Rocketman? Sweet Jesus, they were going to make a Rocketman
figure?!? Yeah, OK, I have no idea who this guy is either.
I'm guessing that during the amazing rise of patriotic
fervor IN 1985 Kenner felt that we needed an
ultra American hero figure. Yeah, I mean besides
Superman.So they created Rocketman, here. Luckily, they
didn't waste any time busting out a sculpt of this guy,
which is how we know his name: because it was written
on the bag housing the prototype. Now, it may have been
a temporary name, to be changed later. But based on other
sterling monikers, like Howitzer,
I'm guessing that Rocketman was it.
OK, so what do we know about this guy besides his name?
Beats me. At first glance of the prototype (before the
artwork surfaced) I thought he might have been a redo
of Captain
Comet. But, apparently not. He was going
to be electronic is some fashion, as he had a separate
battery pack cover.And he was one of the only fully new
sculpted Power Plus figures, and the only one to be sculped.
Still, as goofy as he is, I'd have bought him. Photos
of the Power Plus Rocketman hard copy are courtesy of
the fine folks at The
Earth Toy Mall.
Sharp-eyed fan Derrick Lyle Coleman was the first to
let us know that Rocketman here looks suspiciously like
Astronaut Steve Trevor, who appeared in the final season
of Super Friends (Super
Powers Team- Galactic Guardians) in an episode
titled, "The Darkseid Deception". Not the last, though, as we got a whole lot of mail calling attention to his brief cartoon appearance. Check out
the pics below, but I think everyone is on the money. And go
check
this page out for more screen shots like
the ones below.
But wait! Eagle eyed reader Scott M. Akers
also points out that Rocketman is a dead ringer for Major
Victory, leader of Force
of July! The Force first appeared in 1984,
so this is entirely plausible. Any more guesses out there?
