Fisher-Price Adventure People Green Alien Astronaut

For the late seventies/early eighties action figure generation, Fisher-Price Adventure People were as ubiquitous as Star Wars action figures. They were everywhere, and most of us had a smattering of them from many different themes: campers, families, medical professionals, extreme sportsters, and of course, astronauts and aliens!

My cousin had a lot of the space stuff. I only had normal people like a kayaker, a dirt bike racer, and a deep sea diver, and probably a few others. The astronauts were cool, and the aliens were cooler, but sadly if you were expecting a Hammerhead or Bespin Luke and you got one of these under your tree at Christmastime you were probably disappointed. In retrospect, these guys are gorgeous and I wish I had more. But as of press time, I only have this green-skinned blue-haired astronaut which I found at the thrift store a couple weeks ago. Not sure if he's from a different planet, a dark dimension, or if he's just a normal astronaut who has been blasted by gamma rays.

Fun!

In Space, No One Can Hear Their Dead Parents Scream

Which, I can only assume, is why Batman went there.

My recent post on the New 52 Justice League Target exclusive action figure set in the Brave and the Bold style got me thinking about that old line again, and I remembered I had yet to post about this very cool Astronaut Batman I have in my collection.

I got this Batman in a lot I bought off Brian at Cool and Collected months ago. Astro-Bat was originally part of a set that included a stupid non-canon alien creature (the set was called Batman vs. Alien :: Clash in the Cosmos) that I never had interest in, so I never bought it at retail. However I was always fond of this Batman variant. As I've said before, I have no problem with main character variants if they make sense from a story perspective, and Batman in a space suit makes plenty of sense for so many reasons I won't even waste time listing them.

The shiny blacks, subtle yellows and flat grey colors of this design are just perfect. No neon pink on this Batman! That bulky belt is great and it would have worked well on any Batman figure. It's also a neat bonus that Batman has a special space cowl instead of his head being a straight repaint.

Plus, he has a Bat-helmet! With this thing on he could almost pass as a robot Bat Drone of some sort. Or possibly a Bat HALO Paratrooper or something. The set originally included a few other accessories that I don't have, but not having them in no way detracts from this figure's coolness.

Having them might have.

All Batman needs is that sweet helmet and he's good to go...to SPAAAAAACCCCEEEEEE!!!!!!