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. The most well-known incarnation of Toyman is Winslow Schott, a criminal who uses
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-based or toy-themed devices and gimmicks in his various crimes. Toyman made frequent appearances in
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comics, but has appeared infrequently since then. In the succeeding years, Jack Nimball briefly took up the mantle after Schott retired while Hiro Okamura uses the name while operating as a superhero despite Schott coming out of retirement by then. Schott, Nimball, and Okamura have made several appearances in DC-related media, with Schott appearing in television series set in the
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, in which he is voiced by
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'', portrayed by
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. Additionally, Schott along with his son and series original character Winslow "Winn" Schott Jr. appear in the live-action
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Publication history

The Winslow Schott version of Toyman first appeared in ''
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'' #64 (September 1943) and was created by Don Cameron and Ed Dobrotka. The first Silver Age appearance of Toyman was in Superman issue #182 from 1966. ain a 1966 issue of Superman Comics The Jack Nimball version of Toyman first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #432 (February 1974) and was created by
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. The Hiro Okamura version of Toyman first appeared in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #127 (February 2002) and was created by
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.


Fictional character biography


Winslow Schott

Toyman first appeared in 1943 and appeared in several
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''Superman'' stories. Schott appeared less frequently in comics published after the early 1950s, but remained a semi-regular foe during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. While at first more of a nuisance, Toyman gradually grew more emotionally unstable and paranoid over time, his toys following suit by becoming a lot more dangerous. Although Winslow Schott in his civilian persona was a rather sweet, humble, quirky (if socially withdrawn) person, as Toyman he turned into a childish, destructive megalomaniac. During the 1970s Winslow was effectively retired from crime, but he kept contact with Superman and even helped out to take down Jack Nimball, who he felt sullied the Toyman legacy. This retirement proved to be tragically short, as not long after Winslow put some of his toys on display (a suggestion by Superman), the entire museum exhibition was completely wrecked. Sightings reported this to be the work of a man in blue tights flying at great speeds. Thinking he has been played for a fool by Superman, Schott swore to destroy everything that Superman cared about to avenge his life's work. Eventually it is revealed that the real culprit was
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, in search of the duplicator ray, but by then it was already too late: Schott had already returned to his criminal ways, murdered Jack Nimball and a hotel door guard in cold blood, and built a giant robot to terrorize the city. Shortly after his defeat, he regained his sanity and remembered what he had done. He shed tears of regret as he was escorted to the police car. After that incident Winslow's mental state grew even worse, and while he often made several legitimate attempts to atone for his sins, he would often relapse back into madness. After 1985's miniseries ''
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'' and John Byrne's '' Man of Steel'' miniseries, Toyman's history was revised, and the Post-''Crisis'' version of the character first appeared in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #13 (January 1988). In this version, Winslow Schott is an unemployed
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toymaker who blames
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and his company,
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, for being fired from the toy company that he is working for. He uses his toymaking talents to seek revenge, which eventually causes him to cross paths with the British hero
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, and subsequently,
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himself. Toyman continues to commit various crimes in
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, including engaging in
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. Toyman later became a much more sinister figure, shaving his head, wearing black and getting advice in his head from "Mother". This was prompted by him being told that a range of Superman
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s would not include him, as he was not "edgy" enough. While this seems to begin as a pose of what he thought people expect of a villain, it rapidly became a genuine
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. While in this state he abducted and later murdered Adam Morgan, the son of ''
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'' reporter
