Stretch Armstrong Stretch Armstrong Stretch Armstrong is a large, gel-filled action figure first introduced in 1976 by Kenner. In 2016, at the New York Toy Fair, Hasbro announced the return of the Stretch Armstrong toy in its original 1976 design. Stretch Armstrong is an action figure shaped as a short, muscular, man with blond hair wearing black trunks. The doll's most notable feature was that it could be stretched from its original size of about to . If a tear did develop, it could be fixed with an adhesive bandage. Information on how to repair Stretch was provided in the toy's instruction
Kenner Star Wars action figures style, with larger muscles, and are known to collectors as "Power of the Force 2". The "Power of the Force 2" figures continued to be branded as Kenner until 1999, when they were rebranded as Hasbro. Hasbro continues to market "Star Wars" action figures to the present day. Kenner's success with the "Star Wars" line motivated creators of other action-adventure movies to market their own action figure lines. In the 1982 horror film "Poltergeist", two children are shown playing with "Star Wars" action figures. Later that year, the film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" also featured "Star Wars" action figures, which are