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Post by Goldenbane on Jan 22, 2018 1:47:19 GMT -5
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. I remember that. I had the Riddler, who came with amazing pieces of paper (with riddles on them), LOL! The Superman figure, I thought, was really cool. He came with a kryptonite ring, and if you pointed the ring at him, he fell over. I think this was accomplished by magnets in Superman's chest and the ring which repelled each other. Also from that line was color changing Mister Freeze who went from flesh tone to blue after you put him in the freezer for a few hours.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 22, 2018 2:22:06 GMT -5
I collected that Toy Biz DC line. The Lex Luthor figure had an action feature of punching himself in the face. I remember that. I had the Riddler, who came with amazing pieces of paper (with riddles on them), LOL! The Superman figure, I thought, was really cool. He came with a kryptonite ring, and if you pointed the ring at him, he fell over. I think this was accomplished by magnets in Superman's chest and the ring which repelled each other. Also from that line was color changing Mister Freeze who went from flesh tone to blue after you put him in the freezer for a few hours. they made a few of those into statues a few years ago which was pretty cool. well a non articulated version... but they did give Superman an arm accessory to make it look like he was doing his POWER PUNCH!
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jan 22, 2018 8:41:25 GMT -5
I had a ton of these. I liked the Dark Knight collection that had the Joker whose face turned orange when you put it in cold water. Made no sense to me as a kid, but it was my favorite Joker action figure.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 13:41:30 GMT -5
I collected that Toy Biz DC line. The Lex Luthor figure had an action feature of punching himself in the face. I remember that. I had the Riddler, who came with amazing pieces of paper (with riddles on them), LOL! The Superman figure, I thought, was really cool. He came with a kryptonite ring, and if you pointed the ring at him, he fell over. I think this was accomplished by magnets in Superman's chest and the ring which repelled each other. Also from that line was color changing Mister Freeze who went from flesh tone to blue after you put him in the freezer for a few hours. f***ing magnets, how do they work?
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Jan 22, 2018 14:54:42 GMT -5
It was annoying that Kenner never made a version of the jack Nicholas Joker where he was wearing a PURPLE suit. Instead they put him in orange and red. Was the Toy Biz version peg warming?
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Jan 22, 2018 15:05:24 GMT -5
Nobody ever talks about the Might Crusaders.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jan 22, 2018 15:51:45 GMT -5
Nobody ever talks about the Might Crusaders. I had the Web,the Shield and the Comet from that line when I was a kid. Didn't Remco make them? I know Remco did the Sgt Rock line and the Warlord line.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jan 22, 2018 17:24:39 GMT -5
It was annoying that Kenner never made a version of the jack Nicholas Joker where he was wearing a PURPLE suit. Instead they put him in orange and red. Was the Toy Biz version peg warming? Wasn't the Batman '89 toy the terrible looking Joker who had the squirting flower. I also had the Bob the Goon toy. Check out Batman Toys 89-92 commercials on youtube.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Jan 22, 2018 17:35:48 GMT -5
Nobody ever talks about the Might Crusaders. I had the Web,the Shield and the Comet from that line when I was a kid. Didn't Remco make them? I know Remco did the Sgt Rock line and the Warlord line. Yes they were made by Remco. Remco did a lot of stuff in the 80s really.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Jan 22, 2018 17:36:40 GMT -5
It was annoying that Kenner never made a version of the jack Nicholas Joker where he was wearing a PURPLE suit. Instead they put him in orange and red. Was the Toy Biz version peg warming? Wasn't the Batman '89 toy the terrible looking Joker who had the squirting flower. I also had the Bob the Goon toy. Check out Batman Toys 89-92 commercials on youtube. Yes, wasn't necessarily terrible. Just looked like comics Joker rather than Nicholson.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 26, 2018 3:21:13 GMT -5
Super Powers is still a major benchmark in superhero lines. Few lines that scale (and quite a few even larger) managed to get the remarkable sculpting these did. A fantastic selection of characters, and while I loved the redesigns for Darkseid's minions (Parademon and Mantis especially), I'm still perplexed as to why they started introducing all-new characters (Cyclotron, Golden Pharoah) when they had literally hundreds of existing characters to choose from. God-awful vehicles, though.
