RETRO COLLECTION REINVIGORATED!

 

Say goodbye to those ugly red stickers, the Retro Collection is shaking things up! At a Retro Toy Show in the UK last weekend guest speaker Steve Evans gave an interesting presentation on the future of the Retro Collection Line. According to Steve card backs will come with easy-peel stickers, so if you're not a fan of the humungous red circle, you are IN LUCK! 😋 SWEET

Other reveals include a brand new Original Trilogy Box Set based on characters from A New Hope. Some of the figures included were not produced by Kenner from the late 70's to mid 80's, thus opening a treasure chest of ideas as to whom could be created in future box sets in the years to come. For OG fans this is a tremendous announcement as most already possess the majority of the original Kenner 97, and are looking to add many of the background creatures, and smaller role characters to their existing 5 P.O.A. UNIVERSE❗❗ 

Many on social media have expressed their support for this latest new direction, and go further. Ideas are now spreading that it could be possible for Hasbro to recreate some of the old Kenner playsets such as: Death Star Space Station, Land Speeder, Darth Vader Tie Fighter, Droid Factory, Imperial Attack Base, Rebel Transport Vehicle, Patrol Dewback, and so forth. The number and range of Retro Collection items is limitless when you consider Kenner's creative past. I wouldn't hesitate to guess that we may even see the Dewback pipelined soon (why else would the Sandtrooper be included in the new box set). 💡

Personally, I love to see everything produced by Kenner get remade, but pretty sure that'll never happen. Extending this idea further, Hasbro might want to consider army builder 4 packs, such as those we currently see with The Vintage Collection. Also, other nostalgic throwbacks like; Vinyl Action Figure Collector Cases, and Chewbacca's Bandolier Strap (as a 52 year old this would be worn 24 hours a day, with action figures switched before going to bed) ✌
Check out the video on my Channel, you can also watch the 'shorts' video filmed by Steve Evans demonsrating how easy it is to peel off those new stickers.