Kenner's first 21 Star Wars figures | Are they any good?!

Journey with us back to 1978 and the early days of Star Wars as we take a detailed look at the first 21 action figures made by Kenner.

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[AnalogToys]

Do you remember your first Star Wars action figure?

[Journey-of--Miles]

I was born in 1971, and I clearly remember playing with each and everyone of these figures.
People of my generation, lived through the golden era of toys, Saturday morning cartoons, and video games. not to mention, professional wrestling! L O L
I should also mention, TV sitcoms.

[Its.Chad.]

“… when Star Wars was fun”. Amen. Great video, Tony!

[brianwyde]

I still remember the first 3 figures I got - Darth Vader C-3PO and R2-D2. This was not the best figure combination to recreate exciting adventures but I loved them and soon got additional figures. No toy line dominated my childhood more than Star Wars.

[Risky]

I still have my figures stored away at home & still in very good condition. Apart from the Kenner range here in Australia, we also had the Toltoys made range & were branded as such. The Toltoys versions were a little better than the Kenner counterparts in quality & detail. By the end of SW:ESB, all the figures were Kenner made.
I did not know of the extended tip lightsabres, but I remember back in 1980 I sent off some tokens to Kenner for the ESB accessories. They included the oxygen masks, a plastic Yoda backpack for Luke to carry him in, extra blasters & Chewbacca's plastic backpack to carry C-3PO. I still have all of those as well. A lot of the Kenner range was expensive back then. I did have the Toltoys X-Wing, land speeder, Twin Cloud Pod Car & the Kenner cantina set which had levers to move the figures but sadly those items got destroyed when I was moving about 20 odd years ago.
I have no clue to their value these days. I kept them mainly as I remember my parents buying them for me as a kid.

[jerryziegner]

Another great video. I’m 52 years old and Chewbacca was the first figure I got. What a magical time in history

[jamesadams]

You said it perfectly- a time when Astar Wars was fun.

[a_world_made_of_cardboard]

For me, this was a great trip down memory lane. I had many of these figures as a kid. (None of the rare ones) It was a time when companies made toys for kids, A time when we could play and a time to imagine our own future. That is what a toy is made to do.

[kidcollectable]

Wow! Great seeing all of these figures! I have collected all of the first 21 and I am glad to say that my Kenner collection is nearly complete!

[tnyc]

Another classic video to go along with your vintage Kenner Six Million Dollar Man, Evel Knievel, and Mego videos. Thanks Tony!

[briandillingham]

The music choice was inspired and definitely took me back. Well done.

[stevenmacias]

Even though I never collected these growing up, I love watching these videos that bring back memories of going through the toy dept. and Toys R Us seeing the action figures snd playsets. At that time, back in the late 70s, toy departments were a treasure trove compared to today. Sad but it's fun reminiscing. Looking forward to the next installment. 👍

[danriley]

This brings back great memories and I remember having all of these figures as well as the other toys. Great video as always.

[thereallantesh]

I absolutely loved this video. I was obsessed with these figures as a child, and saved every penny I could to buy them. I received the Sears exclusive Cantina play set that Christmas, and I remember being upset that Snaggletooth was modeled incorrectly. I later traded him to my cousin for the shorter red version. At the time I was excited to make the trade, but now I think it would be neat to have the blue version. I still have all my figures. At some point I'm hoping I can display them again.

[kieronball]

An excellent, entertaining and informative video, from Tony, for Analog Toys.

[MichaelJShaffer]

This is a great start to your new series. Cool to see you have the "red bar" R5-D4 in your collection. I do wish they would have continued the double telescoping lightsaber. The two best things about them to me are the more realistic length and the fact that the entire lightsaber could retract into the hilt without having that tip sticking out like the regular telescoping. lightsabers did. Love the original Kenner commercial score.

[jambogeordie]

You did an amazing job telling the story Tony. While I was aware of the history, your presentation, photos and narration were excellent and shed some new light (Walrusman proto!) cheers!

[sva]

The Kenner Star Wars toy line must be one of the most well know vintage toy lines today. That makes it not easy to bring a video with a fresh approach on the subject. I really enjoyed your review, nice footage of the toys and the narrative is spot on. Just a detail in the video maybe: but I liked that you used a few shots with modern/vintage rebel fleet troopers and the Tantive IV background. These go perfectly together with the vintage figures. btw; a while ago you made a video about the unreleased Blockade Runner; that was super interesting! Thanks for the great videos Tony, looking forward to see what Analog Toys will release in ‘24

[Irish]

I was a recipient of the Early Bird action figure gift set from Christmas, 1977. I'm Generation One. And I still think Star Wars is fun!

[robertsinfiniterealms]

Even though I knew all that information it was still fun to see this video come together. Great job.