Great overview of the Kenner Six Million Dollar Man toy line. I am still impressed with the play features and quality that showed us Kenner toys motto "We Really Do Care." wasn't just words. These toys had value then and today are a testament to the toy designer of the past. I have a growing collection of these toys and have looked at many of them on my KZfaq channel. This video was a treat and I thank you very much for your high quality, attention to detail and great information.

Fantastic video. At 49 I still have mine. Thanks again.

The Kenner action figure is proudly displayed on my living room wall :D

I nominate Oscar Goldman's exploding briefcase to be the single greatest action figure accessory of all time.

I think it was my 5th birthday when I woke up to find the 6 million dollar man in his box on my bedroom wardrobe. I still remember that feeling I had to this day.

Oh my... I remember what HUGE fan I was of the Six Million Dollar Man TV series; and I'm still one. I never get tired even today of watching the reruns. This may sound cliche and exaggerated, but the Steve Austin action figure was like the holly grail of toys at the time. Owning such toy really raised your "popularity points" as a kid which would grow exponentially the more toys you owned from the SMDM franchise. It was so great to see all of the figures and related accessories here, even a few I have never seen nor heard of. It is so cool to see that all the toys related to the TV series made by Kenner have such a high and respectable place in the world of vintage toys. They truly deserve it.

I still have mine. He’s a little beat up it’s sentimental because my grandmother god rest her soul worked hard so I could have it for Christmas.

Lee Majors was awesome as Steve Austin. I had the action figure, the rocket and the engine block you could lift by ratcheting the right arm. You had the cross hair on the eye to. There was also exposed bionics on the arm under the rubber skin lol. Good times as a kid.

My older brother and me actually owned that toy . We make the funny sounds when he was using his eye or when he was jumping. Great times. Great memories Thnx for this episode

These marketing geniuses got 3 year old me to want an action figure of a man in a business suit with a briefcase accessory for Christmas.

As a child of the 70's Maskatron was far and away the best action figure you could get back then. It was three toys in one with the different face plates and beyond cool.

I use to have a six million dollar man action figure. As a kid of the 70's it was my favourite toy apart from action man. I also had a evel Knievel action figure as well. Good times....👍👍👍

Nostalgic beyond words.

I had all of those toys, including some not shown in this video. I remember walking through the store with my mother and seeing the set of three different arms for Steve Austin....I went nuts and got them for my birthday. Great memory.....lol

I virtually shat myself waiting for Christmas day and getting the 6 million dollar man plus accessories like the crystal radio backpack. Bloody brilliant stuff!

A time when roles were well defined and no one was offended !

I had that action figure - geez watching this is like time traveling to something I haven't thought about since the 70s. crazy

THank you for the Trip down MEMORY LANE!!!! I had many of those toys and as you were talking about them I was remembering all the Great Times and all the fun that I had with my childhood friends playing with our Six Million dollar Man action figures along with G.I. Joe including Atomic Man and Pulsar. Hard to believe that was 40 years ago I just turned 48 in January and I wish that kids today would get the Joy of being outside playing in the backyard with their action figures like we did at that age it was almost a right of passage to do so.

I got a Steve Austin action figure, and the rocket module for Christmas when I was ten!

SMDM was the man back in the day- bionic/astronaut/secret agent, a kid's dream job!

The Six Million Dollar Man was the first science fiction TV series I really loved! Thanks for this one. Colonel Steve Austin remains one of my fave sci fi characters.

An excellent review of the Six Million Dollar Man toy range, now we know why there are so many modern Star Wars toys being flogged off at discount, the Kids aren't watching the new movies none of which are remotely as good as the 'real' Star Wars films.

My life PRE Star Wars! I was 5 turning 6

Excellent presentation and good memories, my brother and I each received a Six Million Dollar Man (with the engine block) for Christmas 1975 or 1976.

