Mighty Max Memories - Huge Collection Review! Skull Mountain, Magus, Knock Offs, The History & More!

So who remembers mighty max?
Whether you remember then for their ingenious engineering or the fact that every single little piece had to be put back perfectly in order to close them there's no doubt that these tiny little playsets weren't something special.
They catered to all the sick and twisted, fantasy, sci-fi and adventure tastes of any crazy little 90s kid, it actually seems criminal how perfect of a toy these are.
You had a dude called mighty Max, a little kid with a magic baseball cap that when he turned it around like Stallone in over the top would find himself in the horror zone, travelling to different realms and environments, each one with their own specific monsters and creatures, zombies robots and insects, it literally had everything that we loved as kids all shrunk into one little compact playset that we could take anywhere and I and everyone else I knew were completely enthralled by then.
I also used to think that the titicular character mighty Max looked a little bit like me probably be getting these things even more.
It still amazes me how perfectly engineered these things are, every one of them features so much intricate detail with little moving parts and secret compartments and little hinges everywhere that reveal layers upon layers of madness.
They were full of crazy characters and monsters that are all shaped in just the right way so that they can perfectly close and keep everything safe and locked inside.
Each one had its own theme, set in its own world with some kind of Monster or creature at the centre of it, with the outside of the playset giving us as an indication of what we could expect inside.
Now even though these are seen as one of the most iconic toys for boys from the 90s, they actually came from a girl's toy, who remembers Polly pocket? If you had a sister growing up chances, are she had at least one Polly pocket playset. I heard the creator of Polly pocket created his daughter a homemade doll's house insidd a small compact mirror, toy company Bluebird then seeing how much potentially it had to make money, instantly went into production on the polly pocket line, then when they saw how successful it was decided they needed a boys version, and that's how we got Mighty Max.
over the years I have owned many different mighty Max playsets, and in this video we will look at some of my favorites and many of the ones that I think of the most iconic.
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Skull dungeon
Palace of poisons
Squashes fly
Liquidates the ice aliens
Trapped by arachnoid
Nautilus
Maneater
Cyber skull
Blasts Magus
Skull mountain
Dragon Island
Terminates wolf ship
Ape king
Crushes hand
Grapples the battle cat
Mummy king
Doom dragon
Shrunken heads
Scorpion
Cyclops
Rattus
Dino lab
Skullmaster
Terror talon
Fang
Magnet tracks
Galaxy space striker
Galaxy war striker
Hinstar
Sammy steel
Knock off
Bootleg
Manta force

[@sleepytwiggaming]

Man I’m 34 now and this brings me back for sure! I loved mighty max as a kid and even now

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video!

[@thedwarvendispatch5364]

Same.

[@serpentsaurus7969]

Same hat!

[@QuirkyQuillify]

This is the best content on Mighty Max I've come across. You are very talented at sharing your passion and putting together a video. Great work!

[@slimehousetv]

So glad you like it, thank you!

[@jwpt8838]

BRO these things were like 60% of my childhood

[@slimehousetv]

The greatest!

[@holleyakers6684]

Dude I’m making an attempt to collect every single mighty Max set

[@danyvalle6597]

Your passion and effort for MM is contagious , I remember my old Mighty Max figures, man I miss that !! Thanks for bring back the memories :)

[@slimehousetv]

Hey thanks!

[@TheAsianNerd]

The Zombie Hand and Magus is my all time favorite. I've spent so much time playing with those when I was a little kid! This video brings back so many memories.

[@captainglam1113]

I was an 80s kid so I didn't discover the Mighty Max playsets until I became an adult toy collector. I've been wanting to know more about them so your video is ideal. Thanks, Theo.

[@slimehousetv]

Glad you enjoyed it dude thank you!

