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Amanaman

YEAR UNKNOWN · Action Figures (3¾-inch)

Master development record consolidating 2 catalogued development stages/artifacts for Amanaman. Surviving stages identified during discovery include: Hardcopy swatch firstshot, Painted hardcopy. Individual stages are evidence within one product-development story rather than separate Development Products.

Development OriginUSA
Developer / LicenseeKenner
Development PeriodUnknown
Research ConfidenceHIGH
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Development storyAmanaman is not a single isolated oddity but a development story assembled from the surviving pieces of Kenner’s work. Bringing those stages together lets us follow the idea as it changed — from early planning and physical experiments toward the form collectors eventually knew, or toward a path that was abandoned. Master development record consolidating 2 catalogued development stages/artifacts for Amanaman. Surviving stages identified during discovery include: Hardcopy swatch firstshot, Painted hardcopy.…
How to identify itAmanaman development includes painted hardcopy plus broader hardcopy/swatches/first-shot evidence. Plastic swatches and unpainted hardcopy material document color/material development before later first-shot examples.
Production outcomeReleased product development · This prototype record is linked to the corresponding V2 production family/listing.
Surviving evidenceDocumented multi stage development · Multiple developmental Amanaman forms are documented; exact survivor census is not established.
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