I didn't see this movie when it was released, because even to my 14-year-old mind at the time it looked ridiculous.  I did watch it recently on youtube, and now I'm REALLY glad I didn't go to see this movie.  However, I have to admit that it is good cheesy fun. 

I do remember this, but I have never seen it (never wanted to). My first exposure to it was the movie poster ad that was on the backs of numerous comic books I was reading at the time it was getting set for release. If I remember correctly, this was one of the first movies that former stuntman turned filmmaker Hal Needham released without Burt Reynolds, and he was trying to tap into the youthful market who were tuning into the action/adventure primetime TV shows at the time. I know it was a huge flop, and even the toys (from Mattel, I think) didn't even sell. You never know about flicks like these, it could become a newly discovered cult hit with a younger generation, ha! Wasn't this a career killer for Michael Beck?