[@colossalsunny4653]

Fukin sick! That is one hell of a presentation of Might Max and it bleeds so much aesthetics 🤩 The colour combinations of each one were brilliantly put together by the creators. From an artist point of view these have to be the best toys in the world!!! We need a part 2 of this! 😬

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks dude, maybe I'll do a part 2 if I can track down the others that I don't have

[@DuduOfSun]

This is by far the best and most artistic video I've ever seen about MM. You just brought to my mind an image of me taking to school, church and family dinners my Shrunken and Horror Heads in a green dinosaurs printed fanny pack. None would make any video better than this, art and love are in every second of this MM episode. Thank you so much. Regards from Mexico.

[@RankSarpac]

I have Skull Mountain (not the box). That shit is the greatest fucking toy that's ever been made. I played with OTHER toys INSIDE that toy- that's how good it was.

[@christianfrederik9206]

I was thinking about these a while ago but couldn’t remember their name. Loved the video! I had the snake:)

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks for watching yo!

[@laodealvianfazrin2348]

Omg it happened to me too. Back when i was a kid i had one of these. The mummy one. Glad now i know the name of this toy

[@red240red2]

I couldnt agree more. Quality videos man! Keep it up. These toys were such gems.

[@Tz-eg2dk]

I love that your enthusiasm for these is like mine nearly 30 years ago. I got the castle for chistmas whatever year that came out. Amazing.

[@DharmaGeddon]

Agh! Awesome video! Been having a Mighty Max nostalgia trip recently and this was just what I needed! The Cyberskull, Temple of Venom and Skull Mountain sets were personal faves! Such rare attention to detail, you don't see that in toys anymore. Feeling the urge to model and 3D print my own sets.

[@slimehousetv]

Glad you enjoyed it man :)

[@leorivas6855]

came here looking for copper and found gold. excellent narrating skills, excellent lighting, superb storytelling. this guys just won a subscriber and should be awarded an oscar.

[@slimehousetv]

Appreciate it! 👊💯

[@boystalktoys1159]

Makes me proud of the Mighty Max I have, and which ones to now collect! wicked review man, was really fun to watch, jumping onto ebay.

[@RobotChubby]

Well worth the wait man! Such a dope video, the shots are killer. Reminds me how good MM is. I only had a couple of the sets but I was lucky enough to have Skull Mountain which was such a playable toy. So much going on in there. Can't wait for the next one

[@slimehousetv]

Thank you man always high praise coming from you!

[@miqotelover]

The nostalgia is real, I had these toys as a kid, and now I'm 35 reliving my memories through this video. Thank you so much!

[@VeXeDZERO]

Man that's something I'd never think I would see again. I never knew the name, but I had one of those Galaxy War playsets as a kid. It was amazing to me

[@slimehousetv]

Haha glad I could jog some awesome memories yo!

[@dilach41]

wow, this takes me back. Havent thought about these for about 25 years....thx for the vid!

[@RenzFPV]

Yes now! Amazing episode dude as usual, every episode gets better and better, Shots are pucka and I know the set design on this was mega. Proper proud to have been hearing you talk about this for a couple weeks now. Only the top man!

[@slimehousetv]

Cheers yo!

[@VintageToyRush]

your videos are just awesome, didn't know anything about Mighty Max until now, thanks for putting out these episodes

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks man glad it made you feel something 🤙

[@bugsystoybox]

Dude this is by far my favourite episode you've done and it's one of my most iconic toys from my childhood. I'm going to have to get some of these now haha and find a way to display them! Hats off man, killer video 🤙🤘💚

[@slimehousetv]

Not like you guys to want to start another new collection?! 😅👊 Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 🤙

[@MMJ2Pac4Life]

Excellent video! Precisely what I was looking for. It never struck me that most playsets are themed after major sci-fi / monster movies.

[@PizarrosPieces]

Great fire again bro! Editing is on point 👌🔥 nice touch with mom as well!

[@elbuenYizuz]

dude! i love your channel! you always talk about cool toys that others dont take into account , im your fan , greetings from Mexico!

[@slimehousetv]

Hey dude thanks!

[@JamesLawner]

Polly Pocket and Mighty Max were my childhood! 😭

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks for watching :)

[@Hippobotimus]

oh man... that was dope! Your videos just keep getting better and better!

