Kenner's plans for Star Wars in 1985/86

[10incher]

It looks like there would have been some pretty cool toys made, if this would have went through. There are even pics of some of the proposed action figures as well as a bunch of character & vehicle concept drawings. The droids look pretty cool. Check it out:

This Special Feature is a virtual flip-through of a very special presentation binder. The binder was acquired from a Hasbro employee who worked on Kenner's Star Wars line during the 1980s. He was part of the team that was tasked with coming up with a way to extend the longevity of one of the most successful toy lines in history. There is a great article about this line extension by Steve Sansweet in Topps' Star Wars Galaxy Collector Magazine, Issue 2, Winter 1995. It is obvious from reading the article that Steve, or somebody he was interviewing for the article, had access to a presentation binder like the one shown here. Steve even mentions in the article the existence of these presentation binders and the chance that somebody might come up with one someday.

The binder itself is an ordinary black 3-ring binder, with pockets on the inside covers. The first four pages, and some of the larger single pages, were placed in the pockets. The rest of the pages are in sheet protectors. The binder was given out during a presentation to Lucasfilm. This binder provides us with a great view of what Kenner would have had in store for Star Wars fans in 1985 and 1986 if Lucasfilm had approved their plans.

The pages for the X-Wing and Tandem X-Wing are missing from this copy. The X-Wing would have been the same old X-Wing that Kenner had been selling since 1978. The Tandem X-Wing can be seen in the Galaxy Collector magazine article, or in the hardcover version of the Second Edition of Tomart's Priceguide to Worldwide Star Wars Collectibles.

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[gort]

Great link, gotta love the hot-rod land speeder kit-bash

[madmartigan37]

ya they had some really cool stuff planned. My favorite has to be the imperial outpost playset, that thing would have been huge.

[10incher]

Its to bad they didn't milk the line for another year, but i guess that would have been pushing it. I remember getting my POTF figures the final year, then just packing them away. Maybe if they would have re-aired the Star Wars Christmas Special on TV one last time, it would have boosted sales to warrant one last wave of figures.

[clambo]

The AT-AT with the cannon on it's back would have been a great toy to have when I was a kid. I'd love one now too, but not to play with.

[spockoda]

Thanks for the post,I have never seen these. I bet that Imperial Outpost,while an impressive concept,would have never been made due to the price point,if it was scaled near correctly. I'm not a fan of the Star Wars Expanded Universe,but it is interesting to see that even back then they were considering going that direction.