SilverHawks – Series 1 (1987)

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The SilverHawks made their debut on the small screen in 1986 with an animated series that consisted of only one season and 65 episodes.  LJN, who had previously partnered with these producers on Thundercats, passed on the line at the last minute, so Kenner ended up making the SilverHawks toys.  Kenner launched their toy line that in 1987, which lasted two waves until the following year in 1988. The first series of toys proved to be successful, but once the animated series came to an end, sales began to quickly slow down. 

For more information about Series One from Kenner’s SilverHawks line, see bottom of the page for a complete summary.

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Bluegrass (With Slide Man)

Market Value:
Carded $225 – $325
Loose $75 – $100

Bluegrass (With Slide Man)
Accessories: Slide Man w/ Strap, Cowboy Hat
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can be still be found, but getting tougher each year.
Notes: Bluegrass comes with a “Bird Launching” action feature. The Guitar Bird is inserted all the way into the slot on Bluegrass’ back, then you squeeze his knees together to fire the Guitar Bird out. Slide Man changes from a guitar to a bird when you push its head in to extend the wings.

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Copper Kidd (With May-Day)

Market Value:
Carded $325 – $450
Loose $90 – $120

Copper Kidd (With May-Day)
Accessories: May-Day Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can be tough to find carded, but loose versions can still be found.
Notes: Copper Kid comes with his bird companion, May-Day. For his action feature; lower both arms to the sides, then press his knees together to release his arms upwards. His bird can perch on either wrist. May-Day has his own “action feature” when you blow on his tail to make a whistling sound.

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Flashback (With Backlash)

Market Value:
Carded $350 – $450
Loose $75 – $100

Flashback (With Backlash)
Accessories: Backlash Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can still be found, but getting tougher each year.
Notes: Flashback comes with his bird companion, Backlash. For his action feature, lower Flashback’s wings to his sides, then squeeze his knees together to release them upwards. His bird can then perch on either wrist. Backlash has his own “action feature” that creates a loop for capturing enemies when you twist and turn the strap between its head and tail.

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Hotwing (With Gyro)

Market Value:
Carded $215 – $295
Loose $60 – $85

Hotwing (With Gyro)
Accessories: Gyro Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can be tough to find carded, but loose versions can still be found.
Notes: Hotwing comes with his bird companion, Gyro. For his action feature, turn Hotwing’s upper body counter-clockwise five times, then squeeze his knees together to release his arms upwards and watch his body spin. Gyro has his own “action feature” by becoming a shield when you close his wings. While in shield mode, Gyro can spin 360 degrees.

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Quicksilver (With Tally-Hawk)

Market Value:
Carded $550 – $700
Loose $90 – $125

Quicksilver (With Tally-Hawk)
Accessories: Tally-Hawk Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can be tough to find carded, but loose versions can still be found.
Notes: Quicksilver comes with his bird companion, Tally-Hawk. For his action feature, lower Quicksilver’s wings to his sides, then squeeze his knees together to release them upwards. His bird can then perch on either wrist. Tally-Hawk has his own “action feature” by pressing his head in to make his wings close in a scissor action.

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Stargazer (With Sly-Bird)

Market Value:
Carded $185 – $265
Loose $40 – $65

Stargazer (With Sly-Bird)
Accessories: Sly Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Easily found on the secondary market.
Notes: Stargazer comes with his bird companion, Sly-Bird. For his action feature, you can look through the special eye piece at the back of his head. His bird can then perch on either wrist. Sly-Bird has his own “action feature” by pulling his wings out to expose a magnifying lens.

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Steelheart (With Rayzor)

Market Value:
Carded $700 – $900
Loose $160 – $240

Steelheart (With Rayzor)
Accessories: Rayzor Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can be tough to find carded, but loose versions can still be found.
Notes: Steelheart comes with her bird companion, Rayzor. For her action feature, lower Steelheart’s wings to her sides, then squeeze her knees together to release them upwards. Her bird can then perch on either wrist. Rayzor has his own “action feature” by pulling his head out rotate the wings back to transform into a tomahawk.

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Steelwill (With Stronghold)

Market Value:
Carded $350 – $450
Loose $75 – $100

Steelwill (With Stronghold)
Accessories: Stronghold Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can be tough to find carded, but loose versions can still be found.
Notes: Steelwill comes with his bird companion, Stronghold. For his action feature, lower Steelwill’s wings to his sides, then squeeze his knees together to release them upwards. His bird can then perch on either wrist. Stronghold has his own “action feature” by squeezing his wings together so he can grip onto an object.

SilverHawks (1987): Series One Action Figures – The Mob

The Mob is an organized crime group, and primary antagonists of the SilverHawk heroes. They essentially commit crimes throughout Limbo and operate from their base on Brim*Star. There were four members of the Mob released for Series One, with Buzz-Saw, Mo-Lec-U-Lar, Mon*Star and Mumbo Jumbo. These Series One figures would be re-released for Series Two as well.

