Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series) Fun and Games (1996) User Reviews

Toyman...a controversial villain.

[David_del_Real_Reviews_in_IMDb · 8/10 · 9 November 2017]

Being Toyman one of the first arch-enemies of the Man of Steel, there most be already a few dozen stories about him. Maybe Toyman's main virtue is his versatility. Both some of the most innocent stories of the Man of Steel and some of the most heartrending have one of the three versions of the Toyman as their villain.

Today, we met an interesting villain whose way of making things, always with toys can look both innocent or spooky; given the overall sentiment of the series I think it is much more of the first one. Nevertheless, he is a villain capable of delivering all kind of stories and actually will be of major importance during the second season of the "Justice League" Series, a program that is both a spin-off of this series and Batman's.

The only thing that I don't like of all this is that there isn't really a connection between Toyman's first activities (the ones in this episode), that involve punishing a villain, even if the means that he uses are wrong however you want to see them, and his later activities (in future episodes) where his behavior, ambitions and interests are now completely like the ones of any other villain.

Thanks for reading.

IMDb Review by David del Real.

November 2017. Mexico City, Mexico.

'Fun And Games' Is Right - A Great Show That Is A Lot Of Fun To Watch

[ccthemovieman-1 · 10/10 · 12 June 2007]

This one starts off with a cops-and-robbers chase scene, and when the crooks are safely in their warehouse, a new character emerges out of the wall: "The Toyman," someone who looks like Howdy Doody. Apparently, he is the son of somebody who used to work for a big crook in the town called Bruno Manheim. The Toyman leaves a memento before he leaves: a deadly bouncing ball that keeps ricocheting around the warehouse smashing everything it hits and killing one of the gang members. Superman, just flying around, hears the gang's cries for help as the "ball" is about to kill them, too, and rescues the thugs.

This was a fun episode to watch, by far the best I've seen so far. The Toyman's gadgets are what makes this entertaining, as he stalks Manheim: model airplanes that fire real bullets; a huge metal "ducky," the Toyman's poisonous bubbles; and the Miss Nighty Night doll with her magical wand which knocks out Lois.

I like the overhead drawings of the city as we see just above Superman, the overhead shots in Lois' cool apartment and the wild child's room in which she wakes up after being knocked.

There's a ton of great visuals, interesting characters and wild action scenes. This is what I was hoping for when I took a shot at buying the DVD sight-unseen. I can only hope more episodes are as entertaining as this one.