Playground Invasion of the Hammerheads

[TrueDave]

I am back in Cincinnati right now. I grew up here. If you didnt know this is where Kenner used to be before Hasbro swallowed then up. There even used to be a manufacturing plant here. A local vintage toy mall that went 100% online last year ALWAYS had artists sketches , prototypes you name it from ex Kenner employees. I even interviewed there with some other art school students for the prototype department in the 1990s. I remember hanging out at my buddies drinking as he sculpted the 2nd version of Wicket the Ewok.

I have lots of Kenner stories. Growing up everybody knew somebody who worked there. And there was no such thing as rare here. Alien was HERE ,Droids figures, The large IG88 my friends had them all. Usually free. My dad was a mecanic on the weekends and I rember him getting paid with a box of loose Empire Strikes Back guys. I even owned a mint on card plastic caped Jawa. No hole punched because it was uncirculated.

But I think one of the most magical days was in first grade. We had just had all our playground equipment removed because of too many injuries. They said it was because we were playing superheroes and we were actually told to quit wearing our underoos to school.( My girlfriend Kims broken arm had NOTHING To do with the superfriends I swear! It was a raw deal!)

SO there we were bored, at recess. Then from across the playground I saw some adult dumping a couple of plastic bags out full of action figures. I thought I saw red and blue and hoped for Spiderman. I got closer and there were dozens and dozens of Hammerheads from Star Wars!

Some parent felt bad for us for losing our monkeybars and slide. You should have seen it a whole playground full of kids with thier hands and pockets jammed full of Hammerheads!

Yeah I thought you guys could appreciate that.

[toys2cool]

lol! great story man. I remember my little brothers favorites always being Walrusman and Hammerhead

[Neutron X]

Hammerhead goodness in that story! Thaks for sharing. Wouldn't it have been cool to have a pic of that day?

[TrueDave]

A picture. You know I think it would make a good picture. Back then we only took pictures with a camera if someone gave birth , graduated or bought a new car.

I think I'll hit the sketchbook . maybe make a painting. Thanks for the idea

[nvmbrsdoom5]

That's a great story. Picturing a whole playground full of kids with Hammerhead figures is hilarious.

Funny, it reminds me of being in 1st grade, when the second wave of SW figures hit, this one kid Louie got a Hammerhead figure before the rest of us, and he LOVED that figure. It was like his claim to fame for about a week or so. We'd bring our figures to school so that we could play with them during recess, and it was always understood that Louie would be Hammerhead. Come to think of it, I don't recall him ever having any other SW figure besides that one!