This week at Flashbak,
I also remembered Remco’s Energized Super Hero action figures of the 1970s.
Here’s a snippet and the
url: (http://flashbak.com/remembering-remcos-energized-super-heroes-of-1978-362258/)
“Here’s another great
toy from my childhood in the disco decade that I have never forgotten.
Beginning in 1978, Remco released a number of foot-high superhero figures that
were, in a word, “energized.”
I only had Spider-Man,
but Remco released Batman, Superman, and the Incredible Hulk in this format as
well, splitting their line between Marvel and DC.
This version of Spidey
that I remember stood a whopping twelve-inches high, and though he lacked
meaningful articulation, he came equipped with a variety of gadgets,
such as a "Spider Sense Activator," a kind of movie viewer, and a
"Spider Light." Spider-man also came with a web so you could
snare the bad guys.
Your friendly
neighborhood Spider-Man couldn't actually swing from a web, but he could at
least hang from a web, which was just as neat. You could activate the web
gadget and watch Spider-Man climb by activating a switch on his belt.
The ads described Peter
Parker’s alter-ego as being energized “to climb,” “to pull,” “to lift,” “to
throw light” and to “power his Spidercopter.”
As I recall, Spider-Man
seemed to the fulcrum of publicity and toys, because Remco also sold the
aforementioned Spider-Copter, a Spider-Man HQ, and even a figure of his “worst
enemy,” the Energized Green Goblin…”
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