Review > The Spectre (DC Universe Classics)

Like many of DC Comics‘ most iconic characters, The Spectre received his first story during the Golden Age of comics way back in 1940 in More Fun Comics #55. The Spectre was a hero that one could not help but root for, a slain police officer who returns as the Wrath (or the Voice) of [...]

She-Ra packaging reveal

Mattel unveiled She-Ra’s packaging on their Facebook page yesterday. Here’s the bio: Channeling the combined Power of the Universe and the Wisdom of the Elders of Eternia, Adora transforms into She-Ra, the most powerful woman in the Universe. Her strength comes not from brute force but from sheer will and her cunning magical powers and [...]

Toy Aisle Trolls > Blunderblast

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. Also, please note: I’m deliberately [...]

Eldor prototype card-back revealed

Hollywood Heroes posted this great scoop on the He-Man.org forums–the prototype card back for Eldor. I’d kill for an Eldor in MOTUC (all fantasy realms need a bearded old wizard), so I hope this helps inspire Mattel to get around to him. As some of you know I represent many former Mattel engineers and designers. [...]

Review > Iron (DC Universe Classics)

The Metal Men were created as a last minute filler feature and proved to be popular enough on their own right to get their own title. Each of the Metal Men, artificially intelligent robots, inherited their traits and abilities from their namesake metals, so whereas Iron is super strong, Lead is slow-witted and can block [...]

Mattel MOTUC & DCUC news roundup

Scott Neitlich, a.k.a. ToyGuru, has been pretty chatty over on the Mattycollector forums lately. Here are a few tidbits: Responding to a question about the card art for Wun-Dar and Trap Jaw, and whether we might see a re-release of the minicomics: The Wun-Dar art was new, the Trap Jaw art came from a vintage [...]