How many "Mannix" figure lines are there?

[waywardmonk]

I stumbled on Rocklord's posts a good while back and became hooked on "Mannix" figures.

There's very little known about these lines and how they are related to each other and some of that seems to be based on rumor and misinformation.

My hope is that we can share information and pictures of the various lines in this series of figures and create a single accurate resource for them.

Please post any pictures you have, particularly of carded figures (and backs of cards where appropriate).

Please post any concrete information you have about when & where these figures were sold. 


My current theory is that the 5" figures were produced first (date stamped 1993, more detail, card art on the back of the card) and the 5.5" figures came later (no date stamp, less detail, blank back of card). This would date the Mannix wresters at 1994 or later. Anyone have evidence that contradicts this?


I've organized the lines I am aware of by body style:

        Small 5" figures (I believe that these are possibly the original lines, with the exception of the "Vikings")

OverTop Man               (1992 MCT - also T.T. Toys on card)           
             OverTop Man / Top Warrior thread                      
Top Warrior                 (1993 MCT; identical to OverTop Man, but came with trading cards)

World of Fighters         (1993 MCT; 1994 For You; identical to OverTop Man and Top Warrior figures; no trading cards)
             
Monster Warriors         (1993 MCT)
             Monster Warriors thread
Monster Man               (Earn Time Industries c. 1994) **thanks to starrunn2! **

"Two Face Monster"        ** Need verification of this name (at this scale) **
             Two Face Monster thread
"Vikings"                      ** Need verification of this name **
             Vikings thread

         Jumbo 9" figures

Monster Warriors

"Top Warrior"                 ** Need verification of this name (at this scale) **

"Two Face Monster"       ** Need verification of this name (at this scale) **

         Medium 5.5" figures

IWC International Wrestling Champions     (The only line actually put out by Mannix)
            IWC thread
International Wrestling

Wrestling Champion

Wrestling Champions

Two Face Monster
           Two Face Monster thread
Monsters Maniacs
           Monsters Maniacs thread
Master of the Fighters
           Master of the Fighters thread
Apes Attacks              (2 versions at this scale)
           Apes thread
Dinosaurs Warriors     ** Thanks to Antwan N Martin for debunking the Dinos Attacks name! **
           Dinos thread
Mighty Sharks             ** Thanks to Drekkus for debunking the Sharks Attacks name! **

          Large 6" figures

Apes Attacks
           Apes thread
The Dungeons

Mystic Rings

Heroes of Empire
           Heroes of Empire thread
The Last Frighter
           Last Frighter thread
Medieval Guerrier              (Harmony)

Medieval                          (Regent Products Corp c.2003)  ** thanks to starrunn2! **

Medieval Warriors             (c. 2001) ** thanks to starrunn2! **

Knight Playset                  (Toy Quest 2004) ** thanks to starrunn2! **

Dark Warriors                   (c. 2000) ** thanks to actionplus & starrunn2! **

Chevaliers de Legende       ** thanks to Drekkus! **

Les Gaulois

Combo Knight                   ** thanks to Alfi! **

Krieger                             (Fun Line)

Ritter                                (Fun Line)    ** thanks to Alfi! **

Les Demons                     (Harmony)   ** thanks Drekkus! **

          6" Skeletons      

Skeleton Fighter                  (Vidal) (3 versions w/ different weapons and slightly different cardback)
           Skeletons thread
Esqueleton Fighter               (DiToys)

Esqueleton Fighter Neon   

Neon Look Skeleton Fighter (Globo)

Skelett-Krieger                    (Fun Line)

Movable Figure                   ** thanks Drekkus! **

           Other

Two Faces Devil              (Galaxy Fighters/Warriors bodies; probably predates Mannix series)
          Two Faces Devil thread
Metallic Sharks               ** need verification of name **          (gold/silver Devil Warrior bodies w/ Mighty Sharks heads)

[jeff]

I'd love more info and pics too Thanks for starting the thread. There's threads on the board I've noticed but obit for each line. As a huge fan of the 90s WWF Toys these ripped I fell for them right add I saw them.