I ended up with a lot of these toys after they went on clearance. I was only 6 when i got my first Steve Austin, and I was unfortunately quite accident prone. I broke his arm to where it would not go back on. Fortunately, I later got Oscar Goldman. For some reason, they made him so that his arms and legs could be removed and reattached. I used to pretend Oscar had surgery that allowed him to share Co. Austin's special mission limbs. And his briefcase was one of the most clever non-battery-using toys ever.

Excellent video. Six Million Dollar Man was the best

My brother had the Steve Austin action figure. We were fans of the show. When the Bionic Woman TV series came along, I got her action figure. Both toys were fantastic, Kenner made great toys back in the day.

Thank you for the trip down memory lane! I owned all of them at some point in the late 1970's before age and injury took it's toll replicating all the stunts I imitated during all those classic episodes. It was a fortune for my parents during Christmas seasons, but no price can take away a young boy's joy....

Wow, nice little trip back to the 70's. Read the novel in high school, watched the 90 minute movies before the television series, then the series. Bought the 1st year action figure, just to store it for the future, to sell it,...guess the future is here. Nice video, ...never had any idea there was so much more items, but then again my toy days were 10 years or more prior.

If you watch the Christmas episode 'A Bionic Christmas Carol', Steve is in a toy store just before he decides to teach Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian)'s Scrooge a lesson for mistreating the Bob/Fred analogue, played by one of the Darrins from Bewitched, you can spy one of his own toys on the shelf behind him. To this day, I do not know if it was a flub or a plug.

Oh, man... I had two Steves, and a Maskatron as a kid, along with the radio (that never worked) the rocket/medical center, and a Mission to Mars suit... but they were all lost to childhood. So a few years ago, I ran across a Steve Austin, and a boxed rocket/medical center (the box was messed up, but everything inside was intact) The Steve Austin was sold complete except his "engine block" and the ratcheting feature is supposedly broken... but I could feel it was trying to do something. So it's been displayed on my shelf for the past few years... telling myself that I'm going to crack it open, and see if I can fix that arm. So I watching this, and you say the head has to be turne3d for the arm to work, and it all came back to me! Holy crap ballz, I completely forgot about that! So I pulled Steve out of his rocket, and gave it a try, and lo and behold, there is nothing wrong with his arm at all! I'm assuming the seller, those couple of years ago had no idea as well! (now to find his "engine block")

What a great show, thanks! As a child in the 70s, I begged my parents for these toys. Fortunately I still have my action figures and repair station. Now I’m driven to find more!

I´m 42 years old and finally got my first Six Million Dollar Man ten years ago here in Chile. South America. Since then , I started to collect them (Bionic Woman, Maskatron, etc)

I was born in 1977 here in Chile. South America, and was really obsessed wth both bionic shows that were very successful till the early 80s. I was running in slow motion all the time. As an adult I finally got The Six Million Dollar Man Bionic Grip, The Bionic Woman doll. Maskatron and the Mission Control Center. My life came full circle!

Born 72 but I remember these & funnily it jogged my memory of evil knievel toys as I loved both. Great times & great vid 😊

Man thanx so much for this! A really in-depth look at the entire Six Million Dollar Man toy line. Great memories.

LOL, I love that so much of that commercial was them just throwing the Steve Austin doll out of windows and through windows.

My favourite TV show ever! Had just about everything you could buy as a kid, toys, t-shirts, board games, models, you name it!

Fantastic video!! I remember my love for these toys transitioning to Star Wars toys in 1978. Today, I collect both lines. Such fantastic toys and memories. Thanks for all these great videos that you do!

Thanks' for this upload....As a child in the 70's I was a huge fan and glued to the TV every week watching the bionic man.. I had the bionic man action figure...… the transport and repair station and the mission to mars outfit......Soooo many fond memories of this toy.....Thank you for the happy memories and the nostalgic trip back to my youth.

