LOL thanks guys! This is a fun line to collect and I am far from an expert. I made this video because nobody else is willing to do comprehensive guide. Hope it was helpful
To be fair, Hal Jordan's Green Lantern more closely resembles any iteration of the Joker over the Riddler. Hands down. Case closed. Little known fact: The Clark Kent mail away figure that Kenner released was a head swap and repaint of the Hawkman body.
I started collecting this line finally because of Tod MacFarlane. I was born in 84 but grew up with the ToyBiz Batman and DC figures. I mostly got Ninja Turtles as a kid. Started collecting those again earlier this year. Now have to collect Both Super Powers new and old. Thank you for the run down of figures, I'll use this as my guide.
Great retrospective review. I came late to the party and a was lucky to get the first wave of heroes before the McFaralne announcement. I got the Kenner Batmobile too. It’s a fun line and looks incredible in a display
This was a bittersweet video for me. I desperately wanted to go to Mego Meet but was laid up by the flu. This video was the closest I could get. 😢 I desperately want a Tombs of The Blind Dead figure now!! Thanks for being you, Brian! Keep on rocking the great content! The Marvel figure I'd like to see would be a 70's Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider or a Ditko-esque Dr. Strange. Cheers! 🎉
These figures came out after my childhood days were fading. I was heading into High School and girls and cars became my new favorite thing. Back in the 70's I was a HUGE FAN of the Mego Superheroes action figures. I had every one of them, even the mail-in Kid-Flash, Aqualad, Wonder-Girl, and Speedy, were released as special mail in figures, and I loved them all! I even had the Planet of the Apes action figures and playsets as well. The Knights of the Round Table. Sir Lancelot, The Black Knight, etc. But later on after these figures had been out for a while I saw how unique they were. The smaller size, like the Star Wars figures, and the 5 POA as well. But these figures looked really good. The Mego's lineup had issues with the Superheroes logos falling off since they were stickers. The \_S_/ on Superman, the 🦇🦇on🦇Batman🦇🦇, the ®️ on Robin and the Marvel characters also had issues. The Fantastic 4️⃣ logos also fell off. 🕷🕸Spider-Man's🕸🕷 logo was actually sewed into his suit. Iron-Man's blaster on his chest was also sewed on but the 🟡yellow🟡dot🟡 was a sticker inside of the plastic circular blaster. One of the few that could be fixed with glue. These however didn't have any of those issues at all. I was bummed out that I didn't get at least a few of these figure, and now they are insanely high priced. Figures, no pun intended.
Pretty sure that for Red Tornado, you squeeze the arms and the lower half spins in a tornado fashion. Also, this vid reminds me that I actually had soooo many of these growing up. Nice collection! Really wanted steppenwolf but my neighbor never wanted to let his go.
I remember when these came out, first toy ad I saw in a comic book. the flash was my favorite had Superman but was very hard to find Batman. Great to see these toys again.
I started Collecting Action Figures April 2nd, 1994. I missed the original run of Figures, but I got the rerelease they did, I think it was 1989 or 1990? Not sure. Anyway, I think that ran until 1992. There was still a lot of them on the shelves at my Toys R Us. My first day of Collecting I got most of the Justice League. Superman Batman Robin Wonder Woman Green Lantern Hawkman Aquaman Red Tornado Martian Manhunter Over the years I sold or gave away many of them. I still have a few. Okay, I must have gotten the Toy Biz reboot in 1989.
The Lex Luthor of the Super Powers line predates the Byrne/Wolfman retcon of LL. Luthor and Brainiac were revised in the 80s in Action Comics #544 and designed by George Perez. For further information consult the DC omnibus The Fourth World volume 2. Which also includes all three Super Powers DC mini series.
This is the only toyline I have complete as well. I got a set open and a set carded. Cost me a pretty penny but it's such a great line to display it was worth it. Also, fyi, Green Arrow only came with 2 arrows not 3, and Mr. Freeze's helmet does come off so yours might be glued down.
Orion in the comics is the son of darkside on the show, i am not sure if he was meant to be that way as well or not. really nice collection you have, bro. i had most of those when i was a kid.
That's where the action feature comes in. Orion uses a device to hide his real face which looks more like Darkseid. He's not turning into a bad guy, it's just revealing his true features.
I have some of them Mr. Freeze's helmet doesn't come off also I never got him but I a friend of mine did years ago and with Red Tornado you swees the arms together to get his lower part to more same with Samuria.. Also Dessad Kalibak Mantis Stevenwolf and Para-Deamon are all Darkseid's men.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 Your Welcome and also I forgot I had 2 Brainac's before and your right both of mine broke from the arm. The others I do have are Hal Jordan Green Lantern Flash and new Aquaman my first one I use to had broke in the arm. Robin Superman Dr. Fate he is like Dr. Strange from Marvel, Kalibak Stevenwolf Mr. Freeze Firestorm M. Manhunter Wonder Woman Hawkman with one wing a friend gave me him. Lex Luthor Mantis the energy vampire who drains the powers of say Batman Flash and so on. Green Arrow. That is it
I used to have the Flash from this toy series. He had a spot right on the tip of his nose where the paint came off that always annoyed me, so I was always touching it up with flesh-colored crayons.
You weren't sure if that was Hal Jordan? Wow. You didn't know much about this line and none of the action feature names. Dont you think a little research before making the video would have been necessary. Especially since you'll have viewers that were born after the 90s
The comments you make about the Kenner line shows us you apparently weren't old enough to have those toys when they came out! Or, else you would think that the batmobile was the best one ever made!