Secret Wars, I have mixed feelings on. Such a lazily-produced line. The sculpting sucked. Perplexed here as well, as to why they couldn't even make it to Wave 2 before they started using characters that weren't part of the comic tie-in. Granted, the mini was over by then and they were trying to go with characters that were big in the books at the time (Hobgoblin in Spider-Man, Zemo and Constrictor in Cap, etc), but still bizarre considering there were still A-listers from the mini that weren't made (Hulk, Thor, Ultron, etc).
The early Toy Biz stuff...the '89 Batman figures, the DC line, the first waves of the Marvel and X-Men lines....yeesh. It was exciting at the time to finally be getting these characters again, or for the first time, and I have all the nostalgia feels for them, but oh man, those things suuuuuuuuucked. Whether it was "Punch Myself" Luthor or "Constipated" Wolverine or "Do I look fat in this armor" Iron Man, some of the worst figures ever made for a major brand(s). Thankfully, they got their crap together real quick and we had much better figures within a year two after that.
Kenner's Batman line started off a bit dodgy, with the Penguin that was just a repaint of their old Super Powers figure and flattop Robin, but as they expanded to other figures beyond Returns, and splintered into the Animated line as well, they offered great figures but also the bane of my figure collecting - the explosion of multiple versions of the main character. Two things killed my collecting days - most figure lines starting to offer way more variants of the main characters instead of one every once in a while, and the change in design egged on by McFarlane Toys, with figures from all brands taking on weird poses while losing sense of scale with each other. I didn't need 50 different Batman figures in varying colors of the rainbow.
As for Remco's comic efforts (Sgt. Rock, Warlord and Mighty Crusaders), they were fine quality but lacking any real excitement.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Jan 26, 2018 6:04:46 GMT -5
Not from the toyline itself, but I remember collecting these from Burger King.
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Post by jimwilliams on Jan 26, 2018 11:31:30 GMT -5
I remember Professor X in his chair. Well not much you could do with him You could park closer to the X-mansion if he was in your vehicle.
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Post by James Fabiano on Jan 26, 2018 12:50:29 GMT -5
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!' Been reading Jon Peters' idea notebook again from the 90s, have we?
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 26, 2018 18:07:34 GMT -5
I loved collecting the few Super Powers and Secret Wars figures I had. I had Brainiac and Green Lantern, and Cap, Doc Ock, Dr. Doom, and Spider-Man figures from the SW line. I was always disappointed it took so many years for anyone to make a Captain America figure with an actual shield instead of the gimmicky ones that he always seemed to get in the 80's.
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Post by Goldenbane on Jan 26, 2018 23:21:13 GMT -5
Super Powers is still a major benchmark in superhero lines. Few lines that scale (and quite a few even larger) managed to get the remarkable sculpting these did. A fantastic selection of characters, and while I loved the redesigns for Darkseid's minions (Parademon and Mantis especially), I'm still perplexed as to why they started introducing all-new characters (Cyclotron, Golden Pharoah) when they had literally hundreds of existing characters to choose from. God-awful vehicles, though. Secret Wars, I have mixed feelings on. Such a lazily-produced line. The sculpting sucked. Perplexed here as well, as to why they couldn't even make it to Wave 2 before they started using characters that weren't part of the comic tie-in. Granted, the mini was over by then and they were trying to go with characters that were big in the books at the time (Hobgoblin in Spider-Man, Zemo and Constrictor in Cap, etc), but still bizarre considering there were still A-listers from the mini that weren't made (Hulk, Thor, Ultron, etc). The early Toy Biz stuff...the '89 Batman figures, the DC line, the first waves of the Marvel and X-Men lines....yeesh. It was exciting at the time to finally be getting these characters again, or for the first time, and I have all the nostalgia feels for them, but oh man, those things suuuuuuuuucked. Whether it was "Punch Myself" Luthor or "Constipated" Wolverine or "Do I look fat in this armor" Iron Man, some of the worst figures ever made for a major brand(s). Thankfully, they got their crap together real quick and we had much better figures within a year two after that. Kenner's Batman line started off a bit dodgy, with the Penguin that was just a repaint of their old Super Powers figure and flattop Robin, but as they expanded to other figures beyond Returns, and splintered into the Animated line as well, they offered great figures but also the bane of my figure collecting - the explosion of multiple versions of the main character. Two things killed my collecting days - most figure lines starting to offer way more variants of the main characters instead of one every once in a while, and the change in design egged on by McFarlane Toys, with figures from all brands taking on weird poses while losing sense of scale with each other. I didn't need 50 different Batman figures in varying colors of the rainbow. As for Remco's comic efforts (Sgt. Rock, Warlord and Mighty Crusaders), they were fine quality but lacking any real excitement. I think they did the redesign in the comics first, but I remember Super Powers Brainiac looking AWESOME! When I saw him later in other cartoons and comics, I was confused why he was a dopey looking green guy with no pants instead of the bad ass terminator looking monstrosity from the Super Powers line. I definitely agree with you on Mantis and the Parademons. When I saw the "real" versions of them in the comics, I was really devastated. The toys actually looked a trillion times better. Speaking of the Super Powers DC line, did any one else have the old Play Doh set?
