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Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, was an American
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company founded in 1946. Throughout its history, the Kenner brand produced several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines including
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like the original series of ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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'' as well as die cast models. The company was closed by its corporate parent
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in 2000.


History

Kenner was founded in 1946 in
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,
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, by brothers Albert, Phillip and Joseph L. Steiner. The company was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located, just north of
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. It was a pioneer in the use of
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for the marketing of merchandise across the United States, beginning in 1958. In the early 1960s, Kenner introduced its corporate mascot, The Kenner Gooney Bird, which would be used in both its company logo (''"It's Kenner! It's fun!"'') and TV ads, in both animated form and puppetry. One commercial was produced by Muppets creator
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and featured a puppet that would later become the ''
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'' character Little Bird. The Bird was phased out by 1974. The company was purchased by
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in 1967. In 1971, General Mills merged its
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division into Kenner, bringing
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into the Kenner product line. In 1985, General Mills would spin-off both its Kenner and
Parker Brothers Parker Brothers (known by Parker outside of North America) was an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. Among its products we ...
toy divisions to form Kenner Parker Toys, Inc. The following year Kenner Parker sold off its
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division. Kenner Parker was acquired by
Tonka Tonka is an American producer of toy trucks. The company is known for making steel toy models of construction type trucks and machinery. Maisto International, which makes diecast vehicles, acquired the rights to use the Tonka name in a line of ...
in 1987. Under Tonka management, Kenner Products was reconstituted as a division. Tonka (including Kenner) was purchased by the toy company Hasbro in mid-1991. Hasbro closed the Cincinnati offices of Kenner in 2000, and Kenner's product lines were merged into Hasbro's.


