Another cool vehicle that went through a few changes
is the Superman Glider. Although Kenner had dropped Superman's
"fist
motif" for their version of the Supermobile,
they decided to bring it back in a big way for this awesome
glider. The first version, shown below, was a jet plane
designed for Superman to sit in the cockpit, and would
have been a much larger toy with mobile arms. The final
version, that made it to initial engineering blueprints
shown directly below, would have had Superman clip onto
the bottom in a flying pose. It's possible that Kenner
may have designed this version with kids in mind, making
it fairly solid and able to be thrown like a real glider.
They also added extra action features, in addition to
the trapping fists of the first one. Too bad this puppy
didn't make it off the drawing board!
