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{{short description|American toy company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Kenner Products
| logo = Kenner logo.svg
| logo_size = 
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1946}} (as a company)<br>{{start date and age|2010}} (as a brand label)
| founders = Albert Steiner <br> Phillip Steiner <br> Joseph L. Steiner
| defunct = {{end date and age|2000}}
| fate = Closed, properties and brand name sold. Product lines merged into and still used as a label by [[Hasbro]]
| successor = [[Hasbro]]
| location_city = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| key_people = 
| industry = [[Toy]]s
| products = [[Action figure]]s, [[die-cast toy|die-cast model]] vehicles
| revenue = 
| parent = {{plainlist|
* Independent (1946–1967)
* [[General Mills]] (1967–1985)
* Kenner Parker Toys, Inc. (1985–1987)
* [[Tonka]] (1987–1991)
* [[Hasbro]] (1991–2000)
}}
}}
'''Kenner Products''', known simply as '''Kenner''', is an American [[toy]] brand owned by [[Hasbro]]. Kenner Products began as a toy company founded in 1946, going on to produce several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines including [[action figures]] for the original series of ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' and ''[[Batman]]'' as well as [[die-cast toys|die cast models]].

The company underwent numerous acquisitions and mergers throughout its lifetime, starting with by [[General Mills]] in 1967, which eventually [[Corporate spin-off|spun it off]] alongside [[Parker Brothers]] in 1985 as Kenner Parker Toys, Inc.  In 1987, Kenner Parker was acquired by [[Tonka]], which in turn was purchased by Hasbro in 1991. Hasbro closed and merged Kenner's offices and products in 2000. The brand was reintroduced by Hasbro in 2010 with the release of [[Star Wars: The Vintage Collection|''Star Wars'': The Vintage Collection]].

== History ==
[[File:Kenner Gooney Bird with slogan 1962 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|175x175px|The Kenner Gooney bird in 1962]]
Kenner was founded in 1946 in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, by brothers Albert, Philip and Joseph L. Steiner. The company was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located, just north of [[Cincinnati Union Terminal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hirsh |first=Jeff |date=2015-12-11 |title=Kenner Toys: Legendary toy company began in Cincinnati |url=https://local12.com/news/local/kenner-toys-legendary-toy-company-began-in-cincinnati |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=WKRC |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929130916/https://local12.com/news/local/kenner-toys-legendary-toy-company-began-in-cincinnati |url-status=live }}</ref> It was a pioneer in the use of [[television advertisement]] for the marketing of merchandise across the United States, beginning in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph L. Steiner, 95; Co-Founder of Kenner, Maker of Play-Doh|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-15-me-passings15.1-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 1, 2017|date=May 15, 2002|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030044341/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-15-me-passings15.1-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Jim Henson Commercial - Kenner's Easy Bake Oven (1968).webm|thumb|178x178px|The 1968 ad by [[Jim Henson]].]]
In 1962, Kenner introduced its corporate mascot, the Kenner Gooney Bird, and its company slogan ''"It's Kenner! It's fun!"'' for advertising.{{Efn|1=The slogan of was trademarked. However, this Trademark had been [https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=72150951&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch considered dead] since Sep. 15, 1985.}} In 1968, the company commissioned [[Muppets]] creator [[Jim Henson]] to create an [[Easy-Bake Oven]] ad, which featured the Kenner Gooney Bird in puppet form. Later in 1969, the puppet would be repurposed as the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' character [[List of Sesame Street Muppets#L|Little Bird]]. The Bird was phased out by 1974.

The company was purchased by the food company [[General Mills]] in 1967. In 1971, General Mills merged its [[Rainbow Crafts]] division into Kenner, bringing [[Play-Doh]] into the Kenner product line. In 1985, General Mills would spin-off both its Kenner and [[Parker Brothers]] toy divisions to form Kenner Parker Toys, Inc.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adelson |first=Andrea |date=5 September 1987 |title=KENNER TAKES PROPOSAL OF $51 A SHARE BY TONKA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/05/business/kenner-takes-proposal-of-51-a-share-by-tonka.html |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |pages=1}}</ref> The following year Kenner Parker sold off its [[Lionel Trains]] division.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-16-fi-262-story.html |title=Kenner Parker Toys sold its Lionel Trains division|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 16, 1986 |access-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref>

