STAR WARS | Unreleased 1986 Toy Line from Kenner

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[J-T-A]

"Mongo Beefhead" sounds like a totally tubular 80s playground insult.

[DTme]

Their vision of a shuttle that could dock with the Falcon was essentially brought to life by the Ghost and Phantom spacecraft in Rebels.

[stevephlyer]

There were two problems in keeping collecting STAR WARS toys in the mid 80s; number one was that it was entirely dependent on your parents’ willingness and budget not matter how much fuzz you made about it, and second, two awesome and fresh line of toys had been introduced with more earthly appeal, GI JOE and TRANSFORMERS.

[jeebus]

Funnily enough I seem to recall Peter Cushing saying one of his biggest regrets with Tarkin was that they killed him off in the first movie so he couldn't be in any of the sequels, so in a way including him in this line (even if it never came to be) was sort of fitting.

[gspendlove]

I was a big fan of the books -- Splinter of the Mind's Eye, the original Han Solo trilogy, the Lando Calrissian trilogy, and of course the comics -- and I wish they'd have thought to make action figures and vehicles based on those stories. If they would have made immediate plans to expand their line back in 1984, a year after ROTJ came out, I know I would've been hot to collect those figures, vehicles and playsets. It's a shame.

[curseoffenrir]

As awesome as they would have been, G.I. Joe and even Transformers pulled me out of all other lines. Great show, Tony.

[TroyPacelli]

This is totally my thing. I am a big "What almost was, and should have been" type collector. Stan Solo really fills that niche in a lot of ways, as do some other crafters. I've been buying, kit-bashing and customizing my own line of Holiday Special figures and playsets for some time.

[disseminationnetwork]

The desert airspeeder is really cool! Wish that had been produced...the imperial outpost as well! Very cool! Well done!

[madmikev]

If only...so many cool opportunities missed. That expanded play universe is what I always thought Star Wars was supposed to be, to take the characters on new adventures and stories. Great video Tony and a nice trip down memory lane!

[kidcollectable]

This was such a good idea for a video. Really awesome to see what Kenner had planned for their 1986 line. Which it really happened. Great video Tony!

[graphosxp]

when the toys first came out i used "found" objects as Star Wars add-on toys. I turned underarm deodorant plastic dispensers into a flying one-man transport because it fit Storm trooper figures perfectly. A brand of ladies stockings use to come in an egg shaped plastic container which was great as an escape pod. I would take large wooden matches and use them to burn scorch marks left by Imperial forces, the trick being to push the lit match at an angle into the plastic and making sure to leave ash streaks suggestive of the angle of fire. fun was had!

[EnigmaticPenguin]

I saw there prototypes in ToyFare magazine around 2002. They had a pretty big feature article on it and I was convinced it was some sort of elaborate customization prank given how many custom figures they comissioned and their irreverent writing style. They are a very cool piece of history.

[LogicBlaster]

Thanks for this video, Tony! I never knew that these concepts existed or were proposed to Lucasfilm. It's really interesting to contemplate the possibilities. I'm happy some of this did eventually see the light of day, like Luke's T-16 Skyhopper, one of my favorite vehicles from the 90's POTF line. Once again, amazing stuff, Tony, really appreciate it!👍

[sg]

Great video Tony!
By 1985 I had already moved on from Star Wars toys and was focused mainly on GI Joe and Super Powers.I remember seeing the POTF line at Toys R Us and being asked by my dad if I wanted any.I said no..ugh! If I had still been buying Star Wars I definitely would have loved the line to be continued.There are some cool ideas Kenner came up with.

[ravenwytch]

Although I have never collected Star Wars, I still was aware of most of the toys from the 70's and 80's. Just learning of these at 50 years old just gives me another reason that I'm glad I have been a long time subscriber of your Tony. Amazing video!

[TheSilvercue]

Fascinating stuff. I adored my Star Wars toys in the 70s and 80s, but would never have wanted characters and vehicles that were not in the movie

[jeremydoud]

Those toys would have jump started my love all over again. Because by 1986 Transformers and to a lesser extent GI JOE had superseded STAR WARS for my valuable play time, lol. But, the Rebel Blockade Runner, a 2 seater X-wing, a tow truck for broken down speeders, a Falcon with a drop ship to be in 2 places at once!!!! Damnit Kenner those were and still are FANTASTIC IDEA’s!!!! Come on Hasbro get to making these cool toys that should have been!

[robertsinfiniterealms]

I have seen most of these consents and prototypes in various forms but always nice to revisit them.

I’d have been all over this kind of it came out at the time. The only reason Joe took over for me is there was no Star Wars. Sure there was Droids and Ewoks very brief lines but they didn’t have the spirit of Star Wars like the OT. This is much more inline with the original trilogy.

[Its.Chad.]

Awesome video! I remember reading all about this proposed continuation of the line in magazines back in the early 90s

[hambone]

Fascinating video! I had a couple of those mini-rigs shown at the beginning. I think Dave Filoni actually used one or two of the designs in one of his shows.

I still can’t believe they never had a Governor Tarkin figure in the original line, especially since he was the main villain.

And that AT-AT with the rear turbolaser thing would’ve been awesome.