A totally awesomeness of a TV show and the action figures Rocked. Thanks for sharing Brother 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇨🇦 🇬🇧🇺🇸🌎🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯

Six Million Dollar Man was my favourite show growing up in Australia. I nagged my Mum for the Kenner Action Fgure and got it for my 10th Birthday in 1977. It's all I wanted and toys back then for me weren't plentiful. I used to make vehicles for him out of boxes / odds & ends and made my own repair station and all manner of accessories. I _still_ have my original along with Maskatron (MIB) and another SMDM (MIB) and the Back Pack Radio (MIB). The Back Pack Radio which was how I listened to Radio back in the day because it actually worked and I used to clip it onto the steel frame of my bed! Brilliant show and fantastic toys that have withstood the test of time. As I type this I look over at a massive glass cabinet full of 60's/70's/80's Toys most of which I didn't have as a kid. And yes, every now and then I peer through SMDM's eye and make _that_ sound! (LOL). Great video mate :)

Another great one. Very enjoyable. Thank you Tony, for improving my mood.

What a great time it was. I loved my Steve Austin and GI Joe toys. Let's not forget Star Wars!

Mum insisted that we turn down the TV when the probe episode was on. She hated the vacuum cleaner sound. This is a great vid. I remember playing with that first gen Steve Austin until his track suit was thread bare.

I had nearly every Six Million Dollar Man figure and accessory, including Bigfoot, Oscar Goldman, Maskatron, Jamie Summers, the Mission Control Set, Radio Backpack and the repair center. Never got Fembot or the Venus Space Probe or any special mission outfits, but by then I was on to collecting Star Wars figures.

Very cool video. I had many of these. Brings back a lot of good memories.

The best KZfaq vid I've seen all day! Haven't seen that exploding case in donkeys years. Did not know the toy range was so big. Such a wicked vid and so well delivered. Thanks!

This is fantastic. For 15 minutes I was 7 years old again. Great content.

Kenner is a name I very fond of from my childhood in late 70s early 80s..

This is fascinating. I'm so glad someone is giving these historical context. I don't think anyone else online has covered this. You got a subscriber.

great video, as always! i am 31 and have no nostalgic experience with these toys. however, i still find these videos fascinating!

A great review of a much loved toy-line and TV show. I'm now subscribed to see what other goodies you've covered. Great stuff

Fascinating overview. I never realised many of the additional products existed. The fembot was genius and the ad incredible.

This video is so well done. I'm misty with nostalgia and even as a big fan, I learned a lot. Thanks so much for making this!

What a fantastic and informative trip down memory lane.

Thank you for this video. You brought back a ton of memories.

I had all of this when I was a kid, so great to look back on this now, thanks for making this video so I could relive my childhood 🙏

Awesome documentary. I remember this toy so well

Here again!! Great video mate. One of the first I watched when I found this channel two years ago. I've been a hooked pain in the arse ever since. haha.

This was such and awesome show. I got the the figure,and the repair station. So cool

Thank you very much for this great video. You rock brother.

Don't forget the awesome J.J. Armes -- 'Real Life Superhero'! Metal claws, suction cups, a pistol, a saber, etc....JJ was the bomb, man.

Thanks for the trip down memory Lane l had this 6 million dollar man toy one of my favorite great video nice insight and information

another of my most beloved childhood toys. another feast vid bro.

This was the beginning of Kenner, and you can see where they started some of their habits: multiple releases of the same character, excellent detailing, numerous vehicles, and so so quality playsets.

Fantastic video ! 👏👏

Great job. Great memories

I had the steve austin and maskatron figures and loved them and the show great days 😊

I had the Bionic Man with rocket, Oscar Goldman, *and* a Pulsar. Amazing toys.

Thanks, great video! The show and toy line were at their peak when I was a little too young to appreciate them, but I remember my neighbor having a Maskatron and how cool I thought it was. Mostly I played with Batman figures until Star Wars took over my life at age 7.

Excellent video, growing up I found one at a yard sale. I still have him today.

Thanks for this one, Mr. Tony! 👍 Six Million Dollar Man was the very first television sci-fi series that I followed seriously, Colonel Steve Austin remains one of my favorite science fiction heroes.😁

Thank you. I still have all my stuff at 55

Thank you so much, you have brought back so many good memories

hell ya brother from another mother I feel you on this my Dad had a lot of those and as a 80s kid I wish I still had those old toys of his

Yep it was my favorite tv as a kid and yes had this stive Austin figurine. Wish i still had it.

