Toy Biz DC Super Heroes RETRO REVIEW | The Original Kenner Super Powers Successor

[@JustBSingProductions]

What do you guys think about the Toy Biz DC Super Heroes action figure line? Nostalgic or Nah-stalgic?

[@byski1978]

Nostalgic for sure!

[@MariePickholtz]

Nostalgic!

[@Critic_Chris90210]

Nostalgic

[@Critic_Chris90210]

Toybiz X-Men: Evolution toyline and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes toyline?

[@JustBSingProductions]

Those are pretty good from what I’ve seen. A bit bulky, but nice color and detail. We don’t own any currently to give any real opinions. Do you have some? What do you think of them?

[@joedavis376]

I was born in 82. I had most of these. I got them for the Christmas of 89. My favorite Christmas by far!

[@JustBSingProductions]

I bet! I remember first seeing these in store having no idea they were coming out and being so pumped! Got quite a few for Christmas that year also.

[@gbs3d]

Thanks for going over these figures, guys! I never had them, and there's not a lot of coverage or reviews of the ToyBiz DC offerings!

[@JustBSingProductions]

Glad to introduce them to you! It’s an under appreciated line, for sure.

[@kevinbaxter885]

GREAT video guys! I absolutely loved this line as a kid and have similar stories as you two. I remember vividly being in Toys R Us with no idea these were out and seeing the package. I was ecstatic and thought Super Powers were back! Looking back, obviously they’re not as good, but at the time, I was in superhero toy heaven. I still have the full line on card with some of the variants (or possibly mistakes lol). Awesome to see you cover them!

[@JustBSingProductions]

Too true. So many great memories, even if the paint didn't last as long or the action features broke constantly!

[@taraskinner3847]

Loved the editing on this one! 👏

[@JustBSingProductions]

Thank you!

[@GIBALLS]

Your Batman figure is what I refer to as the Keaton head. Two versions of it were released late 89. The only difference being one is cast in black plastic , the other in flash color. The other two were released in early summer 89, they are somewhat taller with two different head sculpts both more comic book looking. The earlier release figures sold out immediately, the Keaton head was part of the restock in the fall. He was brought out in abundance and is the figure most people have and you will usually see the most on eBay.

[@shaneupham2097]

Awesome video this makes me miss my collection so many

[@JustBSingProductions]

It's a fun little line. And if you every want to try to rebuild it, thankfully these aren't too crazy expensive like a lot of the Kenners are.

[@KirkRuhberg]

Great video guy's!! Thanks

[@JustBSingProductions]

Thanks for always watching, Kirk!

[@supermansjs]

I knew I wasn’t crazy! Always remembered a different head on Superman. Thanks for confirming!

[@JustBSingProductions]

Don’t sell yourself short. You’re still crazy! 😁

[@MariePickholtz]

Flash is over there having too much fun. 😂 Great video!

[@JustBSingProductions]

😂😂

[@Edster73]

Love the Riddler figure. I hope McFarlane does one for Super Powers eventually. Any Legion of Doom collection is incomplete without the Prince of Puzzlers. Do you think we'll eventually get more female characters in the line? Why does McFarlane do female characters in his other brands but not for Super Powers? His Wonder Woman is decent but we need more... Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)... Supergirl... Catwoman... Power Girl... the Cheetah (Priscilla Rich Legion of Doom version)... Giganta... come on Todd!

[@JustBSingProductions]

I sure hope so. It's a strange omission, for sure. Like you said, they're in his other lines, so it doesn't make sense not to include them here. Especially since the original Kenner wave also lacked female characters. Some were planned but never made.

[@jzachery]

I was so happy when they made the Riddler! Definitely my personal favorite from this line.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Yeah, he’s a great one and perfectly in scale with Kenner!

[@andrewnaeseth8490]

That's my purse! Classic

[@mistermustachio336]

Definitely Nah-stalgic. In '89 my parents took my brother and I to see the movie, and the theater handed out WB brochures that featured Bat-merch. The Toybiz movie related figures were featured, and we were both stoked to see them. We ended up finding and getting Batman, Robin (to replace the SP one that we buried and lost in the back yard), Joker, Riddler, and Mr. Freeze. Since we still had our other Super Powers figures, the others never appealed to us. Two-face is weirdly proportioned... coin aside, and those bare metal pins for joints were a turn off as a kid too. I've been tempted to go back and pick up a Superman and a Lex. I've got carded Riddler, Mr. Freeze, and Bob the Goon now.

