Fisher-Price Imaginext Series 11 Collectible Figures Radiation Man Fisher-Price, 2018
Day #2,018: August 30, 2018
Radiation Man Return of Battle Beasts
Imaginext Series 11 Blind-Bagged Collectible Figures
Item No.: Asst. FMW53 No. FMW53 Manufacturer:Fisher-Price Includes:Staff Action Feature:n/a Retail:$2.99 Availability: June 2018 Other: Look for #58 on upper-left of the foil packet on the back
I was charmed enough by this Radiation Man to pick it up with some other figures from series 11 when I was out hunting X-Ray Man, Triple Threat Snake, and the pair of wrestlers. Fisher-Price has some huge fans of 1970s and 1980s toys on its Imaginext team, so they tend to go a little bit far into easter eggs and details you might not see elsewhere. Rather than do a guy in a hazmat suit, they cracked the window on the helmet and show you a ghoulish green skull, which reacts to black light and has the flesh melted off. Dark, man.
The 3-inch figure doesn't have a jointed neck thanks to the helmet, but the shoulders, hips, and wrists all move. The shoulders have a full range of rotation, allowing you to fling his arms forward to menace the Scooby-Doo gang that was sold at Toys R Us until their recent setbacks. The orange figure has a hazard symbol too, with clean orange bits and painted grey highlights - some of mine were a little banged up. As I picked the bag fresh out of a new case, that was a bit of a bummer.
His accessory is a drum of radioactive waste, overflowing with green goo. It doesn't glow, but it does sport something that amuse you - it says "TM & C DC COMICS" on the back as the mold was previously used as an accessory in The Joker's Garbage Truck set.
With a window cut in the helmet to let light in so you can see the skull, you can tell the manufacturer put some thought in to making this a better-than-average action figure for the price. If you have any run-of-the-mill hero figures, it's someone for them to fight - or menace. Maybe the undead skull face is secretly time-traveling Skeletor, or a Hazard-Viper, or some other reference to a movie I haven't seen. I might not have a lot to do with this figure over time, but it's charming enough that it was worth the three bucks.
--Adam Pawlus
Additional Images
Want to buy this figure or others like it? Check Fisher-Price availability at our sponsors: Entertainment Earth
16bit.com is best not viewed in Apple's Safari browser, we don't know why. All material on this site copyright their respective copyright holders. All materials appear hear for informative and entertainment purposes. 16bit.com is not to be held responsible for anything, ever. Photos taken by the 16bit.com staff. Site design, graphics, writing, and whatnot credited on the credits page. Be cool-- don't steal. We know where you live and we'll break your friggin' legs.
RSS 