Great informative video that brought childhood memories and great toys made by Kenner. I still have my Bionic Man and his Bionic Station.

Loved the video thanks for bringing back some good childhood memories

I still love that the packaging for the toy line was pink.

I had Steve, Oscar and Maskatron !! I also had the critical bionic arm set and the bionic transport and repair station !! The Six Million Dollar man was one of my all time favorite t.v. shows !!! My sister had the Bionic woman doll !! Great video , it brings back a lot of good memories !!

Great video, Tony. Some of my earliest memories of beloved toys always include Steve & Oscar.

Man i remember my oldest sister got me one of those for my birthday! If only knew then what i know now! I would have taken way better care and kept it! But that's what happens when you're a kid! Nothing last for ever! Wow!😎👍cool review!

I never had a bionic Bigfoot.. But I did have a big Chewbacca! And some days he would be hanging out with solo, and sometimes he'd be doing battle with the Bionic Man! It would just depend on what mood I was in that day, as the kid lol!

Excellent episode!!!👌

Well done! I remember getting a 6 million dollar man for my birthday in, I think, 1978. I loved that thing. Always wanted the BIgfoot but it never happened lol.

Awesome show.

What a great review of this classic figure! The rival toys you mentioned (Atomic Man & Pulsar) are interesting too. Your SMDM T-shirt rocks!

Great video, very interesting and lots of TV show clips. Always good to see the original packaging as well. One of my first toys, good times 😁

I had Steve and his repair/rocket ship as a child. Brought back a fond memory

Fantastic review! Six Mill was really my greatest love in the 1/6 sale figure lines. Even though I enjoyed Gi Joe in the late 60's and early 70's, Six Mill was really the premiere figure line in that scale. I loved... LOVED... Steve Austin and grabbed Maskatron and Big Foot with equal glee to fight him. I loved the obvious attention to detail like the roll up skin for the bionic modules and bionic eye feature. Easily one of my most beloved toys, rivaling even the Mego line. At the end I had the various outfits, and many playsets to accommodate my Steve Austin. But nothing will ever grab my attention like the first Steve Austin figure with all of the gadgets for play time. He is easily one of the ultimate toys for a child's imagination in the 70's. Awesome review!!!

I had this (in the red track suit with engine block) when i was a kid. My late grand dad and nan bought me it for christmas. Great memories indeed.

My favorite Show and Favorite toy next to my native American 12 figure as well...lol

I had The Steve Major abd the operating table/rocket. And the fembot guy thing doll. Awesome man brings back some memories. Thank you.

Excellent video!

awesome thanks for this upload.

Excellent history and toy review!! Wish I could remember what happen to my Steve Austin....

Awesome retrospective. It is with a sense of shock that I realize I (and my sister) had almost all the toys featured in this video! I had the SMDM doll (of course - gen 1 with the engine block); the transport / repair station; the backpack crystal radio; the mission critical assignment arm + legs; the Oscar Goldman doll with essploding briefcase; Oscar's OSI office; the Maskatron doll... Apart from that, I was an official member of the SMDM fan club - I mean, what self-respecting fan *wouldn't* be a member of that ultra-elite club? I wish I still had the materials they sent when you joined the club. And finally, I had both SMDM board games which were fun, plus the odd colouring book, bubble gum cards and 'fan book', plus a few of the comics (hotly desired). My sister had the Jamie Somers doll. About the only thing we didn't have was that 'tent' office thing, the Bigfoot doll, the SMDM flying/driving vehicle, or the terrible-dangerous space probe. So yeah, I was probably one of the biggest fans of that show, the items above should prove my street cred. Fun memories!

Yes, the headsculpt is spot-on, and that was key to its success.

Wow now this takes me back to childhood memories of playing with my brothers six million dollar man.Always found the man dolls more interesting.The action man with his Eagel eye.😀