I’d intended to post this on July 3, which would have been the tenth anniversary of the day I received the email below–but then I completely, utterly forgot. Better late than never! I’ve saved every email I’ve sent and received since 1998. Until recently, most of them were just burned to a disc, but a [...]
I generally try not to take advantage of this blog for my own ends, but occasionally I come across something I want but just can’t find–not even on eBay. Such a one is this talking Santa Claus toy. It was made in 1994 by the Kurt Adler company and has an electronic talking feature. It [...]
While the first MOTUC He-Man took weeks to sell out, the second release–which had a much higher production run–sold out in less than a day. Evidently Masters of the Universe Classics has drawn in a significant collector following beyond the diehard MOTU fans whose enthusiasm drove the line’s creation. For all the complaints about the [...]
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 [...]
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.
Seriously, can we settle this once and for all? Trapjaw? Trap Jaw? Trap-Jaw? Trap-Jaw? Scareglow? Scare Glow? Scare-Glow? Scare-glow? Beastman? Beast Man? Beast-Man? Beast-man? Merman? Mer Man? Mer-Man? Mer-man? Mossman? Moss Man? Moss-Man? Moss-man? Buzzoff? Buzz Off? Buzz-Off? Buzz-off? Man-At-Arms? Man-at-Arms? Man-E-Faces? Man-e-Faces? Evil-Lyn? Evil-lyn? As a sometimes-copyeditor, this bugs me. Yes it’s pedantic, but [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.