1985. After Kenner acquired the license to produce Star Wars toys when the Mego Corporation rejected it in 1976 Kenner popularized the 3.75 inch action figure that became an industry standard that continues to ...

  1. Searches related to when did kenner start making star wars action figures 1977 complete

    when did kenner start making star wars action figures 1977 complete set