We’ve had the smaller Horror Head playset, Mighty Max Pulzerizes Sea Squirm, as well as a larger Doom Zone released in the final wave of playsets Mighty Max Sinks Nautilus. The deep-sea feel was certainly carried over and made a great setting for a Mighty Max story.īluebird and Mattel approached the Mighty Max underwater theme a few times, and it’s fun to think how these underwater playsets could complement each other. Later Doom Zones were packaged with a Dread Head or a Norman figure. One of the mini-figures, a giant spider named Creep, lends its mandibles and legs to the exterior giving it a rather grotesque appearance as if the spider is dragging along its. The colors of black, purple and green look good together and conjure feelings of Halloween. They are the most common of Mighty Max playsets, and were always packaged along with a mini comic story. A fun Doom Zone on the exterior, it forms, naturally, a giant spider. There was plenty of changes from the initial play-set idea, with the squid-like creatures acting as a peaceful race trapped below the ocean by a crazed squid, but it’s always interesting seeing how these play-sets were interpreted for their ‘big screen’ debut. Doom Zones (or occasionally Doom Stones) are miniature playsets which feature several figurines and an adventure theme. Might Max Caught by the Man-Eater inspired it’s own TV show Less than 20,000 squid heads under the sea. The set came complete with the Mighty One, two squid fins, an electro manta submersible and the villain, Dr Kalamarus. I loved the extra detail for the Doom Zone, with sea life gathering around rock pools as well as the embedded items from the submarines travels. Polly Pockets, for example, were marketed for girls, while Mighty Max were marketed for boys. Looking inside the shark’s mouth, the submarine is revealed with plenty of mechanical components to keep it operational. Vintage Mighty Max Doom Zones 1992: Snake, Skull, Alien, Dragon, Wolf, Spider Growing up as a girl in the 90s, I was often told that certain toys were for boys and others for girls. The shark submarine has a great feel to it, with some really good organic textures both on the inside and outside of the playset. Kalamarus, a squid creature with a desire to destroy and collect sunken treasure using his modified shark submarine. This is an underwater, shark themed Doom Zone playset that managed to inspire it’s own TV episode. Time to get our toes wet with Mighty Max Caught by Man-Eater, also known as Mighty Max trapped by the Jaws of Doom.
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