Batman
Batman Movie Action Figure
In
1984, after Mego's demise, the Kenner toy company, who gained great success
with their Star Wars plastic figure line, was granted the rights to produce DC
Comics character all-plastic dolls in 5" scale, and soon after, the Super
Powers Collection. Each figure, as the name implies, had a secret super power
that would trigger when the figure's arms or legs were squeezed. Kenner
produced 3 different Super Powers lines; ending production before such rumored
Batman character figures as Catwoman and Man-Bat were produced.
During
its time on the market, however, the Super Powers Collection managed to release
action figures of Batman, Robin, The Joker, The Penguin, and Mr. Freeze as well
as several other DC Comics characters. Toy shelves also reserved space for a
1980s comic book styled Batmobile and a Batcopter that would later be
reproduced in black & gold for The Dark Knight Collection of 1990.
DC Multiverse Batman from Batman: Three Jokers 7" Action Figure with Accessories,Multicolor.
Click Image To Buy
Click Image To Buy
Batman Forever
In 1995, Batman Forever was released featuring Val Kilmer as the
Dark Knight. Breaking away from the repetitive base sculpt of the previous two
movie collections, Kenner produced Batman Forever figures using a wider
range of fresh sculpts.
Target eventually released their own series of exclusive Batman
Forever action figures as well. These were simply repainted figures from the
original line, and they came on a newly styled card.
Click Image To Buy
McFarlane Toys - DC Multiverse The Flash Movie - Batman 12" Scale Statue.
Click Image To Buy
The New Batman Adventures
As
Hasbro bought out Kenner, a new line of action figures were produced by Hasbro
based on the new animated series, The New Batman Adventures. This line
featured new sculpts based on the updated animated series from the WB network.
The first Creeper and Mad Hatter figures were included in this line.
After
the first line of figures was released, The New Batman Adventures line took on
the sub title Mission Masters. This line featured new Riddler and Mr. Freeze
sculpts. The second Mission Masters line featured repaints of old Batman:
T.A.S. figures, including The Joker.
To
move away from The New Batman Adventures line, Kenner/Hasbro released the third
and fourth Mission Masers lines under the basic Batman title. Included were
figures from Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Kenner's
Superman Adventures line, and some Batman Beyond (see below) figures. Also
included was a new comic style Bruce Wayne/Batman figure, rumble ready Riddler
and an animated style insect body Mr. Freeze.
Later,
Hasbro released several Batman: T.A.S., The Adventures of Batman and Robin, and
The New Batman Adventures repaints in the Spectrum of the Bat action figure
line.
Click Image To Buy
Comments