I enjoyed doing the A to Z for the Grayskull poster so much, I decided to do it for the other two posters as well. This week it’s the Eternia poster, and next week I’ll put up the Powers of Grayskull (dinosaur) poster.
Sadly, Zodac isn’t in this one, robbing me of that satisfying “(A)dam to (Z)odac” symmetry. Bastards. (more…)
Back in the heyday of Masters of the Universe during the 1980s, a few promotional posters for the line were made. These were lush, fully-painted depictions of the characters rather than checklists featuring photos of the action figures. By far my favorite was the so-called Grayskull Poster, because it featured most of the early, iconic MOTU characters, vehicles and playsets that I owned.
He-Man.org poster He-Lurker has been kind enough to provide his fellow He-Fans with a beautiful hi-res scan of the poster:
Pretty nice, huh? Of course, while He-Man and Skeletor look ready to mash it up as usual, there’s a lot of other strange stuff going on in the background of this poster. (more…)
So over the weekend I was looking at my MOTUC Mer-Man and remembered hearing his weapon derogatorily referred to as a “corn sword” (moreso the original version than the MOTUC one). Curious to see what Google had to say about the term, I punched it in…I think the first result speaks for itself.
Pleased to brighten up your Monday morning: the tender ballad “Corn Sword.”
This is a page from the mini-comic “Danger at Castle Grayskull,” which came with the original Talon Fighter toy. It was the second of a two-story comic, and it came with a record so you could follow along and listen to the story. I’m pretty damned sure I had this as a kid–I know I had the Talon Fighter, and the whole thing with Trap-Jaw locking them up and getting rusted rings a bell.
It also shows just how stupid Eternian residents can be. It seems their incompetence isn’t limited to being fooled by blue guys. (more…)
I’ve resisted the urge to post every mildly amusing geek-related video I come across–and I’m sure 99% of you have already seen this–but it was too amazing not to post. That’s one hell of a cast.
(Warning: there’s more than a few f-bombs in this video, so probably NSFW.)
My favorite part is Wheeljack’s argument about going for “authenticity.” Even as a kid, I did think it was weird Wheeljack built the Dinobots as idiots when he didn’t have to. Which may be why they were actually smart in the comics–Simon Furman knows best.
Thanks to j_stone for the tip.
I always like to start the day with a little surrealism, so please enjoy “Chahiye He-Man He-Man,” a song from the Indian film Nafrat Ki Aandhi, apparently.
Try not to ask yourself whether the main woman is supposed to be Teela or Evil-lyn, or why Orko is wearing a shiny red muumuu, or why this is still 37% better than the 1987 American movie. These are things man was not meant to know.
Thanks to MisterBigBo for the tip.
So after more than twenty years, we’re finally getting our He-Ro figure. But styles have changed quite a few times since 1987. What was in then isn’t so in now, including the dry look. But it was huge in the 1980s.
Looking at He-Ro, I see a couple of possible inspirations.
…or maybe…THE PUMANAN!
Now that we’ve hashed out the whole “flaws” thing, let’s finish the weekend on a lighter note with this Lost parody starring McFarlane’s hilariously under-articulated action figures.
Excuse me, DC Direct, but…what the f*** are these things? Y’know, other than the horrifying dream-spawn of a deranged Christmas elf who fell asleep reading the Necronomicon.
Blammoids, man. They creep me out.