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Kenner Products
Industry Toys
Fate Closed, properties and brand name sold. Product lines merged into Hasbro.
Founded 1947; 70 years ago (1947)
Defunct 2000; 17 years ago (2000)
Headquarters Cincinnati, Ohio
Key people
Albert Steiner
Phillip Steiner
Joseph L. Steiner
Products
Parent Independent (1947–1967)
General Mills (1967–1985)
Kenner Parker Toys, Inc. (1985–1987)
Tonka (1987–1991)
Hasbro (1991–2000)
Website hasbro.com

Kenner Products was an American toy company founded in 1947. Throughout its history the Kenner brand produced several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines, including action figures like the original series of Star Wars and Jurassic Park, as well as die cast models. The company was closed by its corporate parent and merger Hasbro in 2000.

Founded in 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio by brothers Albert, Phillip, and Joseph L. Steiner, the company was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located, just north of Cincinnati's Union Terminal. It was a pioneer in the use of television advertisement for the marketing of merchandise across the United States, beginning in 1958.

In the early 1960s, Kenner introduced its corporate mascot, The Kenner Gooney Bird, which would be used in both its company logo ("It's Kenner! It's fun!") and TV ads, in both animated form and puppetry. One commercial was produced by Muppets creator Jim Henson and the puppet featured there would later be used for the Sesame Street character Little Bird. The Bird was phased out by 1974.

The company was purchased by General Mills in 1967. In 1970, General Mills merged its Rainbow Crafts division into Kenner Products, bringing Play-Doh into the Kenner product line. In 1985, General Mills would spin-off both its Kenner and Parker Brothers toy divisions to form Kenner Parker Toys, Inc. The following year Kenner Parker sold off its Lionel Trains division.


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