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Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Thread Started on Oct 5, 2005, 12:24pm »

So.....I ran into this line the other day and it seems fairly obscure and I thought I would put a line out to see if anyone else knew what it was or collected it.

I just bought my first Item today...Stinger

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This are in the Style of MASK. I think they are pretty cool and the line isn't to vast to collect. Now if they would only ever come up for auction.

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #1 on Oct 5, 2005, 12:54pm »

I have heard of them but never ran into any of the stuff. What year were they put out, sometimes in the late 80s?

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #2 on Oct 5, 2005, 1:58pm »

They Came out in late '89 and early '90.

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #3 on Oct 16, 2005, 11:44am »

yeah. there were just like mask. only i think their helmets controlled them instead of giving them powers.

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #4 on Nov 27, 2010, 1:42am »

yeah, these are pretty obscure, 1989-90. along w/ sky commanders, shadow strikers were the replacement for M.A.S.K. for kenner. if anyone has a shadow strikers MIB Dust Devil or Sandstorm i have duplicates of Hurricane, Phase 1 Converter, Smokescreen, Typhoon, & Stinger for trade. THANKS & check this website for pics of the toys http://www.virtualtoychest.com/shadowstrikers/shadowstrikers.html

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #5 on Dec 3, 2010, 11:03am »

I've been trying to collect these for a little while now. This is an awesome albeit very gimicky toyline. It appealed to me as a kid and it still appeals to me now!

I had Stinger and Hurricane as a kid. I've managed to track down the Phase I Convertor, Deviator, Typhoon, and Smokescreen in addition to my two childhood sets. Sandstorm, Mutator, and Dust Devil all appear to be the toughest sets to find, leading me to believe that they were all part of a second wave of items released.

Tinkerbeee has a whole bunch of the Phase I Convertor and Deviator sets. That's who I got mine from! You might want to shoot him a message and see if he still has any left.

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #6 on Dec 14, 2010, 6:18pm »

Do the figures knees bend like MASK ones did and are they the same size as MASK figures?

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #7 on Dec 20, 2010, 2:54pm »

i had the conversion tank set, and the one thats like a landbased canon that has two tanks in front of it. i really liked em, especially changing them clear in hot water. very cool stuff. i always wanted the stealth looking plane and the tank

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #8 on Mar 18, 2012, 3:50pm »

Hi there, this is an awesome line. Can anyone shed some light if the Tempest Fighter Bomber with “Phantom” Radley figure, ie mega awesome stealth jet was ever produced?
Also any one know where I can get a Sandstorm Dune Buggy ? Thx heaps

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #9 on Mar 18, 2012, 5:02pm »

These look kind of interesting. Can anyone explain the " PHASE OUT so-and-so can't be seen in battle" part of the box graphics? Do the figures change in some way?

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #10 on Mar 19, 2012, 12:59pm »

they used highly advanced change-color-in-warm-water technology:

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from http://awefulbooks.com/comics/?p=825

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #11 on Mar 19, 2012, 2:56pm »

Now thats just darn cool. Did it work well?

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #12 on Mar 19, 2012, 3:26pm »

not sure personally, i never had any. :-/

i would be surprised if it worked as well as it shows in the pic, but if it does that would be awesome!

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #13 on Mar 19, 2012, 5:02pm »

I always loved color changing stuff, from the dreadnocks sunlight stuff to micro machines and matchboxes that changed in water to the hello kitty bath toys (I know kind of sissy but I loved those toys lol).
These just got way more awesome in my eyes. Thanks for the pic toyworks

. I'm totally jazzed up about these. If any of you guys that own these feel ambitious maybe we could see some demo pics? No pressure of course

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #14 on Mar 23, 2012, 12:54am »

So Cool, I remember these guys!!!!!

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #15 on Mar 23, 2012, 3:35pm »

Dec 14, 2010, 6:18pm, sf1378 wrote:

Do the figures knees bend like MASK ones did and are they the same size as MASK figures?

Well, did the knees bend? Asked this ages ago.... ::)

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #16 on Mar 23, 2012, 3:44pm »

Mar 23, 2012, 3:35pm, sf1378 wrote:

Dec 14, 2010, 6:18pm, sf1378 wrote:

Do the figures knees bend like MASK ones did and are they the same size as MASK figures?

Well, did the knees bend? Asked this ages ago.... ::)

You and your bendie knee fetish stf1378

. Didn't you say that's why you didn't like Sky Commanders? Just because they're called Shadow Strikers doesn't mean you have to have them playing football (soccer) with each other

. If you must know though, they do NOT bend at the knees, I looked it up.

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #17 on Mar 23, 2012, 9:23pm »

Mar 19, 2012, 5:02pm, funkyterrance wrote:

These just got way more awesome in my eyes. Thanks for the pic toyworks

. I'm totally jazzed up about these. If any of you guys that own these feel ambitious maybe we could see some demo pics? No pressure of course

My pleasure.

I seem to recall getting the missile from the Deviator launcher in a lot many moons ago. Probably wouldnt be as cool to see as one of the figures but if i can find it ill post some color-changing action pix.

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #18 on Mar 26, 2012, 12:25am »

Mar 23, 2012, 3:44pm, funkyterrance wrote:

Mar 23, 2012, 3:35pm, sf1378 wrote:

Well, did the knees bend? Asked this ages ago.... ::)

You and your bendie knee fetish stf1378

. Didn't you say that's why you didn't like Sky Commanders? Just because they're called Shadow Strikers doesn't mean you have to have them playing football (soccer) with each other

. If you must know though, they do NOT bend at the knees, I looked it up.

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My anxiety and long un-answered curiousity has been answered...My quest finally over. I actually am typing this with tears in my eyes....Oh the joy!

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Anyhow, thats a bit shit isn't it of Kenner - crap toy figures for cool concepts like the sky commanders and then this line, and then they did VORTEX which was essentially MASK all over again....Kenner was synonimous with making crap unarticulated toys..during the 80s. When I saw the Green Lantern toys for the movie I had a wave of crap nostalgia as all they needed on the packaging was the old Kenner brand logo and they'd fit in perfectly with crap un articulated Kenner of the 80s....lol.

Mind you, MASK and Super Powers at least had bendy knees.

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Re: Shadow Strikers by Kenner!!
« Reply #19 on Apr 3, 2012, 5:03pm »

So i hate to ask about vaule of these guys but what are they worth?

so for instance a complete vehicle with figure?

just wondering compared to Mask and what not...

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