When this came out, I was "growing out of" these style of cartoons. But, GOT DAYUM IT, Mighty Max and Dark Wing Duck told me to sit my azz down and see something.
The ninja turtle sets were awesome, just as good with all the small parts and pieces, I always looked for the moving parts, open areas (like little platforms, encased areas, etc) and how many characters and monsters it included. The tmnt sets had moving arms and legs as well.... Ahhhh..... childhood was gone a long time ago lol. I'm 39
I remember this show blowing away my expectations when I was a kid, only to leave me absolutely mortified by the 2 part finale. As much as I'd love a reboot, I don't think modern day story tellers or studios have what it takes to deliver the show we want in a satisfying way
My favorite thing was when the villain Spike who killed Norman’s father does the cliche villain thing of saying “You can't kill me! If you do, you'll be no better than me!” Instead of letting Spike go, Norman chucks him off a cliff “I can live with that.” Bad ass.
MM was great. I'm almost 40 and have been writing since highschool. I still distinctly remember multiple episodes plot lines to this day. That's how well put together a lot of these were. I had a ton of the miniature playsets and even got "packs" of Xtra monster's & minions lol.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this was one the darkest kid's show of the 90's and probably in the top ten of all time.For crying out loud they had an episode that begun with (albeit off screen) a guy getting hacked to death with a chainsaw
I absolutely loved this show. I was too old at the time for the toys, but was highly entertained with this show. Hopefully we’ll see a return come to fruition. Those were fun adventures with an awesome concept. It spoke to the intellectual metalhead within me as well.
I started watching it in the mornings before school, probably 13ish, too old for the toys but the show was awesome. I recognized the voice actors, quite impressed with who they got for a glorified toy commercial which wound up being one of my favorite cartoons of all time. We still quote Norman daily. Nothing like that show since.
@@Unique2U05 you know this debate has been going on from the time of jesus in fact they asked him if a woman was to die after being married with 7 different men who would she belong to. Jesus said Male and female sex doesn't exist in heaven so this isn't something knew and even jesus answered it for us. Not sure why conservatives are so fearful of stuff like that. Put it this way how does a fictional character affect you if its more boyish or girlish? I get that there are feminists tha go to far (example who said that a bomb is Male or female) but the rest of the stuff I don't see how that affects us everyday people and again I go with jesus already being asked about gender stuff and he said a soul isn't male or female.
Lol I got mine taken away and pissed my parents off to come to the school and get them. Only to bring them back to school so my friends and I can trade, borrow, and show! Good times😊 Oh, and Lego characters
I loved this cartoon! Reading all these comments from others who've not forgotten about those gem is amazing. I think most of us in this thread will agree the 80s and 90s had the best cartoons.
My mother introduced me to Horror with these toys. It became one of the few things we could bond over until she died. If it wasn't for Mighty Max, I never would've been brave enough to read my mom's Creepshow comic or Stephen King books 🤣
The sound design on this show was really memorable. Great voice acting, effects, and music that sold the adventure horror themes and let the stories shine. The cap was a great gimmick because it was a very open ended play concept that kids could participate with in their own imagination scenarios, even if they didn't have the more niche pocket toys.
I was and still am a fan of the Mighty Max series. Norman in particular was my favorite character, and skull master is one of my favorite roles of Tim Curry. I honestly wished that Mighty Max had a proper conclusion to its series.
Mighty Max! Mighty Max...!!! The Doom Zones, Horror Heads, Battle Warriors and the other mini playsets were fun to play with. The cartoon series was a great watch. I'm hoping we'll see The Mighty One make a return, and the toys make a come back!
@@TheNextFiles288True, unless their parents decide to enrich the imagination of their children. But I know some people have made their own custom figures of the original heroes. And at least other person has given several of the playsets a custom paint job that looks great! It would be good to see Mattel produce even a few of the characters, but who knows if they're even interested in making them.
