Comments on: Super Powers Highlight : Plastic Man Carded Sample

By: fightingamerican

fightingamerican — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:23:00 +0000

Yea, I remember getting many of the first wave while going to my first convention as a “professional”…in Chicago.
Superman, Batman, and a good number more. I think that was the most exciting part of the Trip!!
It was a great line!! The only one I couldn’t get was Mr. Miracle…the Super-Escape Artist!!
You’re telling me!!

By: kevfett

kevfett — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:35:49 +0000

There are only two toy lines I can remember actually gasping out loud when I first saw them. Enough my parents heard me from a few aisles over. One was Super Powers at Kmart in Salina KS. My parents bought me Batman and Green Lantern. My brother got Flash and Superman.

The other line that floored me upon first seeing it was LJN’s Advanced Dungeons and Dragons line. Which had pretty darn cool card art of it own.

By: Hellpop

Hellpop — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:31:19 +0000

Totally agree with Kevfett about the packages. They are still gorgeous. I remember the first time I saw these, in a Kiddie City in the King of Prussia mall. They had a TON of Robins, and only one other figure, Green Lantern (there may have been villains there too, but I was only interested in the heroes at the time). The first two waves of Super Powers were the first toy sets I ever completed; I even had all the vehicles. Sigh….

By: David

David — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:48:37 +0000

BEST. TOY LINE. EVER. The bolts on their knee joints were internal. No one does that NOW let alone 20-plus years ago. This is the only toy line I kept from when I was little. In storage hoping to be displayed someday. Chip, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us!

By: Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:58:46 +0000

The first Super Powers I ever had was bought by me. Mind you, I rarely bought any of my toys back then, seeing as I was a mama’s boy who was too young to really make money on my own.

My first Super Powers was Green Lantern, by the way!

The Super Powers line is really one of the all time greatest action figure lines ever. I was extremely bummed that it never continued beyond the third wave(it was the third wave, right?)

I only need Mister Miracle to complete my collection, which is all loose. I still have the Batmobile and the Darkseid Destroyer, but my Hall of Justice, Lex Soar-7, and Kalibak Boulder Bomber have been lost to antiquity. I always hated the Justice Jogger, and I was always looking out for the Darkseid fortress playset. At least I know to not even try to look for it nowadays.

By: Hourman

Hourman — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:42:52 +0000

My first two were Aquaman and Robin, both bought at the same time, in a TG&Y. Those were the only ones left on the pegs, and getting the rest of that first wave was not easy. Super Powers was in demand.

By: Hourman

Hourman — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:39:34 +0000

I can conceive of no universe in which you would ever regret collecting Super Powers.

By: kevfett

kevfett — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:38:15 +0000

In my opinion (and maybe I’m a bit biased) Super Powers has the best packaging of ANY toy line. It really jumped of the pegs when we would walk into a store and see them on the shelves. Sure my brother and I bought a lot of lines, Micronauts, GI Joe, Star Wars, He-Man… But when we found new Super Powers. That was an event. Since there was rarely doubles of any character on the shelf it was always a race to see who could find which character first. Oddly enough, this many years later I can still remember where and when I got each character.

By: j1h15233

j1h15233 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:20:50 +0000

And once again it’s the Robin figure. He pulled me into DCUC and now he’s making me want Super Powers.

By: j1h15233

j1h15233 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:19:48 +0000

Wow, looking at that lineup all together on the back of that card makes me want to actually get some of these. Something tells me the money and energy involved will not be found soon though haha.