1995 Mattel Judge Dredd “Mega Heroes” Toys
The back cover of Legends of the Dark Knight #76 (October, 1995) has a little bit of a surprise for the Judge Dredd fans in the audience: Toys from Mattel! The Mega Heroes line featured six different packs of static Judge Dredd toys (Amazon.com search*), and from what I can tell these are actually fairly inexpensive when you consider that the line is two decades old.
For more on these toys see this page at Virtual Toy Chest.
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These Dredd figures look fun. Kind of sucks no articulation, at least it looks that way, but a nice selection of figures. I do wonder how hard they are to find.
@Jason – I found them on Amazon. Between $8 and $16/set, so not all that pricey.
Ah, so they are mini-figures. Interesting. They do look pretty fun still.
They actually have arm articulation on most of them as I recall. I had a couple Judge Dredd figures back in the time as well as most of the Cyber Force line in the same scale.
@Nicholas Ahlhelm – I’ll have to post pics of these to help trigger some memories.
I have this entire line and the Cyber Force Mega Heroes line. I loved these as a kid!
The articulation is limited but the sculpts and paint apps are pretty neat. They’re kind of like an upgraded version of GUTS. The Dredd figures actually have swivel shoulders, a swivel waist, and a swivel neck while most other figures have a mixture of limited joints.
@Barbecue17 – How many different sublines were there for the Mega Heroes brand? And Cyber Force? Wow!
Only Cyber Force and Judge Dredd.