[@JustBSingProductions]

That’s awesome! I think I remember that brochure now that you mention it. Definitely worth picking those up if you want. They aren’t nearly as costly to get as the Kenners, even on card.

[@DannyKetch-lp8co]

COOL!!

[@IuriFiedoruk]

Can't believe you guys did not get wave 7 yet. I'm about to get part of it (split due to tax reasons) by tomorrow. In Brazil!! That is crazy 😱 BTW great video, those were never released in Brazil, but you can find one or other here and there. Nice to see them all.

[@JustBSingProductions]

It IS crazy! I have seen so many already finding them in store, and others getting shipments from Entertainment Earth, but still nothing from McFarlane Toys Store. Oh well, they’ll get here eventually and we can unbox them with our friends on the channel! Which ones are you getting tomorrow?

[@IuriFiedoruk]

@@JustBSingProductions Blue Beetles ship, and with a bit of luck from the mailman, Brainiac and Blue Beetle on Friday.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Awesome! Hope you love them!

[@IuriFiedoruk]

@@JustBSingProductions oh, and your videos are getting better and better. Thanks and congratulations on a very well done job 👍🏻😀

[@JustBSingProductions]

Thanks so much!

[@dukeman3ca1]

Ten year old me loved this line! Batman was a must I was lucky and found him quick, and as I recall, along with Joker! And Bob as Zod, totally did that as well! Kneel before Bob...I mean Zod!

[@JustBSingProductions]

Ha! Glad I’m not alone in my Bob/Zod imagination.

[@KadeBronson]

My dad was a kid in the 80s and 90s. He really wanted the Super Powers line but he never got them. He did get most of the Toy Biz line which he still has.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Your dad has great taste!

[@KadeBronson]

@@JustBSingProductions and later he was Superman in a photoshoot for Harper's Bazaar magazine with Lindsay Lohan.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Very cool!

[@hispanicatthedisco9730]

My wave 7 comes in today I got an "out for delivery" message. I ordered it February 1st just to put some perspective. I'm more interested in seeing the prototypes of wave 8 though.

[@JustBSingProductions]

That’s awesome! Where did you preorder from? Yeah, looking forward to official images of wave 8 as well.

[@hispanicatthedisco9730]

@@JustBSingProductions I ordered them from the mcfarlane website.

[@Dragonrider1227]

I don’t think I’d call these superior to Kenner’s line but I was born in 83 so these were my first super hero toys and therefore I have more personal connection to these than Kenner’s Super Powers

[@JustBSingProductions]

A lot of people in that boat with you! Which ones were your favorites from the Toy Biz line?

[@DanielJohn-xr7ly]

Bat and Robin w accessories was cool. Batarangs, finally. I liked the Riddler, fits in pretty good w my superpowers guys. I'll finally pick up Two Face one of these days. Lex's "punch myself in the face" superpower was a lil off. All in all I dig these.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Lex be like “You can’t punch me if I punch myself first, Superman!!!”

[@DanielJohn-xr7ly]

@@JustBSingProductions nice detail w the painted kryptonite ring though, and it was a nice approach to put him in business suit so he could hang w the rest of the gangsters from Gotham. He came in handy cuz my Kenner Lex had bit the dust by then.

[@Maz08]

Then if you were a completist freak like me, you had to have all the variations of penguin and his different size missiles, Batman and like 6 different face sculpts and then the color variations of the arms on a couple of the figures like Aquaman and different flash chest logos. I cant remember what else there was, I know I had them all and sold them on eBay in 2003 or 4

[@JustBSingProductions]

Ha! I didn’t realize there were Penguin variants. I’ve seen the green-armed Aquaman though. I actually dig that look on him! 😂

[@Maz08]

Yeah, there were different missile sizes for his shooting umbrella.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Interesting! Had no idea. I probably unknowingly collected all these variants as a kid and never knew. Sure wish I’d kept everything!

[@Christopherianmatt]

People have no idea what it was like to be 10 years old when these came out. Kenner Super Powers was the greatest thing ever, but I was unable to collect them all and had even lost or broken some by this time, and had been distraught that they could not be found in stores anymore. Even though these sculpts were not as good, they were ESSENTIAL to fill the void and were none too soon! Though they don't hold up to Kenner, we also look at Kenner through rose colored glasses, because the action features made them awkward to pose and play with and structurally weakened them. I categorically loathe action features, so McFarlane figures are doing right by me in that regard. But something is always better than nothing, and that gets forgotten when rating and judging lines and individual figures.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Oh 100%. It was crazy going into the store, long before the Internet and preorders, not knowing these were even going to be a thing and seeing them sitting there on the shelf. It was exciting! They were (and still are) fun, even if not quite as good as what came before and after.