Ah yes the boy version of Polly Pocket was such a great cartoon.. And the blonde girl he was obsessed with was a dead ringer for Polly Pocket. That was always a humorous easter egg to me
This show was one of my favorites in the morning. But man, had anyone ever read up on the original toy descriptions from the back of the toy’s packaging? I read up on it years ago and it was wild, originally Max was like five and when he put the hat on he ended up in Hell! Also there was no Vergil, no Norman, Max was on his own!
A FANTASTIC show. Absolutely amazing. Super 90s and really pushed the edge of what it covered. Death and violence was treated with gravitas in several episodes, like the Maxnificent Seven and especially the Axeman Cometh, made it really stand out. Similar to its contemporaries Phantom 2040, Exo Squad, and Skeleton Warriors. And, of course, Tim Curry and Tony Jay, as ever, make a terrific combination.
I was 18-20 or something like that when this show aired, and my friends and I loved this tv show! Norm was such a character. “I was Thor once.” -Norman
Thanks for tackling this awesome bad ass cartoon MV! This show was much more than just a toy line. I could care less about the toys. This cartoon had some very dark episodes that would never would see the light of day in this day an age. I would love for someone to make a Blu ray, Hi Def version of this series. I would buy it instantly. Please...someone make it happen!
For some reason, when I was a kid, they would air children's programming early in the morning. I loved catching some mindless toons before school. Also the toys were sick AF
I wonder what it be like if Mighty Max had a reboot of he’s on ? Imagine if the reboot adventures on the lessons they would learn if it was on Netflix or on neither Nickelodeon, Disney or Cartoon Network for that matter.
Mighty Max was the show that taught me to never judge a show without actually watching it first. The title sounded lame and how good could it be since it’s based on the “boy version” of Polly Pocket? After watching the first episode I was hooked! I recommended it to everyone, especially anyone that hadn’t seen it but called it lame. The finale STILL sticks in my mind since it pretty much has the hero lose, hoping to get it right the second time…
Someone dying at the start of every episode is what initially hooked me. Plus I've always worn a hat so it was easy to see myself as the character. It annoyed me that Norman never actually uses his sword, something even Max mentions when he gets it back after losing it.
Holy crap, I literally thought I had made this up in my head same thing with the little playsets but read in the comments and seeing this makes me feel less crazy during this crazy time.
I still wonder why this show never came out on VHS (back in the day) or DVD/Blu-ray nowadays. Also for any So-Cal (Los Angeles County) people a place Called Frank & Sons collectible have mighty max toys there
Love the shit out of this show. Sadness encompasses my soul when I go to watch and some bull shit is on in its place I am happy I got to watch it from start to finish as a kid, was super sad about normie but when I saw the final episode I had hope that it could be changed. Would love to have seen a version of the story where max was actually ready.
Mighty Max is one of the few stories where the villain wins in the end and not afraid to show that on TV. I'm sure they would have reversed it if they allowed the show to continue.
Really wish whomever owns the rights would get the series remastered to high quality and re-release it on Blu-ray or a streaming site. Such a fantastic show.
Enjoy what we can watch of the show, remember your youthful experience of it fondly, and dread the day some soulless, agenda pushing company "reboots" it. We all k own that the Mighty Max we grew up with will not be allowed to exist in todays media. I miss this show, but I love the memories I have of it, and no one can take that from me.
The fact that this show still doesn't have a DVD box set is inexcusable. I'd be willing to buy it on bootleg if one exists with decent sound/picture quite. A reboot of this show would be awesome if done by Netflix,considering what Netflix did with He-man Revelations. This show was great and really captured where us Gen-Xers were at that time. RIP to Richard Moll aka Norman the Barbarian
Why? To be MUCH worse than the original!? Virgil's VA passed away & he's nearly impossible to replace. Tim Curry is in really rough shape & can't reprise Skullmaster. Just find the complete OG series online & enjoy it.