[@DeathAtARaveOfficial]

Maan, I remember my 2 brothers and I had our own Mighty Max toys and we'd make up adventures everywhere! While driving to the store, at family get-togethers, in our backyard, or at stores waiting on our parents. Mighty max was the shit! Awesome video! Thanks for the nastolgia and forgotten memories.

[@mephisto40]

This was such a nostalgia trip, I remember wanting all of these

[@slimehousetv]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xanderheinl3668]

This Must be the best Toy Review Video i have ever seen. Lovely Lighting and camera work…you can tell how much passion went into This. Love it!

[@slimehousetv]

Appreciate that yo! :)

[@intj7447]

These were the best memories of my childhood. R.I.P. mom.

[@achaziel]

my condolences mate

[@shibbidydoowop]

I grew up on mighty max, mondo blitzers, bucky O'Hare, and magic the gathering... Looking at these makes me feel the same way it did when I was little, wow.

[@sleepy-eyedrobot9659]

I always come back to watch this one. Its absolutely one of my favorites of yours.

[@CristianRomero-mm3mg]

Thanks for making this video. Wish I was more articulate to show case some of my fav sets but at least I know there’s still people out there whose care about these beautiful pieces of art. Keep it up.

[@slimehousetv]

Thank you!!

[@laurenfogg4338]

This brought back memories for me that admittedly, I didn't even realise i had, my dad used to bring all sorts of weird and wonderful shit home and these was one of them, so much love for this video!

[@slimehousetv]

Thank you for the kind words dude glad some memories came flooding back 🤙🤙

[@Hateious]

Damn these are classics lol im 30 and id still play with these I had the gorilla, shark and a lion had few more but can't remember XD such great nostalgia

[@syakiringhani11]

Brooooo... I literally cried watching this. Not sure because I'm super jealous, but definitely maximum nostalgia. I wish I can buy all these again.. I was so young.. And it all got lost =(

[@slimehousetv]

All big boy tears I'm sure! This stuff means more to me than anything, so I get it 😅👊💯

[@CEO_FADeD]

We were poor and I only ever had the "Universal Monsters", purple skull MM set. But you're 100% right, it's all I needed. Somehow MM just captured everything in one nice portable package. We had the TV show, toys..... Perfection.

[@tappajavittu]

This was a nice trip down the memory lane. I wish I still had all my mighty max toys.

[@Empiretoys1138]

First step in bring back the Max! Nice video dude and thanks for sharing your pain about a toy lost to the hover. We have all been there.

[@slimehousetv]

Haha I am glad somebody else can share my trauma! Thanks for watching dude 🙌

[@MyKeyHull]

Once again, a real high production vid. Thanks Theo. Nice lighting btw. OY! You had an impressive mullet when you were a small lad. COOL VID.

[@slimehousetv]

Appreciate it man and thank you for the kind words on the mullet haha

[@RetroCynical]

Polly Pocket for boys :) I always thought these were pretty sweet. My cousin had these, the closest I ever got were the TMNT mini mutants sets. Great video brother man.

[@slimehousetv]

Yeah those TMNT mini mutants were awesome!

[@anti-rioter-15]

This is awesome. Great job! Pretty sure I have the skull mountain and a few others in the attic at my folks. Hadn’t thought about these in soooooo long. Was nice to have you open them and show everything. I remember all the details.

[@simonroadhouse1]

Wow, the nostalgia hits hard. Great video dude. I had most of these sets. I'll have to try and find them out at my parents house

[@durkeldwakanda1778]

First one I got was that orange snake an the skull they were my favorite as I was a huge universal monster fan as a boy. I forgot how awesome they were. Great video keep it up!

[@slimehousetv]

Hey thanks for watching! Some great sets those ones for sure :)

[@onionheadguy7094]

Damn I forgot how macabre these were no wonder I love metal and violent videogames so much to this day!

[@slimehousetv]

Haha thanks for checking my video!

