Lord Fallen Eldor of He-Man.org came across this fascinating, never-published He-Man comic from the 1980s, apparently made by Whitman Comics.
It’s a very different origin story for He-Man, with a level of character development that rivals the MYP series. There’s something approaching actual pathos in He-Man’s story–and they even explain where he got the goofy name. It makes for an intriguing might-have-been for the MOTUniverse. (more…)
I met up with Poesters PrfktTear and Sped this weekend at the Boston Comic Con, which was much more of a comic convention than I thought was possible in this day and age. (more…)
Seriously, can we settle this once and for all?
As a sometimes-copyeditor, this bugs me. Yes it’s pedantic, but I don’t care. Can we get a consensus on this, please?
On the other hand, I’m pretty sure about:
Greetings all. I apologize for the dearth of posts these last few days, but I’m extremely busy with real-life concerns at the moment. Nothing bad, just busy. I owe you a number of things–DCUC Joker review, the MasterPOEce contest poll, the next Forgotten Lore, and so forth, and will get those to you as soon as possible.
In the meantime, may I refer you to Fwoosh’s first look at Jail Cell Joker, and also mention that if you get bored here, you can always stop by the Poester Gallery and create your own topic!
Came across this photo from the Fwoosh review of Teela–I’m posting it now because I don’t own a vintage or 2002 Teela to compare to when I eventually write my review.
But what struck me is this is the first time the MOTUC figure appears to be flat-out better, in all ways, than the 2002 figure. In addition to the articulation, she looks more detailed and has better paint applications.
In the wake of the Moss-Man flocking debate, a new discussion has cropped up over on He-Man.org regarding that hairy Horde henchman, Grizzlor.
(photo courtesy He-Man.org)
The 1980s Grizzlor had rooted hair from head to crotch. I always found him to be one of the goofiest MOTU figures ever made–and that’s saying something. The hair doesn’t conform to his body shape, it just sticks out in all directions. He doesn’t look like a sasquatch or a Wookie. He’s not a “furry man”–he’s a furball. Like a muscled-up guinea pig with a crossbow. (more…)
Unfortunately, today is not the end of the Red Screen of Doom for those of us who subscribed, as there are no doubt bonus figures, Battle Cats and stands in our future. But at least I’ll get September off.
Just a couple quick notes about the website this morning. OB1 and I implemented a few changes over the weekend, and I wanted to point them out.
1.) The “Latest Toy News” has now become a “Toy Reviews Feed.” It’s a compromise between trying to put together regular Fanmode-style collections of reviews and not posting links to reviews at all. Using Yahoo Pipes, I took a bunch of websites that post toy reviews and created an RSS feed that lists any post with the word “Review” in the title. So you can either browse the most recent five here on the site, or subscribe to the link to get a constantly-updated list of toy reviews.
2.) I’ve also added a small Google calendar widget. This will list major toy-related events, from Mattycollector sale days to conventions. I’ll be adding to it constantly, so if you see something missing just let me know.
3.) As you may have noticed, comments now have a little arrow at the bottom. By clicking on that arrow, you can reply to that comment. Your reply will contain a link to the comment you’re replying to, plus the Poester’s name.
Dr. Mrs. Ghostal was out of town over the weekend, so Saturday I hung out with Poesters PrfktTear and Ed Lee. We watched Green Lantern: First Flight (I thought it was fairly good, but not as good as Wonder Woman, and also, we’d just seen this story in an episode of Brave and the Bold) and played Turtles in Time: Re-Shelled, which I’m forced to admit has neither the play nor nostalgia value of the original game or even the XBLA release of the first TMNT arcade game.
In the evening, PrfktTear had to head out (though he had an encounter of his own later–perhaps he’ll post about it below) so Ed and I hit a couple of the local stores to see if there was anything interesting. (more…)
Did Mattel really manage–in a single convention–to create what could become lingering, Holiday Hal-like sore spots for both the DCUC and MOTU collector communities? Or will they be forgiven and forgotten by this time next year?