I actually talked to Brian Thompson about this show and told him about how I thought he would have been great if he could play a character like SkullMaster for a live Action Major Motion Picture of this movie. He did ask me if they made a movie on it already, but I told him that there was only the TV series...and I showed him a pirated DVD of Mighty Max that explained what the show was about on the back. He seemed more interested when I showed him a couple of pictures of SkullMaster (& how he was voiced by someone he worked with: Tim Curry), and he liked how I had Marty York for Norman, Warwick Davis for Virgil and Jacob Tremblay as Max. With the 30 year mark in 2024, it COULD be a possibility to make...legally?
Still waiting on a Bluray release that will never happen. I think the only copies of this series left are the DVDs sold on eBay that were made from a bunch of VHS recordings. It was an excellent series. Glad I have a copy.
Christ almighty i loved this show and the toys! Micro play sets were 90’s staples. Even the x-men and spider-man had micro play sets lol
When this came out, I was "growing out of" these style of cartoons. But, GOT DAYUM IT, Mighty Max and Dark Wing Duck told me to sit my azz down and see something.
Tmnt had a series of playsets as well....lol. They were always convenient for pocket toys.
And yet this lousy video does it no justice. Thanks again Marvelous for making something cool look boring and wasting several minutes of my life.
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The ninja turtle sets were awesome, just as good with all the small parts and pieces, I always looked for the moving parts, open areas (like little platforms, encased areas, etc) and how many characters and monsters it included. The tmnt sets had moving arms and legs as well....
Ahhhh..... childhood was gone a long time ago lol. I'm 39
I remember this show blowing away my expectations when I was a kid, only to leave me absolutely mortified by the 2 part finale. As much as I'd love a reboot, I don't think modern day story tellers or studios have what it takes to deliver the show we want in a satisfying way
This show needs an official dvd release!!!
My favorite thing was when the villain Spike who killed Norman’s father does the cliche villain thing of saying “You can't kill me! If you do, you'll be no better than me!” Instead of letting Spike go, Norman chucks him off a cliff “I can live with that.” Bad ass.
MM was great. I'm almost 40 and have been writing since highschool. I still distinctly remember multiple episodes plot lines to this day. That's how well put together a lot of these were. I had a ton of the miniature playsets and even got "packs" of Xtra monster's & minions lol.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this was one the darkest kid's show of the 90's and probably in the top ten of all time.For crying out loud they had an episode that begun with (albeit off screen) a guy getting hacked to death with a chainsaw
Also during that episode Norman and Virgil stopped Max from going in a cabin where a woman was brutally murdered by Lock Yaw.
I absolutely loved this show. I was too old at the time for the toys, but was highly entertained with this show. Hopefully we’ll see a return come to fruition. Those were fun adventures with an awesome concept. It spoke to the intellectual metalhead within me as well.
It would be corrupted if they remade it today.
@@vir123456 I fear you’re likely right.
@@vir123456 Yeah.They'll try to gender swap or soften Max as to not seem so "boyish" and be more inclusive to girls.
I started watching it in the mornings before school, probably 13ish, too old for the toys but the show was awesome. I recognized the voice actors, quite impressed with who they got for a glorified toy commercial which wound up being one of my favorite cartoons of all time.
We still quote Norman daily. Nothing like that show since.
@@Unique2U05 you know this debate has been going on from the time of jesus in fact they asked him if a woman was to die after being married with 7 different men who would she belong to. Jesus said Male and female sex doesn't exist in heaven so this isn't something knew and even jesus answered it for us. Not sure why conservatives are so fearful of stuff like that. Put it this way how does a fictional character affect you if its more boyish or girlish? I get that there are feminists tha go to far (example who said that a bomb is Male or female) but the rest of the stuff I don't see how that affects us everyday people and again I go with jesus already being asked about gender stuff and he said a soul isn't male or female.
I remember both the toys and the show fondly. I can recall quite a few times kids Mighty Max toys being taken away during the middle of class, lol.
Lol I got mine taken away and pissed my parents off to come to the school and get them. Only to bring them back to school so my friends and I can trade, borrow, and show!
Good times😊
Oh, and Lego characters
I really liked this show. I'm 52 years old. Hope this comes out on DVD. Such a great show.
I'm 40.
