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Okawara Kunio interviewed.
“… my generation looked towards the designs done in the West and then get inspired and made into their own projects. Now those things we made are inspiring people in places like Hollywood and elsewhere. That’s really exciting.”
Mecha Zone’s David White interviewed.
“My first robot toy was C3P0 from Star Wars. … I saw the Shogun Warriors cartoons not long after that: the Force Five series with Dragun, Grendizer, and Danguard Ace. That’s when my real passion for giant robots was ignited.” (See also.)
George Lucas interviewed.
“I like Japan. I was going to shoot THX there and I spent some time over there. My wife says I am a reincarnated shogun, or at least a warlord. I’ll be fascinated to see what happens over there; Star Wars is slightly designed for Japan.” (See also.)
Kurosawa and Lucas.
“… Kurosawa himself was heavily influenced by the sweeping Westerns of John Ford. … The genius of Star Wars, by accident and/or by design, was to somehow fuse these disparate elements together – ancient mythology, samurai warriors and futuristic spacecraft …”
Cowboys and spacemen.
“By the time the first ‘Star Wars’ film was released, viewers were comfortable with the idea of robots and space explorers thrown into a desolate desert landscape or a lawless saloon like the Cantina.”
Toyetic stories.
“Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz claimed that Star Wars made three times as much on toys as it did on films … Toy Story 3 made nearly $10bn from its action figures and other merch – 10 times what it took at the global box office.”
Kenner and Star Wars.
“Kenner sold 22 million Star Wars toys annually during the run of the first three films. Supplies sold out in hours. The average kid owned 11 Star Wars toys …”
Action Man heads for space.
“The doll, owned by Rob Wisdom, of Essex, was launched from a field next to the old Palitoy Factory in Coalville, Leicestershire …”
Action Man and Star Wars.
“Retailers were offered discounts on the firm’s hugely popular soldier figures if they would take Star Wars toys.”
Action Force history.
“Globally, Action Force is generally perceived as the British cousin of GI Joe, the Real American Hero, which in part is true, but its influences stretch beyond that …”