When I travel to other countries, I love to hunt down toys I've never seen or heard of here in the United States. Last year I was in England for a week and annoyed my travelling companions by stopping by every toy and candy shop we passed. I only found a single solitary "unknown to me" toyline the entire time though. Superthings is a kid-focused franchise featuring toys, merchandise, and a cartoon with a ton of fun vibrantly-colored characters. I believe the toyline was first and spawned the rest of the franchise. Googling now, I can see a handful of cool female characters (my favorite is Sourbette). But when I was there, the only lady I could find was Nebulaxia, a space-y adventurer with a UFO-shaped helmet, a cool space blasters, and a sidekick (Star Explorer) that looks like Saturn with wheels. Plus she glows in the dark, which is my favorite gimmick in all of toydom. I was very happy to find a figure so weird and quirky. Plus she could easily fit in my luggage. Let's check out Nebulaxia below!
Inside the packaging, there are two paper pouches. One contains the Kazoom Kid and one contains the Superthings Partner.
Nebulaxia comes with a small blaster gun.
Her partner is Star Explorer. There is a variant of him with his yellow and green colors swapped.
I assume this is incentive to buy multiples.
My Star Explorer has a gouge out of the center of his mouth unfortunately.
Although you can't see through her visor and her helmet is not removable, she has a fully painted face hidden underneath.
As far as I can tell, Nebulaxia has not appeared in the cartoon and only exists in the toyline, coloring books, and promotional materials. Below is a catalog with a CGI image of her on the cover.
Here are images of the product insert. This whole line looks pretty cool.
Time for a Comparison Pic!
Here is Nebulaxia with the Iron Man and his Awesome Friends Ironheart and the Spidey and his Amazing Friends Black Cat.
Cheers!
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