Cardboard box
Kenner Products
Category
Ephemera
Date
c. 1980
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
470 x 570 x 200 mm
Place of origin
United States
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672511.1
Summary
The original cardboard box packaging for a plastic Star Wars All Terrain Armoured Transport walker toy manufactured by Kenner. The front cover of the box has a large colour image of the toy with a 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' logo in the top left corner and a 'Kenner' logo in the bottom right corner. Also in the top left corner is the model number of the toy ('38810'). The rear of the box features another image of the toy in black and white on a red background with the same logos as the front and the model number printed at the top right corner. On the sides of the box there are black and white images and descriptions of some of the toys key features and the toy's model number is printed at the top right corner of each side. The two ends of the box have a Star Wars logo in the top left corner, the model number in the top right corner and the Kenner logo in the bottom right corner. The All Terrain Armoured Transport walker was a four legged transport and combat vehicle that first appeared in the Star Wars film ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ released in 1980.
Provenance
Originally manufactured by Kenner circa 1980. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay on 14th September 2020 as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project.
Makers and roles
Kenner Products , manufacturer