Supernaturals
Supernaturals
Ooh, spooky! In the mid 1980’s, the BIG thing was holograms – they were everywhere, from napkins to cars. Yeah. Actually on a trip to the Isle of Wight a few years back there was a hologram shop where the residents of the island would get their regular holograms, so I suppose they must still be popular. Anyhow toy designers, driving to work in their holographic cars and wearing their holographic clothes soon decided that kids would love holograms in their toys. But how to do this…? A list was made:
1) Make the toys flat cards with holograms of toys! The possibilities are ENDLESS, my friend!
2) Make an actual laser-hologram maker, letting the children make their own, as well as blinding their siblings forever
3) Glue any old crap onto a plastic action figure.
Sadly, they chose number 3. Actually loads of companies did, since we got Visionaries AND Supernaturals. Now I’m sure everyone remembers Visionaries, since they had the cool cartoon. But what of their little (bigger) brothers, the supernaturals? Unlike Visionaries, the Supernaturals weren’t afraid to hide their holographic powers – Visionaries had little removable holographic chestplates, whereas Supernaturals mocked useless and outdated features such as “faces” – they WERE holograms!
Yay – original packaging!
The figures themselves, instead of faces and chests, had a holographic sticker that showed these features… and could CHANGE APPEARANCES! (Only in direct contact with the sun. And no, I don’t mean sunlight…) › Continue reading
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