captain power

Silverbolt · Post by **Silverbolt** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:50 pm

So in my big bag of G.I Joe stuff I found captain power's forearm. I had completely forgotten about this series and toys but I had a bunch of this stuff as a kid but all I have left is that forearm. Anybody here got any of this stuff? I'd love to see it if you do!

Banzai-Tron · Post by **Banzai-Tron** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:12 pm

I still don't really understand why Captain Power didn't take off bigger than it did. It was a pretty cool concept, and decent toys.

That said, I never bought any of it. It was all about the TFs for me as a kid.

LD2062 · Post by **LD2062** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:34 pm

Captain Power, thats the ships that shoot at the video on tv?

I never had any myself, but a one of my friends did. Cool stuff.

$350 on ebay will get you a nice set.

Moderator question: I know links to ebay are not allowed, but can an item number alone be posted?

Silverbolt · Post by **Silverbolt** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:17 am

I have a PM box...
lol
I really liked that show as a kid... and I remember being really bummed when it quit coming on....

funny the hero ship was called the XT 7 now I drive a car called an XT...
wacky coincidence...

Silverbolt · Post by **Silverbolt** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:12 pm

Thanks for the PM! I watched the first episode of this on youtube last night. Man they have everything on there. If I can find a decent set of figures at a good price I will likely pick them up. Even setting the nostalgia goggles aside it's an awesome mix of live action and cgi for 1987. Haha.

captainamerica · Post by **captainamerica** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm

beware when buying the figures that all the accessories are VERY BRITTLE. Sauron's wings & Blastarr's gun are probably the worst of the bunch for breakage, but they can all be fragile.

With some hunting, you should be able to get most of the figures carded for $10-15 each, some of the accessories/playsets are very hard to come by, the interactive sets fall inbetween the figs and playsets as far as rarity & price.

Silverbolt · Post by **Silverbolt** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:55 am

I found his gun in my bag too!

haha now I have an arm and a gun..hahaha

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:46 pm

I have all of the figures including a few doubles. I loved captain power's show. So much in fact that I now own every episode on dvd! Its a really great series when you get to watch them all. Im actually missing one figure now that I think of it. Stingray Johnson, the underwater guy. My buddy has the bases, power command posts, and I think all the vehicles. Im almost done digging through my stuff, and then i'll post pictures.

Silverbolt · Post by **Silverbolt** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:36 pm

Cool! Looking forward to those pics!

captainamerica · Post by **captainamerica** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:55 pm

Indeed! Love to see the pix!

You have a Tritor and Cpl Pilot Chase? very cool indeed!

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:55 pm

Well here are the pics of my buddy's collection. Pilot and Dread are on the other side of the black base on the very right side. I forgot to get a wider shot.

Jakalair · Post by **Jakalair** » Fri May 07, 2010 9:22 am

I am actually in the process of backing up my remaining VHS tapes and stumbled across one of the VHS tapes. Sad that most of them will probably be lost forever when the VHS dies since there will be no legal way to buy/sell them once that happens.

PrimeDirective · Post by **PrimeDirective** » Fri May 07, 2010 6:30 pm

One word, Jakalair:

eBay.

Banzai-Tron · Post by **Banzai-Tron** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:30 pm

Jakalair wrote:I am actually in the process of backing up my remaining VHS tapes and stumbled across one of the VHS tapes. Sad that most of them will probably be lost forever when the VHS dies since there will be no legal way to buy/sell them once that happens.

The FAR more difficult thing will be finding a working CRT Television, since none of this stuff works with modern LCD/Plasma. (Not sure if it works with LED TVs, but my gut reaction to the idea is "No, it won't").

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:06 pm

I have the entire tv series on dvd. The hard part is, the little lights dont work for lcds. I still have a crt tv in my toy room, just because I like using my snes super scope still.

Silverbolt · Post by **Silverbolt** » Sun May 09, 2010 6:01 pm

Well I can't seem to find them on DVD and youtube seems to stop at ep4. Oh well. It was fun to watch for a minute anyway. And it's not like it's got more than one season anyway.

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Sun May 09, 2010 8:39 pm

Go to http://captainpower.com/ and you can find the dvds there. Thats how I got them.

80stoyshop · Post by **80stoyshop** » Wed May 12, 2010 11:13 am

i have captain power action figures mint on card for sale in my vintage toy store

mint in sealed box of 12x mattel 1986

corporal pilot chase

i also have 12x lord dread moc

pm me if anyone want to discuss

Sideways · Post by **Sideways** » Wed May 12, 2010 9:41 pm

Banzai-Tron wrote:
Jakalair wrote:I am actually in the process of backing up my remaining VHS tapes and stumbled across one of the VHS tapes. Sad that most of them will probably be lost forever when the VHS dies since there will be no legal way to buy/sell them once that happens.
The FAR more difficult thing will be finding a working CRT Television, since none of this stuff works with modern LCD/Plasma. (Not sure if it works with LED TVs, but my gut reaction to the idea is "No, it won't").

It should work with a LCD TV, but the picture quality will be horrible.

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Wed May 12, 2010 10:25 pm

I think the reason that kind of stuff doesn't work with lcd's is because the light beam from the device needs to reflect off of something. Since crt's are glass, the beam bounces off and reflects back to the sensor. I tried every way possible to use the super scope on my LCD with no luck since the screen is basically a matte finish with little reflection.