Toy-Ventures this week takes a detour from vintage and talks about this modern oddity. This three-pack of figures keeps popping up on eBay containing current versions of Big Jim, Pulsar and Major Matt Mason on Secret Wars bodies. Three characters I’d welcome back to the toy shelves with open arms, but what exactly is this?

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Hypnos was actually a pretty decent concept, unlike Pulsar it’s easy to find one in good shape. He was not a great seller however.

Pulsar didn’t go through any changes for 1978, he was the same standard issue. His life center was a tough thing to find on the collector market for some time.

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According to Mattel, Pulsar was the “Ultimate Man of Adventure”. I still want to know what his back story is, is he some sort of cyborg? a Mutant? None of this mattered as a kid, I really wanted him!

The Pulsar Life Systems Center Playset is actually quite hard to find.

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