[@hellboundmedia8945]

Amazing video. These toys were the best. Loved the comics on the back of the boxes. The Snake one I had was called "The Temple of Venom" so I wonder if it got renamed at some point.

[@rickrodriguez6244]

Great video! I’m actually in the process of collecting all of them again. These were my favorite toys as a kid.

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks for watching!

[@alluke24]

I never had a Mighty Max set when I was a kid I watched the show, and saw the commercials but one of my brothers friends surprisingly for his birthday invited both my brother and me and he had some of the Mighty Max figures. So I asked can I look at these and he said yeah I just make sure every piece got back where it belonged and I just stared and play with those things the whole time I was at that birthday party. The birthday boy came over and he says “did you go on some adventures” I had so much fun it was one of my best memories. So seeing those figures on your video just brought back so many good memories. Thank you 😄

[@slimehousetv]

Such a cool story thanks so much for watching!

Love your presentation. The colored lighting is great. I had almost every one of these things. I used to line them all up on the floor and pretend it was Hell, and Max had fallen in and needed to fight his way out. I can’t believe I sold them all at some point. I reclaimed a handful of favorites as an adult: Skull Dungeon, Arachnoid, Palace of Poison, Cyclops, The Hand, and Skull Mountain.

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@Lemmavs]

Man I had Crushes the Hand, the wierd Sinks Nautilus and the Stings Scorpion Doom Zone ! Loved them so much ^^ my oldest is 6 and youngest is 3. I would love to find toys like this to give them, just for the imagination and playtime. They where so great !

[@AHouser86]

Man you are hilarious! Love your video and presentation. This was a blast from the past. MM was one of my favorites and other toys I noticed in your clips. Thank you for the nostalgia sir! Earned a sub!

[@slimehousetv]

Glad you enjoyed it yo!

[@Thevintagetoymonster]

Always love watching your shows never stop learning ,keep up the good work

[@slimehousetv]

Thank you man I'm glad you like watching !

[@thegargoylecumeth7932]

So since I came across your video a few days ago, I haven't been able to get the Mighty Max sets out of my head. So after a short internet browse, and needing to convince myself very little, I ended up buying a 100% Complete Mighty Max Blasts Magus. My favorite set as a kid, and I never thought I'd have a complete set ever again in my life.

[@amitnaamani5702]

I used to literally run 2 km when school ended, only to watch the episode. I was 7 I think. Loved it, Mighty Max made me who I am today!!

[@Abnormers]

Awesome mini doc for MM fans 👌🏼👍🏼✌🏼 make some more man!!

[@gacharizer1372]

Great review on this Theo! I know this is an old video but having a blast going through your video list and re-living all these wonderful toys that I grew up with.

[@slimehousetv]

Ahh No problem bro, I always encourage people to go back and binge the back catalogue!

[@olympic-gradelurker]

As a girl, I had zero interest in Polly Pocket, but I looooved my cousin's Mighty Max playsets. The cartoon was also a favorite of mine.

[@LeoMidori]

Ay, right on! As a boy I liked both a lot.

[@Jakked7]

I was really hoping that you had done an episode on Mighty Max and I wasn't disappointed! Great stuff!

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks glad you liked it!

[@dazatronsdioramallama6370]

One of your best videos! Saw some Mighty Max toys at the NEC and it’s stirred my interest in this crazy toy line. I had some of the Godzilla play sets but they are nowhere near as cool as these. Unfortunately growing up Mighty Max was around a little too late for me but I know I would have loved these when I was younger. Your passion really comes through on this one. Great stuff 👏

[@adammackanin1109]

Great review! The Magus is Def my fav playset of all time. Mighty Max is still my favorite toy line of all time.

[@Midnorme]

I really love how you lighted the playsets in this video, it reminds me of the toy commercials.

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks dude, takes some.time but worth it in the long run

[@KolLeKtOrNiUs]

Because of your video I found the Galaxy War Playsets. I had one but only one of these small robots are left. Always wondered where he came from. Thanks a lot man.

