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Action Figure Overview: Star Wars - Dengar (Kenner, 1981)

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  Star Wars Dengar action figure (Kenner, 1981) Star Wars figures were easily some of my favorite toys as a kid.  When The Empire Strikes Back came out, more figures arrived and that meant new characters for my many Star Wars adventures!  Looking back, it seems like Kenner may have planned ahead with their Empire Strikes Back action figure releases.  They released about eleven figures in 1980, another nine in 1981 and nine more in 1982.  Each release had some of the main characters and a few figures for characters who had smaller parts in the movie.  Some of those smaller characters made great action figures, others weren't as exciting to me, but the fact that each year included a mix of main and background characters does make me wonder if Kenner had more of a plan this time around. My childhood Dengar from 1981 is still in my collection! Even though most of them were only on the screen for a few seconds, the bounty hunters were some of the coolest and mos...