Exhibit featuring Vintage Star Wars toys at UW-Parkside Mathis Gallery until Dec. 20

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From: "Jarrod Roll" <mclhr@centurytel.net>
Subject: Exhibit featuring Vintage Star Wars toys at UW-Parkside Mathis Gallery until Dec. 20
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:36:39 -0600
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VINTAGE STAR WARS TOY EXHIBIT AT UW-PARKSIDE MATHIS GALLERY

 

When Star Wars hit the movie theaters in 1977, it instantly became a box office smash, especially with children. Kids wanting to bring the action home from the theater with them could find their favorite heroes, villains, creatures and spaceships in miniature size on the toy shelves. From 1978 to 1985, Kenner Toys manufactured hundreds of action figures, vehicles, and playsets featured in the movies Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. These toys today are as iconic as the movies themselves.

 

On view now is "The Nostalgia Awakens" - the largest public display of these original Kenner Star Wars toys ever in Wisconsin, now on view at the UW-Parkside Mathis Gallery, Kenosha. The Star Wars toys display will be on view Tuesday-Friday, 9 am-4 pm, until December 20th. Admission is free. UW-Parkside Galleries are located in the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha WI 53144. For More Information: UW-Parkside Galleries, 262-595-2342 or 262-595-2342 or gallery@uwp.edu.

 

Museums and libraries interested in potentially borrowing the "Nostalgia Awakens" exhibit of Star Wars vintage toys may email: StarWarsExhibit@gmail.com .

 

Find a link about the exhibit here:

http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/force-is-strong-in-collector-s-toy-exh ibit/article_36b402d0-ae68-55e8-a7c1-c20c41b3911d.html?utm_medium=social
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