Recommended music: James Horner – Arrival at Snow Camp
Today from the archives, we’re still celebrating the Magic of Willow with the Tonka Willow Ufgood (Heroic Protector)!
Since I’m not likely to be collecting the Tonka Eborsisk, Sears exclusive vehicles, or any of the unmade prototypes that showed up online from the home of a former Tonka/Kenner executive, this post represents my last piece of the Tonka Willow toy line to share.
This Willow green repaint did NOT come carded, showing up in a small poly bag only. I just wanted to show the cool blister card artwork that regular figures came on. You can still see the shape of the bubble that I cut away. It did have the extra space for the Elora Danan carrier. This exclusive version of the figure was available by mail for free by sending in proofs of purchase from any three different participating Quaker products, such as Aunt Jemima, varieties of Cap’n Crunch, Crunchy Bran, Life, or Oh’s cereals, Rice-A-Roni, etc. There was also a very plain blue cap with the Willow logo available for five UPCs. However, knowing a toy was an option, five or six-year-old me would not have enjoyed that as much.
I’m not sure which combination of barcodes we used to acquire it, but this was the lone figure in my childhood Willow collection, as I was glad to have the wizard crossing over and teaming up with characters from all sorts of different toy properties.
The Willow film turned 37 years old this month! I figure there’ll be a new Willow item from my collection to share here for the rest of the month. Happy 37 years to the Magic of Willow!
Dale's Toys 