Products and product lines

One of Kenner's original products was the "Bubble-Matic," a toy gun that blew bubbles. An "updated" version was available at least as late as the mid-1960s. Kenner introduced its popular
Girder and Panel building sets Girder and Panel Building Sets were a series of plastic toy construction kits created by Kenner Toys in the mid-1950s. Since then, the building sets have gone in and out of production several times, under a succession of different owners of the d ...
construction toy in 1957, the Give-a-Show projector in 1959, the Easy-Bake Oven in 1963, the Electric Mold Master also in 1963, the
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drawing toy in 1966, and the
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sports action figure collectible line in 1988. Kenner Products obtained the rights to produce
Star Wars action figures Kenner ''Star Wars'' action figures are a line of over 100 unique toys, produced and sold from 1978 to 1985, among a total of more than 300 million '' Star Wars'' action figures sold then. Kenner began producing new ''Star Wars'' action fi ...
and playsets for the ''
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'' trilogy from 1976 through 1985. After Kenner acquired the license to produce ''Star Wars'' toys when the
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rejected it in 1976, Kenner popularized the 3.75 inch
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that became an industry standard that continues to dominate the action figure toy market. Kenner also produced toys related to the popular 1970s TV series ''
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'' and the 1979 sci-fi movie ''
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''. In 1981, Kenner belatedly entered the diecast toy car market, with a short-lived range called Fast 111's. The 1980s also saw the release of the "Fashion Star Fillies" line of
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s, a product discontinued by the end of the decade. One of Kenner's most highly acclaimed lines was the
Super Powers Collection The Super Powers Collection was a line of action figures based on DC Comics superheroes and supervillains that was created by Kenner Products in the 1980s. History In 1984, DC Comics awarded the master toy license of their characters to Kenner ...
, produced from 1984 to 1986. These action figures were based on the famed superheroes of
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. What made the line so successful was that the characters were modeled almost exactly from the style guide of the company; and also, each character performed some "action." For example, if
Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book '' Action Comics'' #1 ( cover-dated June 1938 and pu ...
's legs are squeezed, he would throw a punch. Furthermore, Kenner was able to commission some of the characters' creators like
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for his
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characters and George Perez for
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to design the action figures. In 1985, DC Comics named Kenner as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication ''
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'' for its work on the Super Powers Collection. One of the more popular action figure lines in the late 1980s was Kenner's '' The Real Ghostbusters'', based on the 1986-1991 animated series adaptation of the 1984 feature film ''
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''. The toy line debuted the same year as the cartoon and continued production through most of its run. Although the initial releases accurately resembled ''The Real Ghostbusters'' cartoon designs, unlike Super Powers, the toy line very soon stopped attempting to be faithful to the existing source material. Instead, new, original costumes, weapons and ghost characters were designed by Kenner, many of them centered on unique action features, similar to those popularized by
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's competing ''
Masters of the Universe ''Masters of the Universe'' (sometimes referred to as the ''He-Man'' or '' She-Ra'' series) is a sword and planet-themed media franchise created by Mattel. The main premise revolves around the conflict between He-Man (the alter ego of Prince A ...
'' toy line as well as Kenner's earlier Super Powers toy line. This idea of basing a toy line on well-known characters but then coming up with original designs that were not based on any published storylines represented a major shift in the design approach to action figure toy lines at the time. In previous years, one major approach to producing toy lines was to base them closely on popular, well-known characters from properties like ''Star Wars'',
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, or DC Comics. The other major approach was for the toy companies to invent their own original characters and then help produce comic books and cartoons that promoted those exact designs (e.g.,
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's G.I. Joe and
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and Mattel's ''Masters of the Universe''). In a departure from this, Kenner did not have any arrangement to incorporate their new concepts and designs into ''The Real Ghostbusters'' cartoons or comic books. This looser approach to the source material of licensed toy lines continued with Kenner's Dark Knight Collection, launched in 1990 and the first of their numerous lines based on the
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character. This initial set was created to capitalize on the phenomenal success of the cinematic version of the character, releasing vehicles (such as the
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or Batplane) inspired on the highly successful 1989 film. Kenner also made vehicles from the ''
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'' movie (1995). Later toy lines expanded beyond the movie series and took inspiration from Batman's animated series and comic book incarnations. Kenner went on to develop lines centered on Superman and other DC Comics characters as well. As with ''The Real Ghostbusters'', most of these DC Comics lines incorporated multi-colored costumes, weapons and action features which were not based directly on any existing storylines, although the character names and likenesses were typically drawn from the source material. This design approach to the DC Comics toy lines was continued to a large extent by Mattel when they took over the DC Comics license and produced lines based on the movies ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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'' as well as the
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cartoons. Hasbro, Kenner's eventual buyer, has taken a similar approach with some of their action figure lines, most notably on their 2010 3.75"
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action figure line as well as some of their 2009 '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' product. In 1998, the ''Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect'' line was released but sales were less than expected. The ''Night Hunter'' series, the second line of toys based on ''Chaos Effect'', was planned for 1999, but was cancelled due to poor sales. The ''Jurassic Park'' series became more of an annoyance to Hasbro rather than a trademark brand name. Due to this, the overproduction of ''
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'' toys, coupled with low sales, forced Hasbro to downsize by getting rid of the Kenner department in Cincinnati. 100 people were transferred and 420 were laid off. Among these 420 was the ''Jurassic Park'' design team (which also designed ''Batman'' among other toy lines), who had just started the very early concepts for ''
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''. Because of this, Hasbro assigned the toys from ''Jurassic Park III'' to their ''Star Wars'' design team, who scaled the humans to be in size with ''Star Wars'' figures and made the style of the toys similar to the ones from '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''. In 2010, Hasbro began releasing modern ''Star Wars'' action figures with packaging reminiscent of the original Kenner 1978–1984 Star Wars product line. Star Wars: The Vintage Collection is composed of new highly pose-able figures, with screen-accurate likenesses. Hasbro had done this twice before, with the 2004 "vintage" Original Trilogy Collection and the 2006–2007 "vintage" Saga Collection but this is the first time that their Star Wars line was entirely dedicated to replica Kenner carded figures.


