1. There was nothing like going to the store in the '90s and seeing what exciting new DOOM ZONE Mighty Max had found himself in.
2. A whole world of excitement lived within each of these plastic wonders. Anything was possible. ANYTHING!
3. (Of course, they didn't contain all that much excitement. Usually just a few small toys, but still. That was enough.)
4. You helped Max through a lot of scrapes. Like that time he outwitted the mighty cyclops ...
5. ... or the time he barely made it out the the Palace of the Poison Snake in one piece ...
6. ... and there was nothing scarier that the perils of the DOOM DRAGON ...
7. ... except leaving the dragon toy laying around and accidentally stepping on it.
8. Mighty Max put the whole world in the palm of our hands. From the murky abyss of the terror-filled ocean...
9. ... to the murky depths of the terror-filled jungles. There was a lot of terror.
And murk.
10. But not everyone was lucky enough to get the Doom Zones. Some of us had to settle for the smaller (and frankly, inferior) Horror Heads line.
11. The Horror Heads made an already dangerous toy into a full-blown chocking hazard.
12. And I'm sure some people still have scars from the time their older brother jabbed them with the unnervingly stabby wings of the VampBiter.
If not physical scars, then at least emotional ones.
13. The only thing worse than the Horror Heads was the cheap McDonald's toys that came in 1993 Happy Meals.
Look at that craftsmanship.
14. Then there were the more confusing Mighty Max toys, like "The Hand" which was a hand. With a mouth.
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15. Or the Mighty Max watch, which was an actual playset complete with removable figurine!
16. And then things truly got wild when Gaboo released a Star Wars-themed set of miniature play-sets.
17. LIKE BOBA FREAKING FETT ...
... WHOSE HEAD CONTAINED A COMPLETE SCALE MODEL OF CLOUD CITY!
18. The truly blessed among us may have even gotten their hands on the massive Dragon Island play-set.
Which had lights! LIGHTS!
19. And then there was the Skull Mountain set, which I'm not even sure actually existed, because I certainly didn't know any kid whose parents loved them enough to get them this.
20. So goodbye, Mighty Max. We remember you fondly.
21. (That is, until the pieces and figurines went missing. Then all those Mighty Max toys were essentially just garbage.)