Ever tried ripping whatever episodes you can find and burn to a DVD? You can do that if you took time.
That's actually a good idea🤔
Thank you all so much for the video...Mighty Max was my favorite cartoon...just rewatched the series couple weeks ago.....wayyyy ahead of its time
I loved this cartoon! Reading all these comments from others who've not forgotten about those gem is amazing. I think most of us in this thread will agree the 80s and 90s had the best cartoons.
My mother introduced me to Horror with these toys. It became one of the few things we could bond over until she died. If it wasn't for Mighty Max, I never would've been brave enough to read my mom's Creepshow comic or Stephen King books 🤣
They need to bring this show to DvD/Blu Ray or streaming.
I loved watching this show as a kid.
My first action cartoon that wasn't afraid to show death. And it was glorious!
Yeah it was quality.
The sound design on this show was really memorable. Great voice acting, effects, and music that sold the adventure horror themes and let the stories shine. The cap was a great gimmick because it was a very open ended play concept that kids could participate with in their own imagination scenarios, even if they didn't have the more niche pocket toys.
Loved this show. It was a staple of my childhood. That series finale.....😲😲😲
I was and still am a fan of the Mighty Max series. Norman in particular was my favorite character, and skull master is one of my favorite roles of Tim Curry. I honestly wished that Mighty Max had a proper conclusion to its series.
What did you think of the conclusion
Mighty Max! Mighty Max...!!!
The Doom Zones, Horror Heads, Battle Warriors and the other mini playsets were fun to play with. The cartoon series was a great watch.
I'm hoping we'll see The Mighty One make a return, and the toys make a come back!
I've seen no effort to replicate other or same toys that would be awesome..
Too bad, kids don't play with toys anymore
@@TheNextFiles288True, unless their parents decide to enrich the imagination of their children.
But I know some people have made their own custom figures of the original heroes.
And at least other person has given several of the playsets a custom paint job that looks great!
It would be good to see Mattel produce even a few of the characters, but who knows if they're even interested in making them.
Ah yes the boy version of Polly Pocket was such a great cartoon.. And the blonde girl he was obsessed with was a dead ringer for Polly Pocket. That was always a humorous easter egg to me
This show was one of my favorites in the morning. But man, had anyone ever read up on the original toy descriptions from the back of the toy’s packaging? I read up on it years ago and it was wild, originally Max was like five and when he put the hat on he ended up in Hell! Also there was no Vergil, no Norman, Max was on his own!
👍. Have you ever listened to any Donald Marshall interviews about the cloning center in Canada? You'll notice similar elements.
One of the greatest cartoons of all time without a doubt
A FANTASTIC show. Absolutely amazing. Super 90s and really pushed the edge of what it covered. Death and violence was treated with gravitas in several episodes, like the Maxnificent Seven and especially the Axeman Cometh, made it really stand out.
Similar to its contemporaries Phantom 2040, Exo Squad, and Skeleton Warriors.
And, of course, Tim Curry and Tony Jay, as ever, make a terrific combination.
I was 18-20 or something like that when this show aired, and my friends and I loved this tv show! Norm was such a character. “I was Thor once.” -Norman
Mighty Max, Exo Squad and Ulysses 31 were some of the best shows.
Definitely an awesome cartoon from the '90s it should have lasted longer mighty Max was freaking awesome.
Thanks for tackling this awesome bad ass cartoon MV! This show was much more than just a toy line. I could care less about the toys. This cartoon had some very dark episodes that would never would see the light of day in this day an age. I would love for someone to make a Blu ray, Hi Def version of this series. I would buy it instantly. Please...someone make it happen!
For some reason, when I was a kid, they would air children's programming early in the morning. I loved catching some mindless toons before school. Also the toys were sick AF
Damn this show was incredible. The micro.sets were just amazing as a kid
one of my favorite cartoon shows ever! My dad had an old marlboro cigarette hat with a M on it. Totally wore and thought i was Max!
