Superman: Man of Steel (Kenner)

Superman: Man of Steel
Kenner
1995

Christopher Reeve will always be the one and only Superman in our book. Fun fact - David Prowse, the man behind Star Wars, trained him to bulk up for the role.

Sadly, the line we're looking at doesn't revolve around the original 1978 film, but rather he period leading up to Fox's new animated series. In 1995 Kenner had already had great success with a Batman series based on the extremely popular animated series. So it only seemed natural for them to spearhead a line based on another iconic DC property.

The toys themselves take a page out of the Death and Return of Superman era (1992). You'll see from the figures the many representations of Superman as found in the story arc (even if they're not named as such); The Man of Steel, The Man of Tomorrow, The Metropolis Kid and The Last Son of Krypton.

 Conduit*Laser Superman*Power Flight Superman

 Steel*Superboy

 Lex Luthor*Solar Suit Superman

In addition to Street Guardian Superman, Kenner had plans to release Street Guardian Superboy. Unfortunately this figure never came to light.

 Street Guardian Superman*Ultra Shield Superman

 Deluxe Ultra Heat Vision Superman*Deluxe Blast Hammer Steel

The two pack figures can be found in two different versions - One comes packed with a comic book, and later "limited edition" releases contained a pair of trading cards.

 Cyber-Link Superman and Cyber-Link Batman*Hunter-Prey Superman and Doomsday

 Massacre and Full Assault Superman

Kenner also produced three two-packs which were limited released in Canada. The packs contained, Crusader Batman and Power Flight Superman, Future Batman and Solar Suit Superman & Ultra Armor Batman and Ultra Armor Superman. To date these are the most difficult ones to track down.

 Kryptonian Battle Suit*Superboy VTOL Cycle

Matrix Conversion Coupe with Clark Kent

12 Inch Superman*10 Inch Ultimate Superman

It's an interesting (if not controversial) era in Superman history which Kenner chose to depict in their toy line, but a great opportunity for fans to nab up some amazing Superman related figures. For those looking to do so these days, you shouldn't have too many problems. On average you'll spend between $7.00 and $15.00 for each one mint on card. Granted the vehicles are a little more difficult to come by, but still won't set you back more than $40.00 mint in the box.

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