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. Adam and several other children captured by Toyman tried to escape, but Schott found out and stabbed Adam to death for being the leader of the group. This caused Schott to develop a hatred of children, as he blamed them for not appreciating his toys. At the time, Schott showed no remorse for what he had done. When Cat Grant later confronted him in prison he cruelly told her "You were a bad mommy. I'm glad I killed your son." Toyman later seemingly recovered, and Superman showed him that children did appreciate old-fashioned toys, arranging parole in an orphanage; it was later revealed, however, that this was all a hallucination caused when
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attempted to cure him and he had, in fact, returned to child abduction. He appeared after ''JLA: Crisis of Conscience'' where Zatanna reveals that she had mind-wiped him. She and Superman go after him. Zatanna is bound and gagged by him, but freed by Superman; however, Toyman escaped. Winslow was seen in '' Lex Luthor: Man of Steel'' as a criminal released by Lex Luthor's aide Mr. Orr to deploy his genetically engineered hero Hope, but she almost kills the villain, until Superman saves him. Toyman was in the ''
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'' special as well, preparing for the Blackgate prison break by lacing the dinner stew with Venom and Velocity 9 to increase the prisoners' strength, speed, and aggression. Unfortunately, some guards also ate the drugged stew and fought the superheroes who showed up to stop the criminals. He was later seen as a member of the
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Wedding Special''. Toyman's history was later revised in ''Action Comics'' #865, by
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. Winslow Schott tells
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that he was a toymaker who lived with his wife, Mary. When a businessman offered to buy his shop to expand the number of children that his toys can reach, he refused. When Mary was killed in a car accident a few weeks later, Schott agreed to the purchase. However, the businessman lied and gave his technologically advanced toy plans to arms manufacturers. Schott proceeded to bomb the business with an explosive
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. A twist at the end of the story reveals that Mary was just one of his first robotic creations. Following his first confrontation with Superman, Schott met the Prankster for the first time. The Prankster is a cruel, callous man who commits crimes "because it's fun". He repeatedly asked Schott to "team up", but Schott refused. Schott reveals to Jimmy that Toyman who killed Adam Grant was a robot created by Schott to replace him in the event that he was ever incarcerated and that a glitch in the robot's programming resulted in it developing a personality (and later a hatred of children), and that Schott's repeated attempts to contact the robot resulted in it suffering from delusions of "Mother". This was confirmed in ''Superman Secret Files and Origins 2009'', although Jimmy initially expressed doubt that Schott was telling the truth. In the 1997 ''Speed Force Special'', the
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story ''Child's Play'', set in 19th century
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, featured the Schott Toy Company run by Archimedes Schott, a crooked businessman who resembles Winslow. Any relationship between them is unknown. In 2011, ''
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'' series while in
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, Toyman is visited by Cat Grant (whose son Adam was murdered by him) and Supergirl. Cat interrogates him about children who have been kidnapped with dolls left behind. Toyman claims that he is innocent and the robotic dolls attack him. Supergirl saves him and gets him to medical care. When Cat returns home, she is confronted by a villain called the Dollmaker. He identifies himself as Anton Schott implying that he is somehow related to Toyman.''Supergirl'' (vol. 5) #58 (January 2011). DC Comics. The Dollmaker eventually reveals himself to be the abandoned son of Winslow, who has been kidnapping children and using macabre experiments to turn them into slaves. He tells Cat that he wants her to become his new mother, and that he wishes to serve as a replacement for her murdered son, but Cat violently rejects him. With her gag temporarily removed, Cat is able to call Supergirl for help, and the two are able to defeat the Dollmaker and free the children he had enslaved.


Jack Nimball

In the 1970s, a man named Jack Nimball assumes the identity of the second Toyman during a period in which Schott had retired from his criminal career and first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #432 (February 1974). Nimball wore a
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costume and used a similar modus operandi to the original Toyman. However, this version of Toyman proved short-lived. Schott killed Nimball with a mechanical toy bird and resumed his criminal career in ''Superman'' #305 (November 1976). Between those two issues, this Toyman's only other appearances were in ''Action Comics'' #454 and ''Superman'' #299. Nimball appears as one of Schott's androids in ''Action Comics'' #865.''Action Comics'' #865. DC Comics. In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called ''
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'' which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to ''The New 52''. A flashback showed Superman apprehending Toyman. In 2011,
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released a DC Universe Classics 6" Toyman figure based on the Jack Nimball version of the character. On the back, though, the character is labeled as Winslow Percival Schott.


