Comments on: Super Powers Highlight – Gulliver Superman

By: Nick in NY

Nick in NY — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:32:09 +0000

Superman95!

Can you verify that the Superman Gulliver card is in Spanish
and made in Columbia (or is it in Portugese and made in Brazil)?
Also, on a related note, can you shed any light on the two different
versions of Captain Ray’s chest emblem? Thanks!

By: Sam Moreno

Sam Moreno — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:46:56 +0000

It’s funny that the Prototypes look so much better.

By: j1h15233

j1h15233 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:07:02 +0000

How crazy would it be if you were one of the guys that actually made these things, put little to no effort into painting them, kept a bunch of them in a big suitcase somewhere and are now selling them for I’m sure unbelievably crazy profits?

By: Lightsource

Lightsource — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:17:53 +0000

The vinyl capes are an interesting alternative, remind me of the later Megos – same material. And the included posters would have been a great thing to do the U.S. line.
Also find it interesting that bootlegs have such a value now, as I always thought these poorly made figures we’re considered not desirable — only desirable in the package I suppose…

By: NoisyDvL5

NoisyDvL5 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:24:44 +0000

Thanks, Chip!

That Supes looks weird without the knees. That bothers me more than anything else! LOL

Keep these coming, they’re cool.

By: Superman95

Superman95 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:51:18 +0000

Thanks for the article, Chip. The figure looks so bad because it was made circa 1995. The original figures made in Colombia were avaliable in 1986, and the quality of the figures was much better in face paint, the “s” shield decal. Even the plastic cape included the shield in the back. Of course, the neck was fragile and easily broken.

In 1987, in Colombia was avaliable a box set that included the 8 figures (even the infamous “Capitan Rayo”), that used the Garcia Lopez artwork. Superman figures were given as a gift for the first 5 kids in every cinema that featured “Superman IV: The Quest for peace” in Bogota, on the 1988 christmas. (That’s rigth, fellas. That movie was premiered in my coutry 18 months after their release in USA).

The line survived in Colombia until 1995, and both, Supes and Bats remained as the best seller figures in the line. In the christmas of that year, Gulliver made two Superman figures: The Man of Steel (with the infamous mullet) and the Superboy clone. Each figure included 10 points of articulation, and I pressume, they were only avaliable in Colombia.

By: David D

David D — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:24:52 +0000

Awesome pictures on some rare items in this and your last few blog posts. It’s good to hear the seller could help you fill some holes in your collection. I’m sure he was glad to see them go to a true collector

By: chad

chad — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:01 +0000

interesting how the translation on the foreign versions of the line seem almost similar to english like krypontina though the figure ssems to have been done on the cheap side.

By: superfriend

superfriend — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:38:33 +0000

My mother was frequently a substitute teacher in my high school while I was attending. One long stint was for the chemistry teacher who went out on materninity leave. My mom was frequently annoyed by students who tried to tell her that “Kryptonite” was an element on the periodic table. The element is Krypton, which is in its normal state a gas.

By: Cantina-Dan

Cantina-Dan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:25:11 +0000

“Kruptonite!” – funny. Another great installment, Chip!