Super Juniors - Batman and Robin
“Holy diaper rash, Batman!”
It’s Batman and Robin as you’ve never seen them before. They’re 7″ vinyl squeeze toys… and they’re babies.
These lil’ fellas were my first find at the Allentown Antique Toy Show.
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From what I can gather from the legal info on their feet, these toys are called Super Juniors (©1978 DC Comics).
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I found no true origin for these toys, but I have discovered a couple of Super Junior comics that were printed in the 80s. I’m not sure if there’s a direct tie-in with these dolls, but the character designs do seem similar.
So, is anyone else like me in thinking that these toys look a lot like the old Big Boy restaurant character? Only thing Batman and Robin need are hamburger trays in their hands.
Either way, the dynamic duo never looked more precious.
INFO UPDATE:
I recently got my hands on the old Mexican Comic, Los Super-Juniors Edición Especial, previously mentioned in this entry. I was hoping it would provide some good reading or goofy images or something. Well, as it turns out, there really isn’t much good stuff in there. The drawings were mostly bad and the panel layouts and stuff were just badly composed. Here are a few of the most decent images featuring the Super Juniors as a group.
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If I ever get really, really bored, maybe I’ll go through this comic again and find some more pages to post… or I’ll get an intern to do it (I’m looking at you Doddsy-boy).
November 6th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
But here’s the question… have you ever seen the Big Boy and Batman Junior together? Hmmm…
November 8th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
When I was a kid - 3 to 5 years old - I had bed sheets with all of these characters on them (w/o the Shoney’s Big Boy). I thought they also included Greens Lantern and Arrow.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Btw, “Los Super-Juniors” was a $5,000.00 comic book? I wouldn’t have paid over $4,000.00.
December 20th, 2007 at 7:10 am
Nice photos! I have this set of vinyl figures & they are some of my most favorite pieces. They’re just so weird looking. They also made a Superman & Wonder Woman, those are cute too.
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August 1st, 2008 at 7:53 am
“I was hoping it would provide some good reading… ”
I can’t read any of that comic! Justin, you know I don’t speak Spanish!
December 30th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
so how much do they actually cost?
December 30th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
@ Beowulfe - I don’t quite recall how much they cost me. I think I paid $30-$40 for them. I haven’t seen any others since then to know if I got a deal or if I got ripped off
April 20th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Have a pair of “baby batman & robin” paint is a little worn, but they are cute…any idea how much they are worth or who would be interested in them? Have a lot of vintage toys for sale.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
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July 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I actually had a lovely find at a thrift store the other day… A Super Juniors quilt…
Enjoy…
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i20/Brandoncolvin/superbabies2.jpg
Sorry link didn’t post…
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Wow! Thanks for sharing. That quilt is great! Too bad they didn’t make toys of all those characters. I think they only made Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin.