1978 Mattel Pulsar Catalog

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1978 saw the return of Mattel's Pulsar the Ultimate Man od Adventure returned to I guess fight crime with his non descript powers. This year he would be joined by his new foe Hypnos. While Pulsar sold well for a toy with no TV other than his TV commercials, things were starting to fall flat for his look alike Steve Austin and Pulsar's adventures would sadly end in 1978.

Mattel 1978 Pulsar Catalog

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1977 Pulsar Catalog

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[HardyGirl]

I have Pulsar and the Life Systems set. Sadly, it's missing a few pieces, and really doesn't work that well.

[Brown Bear]

I want to see Matell do a Retro Action Pulsar!!

[ctc]

>I want to see Matell do a Retro Action Pulsar!!



Or as my friend Chad calls him: "PULSAR, the hero who can't go out in the sun!"



Don C.

[Actorman]

Pulsar was cool. I didn't have him, but my best friend did. (He had the Life Systems center, too.)

As a kid, I thought it was strange that his face flipped up to insert the "brain disc" thing. I always thought it would have made more sense for the back of his head to open instead. It was obvious when I got older that they had been going for a "Maskatron/Fembot" kind of thing with the removable face. I just never made that connection back then since I knew Pulsar wasn't a "bionic" character, so in my 6 year old mind they were completely separate. (I was probably a strange kid in that I never "mixed" toy lines when I played.)

[MIB41]

A fun figure. I still have my original one and I got Anthony (aka Toyroom) to make me the perfect reproduction box. If you guys have a loose one, you should ask him to make you one too. Just flat out incredible. Every bit as good as the original. Graphics are stunning.

[Brown Bear]

I have a retro Pulsar of my own. Just follow the link on my post under "customs".

[MIB41]

NICE Mego custom Bear!! Spot on!

[ctc]

>I always thought it would have made more sense for the back of his head to open instead

....although having them front-load makes more sense if he's putting his own in. Which is kinda weird, but hey; he's a dude with visible organs, and apparenty no digestive tract.

Don C.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I still have my original one, but I took the brain disks and used them in my AMT communicators I put together so that I would have "spinning" disks when I flipped the communicator open. I don't have those anymore. I do have Pulsar and his not so in one piece box. He guested as a giant, super human that the crew of the Enterprise would encounter from time to time in their 8" adventures