[@Paul-se4wc]

Would love to invest in some of the McFarlane batman line but I just don't have enough real estate to store it. Necas already killing me

[@JustBSingProductions]

Storage and display space is always a strong limiting factor!

[@BradLowrance]

My Lex shot kryptonite bullets. I think the Two face coin was like a dime in case you lost the coin, you could substitute a real coin. Joker "Bob? Gun!" Did Green Lanterns Lantern do anything?

[@JustBSingProductions]

Nice! Yeah, the GL had a water canon similar to the Joker’s that shot water through his ring. He also had a head bob that would put Night at the Roxbury to shame. 😂

[@BradLowrance]

@@JustBSingProductions did the lantern do anything though?

[@JustBSingProductions]

@@BradLowrance oh sorry, misread. Nope, just a regular accessory.

[@BlitzGreymon]

Just curious, who is you guys favorite character? Do you like DC more than Marvel?

[@JustBSingProductions]

We're both Superman guys. He's our favorite of all time (clearly the inspiration for our channel logo). Love both DC and Marvel, but we definitely lean more DC as far as overall favorites. We will probably do a video in the future on our top favorite superhero characters (and there will be a healthy mix of DC/Marvel, I'm sure). Who tops your list?

[@BlitzGreymon]

Ah I see. Love the Supes as well :)) Me? I do love DC more than Marvel. But love them both as well. For me personally, I love Hal Jordan and Cyclops from the X-Men

[@JustBSingProductions]

Great choices! Hal is on our list too.

[@tyrellwhite8062]

I only had the Superman out of this line and I got it solely for the ring. I unfortunately don't have this figure anymore.

[@JustBSingProductions]

These aren’t too expensive to pick up if you can find them. Got all these, on card, on eBay for about $225 total a few years ago.

[@tyrellwhite8062]

@@JustBSingProductions ok, but I'm focusing on the new and old Super Powers Collection.

[@JustBSingProductions]

@@tyrellwhite8062 Don't blame you. They're better than these. But if you run across the Toy Biz at a good price, it's certainly worth adding to the collection!

[@tyrellwhite8062]

@@JustBSingProductions ok, my latest addition to my collection is The Bug and Skull Ship, only missing the colored Skull Ship for the new lines vehicles, still missing alot of figures though

[@JustBSingProductions]

@@tyrellwhite8062 Nice! We're still waiting on our preorders to ship. Did you find them in store?

[@Critic_Chris90210]

I remember getting Barman, Robin, Joker, bob & batwing for christmas. Batman looked more like Adam West than Michael Keaton. Batman Returns figures looked more Keaton's likeness.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Yeah, the vehicles and Batcave were actually pretty sweet in this line. Someday I'll get those too and put them on the channel. For sure the Batman Returns and Dark Knight Collection lines from Kenner were superior as far as likenesses go. Loved those, as well!

[@Critic_Chris90210]

@@JustBSingProductions thought collecting both Kenner & Mcfarlane super powers toylines. Miss my Batman Returns Batmobile.

[@paulschaefer5485]

I had the full set on card in the 90s. I thought they were worth a fortune until I realized they weren't Kenner super powers. Still cool though

[@JustBSingProductions]

😂😂 I bet a lot of people did the same thing. I actually still see some listed as Kenner all the time. But yeah, these are much easier and far more affordable to pick up carded and definitely still cool. Great additions to any DC collection IMO!

[@vintagetoykid9682]

I had a few of these when I was a kid (and still do). However, McFarlane needs to come out with a Super Powers Riddler figure ASAP so o can retire my ToyBiz Riddler who had served as a stand-in in my Super Powers display for the past three decades-plus.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Well I’ve got great news! Riddler will be in the next wave!

[@berniedavis6676]

i only had the Robin from this series. i bought him to go with my kenner batman I had.

[@LourdesCao-q8x]

Superman toys 1989 is awesome

[@byski1978]

These were better than they're given credit for. Sure, the quality on some look pretty bootleg, but there were some genuinely cool action features. Then Toy Biz just kept getting better with their Marvel stuff!

