Greetings Gooney fans! One of the beloved, yet nearly forgotten lines Kenner released in the early 80’s was a bathtub toy-line companion to the popular Sea Wees line known as Li’l Loggers. Each action figure was packaged with a companion creature and a half cylinder piece of foam that mimicked a log that would carry the characters along the water surface. Our friends over at theFwoosh.com have written an excellent article devoted to this line!
http://thefwoosh.com/2016/11/throwback-thursday-kenners-lil-loggers
Pictured below are internal photos of the early models of Jumper Joe and Rocky Racoon. A keen eye will notice a change in expression on Rocky Racoon model to the final production toy. These prototypes were created by Kenner model shop employees.
Jumper Joe prototype
Jumper Joe prototype model1
Jumper Joe prototype model2