Toy Biz Marvel Superheroes 1990 Toy Line Launch Retrospective | Toysplosion
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In 1990, Toy Biz launched their Marvel Superheroes toy line after nabbing both the Marvel Comics and DC Comics licenses. Soon, Toy Biz would put their full attention on Marvel - starting a decade of strong Marvel Comics toy sales!
In this episode of Toysplsoion, we’re taking a look at the launch line - including the first wave of action figures, vehicles, and the playset!
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i found Daredevil as a kid only 1 time. when i picked it up, an adult toy collector literally took it out of my hands and said "you don't need this" and i never found another. I was only 7 years old. imagine snatching away something meant for a child from an innocent kid? It was from that point on that i developed my hatred for collectors.
That was so selfish of the guy
I love that he doesn’t just let them sit in a display case but actually has fun playing with them
Such nostalgia for this line. I was in the 6th grade when my mom took me to Kay Bee's and I chose Spider-man with his suction cups. The next weekend... we went back to the mall for Captain America!
So awesome! This line is also very nostaligic for me!
Aw man I remember KB Toy stores....they never kept their racks in order. Toys would be sprawled everywhere
You were still playing action figures in the 6th grade?
Dipset Forever why does it matter
Dipset Forever in sixth grade, you are still a kid
Daredevil known for his famous grappling hook
I would have loved a Daredevil action figure as a kid as he's my favorite Marvel superhero, but the fact that he didn't even include his signature billy club would have made it such a disappointment.
Haha! Right?!
@@timf7413 The least they could've done is make it white like Cap's shield launcher so you can *pretend* it's like his Billy Club.
I got all of these toys for Christmas 1990 and just watching all the features of the figures and vehicles really takes me back to my childhood. I remember their action features like the back of my hand. I wish I could find these again.
Such nostalgia. Awesome retrospective video. I remember getting a few figures and the Cap. car for Christmas 1990 (it can't be 29 yrs ago!!!) and buying others over the years. Still have them and still love them.
Like the X-Men Line, I still have all of these uncarded, but mint...almost 30 years later. I was about 15 y.o. and this is around the time I became a serious collector!
Go check out my X-Men video I'll be looking for yours also thanks
Sweet! Yeah, this definitely was a Collecting Gateway kinda line!!
Congrats on getting a sponsor Pixel Dan
:-) Thanks!
God, I remember chasing these figures so hard as a kid and overall being sooo disappointed by them, but because they were basically the only figures of these characters available at the time I still wanted them. I remember overpaying for the Punisher...and Spidey made for my 1st ever "custom" as I sliced those suction cups off
I loved these when i was a lad. Always wanted the big playset. I can remember seeing it at conventions that my big brother would take me to but never got it.
it's funny how inflation works...
...back then, I couldn't get my parents to buy me the Training Center because of its price...(40 bucks in most places)...nowadays, 40 bucks is about how much you pay for a really good Marvel Select figure...
Because they tricked everyone to play with those 6 inch things
Punisher couldn't even hold his gun? 😩
Well done, Toybiz!
Oh my gosh.. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched your channel.. I still remember me and my older brother watching you in 2009. And a couple years later my bro’s question got answered by you in your podcast! We were all so happy. Thank you. You got me into He-Man.
as of July 2021 this is still the only review I found of the training center, its like the forgotten playset
Great episode Dan! The Cap-firing mechanism in Punisher looks a lot like the back of the Kenner RoboCop toys.
It's totally the same kind of thing! And man - I went everywhere while working on this video trying to find somewhere that still sells those paper caps. No luck. Found the rings everywhere, but no paper rolls.
@@Pixel-dan if I had known I would have mailed you a roll. I've been working on reviewing some of the Hasbro C.O.P.S. figures.
I'm really enjoying these retrospectives if you will, please keep on!.. yes of course your shirt is awesome..
Thanks so much! Really glad you're enjoying!!
