August 25, 2009

Kenner's SUPER POWERS 25th Anniversary - a Look At The Action Figures & Vehicles!

Oh Yea! I knew that I had to start this off with a showing of the 1980's Batman & Robin Action Figures, but that's not all!! In the Kenner's SUPER POWERS line of toys there were 5 that were what I'm calling "Batman-related". There was Batman, Robin, The Joker, The Penguin, & The Riddler! Wait! The Riddler? Some Americans might not remember the Riddler as one of the characters because he was only made as a SUPER AMIGOS figure for the South American market. In fact, he was made in Argentina! His name was "El Acertijo"...I love that! He's super-rare / very hard to find today & usually sells for quite a lot. OK, now, back to the US releases we all know & love! The figures were originally sold on large blister cards with a bubble, just like today's figures. But, they also sold these on very narrow cards later that toy collectors call "short cards". There's also some other buzz words but where I live that's what we always called them, ha ha! I've tried to show examples here & there, when I have pics of them. This 1st post will feature a few characters & then later posts will show others...so please follow along! Also, in this post, are some pictures of the 2 Batman-related vehicles they made. One, of course, is the now-classic Batmobile!! This car is a fan favorite & I have always loved it. It just has great style!! Now you're probably thinking, "Hey! I only see the original box here, where's the toy?". Well, that's gonna be shown later, I promise. The next vehicle is the Bat-Copter. This helicopter toy is a little harder to find then the Batmobile but just as cool ( I wish I had a better photo of the original box, sorry. But this pic does give you an ok example ). The funny thing is that Kenner had kept the mold for this product & re-issued it later in total black for one of the later Batman movies...funny! Now - I'm gonna be featuring more Kenner's SUPER POWERS 25th Anniversary goodness so just keep going!!

4 comments:

banzaiboy said...

I remember saving up for the Batmobile when I was a kid. One of my favorite...especially since you could fit Batman and Robin in it. Sadly, I wasn't able to get the Batcopter until it was released in its all black color for the Batman movie line. Good memories...

(vVv)

ozz said...

"Super Amigos"! "Amigos" is Spanish for friends. I guess they couldn't figure out how to translate "powers" and make it sound cool.

The Irredeemable Shag said...

I've never seen those "short cards" before. How interesting! I had no idea they sold them like that. I wonder if they sold series 2 & 3 like that also.

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CKLNI said...

I had that batmobile, it was AWESOME!!