Steel Monsters


Steel Monsters were a toy series from the Tonka company in the 1980s
Produced in 1986 and 1987 by Tonka, they were well-made and colorful 3-3/4" figures, each having its own mini-comic. Sub-labeled as "The Only Survivors", they were very reminiscent of the Mad Max genre, with Mad [Max Beyond Thunderdome] coming out the year before.
;1986 line
;1987 line
  • The unproduced Pulverizor vehicle included Tygress
  • The unproduced Wrecker vehicle included Viking
  • The unproduced Barbarian vehicle included Retread
Individual carded figures came with a mini-comic book to introduce the character. They were broken down into good/bad guy teams, the Survivors and the Marauders.