The 5 Best and 5 Worst Utility Belt Toys

[wilbs518]

Another great article on Topless Robot by our own Brian H.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/02/..._belt_toys.php

[ScottA]

That was cool. I've never heard of half of those.

[TrueDave]

I had the 70's Batman belt and kept the Shogun Pistol Clicker for years.

I like the Hulk belt cause it's silly.
I like the Shadow belt caiuse it's obscure ( and The Shadow ) I remeber in the late 1970s seeing airplanes and such as bagged toys with Shadow headers.

Wonder woman is great.

Never realized those bad Star Wars belts wer actually Kenner, were they USA issued?

I am not worthy to have an ideal Batbelt. :-(

Maybe someday I'll find a Batarang at least.

[david_b]

Yeah, they missed a BOATLOAD of utility belts made (like 1999, etc..), but I never could quite grasp the HULK belt..

Ah, for the '4yr old' in us all..

[HardyGirl]

As a fan of the Shadow, I guarantee you he did NOT need a ulility belt. And the Hulk woulda ripped that sucker off!!

[samurainoir]

I had the Star Wars belt... it was the only lightsabre I owned as a kid and did an admirable job of whomping my brothers without leaving marks (unlike the Spiderman web-shooter which got promptly confiscated).

Did they ever make any other kid-sized lightsabres back in the seventies/early eighties?


I must own that Gatchaman belt. I would wear it everywhere, including to bed and to client meetings.

[kingdom warrior]

I like that Shadow Belt.......as a kid I would have wanted a Lone Ranger belt.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Great list! I had the Remco Spider-Man belt, but balked at Batman's name on his belt-buckle. Toy Biz's 1989 utility belt is very movie accurate, with authentic looking Batgrapple gun and Batarang. But props has to go the Ideal original.

Not so much a utility belt, but HG toys made a KILLER He-Man set with Belt, guantlet, shield, and Power Sword back in the 80s. It was toy/toon accurate, and all kinds of awesome.

Chris

[AAAAA]

The Hulk I always laffed They should called it Hulk Buster Utility with a giant poster of the hulk that you can fire suction dart at.

[Meule]

Great article Brian, I would love to have that Batman utility belt, but I'm not selling my car for it

[jwyblejr]

Why does Wonder Woman come with a jump rope?

[SainthoodDenied]

I got the mid 70s Batman version for christmas one year. I have a pic somewhere of me in front of the tree with it christmas morning.