a documentary
Fellow Captain Ray Fan, Hugo Cardenas (How odd is to say that) Posted this on the Captain Ray Facebook page. And I thought I’d share. He gave a visual representation to the named but never seen villains on the captain’s card back of the figure.
So DC universe online came out free to play… and decided to add the captain ray to the roast. Should I do the rest of the defenders?
Captain Ray by Bottleimp
Just like the original bootleg (is that an oxymoron?) this JLU version is made from a Superman body with an Aquaman head. Since I was never able to find the short-haired Aquaman on the Target shelves, credit for this superb headcast goes to Stew. The emblem was created in photoshop and decoupaged onto the chest, and the cape was slightly trimmed to differentiate Cap. Ray from Supes. I took a few liberties with the costume, but I’m happy with how snazzy he ended up looking.
Found @ DChallofjustice.com
Today I found on eBay an auction that said:
LOT Super Powers Friends Superman Batman Captain Ray
Which of course got my attention. However browsing over the description you were aware that what was on sale were CAPES that fit the original Kenner super powers. Batman, Superman and amazingly a Captain Ray custom!
In all honestly I always like the Colombian SP capes better, you couldn’t take them off, but they were very neatly placed.
Some forums discussing the Colombian super powers… man they are hated by all… the atrocities these toys were victim of scares me to the bones.
http://www.legionariox.net/dc-universe-toys-f28/recordando-a-los-super-powers-t1942.htm
http://toys.foroactivo.net/dc-universe-f5/super-powers-galatic-guardians-t281-20.htm
Yo tengo mis únicos cuatro que tal vez los lleve a alguna próxima reunión del foro. Sí, también recuerdo al Capitán Rayo jajaja, que basura.
Lo que recuerdo de esas figuras es que traían un afiche, como la imagen de Supy que pusiste, ando buscándolos por la red y apenas los vea los comparto por acá porque yo recuerdo que en la escuela forraba los cuadernos con esos afiches LOL
You used the posters to wrap your notebooks in!!! are you freaking mad!!!!
mae yo tambien los tenia esa cole fue un exito aca los vendian casi en todo lado y como eran de un plastico mas barato olian delo mas rico cuando estaban nuevos
I do to, loved the smell..
Mi primo y yo usabamos al Capitan Rayo como Villano de Superman. Algo así como el hombre solar de la pelicula 4.
ok, I find this lame, cos right in back card of the figure it was stated that the guy was heroe, with its own set of villians… geez…
Yo recuerdo haber tenido unos de esos pero creo que eran las versiones paques que vendían en el amigo invisible con capas plásticas y un plástico demasiado cochinada…pero tuve todos los superamigos y a uno que se llamaba capitán rayo de hecho por ahí están los posters
grrrrrr…
De las versiones colombianas tengo cuatro figuras, aunque originalmente tenía cinco:
- Superman (un día se le extravió la cabeza y la capa, lo tuve que botar)
- Robin
- Green Lantern
- Flash
- Wonder Woman
Estas últimas cuatro figuras me las regalaron entre 1993 y 1994,
recuerdo perfectamente que fue por una buena nota en la escuela que me
regalaron a Flash, y que en Diciembre recibí a Wonder Woman!
Acá las fotos:
Cómo me cuadraría tener ese Batimóvil de los Super Powers!
this guy seems to be a collector… no email provided in his profile tho.
to make things worse… he is listed here among the stupides toys ever released T _T
http://www.centralplanet.cl/invision/index.php?showtopic=5757&st=40&start=40
-El capitan rayo; en medio del furor de los super powers algún colombiano afanador sacó al CAPITAN RAYO!!!! admiren el super repintado de superman
not everything is hate… there someone who bothered to do a dcuc custom:
http://forums.toynewsi.com/index.php?showtopic=2069730
http://panorama.laverdad.es/ocio-y-tiempo-libre/992-el-capitan-trueno-regresa-17-anos-despues
orginially named “captain ray” according to the interview… spanish comic superhero.
Some in-depth article about captain ray
You learn something everyday… the captain ray figure I own, does not have the correct symbol painting…. omg…
Today i was just googling for captain ray like i do every time I am procrastinating some important job for collage. and to my surprise the entry i created for captain ray a few years back, had been quite renewed and expanded!
A nice picture of the 2nd version of the figure, as well as some interesting details:
To the general info section, it was added that Francisco D’ardoine’s profession is FBI agent. Information that’s new for me. Since it could have only been known in the free comic book inserted in the characters 3rd appearance. it could have been someone just trolling, but the second interesting part, is that a completely new section was added.
The section adds all the info regarding the said Third appearance of the character in colombia, among the Defensores de la tierra toyline. Now this was brand new info I was planning on releasing as an unknown fact with the documentary here… but well, the word is out on wiki for everyone to see.
What I wonder is if the person who added that info has indeed the defensores de la tierra action figures… and more importantly the comic books that came with them!
For a while i have been suspecting someone else is tracking down this superhero. First i got a cell phone call, asking me If i sold the action figures… i answered and said i was actually interested in buying. And then the caller hung up.
Later I found that someone else from colombia was looking for the figures. He posted on a spanish speaking geek blog who made an entry on Captain ray the following:
The guy basically says he is a collector and ands up asking where he can buy the figures in Colombia… could this be the same guy who edited the wiki page? i searched the wiki history…
And its credited for an user that goes by Aftx…
The wiki entry also added the Facebook fanpage I created for this project and the character.
So i looked at the page which i figured might be a lil bit dead… since i don’t really keep it up much. and realized there was a new fan comment and a new fan picture
They were added by a guy named Hugo Cardenas.