[@diogogomes3238]

What a trip into memory lane. I had so many Mighty Max polypockets. I think they were in pair with Lego my favorite toys. Its sad they dont make toys like this anymore, good horror sci toys and cartoon series

[@JohnnyPrepBushcraft]

Great video brings back some good memories. Need to have a look in the loft and find my old play-sets

[@slimehousetv]

Hey, thanks for watching. Glad you liked it!

[@JohnnyPrepBushcraft]

@@slimehousetv your welcome. Glad I stubbled across your channel. Enjoyed the video for monsters in my pocket. So glad I grew up in the 90s we definitely were lucky with toys. Recently had my garage converted to a bar with a retro theme so been looking out the old toys. Have a lot of Neca Alien predator toys and terminator on display. Collect the funky pops as well and have planned to find one for my original toys. The He-man line is good for that

[@jordonflexer9415]

Had the skull.... One of my fav toys, played so much with it!

[@nisiotisparis2583]

Amazing! I had the gorilla and totally loved it! Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷 mate👍🏼

[@slimehousetv]

Yo Greek homie! 🤙🤙🤙

[@nisiotisparis2583]

@@slimehousetv yeah mate🤙🏼👍🏼

[@DeathpunchTactics]

FCK! I had a lot of the adventure sets and forgot about it! THANK YOU for this memories! No toy today could beat my 90s childhood toys! My Zords, my captain Planet Submarine, my TMNT figures... Thank you again Bro! (Please excuse my very german english :) )

[@arkanerbeobachter9676]

I live for this crazy shit. All this crazy 80s and 90s stuff. I born 1987 and played every minute with these Toys. I love it an i still collecting these today as adult. I'm still missing a few and I can't find them. This art style is amazing and the crafting skills and creative processes behind these Toys are awesome. Please more from this Mighty Max Stuff. I loved every minute from this Video. I see my childhood in this video. I am also a learned Illustrator/graphic designer. Theo you are great and inspiring. I discovered your channel recently and watch your videos. And when I see you I think that could be me With the same thoughts. Keep it up.

[@NerdAdventurer85]

Bloomin' 'eck! I remember a LOT of these! Haha! I remember owning Palace of Poison ans Skull Dungeon. 😂 They must've had such a fun ass time at the planning meetings. Imagine them looking through designs and artwork, and going,"Yeah yeah! And we'll have a creepy eyeball that shoots from its socket!" 😂 I was also a proud collector of Mini Boglins, Monster in my Pocket, Lucky Trolls and Kinder figures (back when they had collectables and decent fun toys in them 😂) Thanks for sharing Mate! So Nostalgic. 😄👍

[@JakeG]

Damn, what a great first impression. This channel is awesome, man. Love the commentary. Mighty Max was my shiiiiiiiiit

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks yo!

[@jonathannichols372]

Cool review and history lesson! I missed out on Mighty Max being that I was a little older..... I had no idea these were inspired by Polly Pockets. I always enjoy your videos! Much love Theo!

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks dude 🙌🙌

[@onecentman]

I had the skull dungeon one back in '96,thx for the memory trip

[@huberthubert87]

I was a big mighty max collector as a kid but wow you blew my mind with those galaxy war toys, haven't thought of these in ages!!! now I have to buy some on ebay ):

[@slimehousetv]

Haha thanks dude! Buy me some while you are at it 😅👊

[@Katzii]

Amazing video! As a girl who grew up in the 90s, I had (and still have and adore) a whole host of Polly Pocket compacts but remember my cousin having Mighty Max playsets, and thinking how cool they were. My Mum did allow me to have one MM compact, the Poison Palace I believe, but it is interesting to see how many there were, as I only remember an initial release of 6 (and the larger playset). Sad times that this sort of toy got left behind in the previous Millennium (and yes, I know Polly got rereleases but they pale in comparison to the originals).

