Star Wars: Droids (toy line)

The Star Wars: Droids 1985 Kenner toy line complemented the Star Wars: Droids animated television series, which aired on ABC from 1985 to 1986. Kenner's Droids line featured twelve characters and three vehicles from the animated series before the show's cancellation.
==Development==
Kenner created its Star Wars: Droids toy line to coincide with the Star Wars: Droids animated television series, which began airing on ABC in 1985. The cartoon focused on the early adventures of the droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2 prior to the events of the Star Wars original trilogy.
The Droids line released twelve action figures and three vehicles featured in the animated series. The 1986 Kenner catalog previewed nine additional figures for the toy line's second series, but they were never released before the cartoon was canceled.Vintage Visual Guide The toys were sold at the same time as the Ewoks toy line based on that animated series, and The Power of the Force line continuing Kenner's film-based toys.
==Reception==
Kenner's Droids line did not sell as well as its Star Wars: Ewoks line, another 1985 toy collection based on an accompanying animated series.
==Legacy==
One of the prototype figures originally planned for Kenner's unreleased second series of the Droids line was the character Vlix. Although American collectors had been aware of the prototype figures for years, fans learned in the early 1990s that the Vlix character had actually been produced and released in Brazil by the Glasslite company. The fan site The Star Wars Collectors Archive declares that this Vlix figure is the rarest of all Star Wars figures to be commercially released and speculates that probably less than a dozen currently exist in American collections.Droids Vlix - Star Wars Collectors Archive
==Table of action figures==
The table below takes information as given on the cards with which each action figure debuted. After the debut of an action figure, details in the packaging, the shape of the action figure, and the name of the action figure were subject to change. No one characteristic (name, shape, or product number) completely defines the list, rather all the characteristics taken together form a clear list.
"Wave"	Debut package card 	Action figure 	Product no. 	Debut year
D1 	12-back "Star Wars Droids" 	Boba Fett 	No. 39260 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) 	No. 71560 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	See-Threepio (C-3PO)	No. 71770 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Thall Joben 	No. 71790 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Kea Moll 	No. 71800 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Jord Dusat 	No. 71810 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Sise Fromm 	No. 71820 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Tig Fromm 	No. 71830 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Jann Tosh 	No. 71840 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Kez-Iban 	No. 71850 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	Uncle Gundy 	No. 71880 	1985
D1 	12-back "Star Wars: Droids" 	A-Wing Pilot 	No. 93830 	1985
D2 	Glasslite "Star Wars: Droids"(Brazil only)	Vlix 	No. 77750/No. 5176.15	1988
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
==External links==
*The Original Collection 1977-1985 by Kenner Vintage Star Wars Photo Archive at Rebelscum.com
*Jedi Temple Archives Vintage Visual Guide
Category:Kenner toy lines
Category:Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO