Author Archives: Gooney Bird

Kenner’s The Real Ghostbusters Prototypes And Documents

Reader and fellow Kenner collector Josh Blake contacted us with some really neat The Real Ghostbusters items he wanted to share.  He sent in pictures of an unpainted first shot, a hand painted first shot, and some original sculpt pieces. … Continue reading

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Prototype Samples Return Instructions For Cincinnati

This is an adhesive label that would have been applied to boxes containing prototype samples that were sent out from Kenner/Hasbro’s Cincinnati location.  The label requests that special care be taken with the fragile items.  It also says that since … Continue reading

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Kenner Products Shipping Label

A Kenner Products adhesive backed shipping label.  This label would have been created and used some time after 1992 when Kenner Products moved to the 615 Elsinore Place address.  The label is from a perforated roll of “tractor-feed” type paper.  … Continue reading

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MicroVerse 1997 Toy Fair Promotion

This is a promotional item for Kenner’s MicroVerse line of toys.  It was handed out at the 1997 Toy Fair.  The MicroVerse toys were a way for Kenner to expand their licensed properties with new miniaturized versions.  There were MicroVerse … Continue reading

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Jurassic Park 1997 Toy Fair Award

This is Kenner’s Jurassic Park 1997 Toy Fair Award.  These types of awards or gifts were typically given out to reporters, industry insiders, or other VIP’s that would visit Kenner’s Toy Fair headquarters in New York.  They were also presented … Continue reading

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Kenner Museum Inventory List Part 5 – Final Section

Here is the fifth and final part of the Museum inventory list.  To catch up, the intro and first part of the list is here and the rest of the parts can be found in our The Morgue section.  As … Continue reading

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Kenner Museum Inventory List Part 4

Here is the fourth part of the Kenner Museum inventory list.  The first part and intro can be found here, the second part here, and the third part here. Museum inventory list pages 61-80 (3.14M PDF) This is the fourth … Continue reading

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Kenner Collector Focus: Interview with Starting Lineup Collector Joe Curcio

Starting Lineups have always had a special place in my heart, so I was excited to hear from reader Joe Curcio when he contacted us about an amazing collection of prototypes he has been able to assemble. Growing up a … Continue reading

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Kenner Museum Inventory List Part 3

Here is the third part of the Kenner Museum inventory list.  The first part and intro can be found here, and here for the second part. Museum inventory list pages 41-60 (3.14M PDF) This is the third of five updates … Continue reading

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Kenner Museum Inventory List Part 2

Here is the second part of the Museum inventory list.  The first part and intro can be found here. Museum inventory list pages 21-40 (2.82M PDF) This is the second of five updates about the Museum inventory list.  The entire … Continue reading

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