This white mailer multi-pack is one special item to find. The story behind it is a great one. I’ve been collecting Secret Wars since forever and never even knew of this item until I stumbled upon this on eBay.

I found this one on eBay and paid a pretty penny for it. Even today, I consider it one of the ultimate steals I’ve gotten off of eBay, or anywhere for that matter. The person I got this from (and my Wolverine vs. Kang) claimed it came from an ex-Mattel employee who thought they’d like it, and gave it as a gift. I found one other person who had a Wolverine vs. Kang and they said that they bought it from a department store. They couldn’t remember which store-so the history remained murky.

It has now been listed in Toyfare at the great price of $35. If you have one, I’d gladly pay that to you for it!

It comes in a white mailer box and has no pictures anywhere on it other than the Secret Wars logo. I’ve done as much snooping as I could, and may have finally discovered the origin of the item.

Jason Geyer suggested that it was available in a Mail order catalog for the 1984 Christmas season which sounded right to me. The other mailer box also only contains 1^st series figures which helps us put a date on it.

The big update is that I found a Sears Wish Book Catalog from 1984 and it pictures this set as well as the other one, and possibly more exclusive items will be found. After all, this one had remained undiscovered for the better part of 16 years!

If you look at the bottom left, you’ll see the two packs listed! In addition to the Iron Man vs. Magneto, it looks like there was also a Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus. Amazing stuff.

Steven Moreno’s Secret Wars Archive

Toys-Mattel-Home

UPDATES SECTION!

Series 1 Heroes

Series 1 Villains

Series 2 Heroes