Toxic Tuesday: Kids Against Pollution

In addition to TMNT Tuesday, this month I'll be featuring Toxic Tuesday, with card art from the action figure series The Toxic Crusaders!  Like the Ninja Turtles, Playmates produced these toys, too, so the layout on the back of these packages was very similar . . . for example . . .

The Toxic Crusaders also had a fan club, but it embraced a higher calling alongside Kids Against Pollution, adding a bit of awareness and responsibility to the whole action figure line.  Take that, Captain Planet!  I Googled KAP, and their website looks fairly inactive; still, their message lives on here -- and what better way to end Toxic Tuesday!

Toxic Tuesday: Stay Clean or Play Dirty!

In addition to TMNT Tuesday, this month I'll be featuring Toxic Tuesday, with card art from the action figure series The Toxic Crusaders!  Like the Ninja Turtles, Playmates produced these toys, too, so the layout on the back of these packages was very similar . . . for example . . .

Here's the roster of figures in this first (and only?) wave of Toxic Crusaders.  I think my brother and I had Toxie, Major Disaster, Dr. Killemoff, Psycho, and the Radiation Ranger . . . and while they weren't as beloved in our collection as the Turtles, their sculpts were super detailed, and the figures were fun to play with.  If I find them in any loose bins in the near future, I may need to "collect them all!"

Toxic Tuesday: Psycho!

In addition to TMNT Tuesday, this month I'll be featuring Toxic Tuesday, with card art from the action figure series The Toxic Crusaders!  Like the Ninja Turtles, Playmates produced these toys, too, so the layout on the back of these packages was very similar . . . for example . . .

Here's the "clip and collect" bio for Psycho, one of Dr. Killemoff's stooges.  What I like most about this bio is the first line, that actually asks the buyer if they want "an action figure that looks this gross!"  What a great way to erode the fourth wall . . .!

February Bonus: Toxic Tuesday!

In addition to TMNT Tuesday, this month I'll be featuring Toxic Tuesday, with card art from the action figure series The Toxic Crusaders!  Like the Ninja Turtles, Playmates produced these toys, too, so the layout on the back of these packages was very similar . . . for example . . .

Here's the token origin strip, explaining how the Toxic Crusader came to be!

Interestingly, if the card had been punched on the pegs in the store, the reader of this little strip would've missed the flies buzzing around poor Melvin's head!