Pocket Superheroes Trading Card

[cjefferys]

I think it was $225. A nice price for such an amazingly awesome toy.

[DavidCoppola]

What's a Popy Spiderman?

[cjefferys]

It's a really cool 9" Spider-man figure released by Popy in Japan in the late 70's. He comes with tons of cool accessories, has a grappling hook in his right hand and a missile launcher in his left hand, not even close to comic book accurate but cool in a way that only Japanese toys are. He was released in conjunction with the Japanese live action TV show.

Here's a pic of mine so you can see what he looks like. He's second from the left, with his box behind him.

[Orion]

Great looking card. I never had the pleasure of getting those as a kid, but I really like the look of those figures.

[Meule]

It's a really cool 9" Spider-man figure released by Popy in Japan in the late 70's. He comes with tons of cool accessories, has a grappling hook in his right hand and a missile launcher in his left hand, not even close to comic book accurate but cool in a way that only Japanese toys are. He was released in conjunction with the Japanese live action TV show.

Here's a pic of mine so you can see what he looks like. He's second from the left, with his box behind him.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~ephemera_japan/spideys.jpg

There was also a Batman and Superman Popy, as you can see here M E G O L I K E . c o m :Popy: Mego Ultraman : collectible action figure gallery
I have never seen that Popy box before tho, only the one in the link

[cjefferys]

There was also a Batman and Superman Popy, as you can see here M E G O L I K E . c o m :Popy: Mego Ultraman : collectible action figure gallery
I have never seen that Popy box before tho, only the one in the link

Popy released the Mego versions of Superman, Batman and Spidey as a part of their "TV Hero Series" line of 8" figures in Japan. The Popy Spidey I'm talking about is this larger one with a buttload of accessories in a large window box. This figure has a completely different construction compared to Megos. The Popy Spidey figure on Lou's site is identical to the US version, just the packaging is different. Confused yet?

[4NDR01D]

great card.
Don't recall seeing pocket heroes when I was a kid, I'd definitely be interested in them though. The great thing about them is you could use a wide assortment of figures from other lines as villians, whereas my Calibos didn't really hang with my Joes, I could see spidey webbing his ***.