So last night I recorded an appearance on OrccaCast. That episode, which should be out sometime early next week, will feature the reveal of the identity of this thing I teased you about a while back (I’ll have actual pics later in the week). We got to discussing the mysterious “big news” regarding Battleground Teela. (more…)
News from He-Man.org:
Power-Con*, the first annual MOTU and POP fan convention in the US, is coming!
Tentatively scheduled for fall of this year, Power-Con is working with He-Man.org to help provide the best fan experience possible.Power-Con wants to know what you’d like to see at a MOTU and POP fan convention!
Please check out this thread on the Org forums where you can post your feedback.We’ll be posting more information as it develops!
*This convention is not sponsored by, or affiliated with Mattel, Inc. or Classic Media, Inc.
OK. So I’m not 100% sold on the name, though I’m not sure what else to call it. He-Con? MastersCon? GrayskullCon? Any of those would have been a bit more indicative of the actual subject of the convention…actually I like He-Con.
…but anyway, it’s a minor point. If this convention takes place at a reasonable distance from me, I will do my best to go and cover the event.
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com.
Poester 3B makes us all sad with this:
3B writes:
Found this one last night at the Target near my job. Looks like they swapped Batman Beyond for a Happy Meal-type Blue Beetle figurine.
The package was almost flawless, so i assume he unglued it at home. This troll definitely took his time…
I’ve got a lot of TATs coming in, which slightly depresses me, so please come up with your own punishments for this worthless scum.
Pre-Transformers Shockwave G1 by Isaac Cortés
I’m currently taking classes to get my Master’s in library science, and one of the first things you have to do is pass a technology competency test. It includes putting together a very basic webpage on any topic. To get credit, the page has to include the following:
I’m sure many of you can guess where this is going–here’s my page.
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com.
Poester MB must live in a troll-heavy area, because he drops not one, but two douchetrocities on us:
Writes MB:
Found both of these at the same Wal-Mart in Greenville, SC. The only Kyle that I have seen and the plastic was cut with a box cutter in the shape of the sword. What makes it even better was that they also took the box cutter as the package for that was on the shelf on the other side of the aisle. I’m sure that the Brave and Bold one just had Superman pulled out of the hole at the top, which is exactly what I thought I would see when I first saw this set.
At least the Kyle remains intact in its package–even the BAF part is there. I’m wondering if this wasn’t just a case of a careless employee slashing the package as he opened the case of figures. I missed the fact they stole his sword. Terrible. And odd. He really wanted just the sword that bad? AND he stole the box cutter he used to do it? Wow. I assume this guy will be be moving up from torturing pets and stealing toys to the FBI’s Most Wanted in a few years.
There’s no excuse for stealing the Superman figure–much less from a toy set aimed at five-year-olds. Unless said excuse is “I’m a total douchebag”–which doesn’t excuse the theft, but at least would be honest.
ROM the Spaceknight Action Figure by Neato Coolville
I covered the origin of Preternia Disguise He-Man pretty thoroughly in an earlier post, so I won’t rehash that here, aside from mentioning that he’s based on the characters appearance in the 1980s minicomic “The Powers of Grayskull – The Legend Begins!”
PD He-Man is the 2011 subscription exclusive figure, a decision which made most people happy, since people who bought the subscription are generally big enough fans to want the figure, while those who didn’t were happy not to get another He-Man variant; and those who did buy the subscription but didn’t want PD He-Man could easily sell him to those who didn’t buy a sub. Which is an incredibly complicated way of saying yes, he was a good choice for a subscription incentive figure.
The “Powers of Grayskull” concept came about very late in the MOTU line in the 1980s, just as the movie was flopping. As such, it makes use of some of the movie’s ideas, including the Cosmic Key, a device which can open a portal to other worlds–including Earth, which conveniently lets you film 90% of your epic fantasy movie on the streets of Los Angeles. Mattel got a bit more creative with the concept, sending He-Man back to the time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth–I mean, Eternia. (more…)
I like that title entirely too much. But, even if you’re (somehow) not a fan of DC Universe Classics, the Super Friends: Legendary Super Powers Show, Jack Kirby’s New Gods, and/or René Auberjonois; you still need a Desaad action figure. The Four Horsemen nailed that sculpt, and Desaad’s figure just looks like the perfect snivelling little toady. Even if he’s not ‘Desaad’ in your collection, he’s a great looking character. God, he just looks like he has to notify the neighbors when he moves into the neighborhood. Creepy bastard…!
Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe AT poeghostal.com.
Today’s travesties come courtesy of JediCreeper.
Writes JediCreeper:
I was in k-mart today and I found multiple examples of trolling… Most likely all from the same guy… Frighteningly… I think I might know who the guy is. Anyway, he bought several of the Mattel Elite WWE figures and returned some old Jakks Pacific ones, in their place. Most interesting is the Kane figure, as he left the accessories behind, and carved the beard off some other bald wrestler…
As punishment, he should feel all the pain a wrestler feels in a week, all at once.
It occurs to me that by releasing the same wrestlers JAKKS released for years, Mattel is offering a rich source of food for toy aisle trolls. I suspect this happens fairly often nowadays.
Anyway, troll, whoever you are, know that we all think of you as Adam Sandler in this scene.
