Supernaturals by Tonka

     The 1980's were chock full of innovative and unique toylines.  Children of this time period experienced toys with unique play-action features, some having never been seen before in a toyline.  One theme that popped up in several toylines was that of holograms.  A hologram is an image that is only visible under light from certain angles.  Visionaries added this feature to the shields that their action figures carried with them.  Tonka took the gimmick one step further by creating an action figure line that used flip holograms for the actual character's face and body.
     Each character had two distinct forms one being more human in nature, the second being more of a monster.  Children could imagine the figures changing form and could see these changes by altering the angle at which the holographic images were viewed.
     There were six large action figures produced representing the good and the evil Supernatural characters.  Each one had only four points of articulation but did come with removable glow-in-the-dark weapons, a chest plate, and some time of head attire.  The good guy assortment consisted of Lionheart, a knight or paladin with an inner lion,  ThunderBolt, a Viking with an inner Lightning Warrior, and Eagle Eye, A Native American warrior with an inner eagle.  The bad guy assortment was made up of Skull, a warrior with an inner Skeleton, Burnheart, a warrior with an inner fire, and Snakebite, evil warrior with an inner serpent.  Each action figure also had a holographic shield with a 3D attack.
     The toyline also included a ghostling line that had movable arms.  These were meant to be companions or minions for the various factions.  The faction was composed of eight individual characters each depicting a different inner monster.  There was Spooks, the court jester with an inner ghost.  Vamps, the vampire, with inner bat, Hooter, the wizard, with an inner owl.  Rags, the Egyptian, with an inner mummy.  See-Thru, the scientist, who becomes the invisible man.  Mr. Lucky, the magician who becomes a giant rabbit. Scary Cat, a witch, with an inner cat.  And Finally Weird Wolf, a punk with an inner werewolf.
     The line also had two larger, hard to find, animal companions.  The evil Dark Dragon and good Lionwings. In addition, there were two vehicles in the collection and a larger Tomb of Doom playset.
There was a Bat Bopper and the Ghost Finder both were vintage cars with a tow truck like feature.

Here are some pics from my personal collection.
Cheers!
Drakov