The Imperial Shipyards
Kenner / Hasbro Collecting => Vintage => Topic started by: smeagol92055 on September 11, 2010, 10:01:07 AM
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So my wife was out walking the other day and she spotted this on top of a recycling bin.
(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/7149/stand1.png)
(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6678/stand2.png)
It's interesting that it doesn't say "Kenner" but rather "General Mills." Without having looked it up, I'm going to guess this was part of a promotional tie-in, something you'd save up General Mills cereal boxtops and send away for... which I'm guessing makes this thing pretty darned rare.
Not that I'd ever sell it, but I am considering starting a collection of actual vintage figures, since their peg-holes are the only ones that could accommodate this thing's pegs.
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What you have is the mail-a-way display stand and in anycase finding it for nothing is a great item. The early SW items were marked General Mills as Kenner was a subsidary at the time. All part of the General Mills Fun Group if I recall correctly.
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Cool, thanks for the info!
I appreciate it!
Man, you guys are so knowledgeable about this stuff.