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 Message-ID: <00fb01d36310$d0ecc200$72c64600$@centurytel.net>
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
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Jarrod Roll
Director-County Historian
Monroe County Local History Room & Museum
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Sparta, WI 54656
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