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Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, is an American toy brand owned by Hasbro.Kenner Products began as a toy company founded in 1946, going on to produce several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines including action figures for the original series of Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Batman as well as die cast models.
The Toys That Made Us is an American documentary television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss. [1] The first four episodes of the series began streaming on Netflix on December 22, 2017, [2] and the next four were released on May 25, 2018. [3] The eight-episode documentary series, as it was originally touted, focuses on the history of important ...
A 2020 episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars features a group of three aliens wearing outfits matching original Kenner toys. [30] An episode of the History Channel documentary series The Toys That Built America has Kenner and its line of Star Wars action figures and playsets as one of the subjects.
Kenner released more than 100 action figures in their Star Wars range between 1977 and 1985. [1] [2] 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.
Star Wars: The Vintage Collection is a line of Star Wars-themed action figures produced by Hasbro Inc., and released under the Kenner brand. The line features modern 'super-articulated' figures in product packaging nearly identical to that of the original Kenner toy series, marketed from 1978 to 1984.
Girder and Panel toy sets were an important toy in the transition from the metal-based Gilbert Erector Sets of the 1920-to-1950 era to the plastic toys of the modern age. While Lego is arguably the most popular contemporary construction toy, no other toy has replaced Girder and Panel as a direct reflection of modern building techniques.
Kenner Products produced figures packaged for the US domestic market and, as with their Star Wars master toy license, also sub-licensed production of the Super Powers Collection brand, characters, and toys around the world. Just as Kenner/DC Comics created the characters Cyclotron and Golden Pharaoh to augment the Super Powers franchise, so too ...
The Hugga Bunch was a 1980s toy line from the Kenner, Parker Brothers companies and Hallmark Cards. Starting in early 1985, [1] [2] the companies manufactured the Hugga Bunch dolls, each of which held a smaller doll called a "huglet" in their arms. [3] During that year, the line generated over US$40 million in sales. [4]