Hiro Okamura

is a teenage mechanical genius from
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first appearing as Toyman in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #177 (February 2002) by
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. He shows up in Metropolis in a giant Superman Robot fighting
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, claiming that the cyborg's body was based on material stolen from his grandfather. He later becomes an ally to Superman and
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. In the ''
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'' series, he aids the two in destroying a
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meteor that threatens Earth. He strikes a deal with Batman to provide him with various technological implements. Okamura uses more technologically advanced devices than the traditionally-constructed contrivances that Schott uses and his work is largely whimsical in nature. Many of his inventions are inspired by
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, including giant
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s (notably, his giant Composite Batman-Superman robot). Okamura appears only a few times in the ''Superman/Batman'' comic book, and his activities are limited to Japan. Winslow Schott remains active as Toyman in the United States. In ''Superman/Batman'' #26, Okamura fakes his own kidnapping at the hands of Schott, forcing
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to search through his complex to save his life. Realizing his loneliness, Superboy and Robin extend their friendship to the boy. Okamura joins Robin and the other
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at
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for Superboy's funeral, clutching a Superboy action figure. In ''Superman/Batman'' #45, he offers to assist the duo in their quest to rid the world of
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, using spider-like
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s to collect kryptonite molecules in the air. His offer becomes a necessity as
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, in a last-ditch effort to get rid of
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s and keep
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afloat, turns a set of kryptonite caches into "
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s", which irradiate the entire planet. Okamura comes to the rescue, settling for a
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-bot to "date". Instead, he gets his own dream date, a dinner in
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with the real Karen, and the status of an honorary member of the
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. A future version of Okamura, allied with a power-hungry group of Titans, travels back in time to the modern day to cement their power-base in ''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #52 (January 2008).''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #52. DC Comics. Okamura appears as one of Winslow Schott's androids in ''Action Comics'' #865; given the unreliable nature of Schott's narration, Hiro's status as his android creation is suspect. In 2011, ''The New 52'' rebooted the DC Comics universe. Hiro Okamura operates as the Toymaster. He later appears as a confidant at his Toymaster Gameshop for a witness named Condesa to Clark Kent and Lois Lane's story on HODOR_Root, in which he agrees to help them.


Skills and abilities

Toyman does not have powers, but he does possess an incredible technological prowess and expertise in
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, as well as knowledge of biological weaponry. Despite the childish motif which he usually insists on incorporating, his creations are highly sophisticated, destructive, and dangerous. In addition, most of these inventions have an innocuous or even comical appearance that disconcerts his opponents. The second Toyman possesses skills identical to Winslow Schott. The Japanese Toyman is an excellent engineer, able to fix most machinery (such as giant robots and computer hardware).


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Toyman robot

Toyman surfaces in Metropolis and allies with
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. His appearance, inspired by the character's '' Superman: The Animated Series'' incarnation, is that of a child-sized doll. This Toyman mentions meeting Hiro Okamura in Japan and stealing one of his
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. As part of his bargain with Luthor, he is given the information needed to find his creator Winslow Schott in exchange for assistance in a plot against Superman. This Toyman, renamed the Toyboy, is shown amongst Schott's other robots in ''Action Comics'' #865, and appears as the Toyboy alongside Schott in the 2009-2010 '' World's Finest'' miniseries. In ''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #13, Toyman appears as a member of the
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.


Toywoman

A female version of Toyman named the Toywoman appears in ''Superman'' #349 (July 1980). The Toywoman is the gender-inverted version of Winslow Schott, the criminal known as Toyman, created by
Mister Mxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk ( or ), sometimes called Mxy, is a character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is usually presented as a trickster in the classical mythological sense. Mxyzptlk possesses reality-warping powers with ...
to serve as an enemy to his creation of
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. Once Superman tricked Mister Mxyzptlk into saying his name backwards, the creations of Superwoman and the Toywoman were undone.