[waywardmonk]

Thanks Jeff. Glad to meet a fellow "Mannix" enthusiast!

Here are my loose OverTop Man / Top Warrior figures:

 
 
Here are the cards for OverTop Man (C) 1992 T.T. Toys - USA reg (C) MCT 1992. UK reg (C) MCT 1992

 

[waywardmonk]

Here are the cards for Top Warrior - USA reg (C) MCT 1993 - UK Patent



The OverTop Man and Top Warrior figures are 100% identical. Same molds, same paint, same quality material and accessories.

OverTop Man backer cards measure 9.25 x 6.5" . Top Warrior cards measure 10.25 x 7.25".

Top Warrior figures come with nifty trading cards w/ amusing bios that are identical to the bios on the backer card.

Anyone know what store the price sticker is from?? CW??

[waywardmonk]

Here are some of the trading cards that come with Top Warrior figures:

   

I love all the extra touches of the Top Warrior packaging/cards and you gotta love the complete lack of political correctness on these.

[waywardmonk]

Here is a body mold comparison between the 5" and 5.5" figures. These figures have the same arm/leg style, but are not the same mold.



Here are comparison pics of the eight-pack 5" torso and the eight-pack 5.5" torso:

[jeff]

Nice stuff, man I need more. I only have the 1 bull guy but drool over these. I wonder if they bootlegged their own toys. Like the molds got crummy, so the made new castings, and that might make the next gen of figures smaller slightly? I dunno, I could be talking out of my butt on that. Someone with a better knowledge of mold making might know.

[waywardmonk]

I decided to take a closer look at my figures and images from the internet...

There are more significant differences between the smaller and larger molds. Some biggies are the larger molds have a visible screw in the back of the figures, larger molds have turtlenecks, smaller mold's have a "roll" at the waist and peg holes on their feet... 

It looks like the Monster Warriors, OverTop Man/Top Warrior figures may be the only ones with the smaller molds. I don't have any Two Face Monsters, but from images on the net some look like the smaller mold and some the larger... All the rest of the other "Mannix" lines use the larger molds. 

Since the smaller molds are the only ones dated (MCT 1993) and are more detailed, I'm thinking these might be the original official figures. And the larger mold undated figures, including the Mannix IWC wrestlers (which have a blank cardback as well), are the actual knockoffs... this would mean calling all these figures "Mannix" would be a bit of a misnomer...

Looking forward to anyone's thoughts/pictures that might shed light on this.

[waywardmonk]

5" vs 5.5" - back comparison



Neck comparison

[waywardmonk]

5" feet (peg holes and dated MCT 1993)



5.5" feet

[dwitefry]

Jan 27, 2014 16:39:00 GMT -6 waywardmonk said:

plus these lines have "Mannix" accessories, but completely different bodies:

The Dungeons

Heroes of Empire

The Last Frighter

DiToys Esqueleton Fighter

Fun Line Skeleton Warrior (Skelett-Krieger, Skelet-Kruger, Gerrier Squelette)

Do you know which one of the above list is the Two Faced Monster knock-offs with the Galaxy Warriors bodies?

I love the Mannix stuff (they're so smooth!).  I'm  going well on Apes Attacks and Wrestling Champions (i think I'm one short on the Wrestlers), I really want those monster wrestlers Monster Maniacs and He-Many Master of the Fighters but haven't found any yet (that are cheap, lol)

[waywardmonk]

Jan 29, 2014 6:45:42 GMT -6 dwitefry said:

Do you know which one of the above list is the Two Faced Monster knock-offs with the Galaxy Warriors bodies?

I didn't include those figures because I didn't think they used any of the "Mannix" molds the other lines do. 

They are called Two Faces Devil

www.collector-actionfigures.com/dash/universe/catalog_items/?category=13258

I never saw their accessories till now. I'll edit the original post. Thanks!

