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  • Опубліковано 9 сер 2019
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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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  • @projectlillylive
    @projectlillylive 3 роки тому +23

    I love that he doesn’t just let them sit in a display case but actually has fun playing with them

  • @FatherAxeKeeper
    @FatherAxeKeeper 4 роки тому +16

    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.

    • @bladesociety
      @bladesociety 3 місяці тому +3

      That was so selfish of the guy

  • @celestinopineda9207
    @celestinopineda9207 4 роки тому +66

    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!

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому +5

      So awesome! This line is also very nostaligic for me!

    • @CouchCit
      @CouchCit 4 роки тому +2

      Aw man I remember KB Toy stores....they never kept their racks in order. Toys would be sprawled everywhere

    • @dipsetforever4611
      @dipsetforever4611 4 роки тому

      You were still playing action figures in the 6th grade?

    • @Y0uS_
      @Y0uS_ 3 роки тому +2

      Dipset Forever why does it matter

    • @Y0uS_
      @Y0uS_ 3 роки тому +2

      Dipset Forever in sixth grade, you are still a kid

  • @jackdefranco8346
    @jackdefranco8346 4 роки тому +11

    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.

  • @DevonPalmer98
    @DevonPalmer98 4 роки тому +55

    Daredevil known for his famous grappling hook

    • @timf7413
      @timf7413 4 роки тому +12

      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.

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому +7

      Haha! Right?!

    • @CrisisComics
      @CrisisComics 2 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @ljkelty1766
    @ljkelty1766 4 роки тому +15

    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.

  • @dafrog491
    @dafrog491 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @krztfr776
    @krztfr776 3 роки тому +1

    as of July 2021 this is still the only review I found of the training center, its like the forgotten playset

  • @SuperSWAGER101
    @SuperSWAGER101 4 роки тому +1

    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

  • @drewlovelyhell4892
    @drewlovelyhell4892 4 роки тому +1

    Punisher couldn't even hold his gun? 😩
    Well done, Toybiz!

  • @CouchCit
    @CouchCit 4 роки тому +2

    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

  • @TheVileOne
    @TheVileOne 4 роки тому +14

    Congrats on getting a sponsor Pixel Dan

  • @kagemaru259
    @kagemaru259 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @r.josephgrundy1706
    @r.josephgrundy1706 4 роки тому +11

    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!

    • @4thecollectors
      @4thecollectors 4 роки тому

      Go check out my X-Men video I'll be looking for yours also thanks

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      Sweet! Yeah, this definitely was a Collecting Gateway kinda line!!

  • @jakeman251011
    @jakeman251011 4 роки тому +1

    This toy line has a special meaning for me my grandpa got me hulk when i was 4

  • @EdsterIII
    @EdsterIII 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 4 роки тому +3

    Those are super cool figures and toys

  • @peppermintspacecapsule9898
    @peppermintspacecapsule9898 4 роки тому +1

    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. :)

  • @joeyd6272
    @joeyd6272 4 роки тому

    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!!!!

  • @kf2523
    @kf2523 4 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @joshua2814
    @joshua2814 4 роки тому +1

    The fact that they did those early DC and Marvel toys made it fun to do Marvel vs. DC battles.

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      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.

  • @icedeep3885
    @icedeep3885 2 роки тому

    More more more.... Super Powers, Secret Wars, Every year release of Toybiz LOVE IT more more more

  • @chenowethshaffer3697
    @chenowethshaffer3697 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @KingSciarrillo
    @KingSciarrillo 4 роки тому +2

    This was an awesome watch! Brings back the good old days

  • @alterclark1
    @alterclark1 4 роки тому +4

    "Do the sharks have...lasers?" ~Dr. Evil

  • @bastisbuntewelt
    @bastisbuntewelt 4 роки тому +2

    This shirt is awesome

  • @thewatchman8640
    @thewatchman8640 4 роки тому +3

    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

  • @maddestmike5791
    @maddestmike5791 4 роки тому

    I like the little voices you give the characters in this. XD

  • @muziqmuze
    @muziqmuze 4 роки тому +11

    I'm really enjoying these retrospectives if you will, please keep on!.. yes of course your shirt is awesome..

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks so much! Really glad you're enjoying!!

  • @johngordon6585
    @johngordon6585 4 роки тому +5

    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

  • @jeremyburdge8573
    @jeremyburdge8573 4 роки тому +2

    This was one of my favorite Marvel toy line and i still collect this line now :)

  • @terenceheesch8351
    @terenceheesch8351 4 роки тому +16

    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...

    • @grios5530
      @grios5530 4 роки тому +2

      Because they tricked everyone to play with those 6 inch things

  • @derikdragon80
    @derikdragon80 4 роки тому +1

    Still have Deathlok. But that shark pit is a nice touch.