I wonder what it be like if Mighty Max had a reboot of he’s on ? Imagine if the reboot adventures on the lessons they would learn if it was on Netflix or on neither Nickelodeon, Disney or Cartoon Network for that matter.
The toys sucked, but man that show was dope. And the series finally, damn, I still think about it all the time
Ah mighty max such a interesting series growing up in the 90s
Man i loved this show when i was a kid!!!
Girls had Polly pocket, boys had this absolute fucking legend…mighty max was one of my favorite shows and the micro play sets were the shit
Needs a release on dvd/bluray for sure.👍
One of my favorite shows as a kid. So many great characters and such a dark tone. Loved this so much.
One of my favorite shows.
Great show that nicely wove sci-fi, mythological, and occult themes. Premise was interesting and voice acting (e.g., Tim Curry) was top notch.
All the voice acting was great for the main cast. RIP tony jay. Audio production as a whole really sold the themes and stories.
Remember this show, love the episode where a kid can use telepathy, best episode.
Mighty Max was the show that taught me to never judge a show without actually watching it first. The title sounded lame and how good could it be since it’s based on the “boy version” of Polly Pocket? After watching the first episode I was hooked! I recommended it to everyone, especially anyone that hadn’t seen it but called it lame. The finale STILL sticks in my mind since it pretty much has the hero lose, hoping to get it right the second time…
I still watch this with my kids today. Such a great show.
One of my all time favorite cartoon as a kid. It really needs a reboot but done like the last season of Samurai Jack.
One my childhood favorites.
I remember watching the last episode before school and being all in my feelings….😂😂😂
Wow, what a flashback!! I loved this show, but never had the toys.
I loved this show and how dark it was.
I was a little too old for the toys, but I remember the cartoon being fun.
One of my favorites from when I was a kid and a felt like it could have been a fever dream.
I just LOVED the character design!
I loved this cartoon growing up. I need to get it on dvd
I loved this show growing up. Norman was a beast!
I 100% agree, this must become a live action movie!
One of my fav cartoons growing up. Loved this show
I had so many Mighty Max toys as a kid! The Skull Mountain set is one I remember very fondly.
They used to play it at 5 -6am before school. I loved it.
That show ended at 8AM. School started at 8AM. Mighty Max always won!
Used to love this show in the mornings before school. It was dark but good.
I remember the episode when there was a demon hidden in the trees and Lumberjacks cut it down and freed it and Max Virgil and Norman had to stop it
Someone dying at the start of every episode is what initially hooked me. Plus I've always worn a hat so it was easy to see myself as the character. It annoyed me that Norman never actually uses his sword, something even Max mentions when he gets it back after losing it.
I was bothered that Norman wasn't the bird guy
@@greenkoopa lmao i thought the same thing
"So we meet again, Thunderer! What name do you go by now? Hercules? Lancelot?"
"THEY CALL ME-" *lightning cracking in the background* "...Norman."
Thank you for putting the spotlight on this criminally underrated series.
Just one thing though; her name is Bea, pronounced like the insect.
I wish this show would come back to a streaming network I loved Mighty Max
Holy crap, I literally thought I had made this up in my head same thing with the little playsets but read in the comments and seeing this makes me feel less crazy during this crazy time.
We're still crazy though
Love Mighty Max. Thanks for this video. Brings back great memories.
Ahhh the good old days lol I used to love this show
I still wonder why this show never came out on VHS (back in the day) or DVD/Blu-ray nowadays. Also for any So-Cal (Los Angeles County) people a place Called Frank & Sons collectible have mighty max toys there
Love the shit out of this show. Sadness encompasses my soul when I go to watch and some bull shit is on in its place I am happy I got to watch it from start to finish as a kid, was super sad about normie but when I saw the final episode I had hope that it could be changed. Would love to have seen a version of the story where max was actually ready.
You captured my sentiment exactly!!!
Mighty Max is one of the few stories where the villain wins in the end and not afraid to show that on TV. I'm sure they would have reversed it if they allowed the show to continue.
I'll never forget Norman calmly seeing the giant spider destined to kill him, and just with a calm sigh unsheaths his sword and charges.
