Kenner Star Wars Y-Wing Newspaper Ad from 1984
This ad from this 1984 newspaper shows Kenner’s Star Wars Y-Wing toy on sale, and comes from a time when Star Wars sales were declining rapidly. I know it may be tough to believe, but there really was a time when Star Wars toys sales dropped so much that Lucasfilm put an end to the line. I don’t see that happening again any time soon . . .
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Weirdly this was just about the same time I decided I was “too old” for Star Wars…
I feel like it took forever for them to make the y-wing, but it was a step up, even from the x-wing mold. I was surprised ti took Kenner so long!