It's a good little documentary, especially when it gets into Kenner and the whole design and marketing aspect of SW toys, which was really revolutionary at the time. You'll dig it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Apr 2025, 6:21amThanks for sharing this. I'll take a look in the next little while. I had a lot of SW toys when I was a kid, characters and vehicles.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑05 Apr 2025, 9:40pmI've mentioned this documentary before - I watched it a couple years ago on Tubi - but I just noticed it's available in its entirety on youtube. It's called Plastic Galaxy - The Story of Star Wars Toys.
If you were of the age where you appreciated the original run of Star Wars toys (I got my first Star Wars figures in 1978 when I was 6), I'm pretty sure you will enjoy this:
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I remember the original Han Solo guy didn't really look like him. Somewhere between an ape and a Beatle.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑06 Apr 2025, 12:47pmIt's a good little documentary, especially when it gets into Kenner and the whole design and marketing aspect of SW toys, which was really revolutionary at the time. You'll dig it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑06 Apr 2025, 6:21amThanks for sharing this. I'll take a look in the next little while. I had a lot of SW toys when I was a kid, characters and vehicles.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑05 Apr 2025, 9:40pmI've mentioned this documentary before - I watched it a couple years ago on Tubi - but I just noticed it's available in its entirety on youtube. It's called Plastic Galaxy - The Story of Star Wars Toys.
If you were of the age where you appreciated the original run of Star Wars toys (I got my first Star Wars figures in 1978 when I was 6), I'm pretty sure you will enjoy this:
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