This shirt is awesome
I love what toybiz did, I had a few X-men but I had lots of the spiderman figure's. It's a line I've collected as an adult as loved them so much. Amazing vid Dan
This toy line has a special meaning for me my grandpa got me hulk when i was 4
Love this show! And the toys focused on are always the ones I remember my big brother and older cousins having! Man my hand me downs were the best
Toy biz and these figures got me started to collecting toys and to go back and get the 80s ones I had as a small kid these are the alpha the beginning of my toy passion until this day I still have every one of those going to card the whole wave
Those are super cool figures and toys
"Do the sharks have...lasers?" ~Dr. Evil
This was an awesome watch! Brings back the good old days
This video reminds me of your old videos from the series “that new toy smell.” With that said, I love it.
It’s interesting to see marvel ( and Hasbro) still making these types of budget figures with their new tv/movie/comic styled heroes.
And my son loves those "budget" Avengers figures quite a bit. They're pretty solid for what they are!
This was one of my favorite Marvel toy line and i still collect this line now :)
The fact that they did those early DC and Marvel toys made it fun to do Marvel vs. DC battles.
I still love how the packaging is the same style, with the DC being gold and the Marvel being Silver. They look great next to each other.
Love this series thank you!! I did had that Batman from the beginning!!! It was my favorite for the longest time back in Central America
I only had the Spider-Man figure. I soon cut off the suction cups on his hands and broke the fingers on one hand so he can do the thwip pose lol
Haha! Amazing!!
While you were breaking spider mans fingers (spider man) 9:13
Fantastic video and reviews! Thanks Dan you rock! 🤘😎
Spidey's car; if only they could have given that rotor disc a kind of web-like appearence. Even so, what a great toy!
These remind me of the Marvel Comics' Super Heroes SECRET WARS figures from 1984. :)
So many great things about these toys and toy biz as a whole. I had the captain America, hulk, Spiderman, dare devil, Dr doom and doc Ock. These toys will always be great! I for one am glad Kenner got that second license because if not would have never got that quick Change Bruce Wayne baby!!!!
I had the Spider-Man with the suction cups, the bar-squeezing Hulk, the hammer throwing Thor, the ooze-shooting Venom, the cap shooting Punisher, the Iron Man with removable armor, the pull back and release Silver Surfer and the 1991 X-Men figures except for Apocalypse and Juggernaut. Great times.
Unlike the original MOTU figures, these are still very affordably priced and are easily found online and in the flea markets.
Vintage toys collections are my favorite videos
They are some of my favorite to make!
More more more.... Super Powers, Secret Wars, Every year release of Toybiz LOVE IT more more more
I love these, Dan, had them as a kid, and have a couple carded now. Heck yeah
Wow That Was A Awesome Episode Of Toysplosion Thanks Pixel Dan!
Thanks!!
Pixel Dan anytime btw next year are going power con again?
Captain America was my absolute favorite, but finding that figure in my area was impossible. Eventually I realized there was an 800 number, and I got my mom to call to see if figures could be ordered. They didn't do orders, but shortly after that no found one in the store and freaked out. I always felt that the operater had made a point to ship the figure to my area but never had any proof.
I love how memories like this get triggered! So awesome!
I always love stories like that
When the retro wave figure came out I had to have it because of this
I love watching your videos because we like pretty much all the same things all except for funko pops and sonic since you don’t really make those many videos on them but still your the main person I go to to see what new toys are coming out
Why would people give this video a thumbs down??? Smh
Between these DC , Batman (1989) X-Men 1991 and even Kenner Super Powers I'd had an awesome time as a kid. Wish we had the movies back then we have now but it was worth the wait.
I was just thinking when we were going to get our next episode of Toysplosion and then BOOM 💥Here it is. Thanks Dan!