Kenner Parker was acquired by [[Tonka]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Content |first=Contributed |date=1987-09-05 |title=TONKA TO ACQUIRE KENNER |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/09/05/tonka-to-acquire-kenner/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321134455/https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/09/05/tonka-to-acquire-kenner/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Under Tonka management, Kenner Products was reconstituted as a division.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-04-mn-3998-story.html |title=Kenner Accepts Tonka Offer|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 4, 1987 |access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> Tonka (including Kenner) was purchased by the toy company Hasbro in mid-1991. Hasbro closed the Cincinnati offices of Kenner in 2000, and Kenner's product lines were merged into Hasbro's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jptoys.com/index.php/2006/07/28/304-hasbro-jp3-why-things-changed|title=Hasbro and Jurassic Park: Why Things Changed|author=Dan|work=JPToys.com|date=July 28, 2006|access-date=February 16, 2014}}</ref>

== Products and product lines ==
One of Kenner's original products was the "Bubble-Matic," a toy gun that blew bubbles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenner History|url=http://www.kennercollector.com/kenner-history/|work=KennerCollector.com|access-date=7 March 2012|archive-date=18 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918133002/https://www.kennercollector.com/kenner-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>  An "updated" version was available at least as late as the mid-1960s. Kenner introduced its popular [[Girder and Panel building sets]] construction toy in 1957, the Give-a-Show projector in 1959, the [[Easy-Bake Oven]] in 1963, the Electric Mold Master also in 1963, the [[Spirograph]] drawing toy in 1966, and the [[Starting Lineup (toy line)|Starting Lineup]] sports action figure collectible line in 1988.

Kenner Products obtained the rights to produce [[Kenner Star Wars action figures|Star Wars action figures]] and playsets for the ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy from 1976 through 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suess |first=Jeff |title=The Force was with Kenner's 'Star Wars' toys |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/history/2015/12/03/force-was-with-kenners-star-wars-toys/76646884/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=The Enquirer |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511181123/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/history/2015/12/03/force-was-with-kenners-star-wars-toys/76646884/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After Kenner acquired the license to produce ''Star Wars'' toys when the [[Mego Corporation]] rejected it in 1976, Kenner popularized the 3.75 inch [[action figure]] that became an industry standard. Kenner also produced toys related to the popular 1970s TV series ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' and the 1979 sci-fi movie ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''.  In 1981, Kenner belatedly entered the diecast toy car market, with a short-lived range called Fast 111's. The 1980s also saw the release of the "Fashion Star Fillies" line of [[model horse]]s, a product discontinued by the end of the decade.

[[file:Super powers simple logo.png|thumb|200px|logo of the Super Powers Collection, the superhero action figure line released in 1984]]
One of Kenner's most highly acclaimed lines was the [[Super Powers Collection]],<ref name=mcfarlane>[https://13thdimension.com/dcs-super-powers-variant-covers-a-goldmine-just-waiting-there-for-mcfarlane-toys/ DC’s SUPER POWERS VARIANT COVERS: A Goldmine Just Waiting There for McFARLANE TOYS] on 13thdimension.com. 15 May 2024</ref> produced from 1984 to 1986. These action figures were based on the famed superheroes of [[DC Comics]].  What made the line so successful was that the characters were modeled almost exactly from the style guide of the company; and also, each character performed some "action." For example, if [[Superman]]'s legs are squeezed, he would throw a punch. Furthermore, Kenner was able to commission some of the characters' creators like [[Jack Kirby]] for his [[New Gods]] characters and [[George Pérez]] for [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Cyborg]] to design the action figures. In 1985, DC Comics named Kenner as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication ''[[Fifty Who Made DC Great]]'' for its work on the Super Powers Collection.<ref>{{Cite comic| writer = Marx, Barry| cowriters = [[Joey Cavalieri|Cavalieri, Joey]] and Hill, Thomas| artist = Petruccio, Steven | editor = Marx, Barry| story = Kenner Products DC Characters Come to Life| title = Fifty Who Made DC Great| date = 1985| publisher = DC Comics| page = 53| panel = | id = }}</ref>