Really wish whomever owns the rights would get the series remastered to high quality and re-release it on Blu-ray or a streaming site. Such a fantastic show.
Enjoy what we can watch of the show, remember your youthful experience of it fondly, and dread the day some soulless, agenda pushing company "reboots" it. We all k own that the Mighty Max we grew up with will not be allowed to exist in todays media. I miss this show, but I love the memories I have of it, and no one can take that from me.
Commission Shout Factory to release the DVD set.
Loved this show. The whole show is an infinite loop
Mighty Max was my shit!!!! Always wanted more of "The Cap Bearer".
The fact that this show still doesn't have a DVD box set is inexcusable. I'd be willing to buy it on bootleg if one exists with decent sound/picture quite. A reboot of this show would be awesome if done by Netflix,considering what Netflix did with He-man Revelations.
This show was great and really captured where us Gen-Xers were at that time. RIP to Richard Moll aka Norman the Barbarian
A lot of great shows from the 90's don't have DVD's
I remember this growing up and skeleton warriors 😂 I also remember the skeleton warrior toys having a really odd smell to them
Lmao Skeleton Warriors is on UA-cam for free
And also the Zelda cartoon
Did I imagine that Norman has a prophecy that a giant spider was going to end him
Damn thing came on at 5am. Had 2 get up extra early b4 school to watch this,all sitting there with my pop tarts. Worth it
This and Exo-Squad were way ahead of their time.
I love that the aliens brain 🧠 remover machine still needed to plugged into a normal wall outlet xD
FINALLY SOMEONE REMEMBERS!!! Thought it was Mandela affect..smh
Tim Curry best voice actor his laugh love it he also in Gargoyles liked his IT better best Pennywise
I grew up with this cartoon. All I can say is the hand episode stil scares me.
This needs a reboot.
Why? To be MUCH worse than the original!? Virgil's VA passed away & he's nearly impossible to replace. Tim Curry is in really rough shape & can't reprise Skullmaster. Just find the complete OG series online & enjoy it.
Man! I miss this cartoon.
Rob Paulsen also voiced Grey Fox from MGS: The Twins Snakes & Raphael from TMNT, and what a great job he did as Max
I use to love this show and I still watch it on UA-cam every now and then
The 90s will never die.
I loved this show (and the toys). It's in my completely legally downloaded Saturday Morning Mega Playlist.
I actually talked to Brian Thompson about this show and told him about how I thought he would have been great if he could play a character like SkullMaster for a live Action Major Motion Picture of this movie. He did ask me if they made a movie on it already, but I told him that there was only the TV series...and I showed him a pirated DVD of Mighty Max that explained what the show was about on the back. He seemed more interested when I showed him a couple of pictures of SkullMaster (& how he was voiced by someone he worked with: Tim Curry), and he liked how I had Marty York for Norman, Warwick Davis for Virgil and Jacob Tremblay as Max. With the 30 year mark in 2024, it COULD be a possibility to make...legally?
3 headed werewolf and a city of squid people. Those 2 episodes were on a tape and the only episodes I saw as a kid
i liked it. it was an imaginatve show that took itself serious enough to aattract adults.
As one of the many people who grew up collecting the toys and watching the show I would love to see a reboot or spiritual successor of Mighty Max.
Still waiting on a Bluray release that will never happen.
I think the only copies of this series left are the DVDs sold on eBay that were made from a bunch of VHS recordings.
It was an excellent series. Glad I have a copy.
I remember I had the mighty max version of a poly pocket…it was the blue skull one…loved that thing…I even had his red hat with the M 😂
I watched this every morning before school.
"I eat aliens for... never mind." - Norman
I grew up watching Mighty Max,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Beetlejuice tas, ans Sonic satam, i whatched them religiously and enjoyed every bit of it.
This and Pirates of the Dark water. Were some of my favorites
this still one of the greatest
It's pretty clear that Magmaman killed that store clerk in the first episode.
Most likely since people actually die in this show.