Bizarro Toyman

The Bizarro Toyman appears in ''
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'' #856 (November 2007). When
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III found himself infused with radiation from a blue sun, he developed the ability to replicate himself as well as create other "Bizarro" lifeforms based upon likenesses of people from Earth. He used this power to populate a cube-shaped planetoid dubbed the Bizarro World within a blue sun star-system. One of the many duplicates that he created was a Bizarro version of Toyman. Bizarro imprisoned this Toyman inside of his Fourtriss uv Bizarro along with several other known foes.


Other versions


''World's Finest Comics''

An unidentified Toyman appears in ''
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'' #167 (June 1967). He tries to start a crime spree in
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, but is thwarted by Superman, Supergirl and
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. Nevertheless, Toyman uses a prototype molecular-dissolver ray on Batman to injure him.


''Titans Tomorrow''

An older Hiro Okamura appears in the ''
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'' reality as a member of the Titans Army who utilizes a suit of orange-and-blue
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-themed battle armor.


''Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?''

In the story, ''
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'' by
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, Toyman and Prankster are unwittingly manipulated by
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to discover Superman's secret identity. They succeed after kidnapping Pete Ross and torturing the information out of him, then killing him. After managing to unmask Clark Kent in front of Lana Lang and others by machine-gunning him and revealing his costume beneath his clothes, Toyman and Prankster are captured.


''Justice''

Toyman appears in ''
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'' as a member of the
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. This version communicates through a human-sized marionette resembling Jack Nimball, became obese and infected with Brainiac's cybernetics, and is based in a city resembling a funhouse and populated primarily by children and families that he has taken hostage. He attacks Hawkman and Hawkgirl in their museum using toy fighter planes and a gigantic Nimball marionette, blowing up their museum and leaving the duo for dead, though they survive the attack. When the Justice League storm the Hall of Doom, Toyman uses his marionette and the city's toys to attack them, but they destroy the former before Superman locates Schott. The League save the hostages while Schott recovers in the
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.


In other media


Television


Animation

* Toyman appears in '' The New Adventures of Superman''. This version is the unnamed son of Winslow Schott. * The Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version is a member of
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's
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. ** Toyman was meant to appear in the '' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' episode "The Case of the Dreadful Dolls", but was declared off-limits and replaced by series original villain the Dollmaker (not to be confused with the Batman villain of the same name). In a nod to Toyman, the Dollmaker's lair is located in Schott's Toymaking Factory. * An original incarnation of Toyman resembling Jack Nimball appears in a self-titled episode of ''
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'', voiced by
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. * The Winslow Schott incarnation of Toyman appears in series set in the
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(DCAU), voiced primarily by
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, and by
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in ''
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''. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version, also known as Winslow Schott Jr., is the son of Winslow Schott Sr., who dreamed of building a toy factory but lacked capital. Crime boss
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offered to bankroll him to secretly use the factory as a front for a
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. When the police discovered the scheme, the gangsters left Schott Sr. to take the fall. As a result, he was falsely imprisoned for 10 years and died in prison before he could be paroled. Meanwhile, Schott Jr. spent several years in abusive and neglectful
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s, which left him a deranged adult. ** Schott Jr. first appears in '' Superman: The Animated Series''. Throughout the episodes "Fun and Games" and "Obsession", he creates an android named Darci Mason and seeks revenge against Mannheim for wronging his father as well as Superman for foiling his schemes before he and Darci are seemingly killed in the latter episode. ** Schott Jr. resurfaces in the ''
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'' episode "Toys in the Hood". Having survived the events of "Obsession", he and Darci turn up in Dakota to capture Static's friend Daisy Watkins and use her as a model for Darci's new
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-constructed body. After Superman and Static join forces to confront Schott Jr. and rescue Daisy, Darci betrays him and tries to escape, only to be killed by a failsafe device he created to destroy her if she ever did so. Subsequently, Schott Jr. is taken to jail. ** Schott Jr. appears in the ''Justice League'' episode "Hereafter" as a member of the
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. During their fight with the
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, he uses an experimental machine resembling a giant toy robot to seemingly kill Superman, but unknowingly transports him to a post-apocalyptic future. ** Schott Jr. appears in ''
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'' as a member of
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's
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. Prior to and during the episodes "Alive!" and "Destroyer", Lex Luthor takes command of the Society, but Grodd mounts a mutiny. In the ensuing battle, Schott Jr. sides with the former before
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attacks and kills most of the Society. Luthor, Schott Jr., and the survivors subsequently return to Earth and work with the Justice League to foil Darkseid's invasion. * The Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman makes a cameo appearance in '' The Batman'' episode "Lost Heroes", voiced by Richard Green. * An unidentified Toyman appears in the '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' episode "Battle of the Superheroes!", voiced by
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. ** Additionally, an original character based on the Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman named Fun Haus appears, voiced by
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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. * A young Toyman based on the Silver Age incarnation of Winslow Schott makes a cameo appearance in the ''
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'' episode "Intervention", voiced by Cameron Bowen. * The Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom. * A villainous version of Hiro Okamura / Toyman appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. * The android incarnation of Toyman appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom. ** Toyman appears in '' Kite Man: Hell Yeah!'', voiced by
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. * A teenage Winslow Schott appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. * The Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. * Winslow Schott appears in the ''
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'' episode "Two Lanes Diverged", voiced by Michael Yurchak. This version is an elderly pawn shop owner, a robotics and demolitions expert, and an old friend of Sam Lane.