One of the more popular<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Jason |date=2022-02-13 |title=More Kenner Real Ghostbusters Ecto-1 toy concepts revealed! |url=https://ghostbustersnews.com/2022/02/12/more-kenner-real-ghostbusters-ecto-1-toy-concepts-revealed/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Ghostbusters News |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214053726/https://ghostbustersnews.com/2022/02/12/more-kenner-real-ghostbusters-ecto-1-toy-concepts-revealed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> action figure lines in the late 1980s was Kenner's ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', based on the 1986–1991 animated series adaptation of the 1984 feature film ''[[Ghostbusters]]''. The toy line debuted the same year as the cartoon and continued production through most of its run. Although the initial releases accurately resembled ''The Real Ghostbusters'' cartoon designs, unlike Super Powers, the toy line very soon stopped attempting to be faithful to the existing source material. Instead, new, original costumes, weapons and ghost characters were designed by Kenner, many of them centered on unique action features, similar to those popularized by [[Mattel]]'s competing ''[[Masters of the Universe]]'' toy line as well as Kenner's earlier Super Powers toy line.

This idea of basing a toy line on well-known characters but then coming up with original designs that were not based on any published storylines represented a major shift in the design approach to action figure toy lines at the time. In previous years, one major approach to producing toy lines was to base them closely on popular, well-known characters from properties like ''Star Wars'', [[Marvel Comics]], or DC Comics. The other major approach was for the toy companies to invent their own original characters and then help produce comic books and cartoons that promoted those exact designs (e.g., [[Hasbro]]'s [[G.I. Joe]] and [[Transformers]] and Mattel's ''Masters of the Universe''). In a departure from this, Kenner did not have any arrangement to incorporate their new concepts and designs into ''The Real Ghostbusters'' cartoons or comic books.

This looser approach to the source material of licensed toy lines continued with Kenner's Dark Knight Collection, launched in 1990 and the first of their numerous lines based on the [[Batman]] character. This initial set was created to capitalize on the phenomenal success of the cinematic version of the character, releasing vehicles (such as the [[Batmobile]] or [[Batplane]]) inspired on the highly successful [[Batman (1989 film)|1989 film]]. Kenner also made vehicles from the ''[[Batman Forever]]'' movie (1995).<ref>[https://13thdimension.com/the-top-13-wonderful-batman-89-toys-ranked/ The TOP 13 Wonderful BATMAN ’89 Toys] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231092431/https://13thdimension.com/the-top-13-wonderful-batman-89-toys-ranked/ |date=2021-12-31 }} Posted By Dan Greenfield on Feb 19, 2021, the 13th Dimension.com</ref> Later toy lines expanded beyond the movie series and took inspiration from [[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman's animated series]] and comic book incarnations. Kenner went on to develop lines centered on Superman and other DC Comics characters as well. As with ''The Real Ghostbusters'', most of these DC Comics lines incorporated multi-colored costumes, weapons and action features which were not based directly on any existing storylines, although the character names and likenesses were typically drawn from the source material. This design approach to the DC Comics toy lines was continued to a large extent by Mattel when they took over the DC Comics license and produced lines based on the movies ''[[Batman Begins]]'', ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' and ''[[Superman Returns]]'' as well as the [[Justice League]] cartoons. Hasbro, Kenner's eventual buyer, has taken a similar approach with some of their action figure lines, most notably on their 2010 3.75" [[Spider-Man]] action figure line as well as some of their 2009 ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'' product.

In 1998, the ''Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect'' line was released but sales were less than expected. The ''Night Hunter'' series, the second line of toys based on ''Chaos Effect'', was planned for 1999, but was cancelled due to poor sales. The ''Jurassic Park'' series became more of an annoyance to Hasbro rather than a trademark brand name. Due to this, the overproduction of ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' toys, coupled with low sales, forced Hasbro to downsize by getting rid of the Kenner department in Cincinnati. 100 people were transferred and 420 were laid off. Among these 420 was the ''Jurassic Park'' design team (which also designed ''Batman'' among other toy lines), who had just started the very early concepts for ''[[Jurassic Park III]]''. Because of this, Hasbro assigned the toys from ''Jurassic Park III'' to their ''Star Wars'' design team, who scaled the humans to be in size with ''Star Wars'' figures and made the style of the toys similar to the ones from ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]''.