[dwitefry]

Thanks a bunch, I figured they used some of the heads, some look like straight bootlegs of the Two Face Monster heads.

[waywardmonk]

I saw this 9" Monster Warriors Dino Monster on eBay in 2012. Went for around $100. Wish I had the cash at the time.

[rocklord74]

I was gonna buy him but was done collecting mannix then. Still a sweet figure on it's own though.

[waywardmonk]

Pics of 3 different carded versions of the Apes Attacks figures. Last "Mannix" line?




Third one has new body style used in The Dungeons, Heroes of Empire & The Last Frighter lines.

[figurecollector]

Here are my carded ones, from different companies including mini figures.

[waywardmonk]

Here's a pic of a 9" OverTop Man NY Gorilla that sold on eBay last November. Side by side with the 5" version.



harlock-toys in Argentina seems to be a regular seller of "Mannix" figures. 

[waywardmonk]

Here's another Wrestling card variation: Wrestling Champions

[drekkus]

I like your mannix thread, I've got some carded wrestlers like the one you are showing above. I'm not a big fan of the wrestlers more of the fantasy themed figures like master of the fighters and monster maniacs. I might need to take some pics of the mannix stuff that is my collection at the moment. might open some new windows of exploring.

[waywardmonk]

Feb 7, 2014 12:27:25 GMT -6 drekkus said:

I like your mannix thread, I've got some carded wrestlers like the one you are showing above. I'm not a big fan of the wrestlers more of the fantasy themed figures like master of the fighters and monster maniacs. I might need to take some pics of the mannix stuff that is my collection at the moment. might open some new windows of exploring.

That would be great!

[waywardmonk]

These are the multilingual "Mannix" Skeletons I'm aware of:

[waywardmonk]

Here's another Mannix Skeleton Fighter. 

[waywardmonk]

Here are the rest of the 3rd style "Mannix" body lines I've seen: 



thanks to rihia2k for the Heroes of Empire pic!

[drekkus]

Ok these pics will be a reason to edit your original mannix line name list

"Sharks attack" is not the name of the line it is "Mighty Sharks"

So here are some of my mannix (like) figures:

Ocean warriors, there are at least two different variations of each figure based on color and paint apps



Monster warriors



Master of the Fighters



Mighty Sharks



Two faces monster and Apes attack



Wrestling champions

[figurecollector]

Nice additions to the thread, guys. I did not realize it could be so many lines related to them.

[waywardmonk]

I've seen those skeletons a couple times, but never knew what they were! Thanks for adding your pics!

I haven't seen the sharks carded before either! Is the back of the card blank?

[drekkus]

Feb 8, 2014 13:03:16 GMT -6 waywardmonk said:

I've seen those skeletons a couple times, but never knew what they were! Thanks for adding your pics!

I haven't seen the sharks carded before either! Is the back of the card blank?

Yup its blank thats why i didn't bother with a picture

Not a lot of peepz have seen these carded before i think

I made this discovery pretty recent before i would also refer to them as sharks attack

This thread is comming along nicely

Now someone add some of those dino's attack figures

I've let loads of them escape me, but need to pick one up sooner or later to get closer to owning at least 1 figure of each mannix line

[waywardmonk]

Me too!

Here's the pic of a carded Monster Warriors figure borrowed with permission from Captain Coder at www.figurerealm.com.

I believe there is more than one card variation to this line as the Lizard Monster in this pic does not have a shield, but my loose one does.

** In fact, now that I look at this picture more closely, I can see from the backer card that this figure is clearly made by the same company as the Top Warrior series. I can now make out a Lizard Monster trading card behind this figure too just like the Top Warrior trading cards I have. I bet that there is a TT Toys (OverTop Man) carded version of the Monster Warriors series that probably came with the shields. 



www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?universeid=&FID=23168&figure=lizardmonster

[jeff]

Great pics thanks! Oh jeeze I love that Legend Lord of Darkness looking one.