[@Jonomonoyyyyytfgdhdvhjbg53357]

Awesome video! Thanks for this

[@RawsWave]

The wolf head one brought me back! 🔥

[@hamsandwich6685]

When I was 5,i got the giant skull mountain play set. That thing was awesome and had sculpted details everywhere. I still have some of the characters it came with. I wouldn't have ever gotten rid of it, so somewhere along the way my mom probably sold it on a garage sale...

[@DuraheLL]

Such amazing creative and cool toys. Absolute A+ tier

[@bradders9743]

I had loads of these when I was a kid, my nan used to buy them for me. I had two of the big ones - the big red volcano and the big green dragon head. And i had about 10-12 of the standard small ones. The cartoon was based as well, there was one where zombies of people that died in Noah’s ark flood came back, crazy stuff. Watching this vid reminded me of how detailed these things were.

[@kbocuts1359]

epic job on this you sparked my mighty max needs again! haha

[@2011vortex]

Thanks for this incredible video. One of my favorites.

[@MrRemorseless]

Loved the video man! A blast to the past

[@MrRemorseless]

By the way I'm having trouble tracking down an Occams Laser track from this vid. Starts at 20:15 any help with that mate? Cheers EDIT: Found it! It's Gem from Return to The Grid 2020 👍

[@slimehousetv]

Hey thanks! And glad you found the track, all of his songs are absolute bangers!

[@Dan_wiles]

Your channel is the best! Used to have a ton of these serious nostalgia

[@slimehousetv]

Thank you man!

[@djess5802]

These were my favorite toy as a kid. I was so particular, I kept the packaging and made sure each piece returned to the set. I'm still buying these as an adult, but it is so difficult to find a complete set. My first set was a spider, but skull dungeon was my favorite.

[@Horrorbeast-lu6sc]

Awesome video it helped me pick me up really good Playsets.

[@slimehousetv]

Glad you enjoyed it dude!

[@hankhill7363]

Love the lighting you've done

[@Charcharazard]

'i love monsters and cool shit.' 'There's a skelevator.' This video kicked ass.

[@slimehousetv]

Thank you! 😅👊

[@memelord7643]

Man for a kids toy this is brutal and metal as hell i love it

[@76Boomer]

Bro I love your passion. I literally lol’d when you said “a faken skellevator”

[@slimehousetv]

🤣🤣👊👊 thanks yo!

[@stueystyler]

Great video Theo! Keep up the good work. Love the channel.

[@slimehousetv]

Thanks for watching and checking the channel out!

[@bamthebastard6017]

Holy shit, I never realised how many of these I had as a kid. Everyone u opened give me chills lmao I think I had every single one. Haven't even seen one in years seeing them opened was crazy I remember how they feeled and everything. Mad

[@slimehousetv]

Haha glad you enjoyed watching man, respect!

[@achaziel]

You know that moment when someone mentions something in passing and it suddenly unlocks a big compartment of your memories you haven't had access to in ages? Yeah. Jim Sterling mentioned Mighty Max in one of his videos and my brain went "OH SNAP, I HAD TONS OF THESE, I ALMOST FORGOT" lol

[@Medieval_Dead]

This was great! You have yourself a new subscriber, sir. I only had one MM set as a kid, the small green dinosaur head and I absolutely loved it. Wish I knew what happened to it.

[@monkeychu420]

Hell yes. Mighty Max, Boglins, Werebears, Monsters in my Pocket.. fuckin love it.

[@MichelleBrown-cy2qu]

Awesome review of Mighty Max!!!

[@holleyakers6684]

I hope that mighty max gets a remake with even more fun sets full of creatures and secrets

[@ManiakGear]

I always wondered if I was the only one that created legit story lines with my toys. My playtimes always ended with to be continued and I always couldn't wait to continue that story.

[@NaeroK87]

Incredible video, some of them maxes are super rare especially that bronze/gold one. I started collecting these but man it’s killing my wallet lol, lost all the ones I had as a kid.

[@annerittwage1401]

This was an amazing video. I would love to see you review Poly Pocket with that same passion!