No kid in the 70's bothered with homework while THIS show was on. The Bionic Man was so immensely popular that they released all kinds of merchandise, including action figure dolls, which are getting much harder to find.

Let's get the "bad" out of the way first: Mr. Austin doesn't have any of his artificial skin left on his bionic arm. It has all degraded down to just hardened chunks here and there. I was thinking it could be removed with a little acetone but I didn't want to risk that; I'll leave that to the new owner. He also does not have any of those snazzy red track shoes (perhaps he ran so fast he ran right out of them?).

He has a button on his back to push but I have no idea what it's supposed to do. It will depress just fine but I can't see anything happening. ?? Lastly, there is one area on the front of his pants with a couple very small holes.

Now the good! He is fully articulated and can move in more ways that a yoga instructor. His freaky-cool bionic eye works! Nope, it's not just a black eye or a hole in the back of his head....it's a little tunnel through his head and you can look through the back and see out the lens in the front! His track suit is in great shape (other than the tiny holes mentioned above) and he has no odors of any kind.

His little bionic chips in his forearm and bicep are present (I understand those are often missing since they were originally made to be removable).