Live-action

* An original incarnation of Toyman named Orlich Hoffman appears in the ''
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'' episode "The Deadly Toys", portrayed by
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. * A character based on Toyman called Nick Knack appears in ''
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'', portrayed by
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. He is an electronics genius who dresses in child-like clothes. * Winslow P. Schott appears in the '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' episode "Seasons Greedings", portrayed by
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. This version has a similar background to the post-''Crisis'' incarnation of Schott and displays a genuine love for children, which contributes to him reforming by the end of the episode. Though the character is never referred to as Toyman, episode writer
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confirmed that he based him on Toyman while acknowledging that he differs from his comic book portrayal. A second Toyman, Harold Kripstly, was portrayed by
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in the series’ fourth season. * The Winslow Schott incarnation of Toyman appears in ''
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'', portrayed by
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. This version originally worked for S.T.A.R. Labs before he was hired by
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to work for Queen Industries, subsequently fired for putting explosives in his toys, and found work with
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. After a string of failures that lead to him being arrested, Schott establishes Marionette Ventures, an organization dedicated to controlling Smallville's waterfront properties, to challenge
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and the Justice League. * Several characters based on Toyman appear in ''
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'': ** Introduced in the episode "Childish Things", the Winslow Schott incarnation of Toyman (portrayed by
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) tried to kill his boss Chester Dunholz for his perceived theft of his projects 10 years prior to the series, but Dunholz survived while six innocents were killed. After learning what happened, his son Winslow "Winn" Schott Jr. (portrayed by Jeremy Jordan) never forgave him for giving in to his rage. In the present, Schott escapes from prison and forces Winn to help him make another attempt on Dunholz's life before
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defeats him. As of the episode "Schott Through the Heart", Schott has died. In the two-part episode "Back from the Future", Winn encounters a digital consciousness based on his father while attempting to stop the digital consciousness of a villainous doppelgänger of himself. After Winn reluctantly agrees to let Schott help, the latter sacrifices himself to delete the alternate Winn's consciousness. *** "Schott Through the Heart" also introduces a female version of Jack Nimball named Jacqueline Nimball / Toywoman, portrayed by Brooke Smith. Following Schott's death, his protégé Nimball targets his ex-wife Mary and Winn, though they work with Supergirl to defeat her. *** "Back from the Future" also features an alternate universe variant of Winn (also portrayed by Jordan) who took on the mantle of Toyman following his father's death. After
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frees him from prison on
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's behalf, Toyman attempts to frame Winn for terrorism in the future by uploading his mind into the
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(DEO)'s computers to invade the Internet. With help from a digital copy of his father's consciousness, Winn hacks the system and deletes both of the Toymen's consciousnesses. As he had joined the
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by this time, Winn changes his Legionnaire codename from "Computer Lad" to "Toyman" in his father's memory and to do good in his name.


