Talk of Secret Wars made me think of the OTHER 1984 toyline based on comic characters, Remco's Mighty Crusaders, based on the Archie Comics heroes. They had "sonic shields" (whistles) and punching action. So they were clearly trying to rip off both Super Powers and Secret Wars. They were squat, had odd facial sculptures, and were cheaply made but for some reason, I kind of liked them. I played with them along with my SP and SW figures. I used the Comet as Cyclops and the Shield as Steel from the Detroit Justice League (he was the only new member of that time I kind of liked). I think I had all of them except the Buzzard. I believe the line-up was
Good guys:
The Shield
The Fox
The Web
The Comet
Bad Guys:
The Eraser
The Sting (or something. He had a skull face and an insect body)
Brain Emperor (a guy with a plastic dome over his brain)
Buzzard.
Every one of mine eventually fell apart. Seems like I remember their torsos spliting easily. Their limbs fell off pretty easy too.
The only place I ever saw these was at Dollar General.
Anyone else have these?
Chris
Good guys:
The Shield
The Fox
The Web
The Comet
Bad Guys:
The Eraser
The Sting (or something. He had a skull face and an insect body)
Brain Emperor (a guy with a plastic dome over his brain)
Buzzard.
Every one of mine eventually fell apart. Seems like I remember their torsos spliting easily. Their limbs fell off pretty easy too.
The only place I ever saw these was at Dollar General.
Anyone else have these?
Chris
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