Spin Fighters
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Spin Fighters were metal top toy
s that were made in the early 1990s. They came in two colors, black and gold. These tops were also printed with characters from TV shows or cartoon characters. The black top usually stood for the bad character and the gold top was for the good character. There were also top launchers in which tops could be tightly wound and then released on a flat surface, or the Spin Fighters bowl in which the tops battled (hitting against each other) until the last top spinning was the winner. Spin Fighters were usually sold two to a package, one gold and one black spin fighter. Launchers and Spin Fighters bowls were sold separately. You could also wear Spin Fighters tops on jackets, shirts, and hats. Production stopped around 1996–97.
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and Capcom's
Street Fighter
.
and Toys "R" Us were four stores that offered these special sets.
Toy
A toy is any object that can be used for play. Toys are associated commonly with children and pets. Playing with toys is often thought to be an enjoyable means of training the young for life in human society. Different materials are used to make toys enjoyable and cuddly to both young and old...
s that were made in the early 1990s. They came in two colors, black and gold. These tops were also printed with characters from TV shows or cartoon characters. The black top usually stood for the bad character and the gold top was for the good character. There were also top launchers in which tops could be tightly wound and then released on a flat surface, or the Spin Fighters bowl in which the tops battled (hitting against each other) until the last top spinning was the winner. Spin Fighters were usually sold two to a package, one gold and one black spin fighter. Launchers and Spin Fighters bowls were sold separately. You could also wear Spin Fighters tops on jackets, shirts, and hats. Production stopped around 1996–97.
Series
Series of the Spin Fighters included WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment; then WWF), Saban'sSaban
Saban Entertainment , was a worldwide-served independent American television production company formed in 1984 by music and television producers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy as "Saban Productions", a U.S...
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and Capcom's
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
Street Fighter
Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
.
Special sets
A complete set of spin fighters included a bowl, a special spin fighter along with 24 others, and two launchers that could be ordered via mail, through a store catalog. JC Penney, Sears, K·B ToysKB Toys
K·B Toys was a chain of mall-based retail toy stores in the United States. It was founded in 1922 by the Kaufman brothers. K·B operated 605 stores in 44 U.S. states, Puerto Rico as well as Guam. It was privately held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts...
and Toys "R" Us were four stores that offered these special sets.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Series 1
- Red Ranger/Rita Repulsa (Launcher Set)
- Blue Ranger/Hatchling
- Green Ranger/Squat
- Black Ranger/Finster
- Pink Ranger/ Knight In Shine Armor
- Yellow Ranger/King Sphinx
- Alpha 5/Goldar
- Mammoth Dinozord/Polliticorn
- T-Rex/Bones
- Megazord/Pineoctupus
- Dragonzord/Eye Guy
- MegaDragonzord/Thornus
- Titanus/Babboo
- Ultrazord/Scorpina (Rare Blue Spin Bowl Set)
- Ultrazord/Rita Repulsa (Common Red Spin Bowl Set with Launcher)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Series 2
- Jason/Salaguana
- Kimberly/Guitardo
- Trini/Pirantis Head
- Billy/Scorpina
- Zack/Invenusable Fly Trap
- Tommy/Turban Shell
- White Ranger/Elepus
- White Tigerzord/The Primator
- Red Dragon Thunderzord/Robogoat
- Thunder Megazord/Bulk
- Thunder Ultrazord/Skull
- Thunderzord Assault Team/Lord Zedd
- Zordon/Lord Zedd ("Thunder Stadium" Bowl Set with 2 Mini Launchers)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Series 3
- Pteradactyl Power Coin Emblem with Pink Turbo Launcher
- Mastodon Power Coin Emblem with Black Turbo Launcher
- Triceratops Power Coin Emblem with Blue Turbo Launcher
- White Tigerzord Power Coin Emblem with White Turbo Launcher
Spin Fighters Set
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Tournament Set (Storage Case with all 25 "MMPR Series 2" Spin Fighters, Red Spin Bowl and 2 Launchers)
WWF
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