  • @belmont6444
    @belmont6444 4 роки тому +2

    Fantastic video and reviews! Thanks Dan you rock! 🤘😎

  • @nicholassilva3028
    @nicholassilva3028 4 роки тому +5

    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.

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      And my son loves those "budget" Avengers figures quite a bit. They're pretty solid for what they are!

  • @andrewcramer2193
    @andrewcramer2193 4 роки тому +1

    Wow! Ive never seen these before!

  • @Chief-Solarize
    @Chief-Solarize 4 роки тому

    I love how you say "pop the cap" around the 8minute mark. Punished is from the hood.

  • @watsnit
    @watsnit 4 роки тому +3

    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

  • @Pegwarmers
    @Pegwarmers 4 роки тому +6

    Great episode Dan! The Cap-firing mechanism in Punisher looks a lot like the back of the Kenner RoboCop toys.

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      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.

    • @Pegwarmers
      @Pegwarmers 4 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @Blobby-on3jt
    @Blobby-on3jt 4 роки тому +1

    I wasn't born in this era but these figures look awesome!

  • @bryanjones0185
    @bryanjones0185 4 роки тому +3

    Unlike the original MOTU figures, these are still very affordably priced and are easily found online and in the flea markets.

  • @TheIronhide4ever
    @TheIronhide4ever 4 роки тому +1

    Cap: Ok, who ordered 10 sharks for the base? I'm looking at you, Peter.

  • @mikeisernie
    @mikeisernie Рік тому

    ....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.

  • @shifty0212
    @shifty0212 4 роки тому +1

    The Ghost Rider line is my favorite from the ToyBiz days!

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      Aw yeah! It's a good one!

  • @ArtDocHound
    @ArtDocHound 4 роки тому +3

    I love these, Dan, had them as a kid, and have a couple carded now. Heck yeah

  • @jmamangun5184
    @jmamangun5184 4 роки тому +2

    Do more of these it’s great

  • @jeromeoroszy5918
    @jeromeoroszy5918 4 роки тому

    Man I had all of these, some of my very first action figures

  • @efunaony6234
    @efunaony6234 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome 👍 video Dan

  • @connormetcalf7049
    @connormetcalf7049 4 роки тому +2

    Wow That Was A Awesome Episode Of Toysplosion Thanks Pixel Dan!

  • @jonathanmora4724
    @jonathanmora4724 4 роки тому +2

    Vintage toys collections are my favorite videos

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      They are some of my favorite to make!

  • @mr.harvey8547
    @mr.harvey8547 4 роки тому +1

    great vid especially the figure sound effects!

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      Haha! I was having fun with the sfx

  • @SkullMan616
    @SkullMan616 4 роки тому

    Imagine Cap laughing hysterically as the sharks devour someone.

  • @alphaheroes1
    @alphaheroes1 4 роки тому +1

    I do like the videos & your presenter voice always makes them more enjoyable

  • @gaoutlaw
    @gaoutlaw 3 роки тому

    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

  • @isidora1299
    @isidora1299 4 роки тому +4

    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

  • @mr.brooks6106
    @mr.brooks6106 4 роки тому

    The thumbnail made me slam on the brakes. I had the Batman, Cap and Spidey toys.

  • @shane3674
    @shane3674 4 роки тому +1

    I was just thinking when we were going to get our next episode of Toysplosion and then BOOM 💥Here it is. Thanks Dan!

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому +1

      You willed it into existence! ;-)

  • @johanndarkblade2706
    @johanndarkblade2706 4 роки тому +2

    Really nice line. Congrats on this video. Still have my figures.

  • @awesomeperson531
    @awesomeperson531 4 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @JW666
    @JW666 4 роки тому +5

    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.

    • @LoganWood121
      @LoganWood121 17 днів тому +1

      They did make the Battle Van.

    • @JW666
      @JW666 17 днів тому

      @@LoganWood121 For the figure or do you mean the Micro Machines version of the Battle Van?

    • @LoganWood121
      @LoganWood121 17 днів тому +1

      @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.

    • @JW666
      @JW666 17 днів тому

      @@LoganWood121 Ah ok. Awesome! 🤘😃🙂

  • @sdevine182
    @sdevine182 4 роки тому

    Great video Dan! Love the noises the hulk and others made! Total nostalgia here for me!

  • @TONYRENDE
    @TONYRENDE 4 роки тому +4

    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

  • @Dylanio21
    @Dylanio21 4 роки тому

    I can’t believe I’d never seen the playset before, what a beauty!

  • @WebVManReturns
    @WebVManReturns 2 роки тому

    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.

  • @chadwik4000
    @chadwik4000 8 місяців тому

    I always thought Hulk was supposed to throw the boulder?
    Cool vid

  • @BATBOMB82
    @BATBOMB82 4 роки тому +2

    Why would people give this video a thumbs down??? Smh

  • @jmatseas
    @jmatseas 4 роки тому +2

    I hope u do more of the figures in this line

  • @caligreen4208
    @caligreen4208 4 роки тому +2

    These are the best, I have them all , even the shiny silver surfer . Boxed

  • @bunnygrill
    @bunnygrill 4 роки тому +5

    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.

