Stretch Armstrong keeps best at room temperature. Stretch Armstrong is made of latex rubber filled with gelled corn syrup, which allows it to retain shape for a short time before shrinking to its original shape. An estimated 67 different versions from Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Australia, and other countries released Stretch Armstrong variations between 1976 and the 1990s. The last two were filled with a granular solid in place of the viscous liquid found in the other figures. A vacuum pump, which attached to the heads of these figures, removed the air from within, which "froze" the toy in its stretched position.
Kenner Products DC Great" for its work on the Super Powers Collection. One of the more popular action figure lines in the late 1980s was Kenner's "The Real Ghostbusters", based on the 1986-1991 animated series adaptation of the 1984 feature film "Ghostbusters". The toy line debuted the same year as the cartoon and continued production through most of its run. Although the initial releases accurately resembled "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon designs, unlike Super Powers, the toy line very soon stopped attempting to be faithful to the existing source material. Instead, new, original costumes, weapons and ghost characters were designed by Kenner, many