Plastic Galaxy - The Story of Star Wars Toys - FULL MOVIE DOCUMENTARY

I’m from Northern Kentucky and my grandma worked at Kenner: Some of my earliest memories is of my grandma bringing me a Star Wars figure straight from the factory; they wouldn’t be in a box, just in a small, sealed plastic bag. I miss that so much. Makes me feel so lucky.

I lived in Loveland, Ohio at the time. (1975-1994) A lot of our neighbors worked for Kenner and General Mills. My friends whose fathers worked at Kenner got proto-types and other unreleased toys. Of course I was jealous but looking back it was still great just to touch a rocket firing Boba Fett as a 10 year old! Great memories of Children’s Palace, Gold Circle and Toys ‘r Us…friends, family and awesome times. Thank you, it’s much appreciated.

Greetings to all Star Wars Collectors out there! The Kenner Line means so much to me and this Movie brings it all up again. Stefan, 8thies Kid from Berlin

It's really hard to overstate just how HUGE Star Wars was when it first came out. It didn't just become a part of pop culture, it WAS pop culture (I consider 1977 to be the start of modern pop culture. Star Wars, the Atari 2600, the first adaptation of The Hobbit, the Apple II and PET computers). Until the mid 80's, every kid in the US was quoting the movies and everyone was talking about it. It gave us possibly the single greatest movie villain of all time, and all these years later, not only do the original films still hold up, they still make new ones along with live action and animated shows. It's kind of mind blowing really.

I had the toys before I ever saw a Star Wars movie. Without knowing the story, the action figures let my fantasy fly as a kid. Played with them for probably a decade, and my late grandmother supported me by getting every single figure for me and my cousin. Great to celebrate these toys here, love the content 😍

Yes, it was HUGE. I was born in 1970. Looking back on it now, I realize I came into this world at just the right time to get maximum enjoyment out of everything Star Wars. The movies were iconic but those Star Wars toys were really something so special. I still remember those huge store displays with dozens of action figures.

I remember going into Hills as a kid and seeing the massive wall of Star Wars toys. Never could imagine anyone ever being able to own them all.

One of my all time fav documentaries! Seen it about 20 times. I really hope you make a part 2 maybe start from 2000- all the way to 2023! I bought the first one and would be more than happy to buy a part 2!

Thank you for an amazing childhood, this stuff literally was my life as a kid

I remember getting the first 12 figures for Christmas and ended up having just about everything eventually. This was a great documentary and it brought back some great memories.

Thankfully the Star Wars toy craze ended when it did because it was a perfect time to transition to GI Joe toys (Hasbro), for me. When it came to toys, kids in the 80s probably had the best childhoods ever! Star Wars, GI Joe, He-man, Transformers and Legos!! WOW!!

Great documentary. 51 year old nerd in northern sweden here. I became a hardcore Star Wars fan the second I saw pictures from the movie back in 77-78. My first figures were C3PO and Tusken Raider (then referred to as Sandpeople). Still have them in my collection which just grew over the decades. Kind of glad the prequels saturated my interest and I could leave collecting behind. Atari 2600, Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., and Raiders of the lost Ark defined my childhood and friendships. Our culture for better and worse :D

56:11 We can't say ROTJ was horrible... Jabba, the emperor, the bike chase, the big dogfight around the Death Star 2, the Rankor, etc. Just for these scenes alone it's great.

This documentary definitely took me back to a galaxy far, far away when I was excited to buy and play with my “Star Wars” toys. I remembered when I was young, Santa brought me two action figures, one being the Luke Skywalker X-Wing Pilot. Good times!!! 😃

To a Star Wars fan who grew up with the original trilogy as well as the Kenner toys, especially figures, I am always getting quite misty eyed when watching this - what I think is the most wonderful - videos on YT. Great memories, and I am immensely thankful that I was a kid during these times. The original Star Wars is burned in my heart. Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen working at Kenner, for creating and manufacturing such wonderful toys. Luckily, Custom toy makers like Stan Solo Creations, The Next 17, Trash Compactor and others keep the vintage Star Wars toy line alive, as does Hasbro with introduction of their Retro Collection. I bought and gifted out quite a few - originals, Hasbro Retro and Custom figures - to my younger brother and to friend who are also big SW fans.

The prototypes for the figures were mock ups based on Fisher Price Adventure People, along with Micronauts, an established 3 3/4" scale before SW figures. Nobody ever held two fingers apart and measured it to establish the scale for the SW figures despite the appealing myth! When I first found out about the Blue Snag in the 90s, I couldn't help but think it was wearing Kiss boots, and the smaller version released on the card was based on the Red Snag in the Holiday Special, not the films Cantina scene. The thing most appealing to a kid like me was that they were so affordable; in the UK they used to retail at 99 pence (about $2 at the time) so 'Collecting them all' was a realistic goal, unlike Action Man (GI Joe) or Mego figures which were a lot more expensive. I used to get a UK comic called 2000AD and starting with Boba Fett, it used to have full page adverts for every mail away figure that was brought out. I got every single mail away they did by cutting the name cartouches out of the cards and saving them...if I had known then what I know now about card values would it have stopped me? Hell, no! As a closing note, I can't believe that you did an entire segment on international SW toys and completely failed to even mention the sublime Palitoy Death Star! Unforgivable...😡😂👍👍👍

Glad I wasn't to only one to freeze Han Solo's figure. I used to use one of the Blister Bubbles from the figure packaging so that it was square when he was frozen.

Great documentary ,brought back fond memories even if I was not a Star Wars collector . But a general collector of other genres. Now a returning collector of Star Wars .

Wow the memories, I am 53 and I had star wars toys as a kid , great times , great toys

2:12 I remember being invited to see Star Wars on video at a slightly older kids' house. I thought it was the coolest thing to watch star wars on TV.