You willed it into existence! ;-)
What's funny is back in the 70's I was a HUGE Marvel and DC fan. I had ALL the Mego figures, even the Planet of the Apes, the Knights of the Roundtable(Ivanhoe, King Arthur), and Star Trek. I so wanted more and more Marvel characters. Doctor Doom was one. Black Panther was another. Silver 🏄 Surfer another. What always bugged me was there were few Villans made by Mego. DC had the Batman baddies and even a Mr.Myxpktyk or however you spell it...lol. Marvel did have the Green Goblin but little else. I had to use my Planet of the Apes as bad guys. Or the Hulk as a baddie. Some eventually came out later but I had moved on to teen life. But I always wished there was a bigger line-up of Heroes AND Villians.
Great video BTW. LOVE the content.
Sadly these figures in the 90's were well past my days of toys. I was at that time chasing girls, building my Dodge Charger and Olds 442 muscle cars. I wasn't playing with those kinds of toys then. Mine played back....lol.
I do like the videos & your presenter voice always makes them more enjoyable
Thank you!!
great vid especially the figure sound effects!
Haha! I was having fun with the sfx
I like the little voices you give the characters in this. XD
Really nice line. Congrats on this video. Still have my figures.
The Ghost Rider line is my favorite from the ToyBiz days!
Aw yeah! It's a good one!
7:25 The minor complain I have is that The Punisher looks almost happy, he should look angry, pissed off. Other then that it's a pretty good looking nostalgic toy. Also, they missed the opportunity to make The Punisher's Battle Van as one of their vehicles.
They did make the Battle Van.
@@LoganWood121 For the figure or do you mean the Micro Machines version of the Battle Van?
@JW666 for the figure. It's one of the more rare and very expensive items of the line for whatever reason but it does exist, I've got a loose one.
@@LoganWood121 Ah ok. Awesome! 🤘😃🙂
Do more of these it’s great
I wasn't born in this era but these figures look awesome!
These are the best, I have them all , even the shiny silver surfer . Boxed
Cap: Ok, who ordered 10 sharks for the base? I'm looking at you, Peter.
I had the Silver Surfer figure
I used to pretend he was the T-1000 in my imagination terminator battles
I had Captain America too
And Spider-Man
Never got that Daredevil though
Man I wanted that guy
And Dr. Doom as well
Hulk too
It's nice to see the fellas again after all these years
Way to go!
Great work!
I hope u do more of the figures in this line
Still have Deathlok. But that shark pit is a nice touch.
Had most of the Toy Biz MSH line, the only vehicle I had though was the Punisher Van. Great line, great video, ty!!!
That Punisher Van is one of the harder pieces to get today. It's awesome!
I love Marvel but never had any Marvel Toys in the 90's as a kid as it was Mighty Morhin' Power Rangers for me along with Transformers
Who researches and writes these? All you pixel dan? If so, you're amazing man. Netflix should hire you.
All me! I appreciate it!!
Yes good idea!
I love how you say "pop the cap" around the 8minute mark. Punished is from the hood.
I still have the original Captain America
Wow! Ive never seen these before!
I can’t believe I’d never seen the playset before, what a beauty!
The Marvel Secret Wars Spider-Man fig is still my all time favorite Spidey figure
It's a great one!!
Man I had all of these, some of my very first action figures
The head/neck joint on that Punisher figure looks extremely odd.
Yup!
Great work great addition to the history of passions. Will you do one on the birth of legends at toy biz? They really transitioned from play features to articulation.
Imagine Cap laughing hysterically as the sharks devour someone.
I saw that Kenner Batman figure for $35 at our city’s local comic convention , but spent $40 on Hulk, Silver Surfer, Invisible Woman, and Armored Daredevil instead.
....I thought this was a new video, it just showed up in my feed. I had so much nostalgia and little bits of trivia to share...but I'm sure its been covered.
GI JOE Shockwave pistol with the Punisher?
Gun caps were still incredibly common in the toy aisle when the line came out.
They also did a Hulk Rage Cage set that had the same MSH branding--which was an homage to a 70s Mego set.
The thumbnail made me slam on the brakes. I had the Batman, Cap and Spidey toys.
