Never Mind The Adverts (Pt16) – Judge Dredd Mega Heroes by Mattel

Posted on January 18, 2020 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

We are the law!

Welcome to part 16 of TVTA’s series Never Mind The Adverts… Here Are The Toys!

Featuring: Judge Dredd Mega Heroes, by Mattel

In 1995, Mattel released a series of multi-pack action figures based on Judge Dredd characters from the British comic 2000 AD. The semi-articulated figures, which stand at around 2 to 3 inches (7 – 12 cm approx), come with an impressive amount of colour and detail, and were launched to coincide with the summer blockbuster film Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone and Diane Lane.

TVTA is pleased to present maximum thrill power images of the full 1995 loose set, including the impressively zarjaz ABC Robot, and Judge Dredd’s Lawmaster MK IV bike!

Judge Hershey and Block War Dredd.

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More 2000 AD art and covers

Posted on February 14, 2017 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

“It’s really quite simple. I don’t destroy anything. I just move my mind into things. And make their atoms dance.” Sheeva.

Sheeva by Brett Ewins. Prog 578. 1988.

As we near the 40th anniversary of British comic publication 2000 AD, TVTA presents yet another thrill-tastic selection of artwork and covers featuring Bad Company, Judge Dredd and Slaine, with art by Brett Ewins, Jim McCarthy, Glenn Fabry and Ian Gibson.

Megrim and Robyn. Cover by Glenn Fabry. Prog 524. 1987.

Bad Company II. Cover by Brett Ewins. Prog 548. 1987.

Pit Rat. Cover by Jim McCarthy. Prog 524. 1987.

Full Mental Jacket. Cover by Ian Gibson, Prog 578. 1988.

2000 AD comic ads and covers

Posted on February 2, 2017 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

A selection of adverts and covers from British comic 2000 AD.

UK. 2000 AD. Tharg pin-up.

UK. 2000 AD. 1983. Ron Smith cover.

Prog 580. 1988.

Prog 578. 1988.

Never mind the adverts… here are the toys (Pt4)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

L to R : Judges Anderson, Death and Dredd.

Welcome to part 4 of TVTA’s series Never Mind The Adverts.

In this edition we focus on the 1999 Re-Action Figures line for British comic 2000 AD. The series was short-lived, but did provide a good choice of classic characters from the comics. The loose set I picked up was complete but for the Durham Red and Johnny Alpha figures as featured in Strontium Dog. Included below are pictures of Judges Anderson, Dredd and Death from Judge Dredd, followed by Slaine and Ukko from Slaine.

Judge Anderson

Judge Dredd

Judge Death

Slaine

Slaine and Ukko

Thanks for looking. Join us again soon for another Never Mind The Adverts!

2000 AD Comic adverts

Posted on October 1, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

The thrill-merchants back in the day may have long since closed, but The Vintage Toy Advertiser has some goodies for your viewing pleasure – a selection of totally scrotnig 2000 AD comic adverts!

UK. 2000 AD Monthly. 1987.

UK. Eagle. 1984.

UK. Eagle. 1983.

UK. 2000 AD. 1977.

Comic covers: 2000 AD Judge Dredd and Co.

Posted on February 21, 2015 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

British comic 2000 AD has always been a firm favourite since I was a kid. For me their titles have consistently provided a colourful and anarchic, black-humoured universe full of sharply-observed characters.

My favourite characters were often the ones found in Mega-City One… Judges Dredd, Anderson and Hershey, The Dark Judges, the Angel Gang and so on. I’ve pulled a few random covers from my collection to show here. Some of the covers are from Eagle Comics which reprinted 2000 AD stories in a US style format during the mid-eighties. Hope you enjoy.

Historical overview: 2000 AD history

As I was preparing this post during the week I learned the sad news that Brett Ewins had passed away on the 16th February. Brett was a major contributor to many 2000 AD titles. The first two pictures in this post are by Brett. RIP dude.