Comments on: A Couple of “Super” Powers Holy Grails

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By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:34:10 +0000

Great to hear about this again, guys. I was a charter subscriber to Lee’s and Tomart’s, as well as a frequent costumer of Toy Shop’s various action figure merchants back in the 90′s.

Scot’s Extra Powers ads always amazed me. Once I saw the first one, I knew then that Super Powers would live on forever, and here we are on its 25th anniversary.

By: Doctor Loopy

Doctor Loopy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:48:13 +0000

I am the mysterious “Doug” of whom Daniel speaks of. I thank him for his kind words about me. For awhile I think we were going to see who died with the most toys but I fear he has greatly outstripped me over the last few years.
This certainly brought back memories and I can’t believe he kept that ad for all this time. I do rememeber fondly going down to Comic Empire weekly to get TOY SHOP just to look at what I was missing out on. I learned a lot from that and other publications of the day. It was a great time to collect..a time when you HAD to go to Toys shows and conventions to find things. How many times did I drive to Dallas or Kansas City to try and find that elusive figure. Daniel was a great part of that and i’m glad to see him continue to carry the torch for toy collecting. Thanks for the memories!

By: Hourman

Hourman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:55:56 +0000

No hard feelings, Scot (and my apologies for somehow mispelling both your first and last name). Humility is a highly underrated quality, and I applaud your willingness to display it here. I’ve certainly found the last ten or so years of my own life pretty humbling, so I appreciate where you’re coming from.
Thanks for addressing my issues and best of luck with your future endeavors. I was always admiring of your talent.

By: Toythinker

Toythinker — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:25:19 +0000

Holy Moley – yeah, I was one of those guys looking through periodicals for action figures back in the early 90′s just like you. Funny, it was a time when Starting Line Ups were all the rage, and ToyBiz Marvel Super-Heroes Storm was no where to be found. I even found the last series of Super Powers for $5.00 at a LCS, but couldn’t bring myself to sepnd “that much” for them at the time. D’oh!

By: Scot Fleming

Scot Fleming — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:47:11 +0000

First off – let me say thanks to the folks that remember and spoke up positively about my work. As I just wrote to JM about – It is painfully embarrassing to see some of one’s earliest work presented. I am sure that people used to Casimir’s and Iron Cow’s recent offerings would cringe at the thought of paying money for those figures of mine now. As would I. But as was pointed out – this was a while ago and not only did we have less resources and materials at our disposal, there was no internet to speak of to find more. I can honestly say that my work improved even during the time when I was making these and that came, like everything else good, from practice, and experience. Nothing helped my work more than doing them every day for 3 years.

On the eating humble pie front – I have to apologize to hourman (and many others) whom I offended with my attitude and/or words some time ago. It certainly isn’t something I can defend or refute. There were long periods of time when “royal jerk” would have been an upgrade. I have been through a lot of life-changing experiences in the last decade and hope I am a better person for it. Feel free to drop me a line for a more in depth apology.

I still do custom work of a different, less license-infringing variety at http://www.pimpmybatmobile.com where many of us are trying to improve upon Hot Wheels’ Batmobile efforts. And as I told JM, the redux version of the Extra Powers line is still in very much in sight. This year I’ll be revising/relaunching the website and updating a lot of stuff so keep an eye out.

- Scot (Scooter)

By: Hourman

Hourman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:13:10 +0000

I have very mixed feelings about Scooter’s Custom Works and Scott Flemming. On the positive side, I remember my eyes bugging out and turning green with envy seeing his brochure and the great looking work he did. I also remember being disappointed after sending him a mint Mego Batman in trade for a figure and then never hearing from him again. And finally, I remember reading some of his posts on th old Toybuzz message board and thinking he was a royal jerk, particularly when he once replied to a post with which he disagreed with the classy response “Eat me”.
So yeah, mixed feelings.

By: superfriend

superfriend — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:13:51 +0000

I remember these. Cool stuff. I started collecting with the Super Powers line, but only bought about 1/2 of them. I later used Toy Shop to acquire many of the ones I was unable to get from flea markets. Good memories.

By: Jason Geyer

Jason Geyer — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:37:52 +0000

I, too, was perplexed the first time I saw Scot’s work in Toy Shop.

I had never seen custom cards before, so I knew they weren’t legit, but still couldn’t figure out where they came from.

I was already doing customs myself then, however, having first discovered them from a Federal Judge who ran a comic shop in Corpus Christi, TX.

By: Newton

Newton — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:00:26 +0000

Amazing work for that time. The price and detail aren’t bad at all in hindsight.

By: Great White

Great White — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:05:35 +0000

WOW! Number one…we’re about the same age…so I remember those wonderful publications with great fondness!! and number two… I also lusted after these figures and actually had a Banshee made back in 1993! I no longer have that figure but man it was SWEET!This guys work got me motivated to make my own figures and supplies were SO limited back then! Great find and a nice piece of nostalgia!

By: The Superfly

The Superfly — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:34:13 +0000

oh man! this totally brings back memories…I remember these exact ads in Toy Shop back in the day, and thought they were awesome as well. Great stuff!!

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:53:38 +0000

Great blog. Thanks, JM. Congrats on the new acquisitions. Props to Scott for doing those cards by hand before the days of computer graphics applications!

By: Chip Cataldo

Chip Cataldo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:22:09 +0000

Saw ‘em. Passed on ‘em. Glad you won ‘em, tho! Had no idea they were from back in the day…thought it was some new guy’s customs since they tend to pop up from time to time.

Peace,

Chip

By: Toy links : Fanmode

Toy links : Fanmode — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:21:30 +0000

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By: Casimir

Casimir — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:50:07 +0000

Scott is a talent and a gentlemen. Congratulations on the rare find and excellent addition to your collection, sir. Have you informed Scott these turned up? I’m sure he’d be amused.