In 2010, Hasbro began releasing modern ''Star Wars'' action figures with packaging reminiscent of the original Kenner 1978–1984 Star Wars product line. [[Star Wars Vintage Collection|Star Wars: The Vintage Collection]] is composed of new highly pose-able figures, with screen-accurate likenesses. Hasbro had done this twice before, with the 2004 "vintage" Original Trilogy Collection and the 2006–2007 "vintage" Saga Collection but this is the first time that their Star Wars line was entirely dedicated to replica Kenner carded figures.

=== List of product lines ===
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* ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
* Always Sisters
* [[Baby Alive]]
* Banjo-Matic<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Banjo-Matic from Kenner (1962)|url=https://toytales.ca/banjo-matic-kenner-1962/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=29 April 2019|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-date=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143311/https://toytales.ca/banjo-matic-kenner-1962/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]''
* ''[[Batman Forever]]''
* ''[[Batman Returns]]''
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''
* [[Batman Total Justice]]
* Battle Brawlers
* ''[[Beast Machines|Beast Machines: Transformers]]''
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers]]''
* Beat the Buzz
* ''[[Beetlejuice]]''
* Big Burger Grill
* ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990 TV series)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures]]''
* ''[[The Bionic Woman]]''
* [[Blythe (doll)|Blythe]]
* Bone Age
* Bride Surprise
* Bubbl-Matic<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Bubbl-Matic from Kenner|url=https://toytales.ca/bubbl-matic-kenner/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=7 December 2015|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218131426/https://toytales.ca/bubbl-matic-kenner/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Building Blasters
* Building Boulders, Flintstones
* ''[[Butch and Sundance: The Early Days]]''
* ''[[Capitol Critters]]''
* ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]] ''
* ''[[Care Bears]]''
* [[Care Bear Cousins]]
* Cassette Movie Projector<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Cassette Movie Projector from Kenner 1973|url=https://toytales.ca/cassette-movie-projector-from-kenner-1973/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=11 December 2023 }}</ref>
* ''[[Centurions (TV series)|Centurions]]''
* ''[[Karate Kommandos|Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-21-vw-10463-story.html |title=Buyers Have an Early Adventure in Toyland : Industry Show Previews Talking Teddy Bears, Cuddly Dolls, More Rambos |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 21, 1986 |access-date=October 28, 2012 |first=John |last=Dreyfuss |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113235133/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-21/news/vw-10463_1_bear-talk |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Close 'n Play<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Close 'n Play Phonograph|url=https://toytales.ca/close-n-play-phonograph/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=11 March 2015|access-date=13 October 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064707/https://toytales.ca/close-n-play-phonograph/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]''
* Daddy Saddle
* Darci Covergirl
* ''[[Dragonheart]]''
* Duke
* Dusty 
* [[Easy Bake Oven]]
* Fairy Winkles
* [http://www.fashionstarfillies.com Fashion Star Fillies]
* Fast 111's
* Finger Pops
* [[Fluppy Dogs]]
* ''[[G.I. Joe Extreme]]''
* ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''
* [[Girder and Panel building sets]]
*  Give-A-Show Projector
* Glamour Gals
* Gun That Shoots Around the Corner<ref name="auto">{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Pistol That Shoots Around the Corner|url=https://toytales.ca/pistol-that-shoots-around-the-corner-kenner/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=2 April 2018 }}</ref>
* Hardy Boys, The
* Home Workshop, Motorized
* [[Hugga Bunch]]
* Hugo<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Hugo – Man of a Thousand Faces|url=https://toytales.ca/hugo-man-of-a-thousand-faces-kenner/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=April 2021|access-date=2015-12-05|archive-date=2015-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208043816/https://toytales.ca/hugo-man-of-a-thousand-faces-kenner/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Ice Bird, with five flavor packets
* ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]''
* ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''
* Li'l Loggers
* ''[[Littlest Pet Shop]]''
* Mega Force 
* Megabug Gladiators
* ''[[M.A.S.K. (TV series)|M.A.S.K.]]''<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Battle of the Fun Factories | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=December 16, 1985 | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960379-2,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424164644/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960379-2,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 24, 2011 | access-date=August 14, 2010}}</ref>
