Star Wars: Droids (toy line)

The Star Wars: Droids 1985 Kenner toy line complemented the Star Wars: Droids animated television series, which aired on ABC from 1985 to 1986. Kenner's Droids line featured twelve characters and three vehicles from the animated series before the show's cancellation.

Development

Kenner created its Star Wars: Droids toy line to coincide with the Star Wars: Droids animated television series, which began airing on ABC in 1985. The cartoon focused on the early adventures of the droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2 prior to the events of the Star Wars original trilogy.^[1]

The Droids line released twelve action figures and three vehicles featured in the animated series. The 1986 Kenner catalog previewed nine additional figures for the toy line's second series, but they were never released^[1] before the cartoon was canceled.^[4] The toys were sold at the same time as the Ewoks toy line based on that animated series, and The Power of the Force line continuing Kenner's film-based toys.

Release and reception

Kenner's Droids line did not sell as well as its Star Wars: Ewoks line, another 1985 toy collection based on an accompanying animated series.^[1]

Legacy

One of the prototype figures originally planned for Kenner's unreleased second series of the Droids line was the character Vlix.^[1] Although American collectors had been aware of the prototype figures for years, fans learned in the early 1990s that the Vlix character had actually been produced and released in Brazil by the Glasslite company. The fan site The Star Wars Collectors Archive declares that this Vlix figure is the rarest of all Star Wars figures to be commercially released and speculates that probably less than a dozen currently exist in American collections.^[5]

Products

Table of action figures

The table below takes information as given on the cards with which each action figure debuted. After the debut of an action figure, details in the packaging, the shape of the action figure, and the name of the action figure were subject to change. No one characteristic (name, shape, or product number) completely defines the list, rather all the characteristics taken together form a clear list.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Mungo Baobab (Cut) C-3PO Jord Dusat Boba Fett Sise Fromm Tig Fromm Gaff (Cut) Putch Gundarian Thall Joben Mon Julpa Bisad Koong (Cut) Jessica Meade (Cut) Kea Moll Vlix Oncard (Cut) R2-D2 Terrinald Screed (Cut) Jann Tosh

Droid models

3PO-series protocol droid R2-series astromech droid

Locations

Ingo (Picture only) Tyne's Horky (Picture only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Fleet Alliance Starfighter Corps Rebel pilot Galactic Empire (Picture only) Stormtrooper (Picture only)

Sentient species

Annoo-dat Blue Kobok (Cut) Human Tammuz-an

Vehicles and vessels

ATL Interceptor Imperial-class Star Destroyer (Picture only) RZ-1 A-wing interceptor Side Gunner White Witch (Cut) (Picture only)

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster pistol X-30 "Lancer" target blast pistol Blaster carbine EE-3 carbine rifle (Picture only) Blaster rifle DLT-20A blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle Droid sensorscope

Sources

• "Scouting the Galaxy" — Star Wars Insider 27
• "Galactic Bazaar" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 8
• "Galactic Bazaar" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 10
• Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
• "The Man Who Shot Luke Skywalker" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 1
• "Star Wars Stuff: Rescued from the Trash Heap of History" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 2
• "Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 3
• "An Elegant Toy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 3
• "Market Wars: What's Hot and What's Not in the World of Star Wars Collecting" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
• Auctioning off the Galaxy... For a Great Cause! on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
• "Retro: On the Trail of a Slug!" — Star Wars Insider Special Edition 2014
• "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 159
• The Vintage Vault: Exploring Kenner's Droids and Ewoks Toys on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
• The Star Wars Show: We Unearth Super Rare Star Wars Toys, Talk with John DiMaggio and Danny Jacobs, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)

Notes and references

External links

• Vintage U.S. Droids in the StarWars.com Cargo Bay (original site is defunct)
• The Original Collection 1977-1985 by Kenner Vintage Star Wars Photo Archive on Rebelscum.com (backup link)
• Jedi Temple Archives Vintage Visual Guide on www.jeditemplearchives.com (backup link archived on June 6, 2004)

Episodes 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · The Great Heep Compilations The Pirates and the Prince · Treasure of the Hidden Planet Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour · Star Wars Animated Adventures: Droids Books Droid Adventure series The Lost Prince · The White Witch · The Pirates of Tarnoonga · Escape from the Monster Ship Dragon Books series The White Witch · The Trigon Unleashed · Escape Into Terror · A Race to the Finish The Droid Colouring Book of the Future · The R2/D2 Quiz Book and C/3PO Puzzle Book Plaza Joven Droids Comics Apple Jacks · "Artoo's Day Out" · The Protocol Offensive 1986: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 1994: Special · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 1995: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 TPBs: The Kalarba Adventures · Rebellion · Season of Revolt Omnibus · Omnibus (softcover) · Omnibus (hardcover) · Epic Collection MyComyc Neutralizing Trigon I · Kea Kidnapped · The Stolen Ship · Sabotaged Droid Troublesome Outing · The Secret Disk · The Cloud Multimedia Toy line · Card game · Video game · "In Trouble Again" · "The Droids Re-Animated"
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