[@JustBSingProductions]

💯! Those Marvel figures were really great. Makes you wonder how good their DC line could have gotten if they’d been able to carry it on for a while longer.

[@byski1978]

@@JustBSingProductions Somewhere in the multiverse, that happened and Kenner took on Marvel!

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

The Batman figure in this line was insulting. Even back then I waited til The Dark Knight Collection dropped to get a decent looking Batman figure.

[@JustBSingProductions]

You definitely had more patience than us! We saw that black suit, and that's all that mattered lol. But yeah, when Kenner took it back over, it was like "oh yeah...yeah these are better. I want that now." Still dig the Toy Biz and the action feature, but the Dark Knight Collection is on another level, even with less articulation. Loved those!

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

@@JustBSingProductions Initially I was disappointed because I'd gone a long time without a Batman figure til I found a capeless Super Powers one at a garage sale which I made a sloppy homemade cape. The Dark Knight Collection eventually replaced my OG Super Powers Dynamic Duo.

[@JustBSingProductions]

@@eddierascalhaskell4954 Nice! Did you get the Dark Knight Collection Robin with the trendy flattop haircut, too? lol

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

@@JustBSingProductions I bought that Robin the minute it hit the shelves. I was excited because it was in the Tim Drake design and the costume was supposed to be the one used in the movie til they dropped his character altogether. It was also around the time they gave Tim Drake his own solo comic...needless to say I was excited.

[@JustBSingProductions]

@@eddierascalhaskell4954 Yep, same! Loved that one. Doesn't Marlon Wayans still get royalties for being cast as Robin?

[@DanielJohn-xr7ly]

Freeze felt like an improvement from Kenner version, to me. Cool gimmick for a kid.

[@JustBSingProductions]

And I never was able to get the Kenner Freeze, so this one was my first and was awesome! As both Freeze and “new power suit Lex!”

[@dukeman3ca1]

As a side comment, I put the wave one Superman from macfarlane's cape on my toybiz Superman, and it's not actually too bad looking! Lol

[@JustBSingProductions]

Haha yeah he looks good with a longer cape. I put one of the Capemaster capes on him! I’ll have to try that wave 1 cape too. It’s just so shiny lol

[@dukeman3ca1]

@@JustBSingProductions that wave 1 cape was so blaaa I'm glad to have a use for it lol

[@JustBSingProductions]

Word. Mine is in a sandwich bag stashed away with the other bad capes lol

[@the757hustleshow7]

Just subbed....would love to have you guys on the channel!

[@JustBSingProductions]

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[@dominickmorales4681]

Wonder women is definitely a high school power lifter!

[@JustBSingProductions]

🤣😂

[@Milky_Way1986-cr7yl]

I remember these more than Kenner! I just missed those. I for sure had Batman, Joker, Mr. Freeze, Superman, and Flash (mine had a little platform). I loved the color changing face Mr. Freeze had. Man, blast from the past!

[@JustBSingProductions]

Oh yeah! We forgot to mention Mr. Freeze’s action feature. Good memory!

[@danielstjohn3018]

I was fortunate to get the Original Super Powers line... and this line, the Toy Biz line, ....looked very much like a poor 'knock-off' line...and I don't think I bought any of them.!!

[@JustBSingProductions]

Had both and loved them both! Sure, they weren’t as good, but as a kid, I didn’t care. Was just happy to have more figures!

[@MrLuciousp]

They need to make a REAL Hall of Justice playset. Not that yellow carrying case thing. What a horrible mess.

[@dipsetforever4611]

Man I loved these figures growing up.. I was born in 1984 so these were big in my era.

[@JustBSingProductions]

Very nice! Yeah, these were great as kids. You’re not too much younger than us! But those extra couple of years allowed us to experience Kenner and Toy Biz simultaneously! Lol

[@brentgraham2481]

You Robin aka Jason Todd toy biz

[@JustBSingProductions]

I’m Jason Todd? I have so many people to call!

[@lukebaldock4672]

The robin was the only better one

[@JustBSingProductions]

It’s close on that one! What do you like better about the Toy Biz?

[@dazblue5515]

I hated the ToyBiz figures - they're so poor in quality, they look like fake, knock-off figures!

[@JustBSingProductions]

They weren’t for everyone. But as a kid, I just saw new Superman and a Batman with a black suit and went nuts lol.