* Milky, the Marvelous Milking Cow<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Milky, the Marvelous Milking Cow (1977)|url=https://toytales.ca/milky-the-marvelous-milking-cow-from-kenner-1977/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=8 March 2016|access-date=10 March 2016|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311070739/https://toytales.ca/milky-the-marvelous-milking-cow-from-kenner-1977/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Movie Viewer <ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Movie Viewer|url=https://toytales.ca/movie-viewer/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=29 April 2015|access-date=11 September 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060323/https://toytales.ca/movie-viewer/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Mummies Alive!]]''
* My Magic Genie
* Pistol That Shoots Around the Corner<ref name="auto"/>
* [[Play-Doh]]
* Play 'n Play Back Organ<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Play 'n Playback Organ from Kenner (1978)|url=https://toytales.ca/play-n-playback-organ-kenner-1978/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=6 June 2016|access-date=21 July 2016|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816082411/https://toytales.ca/play-n-playback-organ-kenner-1978/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Police Academy (TV series)|Police Academy]]''
* Power Sub
* ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]''
* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''<ref>{{cite news | title=At Toy Fair, Chatting Dolls and Ghostly Knights | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=February 14, 1987 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/14/style/at-toy-fair-chatting-dolls-and-ghostly-knights.html?scp=9&sq=the%20real%20ghostbusters&st=cse | access-date=August 14, 2010 | first=Ron | last=Alexander}}</ref>
* Red Line
* ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''
* ''[[RoboCop: The Animated Series]]''
* Robotman & Stellar
* [[Rose Petal Place]]
* Rotodraw
* [[Run Joe Run]]
* [[Savage Mondo Blitzers]]
* Say It! Play It!<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Say It! Play It!|url=https://toytales.ca/say-it-play-it/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=May 2017|access-date=2016-07-21|archive-date=2016-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816083040/https://toytales.ca/say-it-play-it/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* Scuba Squad
* [[Sea Wees]]
* ''[[The Shadow (1994 film)|The Shadow]]''
* Shadow Strikers
* ''[[SilverHawks]]''
* ''[[Steel (John Henry Irons)|Steel]]''
* Technozoids ([[Zoids]])
* Sip-Along Sam<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Sip-Along Sam from Kenner|url=https://toytales.ca/sip-along-sam-from-kenner-1972/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=5 January 2016|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218130037/https://toytales.ca/sip-along-sam-from-kenner-1972/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''
* ''[[Sky Commanders]]''
* ''[[Small Soldiers]]''
* [[Spirograph]]
* SSP (Super Sonic Power) Vehicles and Smash Up Derby
* ''[[Kenner Star Wars action figures|Star Wars]]''
* [[Starting Lineup (toy line)|Starting Lineup]]
* ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]''
* [[Stretch Armstrong]]
* [[Super Powers Collection]]
* ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''
* ''[[Swamp Thing (1991 TV series)#action figures|Swamp Thing]]''
* ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''
* TTP (Turbo Tower of Power) Vehicles
* Turn-A-Tune<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Turn-A-Tune from Kenner (1958)|url=https://toytales.ca/turn-a-tune/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=23 March 2015|access-date=25 September 2015|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925211856/https://toytales.ca/turn-a-tune/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[VR Troopers]]
* [[Vor-Tech]]
* ''[[Waterworld]]''
* Wish World Kids
* XRC
* Zippity Speedway<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Zippity Speedway from Kenner (1968)|url=https://toytales.ca/zippity-speedway-kenner-1968/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=5 December 2016|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-date=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143013/https://toytales.ca/zippity-speedway-kenner-1968/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Zoom-Loom Automatic Weaving Machine<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Zoom-Loom Automatic Weaving Machine from Kenner (1968)|url=https://toytales.ca/zoom-loom-kenner-1968/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=July 4, 2016|access-date=July 21, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816101020/https://toytales.ca/zoom-loom-kenner-1968/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== See also == 
* [[Super Powers Collection]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050306021420/http://www.kennertoys.com/history.html The History of Kenner] on KennerToys.com (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141105205625/https://www.theoldtoyguide.com/action-figures/kenner.html Kenner Action Figures] on The Old Toy Guide (archived)

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