Great show, is great to know the story behind some of my childhood toys (I own a Doctor Doom and a Punisher)
My uncle had the Spider-Man from this line, which he gave to me. But Spider-Man is missing both legs and one of his arms.
Damn, I had these, Wolverine Captain America Spider-Man Hulk venom cyclops Colossus juggernaut Deadpool back before he was overly popular like he is now.
Yeah man! It's crazy to think I had that Deadpool as a kid, and how he became crazy popular after I was an adult. :-)
Awesome 👍 video Dan
I had a multi-pose Spidey, along with Captain America and Dr. Doom..I think I gave them to my nephew when the first Spider-Man movie came out in 02
I always thought Hulk was supposed to throw the boulder?
Cool vid
Great video Dan! Love the noises the hulk and others made! Total nostalgia here for me!
I feel like a high schooler again. I remember getting Spidey, Doc Ock, and Cap at Toys R Us.
Dang, I had The Punisher, Dare Devil, Spider-Man.
Excellent little history lesson on DC stuff as well! I wish now that I got more into the Marvel toys then, I was big into Super Powers and other DC Toy Biz figures. I only had a few from the Secret Wars line, then Hulk from this line. Shame, Cap would have been great next to Batman. I really regret never having a Spider-Man figure as a kid. But I never liked seeing those suction cups.
I cant believe I missed this one dont know what happened there, awesome video Dan so well done and I love the shirt
Also those are some well kept toys the paint on them is immaculate
All the toys you featured are in pristine condition, are they all yours? Super fun video!
Sadly the toy line was cancelled just as it was finding it's footing. We still have yet to get another Deathlok figure with open brain panel action. I believe Dan Larson complained about that. LOL. The Spider-Man figure was my first Spidey figure ever. I was 10 and really, REALLY into reading Spider-Man comics. So when my friend from school told me about it, I begged my parents to take me to Toys R Us so I could get one. I remember spending nearly my whole allowance (5 bucks) on that one figure. It was worth it. I even bought a second one and painted it up (very badly i might add) in his black costume. I guess you could say I've been customizing figures all the way back to early 1991. I kept that Spider-Man figure until 1994 when I got the "super pose-able" Spider-Man from one of the last waves of Marvel Superheroes. Ah, the memories.
Those red railings would be a health and safety nightmare. The Avengers should know better.
Haha!
Cool video. Loved that Hulk as a kid
I love this line
When is a part 2 for wave 2 coming this is such a good video
Please continue with this and review waves 2 and 3!!!
In fact, can you please just go buck wild and do a complete comprehensive review of EVERY ToyBiz Marvel line? That would be the best ever!!!!!
I love that captain america so much despite it looking a little dopey. I still have my 2 carded and 1 loose figures of it.
I liked the sculpt for The Incredible Hulk figure there and I also liked the Captain America figure as well back in when I got mine in 1991 then. Life after Mattel's 'Secret Wars' eh?.
I'm curious, on Captain America's Car, did you not know the foil expands to wings, or are you avoiding that because it's an old toy?
I did a full video on that car a few years ago where I went into more detail on it. :-)
@@Pixel-dan Fair enough...though I think you just want more Pixel Dan videos. *goes off to watch anyways*
This incredible hulk action figure it was one of the best incredible hulk action figures of all time
Cool like,silver surf,spider man,hulk,daredevil,capitain america and doctor doom
I never got any of these figures myself but a friend of mine got most of them. Even when these figures pretty much paled in comparison to DC's SuperPowers (from Kenner) or Mattel's Marvel Secret Wars design-wise, me being a Marvel fan I found 'em cool enough just becuse those were Marvel characters. In a way, I see this figures much like Playmates' TMNT figures from that era as well; not quite accurate to the source but charming and fun in its own way nonetheless. I was particularly fond of The Punisher's Van (hopefully you'll show it in a future video).
I had the Spider-Man and that 100% awesome Doc Ock.
anyone else out there use their silver surfer as the t-1000?
I wish I had Toy Biz Toys
Omg I Grow up with those toys I have those toys for my collections