Easily one of the ten best tree action figures

The first, and still the best, of the googly-eyed super robots.

Flamestone, or Rubyman in Japan, a friendly grinning demonic monster, is cast in red translucent plastic, with chrome diecast limbs and joints.

Sunstone, or Amberman in Japan, is a boxy, pugnacious figure cast in orange translucent plastic, with chrome diecast limbs and joints.

Solitaire, or Diaman in Japan, is of that rare species, the female robot toy.

Although not completely without fault, Matchbox’s Spartas / Veritech Hover Tank vehicle accessory for their Robotech 3 3/4 action figure line unintentionally created a classic toy that previously had not been made in Japan.

If there is one item in both the Bandai and Tonka Spiral Zone lines that is remembered by even the most passive toy collector, it is the iconic Act 10: Monoseed. The sheer audacity of the one wheeled designed assault motorcycle along with Bandai’s beautiful multi-media engineering and high craftsmanship resulted in Monoseed being one of the few Spiral Zone acquisitions by non SZ collectors.

Reissued and re-colored releases of previously manufactured toys have always been a blessing and a curse for collectors. Some re-releases could be very creative and well thought out while others releases can be a blatant cash out for the manufacture without any thought to the quality of the toy line.

While not a great toy on it's own, all collections must start small so this little Kong was a worthwhile pickup for cheap money.

The first of the two Bandai’s 1986 SF Spiral Zone optional backpack units was Act 8: Personal Floater. Nearly 25 years later Personal Floater is still one of the easiest items to locate inexpensively in mint sealed in the box condition.

Act 6: Bull Solid “Machinehead” was the second and last recolor of Bull Solid. I bought my Machinehead armor from Pony Toy Go Round back in the late 1980’s for $20.00.

Pony Toy Go Round, Los Angeles California - circa 1986: I was given a choice by my parents to make the decision to purchase one of two Spiral Zone toys that was needed for the collection: Monoseed or Sentinel Bear. Both were priced at $45.00 which was a lot of money those days. I correctly chose Monoseed but for the next 20 years I always dreamed of owning the third Spiral Zone figure Sentinel Bear.

Who knew they made a bootleg of Devil Satan 6? I sure as hell didn’t.

To be honest, I was never a big fan of the Silverhawks, I much preferred Rankin-Bass' previous show, Thundercats. But I always dug the designs of the bad guys in this show.