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Spider-Man Collects Star Wars Figures!

Last night Marvel Studios (with some help from Sony) released the first trailer for their upcoming Spider-Man reboot and we couldn't be happier! Spider-Man: Homecoming not only brings Peter Parker back to being lovable (after the failings of Andrew Garfield) but Tony Stark is back to form as well, after a heart-wrenching story in Captain America: Civil War!  Now, what does this have to do with a Star Wars action figure site? Well, during our very first viewing, we discovered Spider-Man or perhaps his buddy, Ned Leeds, shares our passion for Star Wars action figures! Peter appears to prefer vintage figures as not only are some of the figures on his shelf appear to be Kenner but a few other classic vehicles make an appearance as [...]

By |2016-12-09T00:13:01-08:00December 9th, 2016|Categories: Kenner Cameo, Vintage|Tags: |

Little Golden Book’s Kenner Cameo

Last year Random House Kids began releasing all-new Little Golden Books based on the Star Wars universe. The first wave of books featured movie adaptations of the saga. Following the release of The Force Awakens, a seventh adaptation was released. The next and newest wave centers around a series of "I Am a ______" books. In the book entitled Star Wars: I Am A Droid, written by Christopher Nicholas and illustrated by Chris Kennett, a familiar dark blue square droid appears. Kenner's Power Droid from their original 21 line can be found on the third to last page making this the most recent Kenner cameo to date. This illustration is distinctly a tribute to Kenner's action figure as the actual "Gonk" droids whom appear in the film look very [...]

By |2016-02-23T23:10:50-08:00February 23rd, 2016|Categories: Kenner Cameo, Vintage|

More Kenner in Star Wars Rebels

Now that The Force Awakens hype has begun to simmer down just a bit after a month of destroying all-time movie records Lucasfilm has begun shifting their focus by releasing the trailer for the second half of Star Wars Rebels Season 2. And with this action-packed trailer comes a bunch of guest-stars from the Star Wars universe.  Joining Ahsoka and Rex, this season will feature characters from The Clone Wars such as Hera's father Cham Syndulla as well as a few Jedi Temple Guards (with one having a very Snoke-ish tone) followed by a Matt Lanter-voiced Anakin Skywalker via a Holocron. Returning from The Prequels will be Bail Organa and the undefeatable Darth Maul whom is now referred to as "Old Master". Thanks to Matt [...]

By |2016-01-16T13:17:51-08:00January 16th, 2016|Categories: Kenner Cameo, Star Wars Rebels, Uncategorized, Vintage|Tags: |

Kenner Cameo – Action Figure Variant Covers

Marvel Comics has been showing Star Wars action figures a lot of love lately with their steady release of variant covers for their Star Wars comic books. The artist John Tyler Christopher has depicted 5 covers to date with one more announced so far. Each "Action Figure Variant" cover features a figure from the first 12 Kenner figures released. Both the cardback and figure illustrations are not meant to be exact replications of the vintage figures but have a very close ascetic to the originals to justify their inclusion in our Kenner Cameo Chronology. 2015 On April 22nd, Marvel Comics will release an 'Action Figure Variant' cover for Star Wars #4 which will feature a carded Kenner-inspired Chewbacca action figure by John Tyler Christopher. On March 11th, Marvel Comics released [...]

By |2015-04-02T11:24:23-07:00April 2nd, 2015|Categories: Kenner Cameo, Vintage|Tags: , , |

Kenner Cameos: The Clone Wars Season 5

Welcome to another installment of Kenner Cameos! Here it is our goal to provide a guide for every time a Kenner (and Hasbro) concept or design has been showcased, outside of the action figure line, in Star Wars collectibles, publishing, animation and so on. This week we take a look at The Clone Wars animated series which ran from 2008-2014. This series, despite its 100+ episodes, did not lean heavily on the use of Kenner nor Hasbro designs much like Lucasfilm's current series Star Wars Rebels does. But in Season Five the series throw in a few nods the the vintage line.  - 2013 - Walrus Man On January 5th, the episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars titled "Missing in Action" debuted. The episode appeared in [...]

By |2015-02-24T22:29:35-08:00February 27th, 2015|Categories: Kenner Cameo, The Clone Wars, Vintage|

The Kenner Cameos Begin

We are pleased to present our newest feature: The Kenner Cameo Chronology! The goal of this newest feature is to provide a guide for every time a Kenner (and Hasbro) concept or design has been showcased, outside of the action figure line, in Star Wars collectibles, publishing, animation and so on. The reason for this guide is simple, over the last almost four decades Star Wars action figures have become a popular nostalgic touchstone for many designers, sculptors, artists and directors and here is where we want pay tribute to their work. Now this timeline is purposely and by no means complete as we are planning to add a new cameo each week throughout 2015. To view our first few entries simply click the pic below or head on over to our "Featured [...]

By |2015-02-19T23:51:29-08:00February 19th, 2015|Categories: Kenner Cameo|
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