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 27, 2018 17:26:27 GMT -5
Super Powers is still a major benchmark in superhero lines. Few lines that scale (and quite a few even larger) managed to get the remarkable sculpting these did. A fantastic selection of characters, and while I loved the redesigns for Darkseid's minions (Parademon and Mantis especially), I'm still perplexed as to why they started introducing all-new characters (Cyclotron, Golden Pharoah) when they had literally hundreds of existing characters to choose from. God-awful vehicles, though. Secret Wars, I have mixed feelings on. Such a lazily-produced line. The sculpting sucked. Perplexed here as well, as to why they couldn't even make it to Wave 2 before they started using characters that weren't part of the comic tie-in. Granted, the mini was over by then and they were trying to go with characters that were big in the books at the time (Hobgoblin in Spider-Man, Zemo and Constrictor in Cap, etc), but still bizarre considering there were still A-listers from the mini that weren't made (Hulk, Thor, Ultron, etc). The early Toy Biz stuff...the '89 Batman figures, the DC line, the first waves of the Marvel and X-Men lines....yeesh. It was exciting at the time to finally be getting these characters again, or for the first time, and I have all the nostalgia feels for them, but oh man, those things suuuuuuuuucked. Whether it was "Punch Myself" Luthor or "Constipated" Wolverine or "Do I look fat in this armor" Iron Man, some of the worst figures ever made for a major brand(s). Thankfully, they got their crap together real quick and we had much better figures within a year two after that. Kenner's Batman line started off a bit dodgy, with the Penguin that was just a repaint of their old Super Powers figure and flattop Robin, but as they expanded to other figures beyond Returns, and splintered into the Animated line as well, they offered great figures but also the bane of my figure collecting - the explosion of multiple versions of the main character. Two things killed my collecting days - most figure lines starting to offer way more variants of the main characters instead of one every once in a while, and the change in design egged on by McFarlane Toys, with figures from all brands taking on weird poses while losing sense of scale with each other. I didn't need 50 different Batman figures in varying colors of the rainbow. As for Remco's comic efforts (Sgt. Rock, Warlord and Mighty Crusaders), they were fine quality but lacking any real excitement. I think they did the redesign in the comics first, but I remember Super Powers Brainiac looking AWESOME! When I saw him later in other cartoons and comics, I was confused why he was a dopey looking green guy with no pants instead of the bad ass terminator looking monstrosity from the Super Powers line. I definitely agree with you on Mantis and the Parademons. When I saw the "real" versions of them in the comics, I was really devastated. The toys actually looked a trillion times better. Speaking of the Super Powers DC line, did any one else have the old Play Doh set? The Batmobile that was part of the Super Powers was also my favorite Batmobile design of all time until '89 when the Burton Batmoblile debuted. I loved that it was a riff on the Batman '66 Batmobile and most of Neal Adams' Batmobile designs utilizing the Batman cowl silhouette into the hood. My friend had the Batmobile toy and I loved playing with it every time I was over at his house, since I never got one of my own.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 28, 2018 15:30:52 GMT -5
My favorites That Apocalypse figure always looked so happy
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