Stretch Armstrong conducted reconnaissance on heroes from Earth and beyond (including characters from "G.I. Joe", "Transformers", "MASK", "Battleship Galaxies", "Action Man", and even "Candy Land") to help fight against Baron Karza (the enemy of the Micronauts). In September 2017, IDW Publishing announced a new comic book based on the Netflix series "Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters" for January 2018. 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
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