Mighty Max mini monsters

Note: the little green guy on the left is from a Mighty Max knockoff set

Mighty Max toys were definitely some of the coolest toys of the '90s. I was way into them as a kid and still have all of my old sets from back in the day. I loved all the little details and features that were packed into the compact playsets, but most of all I loved the tiny figures that came with them.

One set even had a little Cthulhu-esque monster!

For anyone unfamiliar with the line, Mighty Max toys primarily consisted of "Doom Zones" and "Horror Heads," which were both forms of micro playsets, each with a theme or storyline that found the young hero Max facing various types of villains and monsters (for example, "Mighty Max Liquidates the Ice Alien" and "Mighty Max Challenges Lava Beast"). The Doom Zones were the larger of the two, often featuring moving pieces and other cool features. Basically, they were like Polly Pocket toys only marketed toward boys and 100 times cooler.

There were some pretty awesome little monster pieces that came with the sets, from a big tentacled eyeball to a brain monster to more standard types of baddies like a mummy, Frankenstein's monster and zombie. Above you can see a sampling of the micro figures from a bunch of the different sets. My most prized Mighty Max possession was probably the Skull Mountain, which was a huge (at least by Mighty Max standards) mountain playset that included multiple levels and lots of cool features and figures. I especially dig the little skeleton-turtle monster that came with it (shown in the top photo above).

What do you think of Mighty Max toys? What are some of your favorite pieces?