I needed to print a map of Eternia for this one, and the first good one I found? Here, of course! I thought Eternia was way bigger than the map made it seem, though. I suppose the Eternia in my head, the home of the Bastards, is bigger and includes Crystalium, Third Earth, the Savage Land, the Barren Earth, Skartaris, Barsoom…a hodgepodge of semi-medieval whatnot and monsters, then.

I don’t suppose anyone has any idea what, if anything, the Chamblerlain is from. Found him at a yard sale, and for no apparent reason, I hear him as Dr. Gonzo from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, chock full of dubious advice and not-so-thinly veiled threats.

Last time, the Bastards met 339/1, royalty of…whatever the hell he is. Battlecat wanted the guys to help him out, and predictably, they aren’t really having it; since in large portions of Eternia there are more kings than subjects. Why is that? I guess because, ‘King of the Bee People’ or whatever looks better on a package than ‘Noble Drone!’ or ‘Mighty Serf!’ Although, I guess I don’t know every Masters of the Universe bio, so if there’s one for Eternia’s Toughest Peasant or something, please tell me.

Valkyrie is the first new Marvel Legends I’ve bought in years; somewhat ironically since she was originally intended for the 2008 Hulk/Fin Fang Foom wave. She’s not perfect–the leg articulation may be a little outdated–but she’s not bad at all.

I worked in a mall for a bunch of years, and was exposed to just inhumane amounts of Christmas music and holiday ‘cheer.’ Luckily, my Christmas spirit eventually recovered. A little anyway. Seriously, I’m both holly and jolly now compared to how I was then.

How many of you have actually watched the Masters of the Universe Christmas Special? Personally, it’s one of those things, not unlike the Star Wars Christmas Special, that I know it’s a thing that exists, and am completely willing to leave it at that. (Although, over the years, I’ve read so much about them and seen enough clips, that I’ve probably seen both of them; and have just blacked out the worst parts.)

Ah, I promised a guest-star this week, and then decided to do a holiday strip real quick instead. Next time!

Anyway, a merry happy whatever to you all; and may you get all the figures you need!

Extra length episode! …for no damn good reason.

I have nothing against Sam Worthington, but man, I don’t need to see him be a scowling buzzcut grumpy badass again anytime soon. And I hate that shield; the old Perseus may have dressed like he was going to a frat party, but his weapons looked nice!

Next time: a special guest star! You’ll never guess, don’t even try, but you will recognize him when you see him…

The old Mike Grell Warlord comics were great, even the issues after he left, and even though the Remco figures were straight-up Masters of the Universe rip-offs. But the revival series, that the DC Direct figure is based on, is just awful. Yet, that figure’s pretty sharp. Weird how that happens, sometimes.

Grell would come back to Warlord for a brief sixteen issue run, and did art for some of it. It was a vast improvement over the previous series, and a return to the original version and storylines; but didn’t catch on, sadly. Still, every so often, a movie version is rumored, so maybe someday Travis Morgan will return. I wouldn’t hold my breath or anything, but maybe…

Thrilled as I was to get an old Castle Greyskull as a backdrop for these; no one fits in there. No one. Still, it’s kind of fitting that it looks like a tiny, cramped castle; the Bastards wouldn’t get to live at a nice one.