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Buzz-Saw (With Shredator)

Market Value:
Carded $200 – $275
Loose $35 – $55

Buzz-Saw (With Shredator)
Accessories: Shredator Companion Bird
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can still be found, but getting tougher each year.
Notes: Buzz-Saw comes with his bird companion, Shredator. For his action feature, you can raise and lower his head to make shoulder saw blades rotate, which is done manually. His bird can sit on either wrist peg. Shredator also had an action feature that would make his wings spin by pressing his head.

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Mo-Lec-U-Lar (With Volt-Ure)

Market Value:
Carded $275 – $375
Loose $80 – $110

Mo-Lec-U-Lar (With Volt-Ure)
Accessories: Volt-Ure Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can still be found, but getting tougher each year.
Notes: Mo-Lec-U-Lar comes with his bird companion, Volt-Ure. For his action feature, you can manually rotate his head down into chest cavity. His arms, legs and weapon are all interchangeable. Volt-Ure also had an action feature when you could manually open his wings and press on tail to close them again.

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Mon*Star (With Sky-Shadow)

Market Value:
Carded $190 – $265
Loose $40 – $65

Mon*Star (With Sky-Shadow)
Accessories: Sky-Shadow
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can still be found, but getting tougher each year.
Notes: Mon*Star comes with his bird companion, Sky-Shadow. Mon*Star’s action feature is the ability to change heads. Squeeze his knees together to open chest, rotate spiked head all the way into his chest cavity. Then release knees and chest will automatically close. To Change heads squeeze knees together. Sky-Shadow can hang upside down from either of Mon*Star’s wrists.

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Mumbo-Jumbo (With Air Shock)

Market Value:
Carded $200 – $275
Loose $50 – $75

Mumbo-Jumbo (With Air Shock)
Accessories: Air Shock Bird Companion
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Can still be found, but getting tougher each year.
Notes: Mumbo Jumbo comes with his bird companion, Air Shock. For his action feature, you can manually rotate his head down into chest cavity. His arms, legs and weapon are all interchangeable. Air Shock also had an action feature when you could pull his head out and wings move back. Manually push head in and move wings forward

SilverHawks (1987): Series One – Accessories

Kenner didn’t release any traditional accessories for the action figures themselves, but did release three impressive looking giant sized Attack Birds that were the companions of a few of the SilverHawks. These Attack Birds can be tough to find nowadays on the secondary Market.

Tally-Hawk

Market Value:
Boxed $350 – $475
Loose $135 – $195

Tally-Hawk
Accessories: Red Missile
Years Released: 1987
Scarcity Factor: Tough to find on the secondary market.
Notes: Tally-Hawk is the Bird Companion of Quicksilver and this large sized version has an impressive 25″ wing span. He engages his scissor snap-close wings to capture members of the Mob, then holds them in place with his powerful talons. As his eyes turn red, Tally-Hawk fires a red missile at his enemies. He is also able to carry one figure on his top side.

SilverHawks (1987): Series One – Vehicles

Kenner released only one vehicle for their SilverHawks line in Series One, and that was the main SilverHawks ship itself, The Maraj.

Maraj

Market Value:
Boxed $500 – $650
Loose $200 – $300

Maraj
Accessories: Space Cycle, Missiles x 2
Years Released: 1987, 1988
Scarcity Factor: Tough to find on the secondary market.
Notes: The Maraj is the main vehicle used by the SilverHawks team for transport. It was first seen in the pilot episode of the animated series as the transport vehicle from Earth to the Limbo galaxy. The ship is typically piloted by Bluegrass. This was the only vehicle released by Kenner in Series One, and it was certainly impressive. The Maraj comes with a Releasing Hot-Seat Space Cycle, Two Firing Missiles, and a nifty automatic activation of all the figures’ wings with the touch of a button.

The SilverHawks made their debut on the small screen in 1986 with an animated series that consisted of only one season and 65 episodes.  LJN, who had previously partnered with these producers on Thundercats, passed on the line at the last minute, so Kenner ended up making the SilverHawks toys.  Kenner launched their toy line that in 1987, which lasted two waves until the following year in 1988. The first series of toys proved to be successful, but once the animated series came to an end, sales began to quickly slow down. It should be noted the Marvel Comics SilverHawks series, released under their Star Comics brand, did continue until 1988.

For Series One, Kenner gave us 12 total figures, with 8 of them being the heroic SilverHawks and the other four belonging to The Mob. The Heroic SilverHawks were: Bluegrass, Copper Kid, Flashback, Hotwing, Quicksilver, Stargazer, Steelheart and Steelwill. The Mob was comprised of Buzz-Saw, Mo-Lec-U-Lar, Mon*Star and Mumbo Jumbo. Each figure included their bird companion or accessory. Kenner also released three large sized Attack Birds; Sky-Shadow, Stronghold and Tally-Hawk, and one vehicle, The Maraj.

The packaging for the SilverHawks line was simple and had just enough splash of blue to make it interesting. The SilverHawks logo sat at the top left corner of the card at an inverted angle. The name of the character was directly underneath the logo at the same angle, with the name of the companion or accessory underneath that. was A fun art portrait of the included figure was to the right of the card and took up most of the card back. Each portrait was done is a eye pleasing light blue. The bottom right corner contained what action features the figure had, as well as any other information about the character. Overall, the packaging was very pleasant to the eye and worked well. The card design was simple but effective.