Film

* An unidentified Toyman appears in the unproduced '' Batman vs. Superman''. This version would have been a reformed criminal that Batman interrogates and tortures to locate the Joker. When they are attacked by one of the Joker's deadly gadgets, Batman narrowly escapes, leaving Toyman to be caught in an explosion. His fate is not revealed in the script. * The Winslow P. Schott incarnation of Toyman appears in '' Superman: Doomsday'', voiced by
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. This version is more deranged and unkempt than other incarnations and possesses a
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aesthetic. Following Superman's apparent death while fighting
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, Toyman holds a school bus full of children hostage while robbing a bank until a clone of Superman defeats him. Following this, Toyman becomes a fugitive and kills an innocent before the police recapture him. After learning this, the Superman clone kills Toyman. * The Hiro Okamura incarnation of Toyman appears in '' Superman/Batman: Public Enemies'', voiced by Calvin Tran. * The Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman appears in '' JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time'', voiced by
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. This version is a living wooden doll and a member of the
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. * A character based on Toyman called the Toymaster appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. He is a member of the Legion of Doom. * The Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman makes a cameo appearance in '' Justice League Dark: Apokolips War''. * The Winslow Schott incarnation of Toyman makes a non-speaking appearance in '' Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse'' as a member of the Legion of Doom.


Video games

* An unidentified Toyman appears in ''
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'', voiced by Matt Hislope. * The Winslow Schott incarnation of Toyman appears as a character summon in '' Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure''. * An unidentified Toyman appears as a playable character in '' Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'', voiced by
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. * The Winslow Schott incarnation of Toyman appears as a playable character in ''
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'', voiced again by
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. * The Jack Nimball incarnation of Toyman appears in ''DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power'', voiced again by Charlie Schlatter. * The Hiro Okamura incarnation of Toyman appears in '' Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League'', voiced by
Christopher Sean Christopher Sean Friel (born October 25, 1985) is an American actor known for his role as Paul Narita on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. He previously played Bing Lee in the critically acclaimed web series '' The Lizzie Bennet Diaries' ...
. This version is a supporting member of the
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.


Miscellaneous

* The ''Smallville'' incarnation of Winslow Schott and Hiro Okamura appear in ''
Smallville Season 11 ''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar/Gough ...
''. After foiling criminals wearing teleportation vests that were stolen in a previous LexCorp robbery, Superman and Lex Luthor reluctantly join forces to solve the mystery. They initially suspect Schott, who is incarcerated at
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in "hyper-solitary". Upon being interviewed by
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about the Prankster, Schott reveals they used to work together at Queen Industries' R&D department before he transferred to LexCorp and Prankster is a cheat who stole his idea for Kryptonite bullets. Additionally, Schott modified
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's Kryptonite heart to give him the ability to absorb Kryptonite radiation. * An unidentified Toyman and Hiro Okamura appear in the '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' tie-in comics. * The Hiro Okamura incarnation of Toyman appears in the ''Catwoman: Queen of Thieves'' podcast. * An unidentified Toyman appears in the ''
DC Super Friends The Imaginext System is a brand of role-playing, adventure toys designed for kids 3 or older made by Mattel, under the label of Fisher-Price. History At the time of its introduction at the 1998 Toy Fair,
'' tie-in comics.''Super Friends'' #41. DC Comics.


See also

*
List of Superman enemies This is a list of supervillains appearing in DC Comics who are or have been enemies of the superhero Superman. Several of Superman's opponents (most notably Darkseid and Brainiac) are or have been foes of the Justice League as well. Unlike most ...
* Killer toys


References


External links


Toyman
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Toyman (Winslow Schott)
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Toyman (Jack Nimball)
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Toymaster
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Supermanica entry on the Pre-''Crisis'' Toyman


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