Source: Kenner's Super Powers Collection, never released action figure (1988)
Type: Toy
For Superman's 50th Anniversary, Kenner had apparently planned to issue a gold variant of their Superman figure, which would have had two important differences. First, the ordinarily blue portions of the costume would have been vac-metalized with gold. And second, the original figure's "punch action" would have been replaced with "flight action". When I read that, I thought you might squeeze the arms to raise his knee for take off, but it would seem the figure would not have had joints in its legs. Its arms were supposedly resculpted into a flying posture, so it's probably a more extreme version of Dr. Fate's "spell-casting action", with a squeeze of the legs raising both arms, here in flight.
Sadly, neither this Superman nor the "Kryptonite Cape Superman" to be included in the 4th wave of toys ever saw the light of day as the line ended with the 3rd in 1986.
Type: Toy
For Superman's 50th Anniversary, Kenner had apparently planned to issue a gold variant of their Superman figure, which would have had two important differences. First, the ordinarily blue portions of the costume would have been vac-metalized with gold. And second, the original figure's "punch action" would have been replaced with "flight action". When I read that, I thought you might squeeze the arms to raise his knee for take off, but it would seem the figure would not have had joints in its legs. Its arms were supposedly resculpted into a flying posture, so it's probably a more extreme version of Dr. Fate's "spell-casting action", with a squeeze of the legs raising both arms, here in flight.Sadly, neither this Superman nor the "Kryptonite Cape Superman" to be included in the 4th wave of toys ever saw the light of day as the line ended with the 3rd in 1986.
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