In Search of the Holy Grail of Hulk!!

[Fire Marshal Bill]

A couple years ago i bought a lot of Super Powers toys off Craigslist and in it were 4 Buddy L Secret Wars motorcycles..... Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, and Spider-Man. I thought they were pretty cool and i searched the internet for more info on them. While searching, i came across a lone picture that indicated that there was a 5th motorcycle in the set..... the Hulk! Being a big Hulk fan back in the day, I had to have one. I searched for months for more info on this Buddy L Secret Wars Hulk Cycle and couldn't find anything..... just the single pic on Google images. Never saw one on eBay.... nothing. I had posted in a couple threads over the months when someone mentioned Sectet Wars collectibles that i was in search of this Secret Wars Hulk Cycle but i figured i'd never find one.... they just didn't seem to exist.

Fast forward to last week. Museum member Den82 PM's me with a title "Look what i got....". I open the message to find a pic of a Buddy L Secret Wars Hulk Cycle!! He proceeds to tell me that he got it in a lot of stuff he had just bought and while searching the internet for more info on the toy, he came across one of my posts where i had mentioned that this was one of my grails.

Any Buddy L Marvel Secret Wars Collections ? - Mego Talk

He tells me he likes this Hulk Cycle a lot...... but thought i would appreciate it more and offers to sell it to me! A little side note to the story..... a few weeks ago Den82 was looking for a bionic leg module to complete his Bionic Woman figure. I just happened to have a spare and sent it to him at no charge. I remember him thanking me and telling me "he owed me one". Talking about good toy karma! I was so excited last Friday when the Hulk Cycle arrived at my doorstep. I can't thank Den82 enough for allowing me to add this to my collection!



I also want to thank Mego Superboy Prime for providing a lot of info on this toy for me. After reading his blog about his awesome Hulk collection i contacted him to see if he could tell me about the Hulk Cycle. Sure enough, he has one and knew quite a bit about it. Apparently there are at least three more cycles i now need to find... Magneto, Dr. Octopus and Dr. Doom . Anybody have any of these laying around in a box somewhere?

[Mego Superboy Prime]

I love how things like this turn out. Sometimes you think you'll never find something and then...WHAM!!! you have it by the end of the week.

Yeah, when I was a kid I remember seeing those Buddy L single cycles at an Ames. I saw all of them; the three villains, Cap, Iron man, Wolverine and Spidey but not the Hulk, he was missing. I located him a few years later. And I never thought the Magneto, Doom and Octopus would be so hard to locate today. Come to think of it, all the Secret Wars single cycles are kinda hard to locate today. I think the most common ones are Spidey and Wolverine but you still don't see them all the time. Funny, 1984 wasn't that long ago...or was it?

Another funny thing is you can find the Kenner Secret Wars Dr. Doom, Magneto and Dr. Octopus figures by the truck load today. But when it comes to them and these cycles they are nonexistent. I find it interesting how toy companies produce their products so differently.

[Fire Marshal Bill]

Looking for another Hulk grail guys. Every so often i search around looking for more info on the Hulk Cycle that i got (see above) and today i came across this. First time i've ever seen of one of these sets. You see the Spider-man one all the time. But i gotta have this one! Please keep an eye open for this Buddy L Incredible Hulk set for me :D .

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Looking for another Hulk grail guys. Every so often i search around looking for more info on the Hulk Cycle that i got (see above) and today i came across this. First time i've ever seen of one of these sets. You see the Spider-man one all the time. But i gotta have this one! Please keep an eye open for this Buddy L Incredible Hulk set for me :D .

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...leHulkset2.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...bleHulkset.jpg

Hey, there it is! I remember when we spoke about this. I may have been a little incorrect about some of the details, but there is your stunt cycle without the figure on it.

[Fire Marshal Bill]

Hey, there it is! I remember when we spoke about this. I may have been a little incorrect about some of the details, but there is your stunt cycle without the figure on it.

yup, went back and re-read our PM's and this has to be the one you mentioned. I can't believe I just now am coming across a pic of it. I gotta find me one!

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Where did you find the pic?

[Fire Marshal Bill]

Where did you find the pic?

Google images searching various combinations of words for Buddy L Hulk Cycle. One image came from a completed eBay auction from last year. The set sold for $40 .

EDIT: Here's one link

Hulk Blog!: May 2010

[MIB41]

An amazing story. Those pics are just priceless.

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Google images searching various combinations of words for Buddy L Hulk Cycle. One image came from a completed eBay auction from last year. The set sold for $40 .

EDIT: Here's one link

Hulk Blog!: May 2010

I told you they don't go for much. I'll keep an eye out, they are not as rare as you think. They are just forgotten. It will come up.

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Did you find it yet?