Old Superhero Toylines from the 80's and the 90's

[andrew8798]

Unlike most toylines like Star Wars and Transformers or GI Joe it seems most Comic book ones are forgotten. I got a bunch of Kenner and Toybiz promo books and I remember some of their Superhero ones were fun as hell. Hell go back to the Spider-Man TAS one we had the Spider Slayer. That was fun as a kid

Hell didn't DC had one besides the Kenner Batman one

[Goldenbane]

I very much loved the Super Powers Collection from Kenner and the Secret Wars figures from Mattel. Looking back, as much as I loved Marvel more, I have to say that DC had the superior toy line.

Toy Biz later had the Batman movie toys, which IMO, were fantastic, and later they did another "DC super heroes" line that wasn't as big or long run. They did eventually do Marvel, and those were really really good!

[DSR]

Somewhere I still have Gambit from the Toybiz X-Men line. His jacket was the cheapest plastic imaginable, I don't think it survived a full week. And his springloaded kicking action got f'd up pretty quick, too. I couldn't get him to stand up without that leg going straight out. I eventually just had him take a knee and use his bo staff for support. Then I lost the bo staff.

[andrew8798]

I remember Professor X in his chair. Well not much you could do with him

[Feyrhausen]

Jan 21, 2018 3:33:03 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

I remember Professor X in his chair. Well not much you could do with him

What do you mean? He came with SECRET CONTROL PANELS!

[BlackoutCreature]

I remember in my first year of college (1998) going to the local Kay-Bee and buying a whole bunch of Silver Surfer toys at 75% off clearance. All those multi-colored Surfers and a Galactus.

[ERON]

'90s X-Men figures were fun to play with. I had an action figure wrestling league, and I would book it based on which figures I enjoyed playing with the most, so the X-Men figures dominated the league. Brimstone Love and Metalhead from X-Men 2099 were like my Hogan and Andre.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Was very proud to pass on my Secret Wars Spider-Man to my niece at Christmas.

The Kenner ones were great as well. Had the Superman where you'd squeeze his legs and he'd do a double punch and the really awesome for its day Hawkman figure.

[Milkman Norm]

I had a bunch of the Kenner Super Powers line as well as several vehicles and the Hall of Justice.

[Bang Bang Bart]

I'm reminded of the Justice Jogger from the Super Powers line. A bizarre toy that Superman rides for when he gets lazy or something.

[Goldenbane]

Jan 21, 2018 10:57:55 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Was very proud to pass on my Secret Wars Spider-Man to my niece at Christmas.

The Kenner ones were great as well. Had the Superman where you'd squeeze his legs and he'd do a double punch and the really awesome for its day Hawkman figure.

Traditional Spider-man, or black suit Spider-man? I remember seeing that black costume for the first time in the toy line, and thought it was awesome as hell!

[Duke Cameron]

My favorites 

[Stu]

[A Platypus Rave]

I had flipping Beast from Marvel, as well as Wolverine, Cyclops...

A few light up action ones like Psylocke, nightcrawler and Gambit...

As Well as a bunch of the super 90's Marvel heroes like Shatterstar and Grizzly.

I also think I had the Xenomorph Brood Queen figure too.

[SmashTV]

Jan 21, 2018 11:30:18 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

I'm reminded of the Justice Jogger from the Super Powers line. A bizarre toy that Superman rides for when he gets lazy or something.

'Man, I'm done with flying; Lois, fetch me my Justice Jogger!'

[Ultimo Gallos]

Started off with the Mego DC and Marvel figures. Then as I got older got the Super Powers and Secret Wars ones. Never had many of the later ones. Mostly cause I was in high school by the time Toy Biz started making the Marvel stuff.

[A Platypus Rave]

Jan 21, 2018 17:58:14 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

Jan 21, 2018 11:30:18 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

I'm reminded of the Justice Jogger from the Super Powers line. A bizarre toy that Superman rides for when he gets lazy or something.

'Man, I'm done with flying; Lois, fetch me my Justice Jogger!'

Yep... good thing I don't look stupid in this....


Also THE FLASH CYCLE!

[SmashTV]

Jan 21, 2018 18:02:22 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Jan 21, 2018 17:58:14 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

'Man, I'm done with flying; Lois, fetch me my Justice Jogger!'

Yep... good thing I don't look stupid in this....


Also THE FLASH CYCLE!

Jesus Christ!

In my head, the Justice Jogger didn't have legs; despite the name it was a buggy of some sort. What an abomination.

[BlackoutCreature]

Jan 21, 2018 18:07:48 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

Jan 21, 2018 18:02:22 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Yep... good thing I don't look stupid in this....


Also THE FLASH CYCLE!

Jesus Christ!

In my head, the Justice Jogger didn't have legs; despite the name it was a buggy of some sort. What an abomination.

You can scoff, but I think we all know that if the Justice Jogger had been in the Justice League movie it would've hit the $1 Billion mark easy.

[Deleted]

Jan 21, 2018 2:55:30 GMT -5 Goldenbane said:

I very much loved the Super Powers Collection from Kenner and the Secret Wars figures from Mattel. Looking back, as much as I loved Marvel more, I have to say that DC had the superior toy line.

Toy Biz later had the Batman movie toys, which IMO, were fantastic, and later they did another "DC super heroes" line that wasn't as big or long run. They did eventually do Marvel, and those were really really good!

I collected that Toy Biz DC line. The Lex Luthor figure had an action feature of punching himself in the face.