Magic Magnetic Superman City (Remco)

Magic Magnetic Superman City
Remco
1966

If last week's Magic Magnetic Gotham City was out of your price range at $2000.00, then I'm afraid this week's Magic Magnetic Superman City isn't going to be much better. It's unfortunately just as rare and just as expensive.

Remco's Magnetic Superman City, much like the Gotham City playset, featured a magnetic Metropolis "map" which you could place cardboard buildings, such as the Hotel Metropolis and Daily Planet. To interact with it, the set included cardboard figures. These were, Clark Kent, Superman, Lois Lane, a robot, Strongman and a few cars. Once again, a plastic wand was included to move all the pieces around on their magnetic stands.

Admittedly, it's not as exciting as the Batman set, which seemed to include way more pieces than this particular one. Still, if you were a fan of Superman at this time, it's a pretty neat set. 

Not too many of these have been seen out in the wild, so unfortunately, chances are rather slim that you'll come across one. Like the aforementioned Gotham City set, these are Holy Grails for Superman and DC Comic collectors.

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Magic Magnetic Gotham City (Remco)

Magic Magnetic Gotham City
Remco
1966

These days, they just don't make play mats like they used to. Vintage ones have so much going on in terms of style, fun and play interaction. Be it a vinyl mat for the 4077, those generic, but always fun, city streets, or a magnetic Gotham City.

For the latter, you'd have to look to the 1966 Remco Magic Magnetic Gotham City. The set consisted of a magnetic Gotham City "map", which you could place cardboard buildings, a bat cave and various punch out characters. The set even contained vehicles, such as, planes and cars - One of which, was of course, was the Batmobile - All of which were set up on magnetic bases.

As for the characters, these featured the likes of Batman, Robin, Catwoman, The Penguin and The Joker. With them, you could create hours of fun as the stories in your head unfolded on the mat before you. Basic design, but hours of potential fun.

Unfortunately, this set is by no means easy to come by these days. They're very few and far between. A complete set can easily set you back close to two thousand dollars. It's by no means for the average collector.

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