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому +3

      I love how memories like this get triggered! So awesome!

    • @Dylanio21
      @Dylanio21 4 роки тому +1

      I always love stories like that

    • @bunnygrill
      @bunnygrill 4 роки тому

      When the retro wave figure came out I had to have it because of this

  • @invincigaz4067
    @invincigaz4067 4 роки тому

    I cant believe I missed this one dont know what happened there, awesome video Dan so well done and I love the shirt

    • @invincigaz4067
      @invincigaz4067 4 роки тому

      Also those are some well kept toys the paint on them is immaculate

  • @philipdefibaugh7127
    @philipdefibaugh7127 4 роки тому

    I feel like a high schooler again. I remember getting Spidey, Doc Ock, and Cap at Toys R Us.

  • @dazwannawzad9272
    @dazwannawzad9272 4 роки тому +1

    Had most of the Toy Biz MSH line, the only vehicle I had though was the Punisher Van. Great line, great video, ty!!!

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      That Punisher Van is one of the harder pieces to get today. It's awesome!

  • @JMan1380
    @JMan1380 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @famouscollectibles7796
    @famouscollectibles7796 4 роки тому

    Cool video. Loved that Hulk as a kid

  • @zenbrown9715
    @zenbrown9715 4 роки тому +1

    The Marvel Secret Wars Spider-Man fig is still my all time favorite Spidey figure

  • @letstalkaboutmarketing
    @letstalkaboutmarketing 4 роки тому +1

    Great show, is great to know the story behind some of my childhood toys (I own a Doctor Doom and a Punisher)

  • @SlytherinReviews
    @SlytherinReviews 4 роки тому +3

    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

  • @lukebaldock4672
    @lukebaldock4672 4 роки тому

    I love this line

  • @ricardomachado6792
    @ricardomachado6792 4 роки тому

    Cool video

  • @DrivenUnder1000
    @DrivenUnder1000 4 роки тому +2

    I still have the original Captain America

  • @sean91499
    @sean91499 4 роки тому

    I love these toyspolosion videos Dan! Hopefully you’ll get to do a video on Marvel Legends in the future :D

  • @tommypadilla7565
    @tommypadilla7565 3 роки тому +2

    anyone else out there use their silver surfer as the t-1000?

  • @super9248
    @super9248 4 роки тому

    All the toys you featured are in pristine condition, are they all yours? Super fun video!

  • @meich10
    @meich10 4 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @darryllharden9141
    @darryllharden9141 4 роки тому

    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?.

  • @dustincongello5802
    @dustincongello5802 3 роки тому

    This incredible hulk action figure it was one of the best incredible hulk action figures of all time

  • @muchotheorangutan493
    @muchotheorangutan493 4 роки тому

    I wish I had Toy Biz Toys

  • @actionfigurescollectionssu7854
    @actionfigurescollectionssu7854 4 роки тому

    Omg I Grow up with those toys I have those toys for my collections

  • @ToyUniverse-Official
    @ToyUniverse-Official 4 роки тому

    When is a part 2 for wave 2 coming this is such a good video

  • @buttchugger7907
    @buttchugger7907 4 роки тому

    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!!!!!

  • @DarthVader-1701
    @DarthVader-1701 4 роки тому +4

    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.

    • @Pixel-dan
      @Pixel-dan  4 роки тому

      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. :-)

  • @timf7413
    @timf7413 4 роки тому +1

    The head/neck joint on that Punisher figure looks extremely odd.

  • @Lucaodoscomics
    @Lucaodoscomics 4 роки тому

    Cool like,silver surf,spider man,hulk,daredevil,capitain america and doctor doom

  • @crackin2000
    @crackin2000 4 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @Transfixed
    @Transfixed 4 роки тому

    I had the Spider-Man and that 100% awesome Doc Ock.

  • @patrickrivera8594
    @patrickrivera8594 Рік тому

    I had the Captain America toy and I had a hard time standing it up because of the legs/feet being too close together. And kept on pulling them apart slightly just for him to stand up. I thought back then it was just my toy that had the problem, I guess it was the whole line.

  • @daviddorward7684
    @daviddorward7684 4 роки тому

    Great vlgo and great Avengers set! I need to pick one up!

  • @Justin4life
    @Justin4life 4 роки тому +1

    Dang, I had The Punisher, Dare Devil, Spider-Man.

  • @GoFigure
    @GoFigure 4 роки тому +10

    Who researches and writes these? All you pixel dan? If so, you're amazing man. Netflix should hire you.

  • @darkwoods1954
    @darkwoods1954 4 роки тому +1

    Those red railings would be a health and safety nightmare. The Avengers should know better.