Meet The Players #4
WALLY "WORLD" JOYNER
1990 Toy Biz Marvel Superheroes Daredevil
Growing up we had lots of cool superhero toys to collect. There was never a shortage of Batman, Superman or Spiderman figures in the toy aisles. Mainstream characters got all the love. Dudes like Daredevil, not so much. That all changed in the mid to late 80's (Mattel Secret Wars) and in 1990 Toy Biz would start releasing their seemingly neverending line of Marvel Superheroes that gave us action figures of everybody from Daredevil to Deathlok.
I had never heard of him till this post ,I also didn't know that Disney bought the Angels and changed the name from the Los Angeles Angels to the Anaheim Angels (yes I am very very behind).
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that ,Brother because that's the pretty much the purpose of these posts,to introduce those who may have never been fans or are just out of the loop to all of those pastime baseball heroes. Baseball is a huge part of our childhoods,even for those who didn't follow it.Chances are a glove was picked up at one point or another,or our dads were rambling under their breath about a close game,or a pack of cards was put in our hands to light the fuse.Even If most of the time they ended up on our bike spokes!
ReplyDeleteI always liked Wally Joyner and he was such a good hitter.
ReplyDeleteSolid.And he had a pretty lengthy career,too.A class act who produced consistently.
DeleteWally was the man back in 1987. I totally thought his rookie cards were going to help me retire early.
ReplyDeleteLol!Alot of collectors thought the same.Sadly,everything from 87 up to 92 was so overproduced,nothing from those eras really gained or even held value.
ReplyDeleteOne of my all-time favorites!
ReplyDeleteHe was definitely one of the greats!
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