List of product lines

* ''
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'' * Baby Alive * Banjo-Matic * '' Batman & Robin'' * ''
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'' * ''
Batman Returns ''Batman Returns'' is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and written by Daniel Waters. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the sequel to ''Batman'' (1989) and the second installment in the 1989–1997 ''Batman ...
'' * '' Batman: The Animated Series'' *
Batman Total Justice ''Batman Total Justice'' is a line of toys produced by Kenner based on Batman and other, connected, DC Comics characters. History In 1996, Kenner started production on a new line of DC Comics character figures. This line, like Legends of Batman ...
* Battle Brawlers * '' Beast Machines: Transformers'' * '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' * Beat the Buzz * ''
Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...
'' * Big Burger Grill * '' Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures'' * '' The Bionic Woman'' *
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* Bone Age * Bubbl-Matic * Building Blasters * Building Boulders, Flintstones * '' Butch and Sundance: The Early Days'' * ''
Capitol Critters ''Capitol Critters'' is an American animated sitcom about the lives of mice, rats and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C. The series was produced by Steven Bochco Productions and Hanna-Barbera in ...
'' * ''
Captain Planet and the Planeteers ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner and developed by Pyle, Nicholas Boxer, Thom Beers, Andy Heyward, Robby London, Bob Forward and Ca ...
'' * ''
Care Bears Care Bears are multi-colored bears, originally painted in 1981 by artist Elena Kucharik to be used on greeting cards from American Greetings. In 1983, the characters were turned into plush teddy bears. The characters headlined their own televis ...
'' * Care Bear Cousins * Cassette Movie Projector * '' Centurions'' * '' Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos'' * Close 'n Play * '' Congo'' * Daddy Saddle * Darci Covergirl * ''
Dragonheart ''Dragonheart'' (stylized as ''DragonHeart'') is a 1996 fantasy adventure film directed by Rob Cohen and written by Charles Edward Pogue based on a story created by him and Patrick Read Johnson. The film stars Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, ...
'' * Duke * Dusty * Easy Bake Oven * Fairy Winkles
Fashion Star Fillies
* Fast 111's * Finger Pops *
Fluppy Dogs ''Fluppy Dogs'' is a one-hour animated television special that aired on November 27 (Thanksgiving), 1986 on ABC. It was intended to be a pilot for the third Walt Disney Television animated series, but the show was cancelled due to the special's lo ...
* ''
G.I. Joe Extreme ''G.I. Joe Extreme'' is a line of military-themed toys that was sold in retail from 1995 to 1997. The toys were produced by Kenner following their acquisition by former competitor Hasbro and was intended to succeed the '' G.I. Joe: A Real America ...
'' * '' Gargoyles'' *
Girder and Panel building sets Girder and Panel Building Sets were a series of plastic toy construction kits created by Kenner Toys in the mid-1950s. Since then, the building sets have gone in and out of production several times, under a succession of different owners of the d ...
* Give-A-Show Projector * Glamour Gals * Gun That Shoots Around the Corner * Hardy Boys, The * Home Workshop, Motorized * Hugga Bunch * Hugo * ''
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'' * '' Knight Rider'' * Li'l Loggers * '' Littlest Pet Shop'' * Mega Force * Megabug Gladiators * ''
M.A.S.K. M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) is a media franchise created by Kenner. The main premise revolved around the fight between the titular protagonist underground task force and the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of ...
'' * Milky, the Marvelous Milking Cow * Movie Viewer * '' Mummies Alive!'' * My Magic Genie * Pistol That Shoots Around the Corner *
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* Play 'n Play Back Organ * '' Police Academy'' * Power Sub * ''
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'' * ''
Raiders of the Lost Ark ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ro ...
'' * '' The Real Ghostbusters'' * Red Line * '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' * '' RoboCop: The Animated Series'' * Robotman & Stellar * Rose Petal Place * Rotodraw * Run Joe Run * Savage Mondo Blitzers * Say It! Play It! * Scuba Squad * Sea Wees * ''
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'' * Shadow Strikers * '' SilverHawks'' * ''
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'' * Technozoids ( Zoids) * Sip-Along Sam * ''
The Six Million Dollar Man ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin ...
'' * ''
Sky Commanders ''Sky Commanders'' is an animated television series made by Hanna-Barbera with the co-production of Toei Animation. It premiered in July 1987 as part of ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera'' and lasted for thirteen episodes. It was based on ...
'' * '' Small Soldiers'' *
Spirograph Spirograph is a geometric drawing device that produces mathematical roulette curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The well-known toy version was developed by British engineer Denys Fisher and first sold ...
* SSP Cars and Smash Up Derby * Super Sonic Power * ''
Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various film ...
'' *
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* ''
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'' *
Stretch Armstrong Stretch Armstrong is a large, gel-filled action figure that was first introduced in 1976 by Kenner. In 2016, at the New York Toy Fair, Hasbro announced the return of the Stretch Armstrong toy in its original 1976 design. Stretch Armstrong is m ...
*
Super Powers Collection The Super Powers Collection was a line of action figures based on DC Comics superheroes and supervillains that was created by Kenner Products in the 1980s. History In 1984, DC Comics awarded the master toy license of their characters to Kenner ...
* '' Superman: The Animated Series'' * ''
Swamp Thing The Swamp Thing is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. A humanoid/plant elemental creature, created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations in v ...
'' * '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' * Turn-A-Tune * VR Troopers * Vor-Tech * '' Waterworld'' * Wish World Kids * XRC * Zippity Speedway * Zoom-Loom Automatic Weaving Machine


See also

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Super Powers Collection The Super Powers Collection was a line of action figures based on DC Comics superheroes and supervillains that was created by Kenner Products in the 1980s. History In 1984, DC Comics awarded the master toy license of their characters to Kenner ...


References


External links


The History of Kenner
on KennerToys.com (archived)

on The Old Toy Guide (archived) {{Authority control Defunct companies based in Cincinnati Toy companies of the United States Toy companies established in 1947 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2000 Former Hasbro subsidiaries 1947 establishments in Ohio 2000 disestablishments in Ohio 1967 mergers and acquisitions 1987 mergers and acquisitions 1991 mergers and acquisitions