Unproduced Star Tots Vehicles and Figures
Kenner's attempt at a pre-school line of Star Wars products, the Star Tots toys are among the most interesting of all the planned-but-never-released Kenner toys. The concept behind the toys seems to be derived from Kenner's very successful Tree Tots line, which featured stumpy, non-articulated figures very similar to the prototypes you see here. And, of course, Kenner later resurrected the Star Wars pre-school concept for their Ewok Family line of the Return of the Jedi era.

To my knowledge, the X-Wing and Landspeeder are the only two vehicle toys known to exist for this line. The same goes for the figures-- I've never seen any outside of Leia, Luke, R2-D2 and C-3PO. According to Steve Sansweet's Star Wars: From Concept to Screen to Collectible, these vehicles are painted wood models. I believe the figures are hardcopies. Note that the C-3PO has a really attractive metallized finished.

The notion that this aborted line was planned to be entitled Star Tots is supported by the existence of a prototype display, visible here, which likely was used to pitch the line, either internally at Kenner or to retailers.

Description by: Ron Salvatore
Photo: Chris Fawcett
From the collection of: Anonymous
Country:United States
Film:A New Hope
Licensee:Kenner
Year:1978
Category:Toys / Pre-School


  


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