New Whiplash pics up at Mattycollector

July 11, 2010 | Poe

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Mattel posted a few more Whiplash pics on Mattycollector. The Millennium head still doesn’t look quite right on the body to me–it looks too big, and the chin juts out too far. It looks like the head from the Millennium figure stuck on a vintage body; it doesn’t look organic, if that makes sense. The Millennium Whiplash had a distinctive look that was a fairly significant departure from the vintage design.

Just my opinion, though, and I’m biased, since I prefer the vintage head.

Love the new forearms and the open left hand, though. And that tail is badass. I’m thinking I may like Whiplash even more than Trap Jaw.

Odds ‘n Ends > Moon Beast Edition

July 8, 2010 | Poe

  • Congratulations to the winner of the “Win a Keldor – Part II” contest–Mountain-man!
  • There’s a new poll to the left, asking which of the MOTUC “real names” is your, well, least favorite.
  • Someone asked about the “super-limited” part of the initial Dread Axe run–that’s solely because I wasn’t sure, and am still not sure, how well they’ll sell. But SMC and I will continue to produce axes so long as there’s demand.
  • On a non-toy-related note, some folks are playing through all the Zelda games for charity. Check it out–and make a donation–at Zeldathon.com
  • On another non-toy-related note, my good friend Kate Racculia‘s first novel, This Must Be the Place, is out now! Buy it on Amazon.
  • Poest Office: Earl Luckes sent in pics of his homemade Skeletor costume. He’s looking for comments and suggestions, so check out these pics: pic 1 pic 2 pic 3

Poe’s Point > Demo-Man Revisited & Retconned

July 7, 2010 | Poe

Just a thought I had while reading the comments on the Skeletor bio discussion: how could a future bio retcon the Skeletor/Demo-Man merger concept everyone so loathes?

Let’s assume we’re writing the bio for a potential Demo-Man MOTUC figure. Here’s my version:

DEMO-MAN
Real Name: Carcharius
A mindless demon of the dimension of Despondos, Demo-Man spent his life wreaking havoc upon the denizens of Etheria. After his banishment to Despondos by King Grayskull, Hordak attempted to recruit Demo-Man into the Horde, but finding the creature too difficult to control, he locked it away. When Keldor was mortally wounded in battle, Hordak sacrificed Demo-Man to gain the power to turn Keldor into Skeletor, the Evil Lord of Destruction!

Just for fun, here’s the other bio I toyed with:

Ages ago, a young Eternian shaman mated with a demon, resulting in the hideous Demo-Man–a rage-filled hybrid of man and monster. To save his village from the beast, the shaman banished the creature to the dimension of Despondos, where it wreaked havoc for centuries before being captured by Hordak. When Keldor was mortally wounded in battle, Hordak sacrificed Demo-Man to gain the power to turn Keldor into Skeletor.

Ultimately I decided the shaman-mating-with-a-demon thing was a bit too salacious for a realistic bio, but the idea that the shaman could have been a young and foolish Eldor is appealing.

Any other ideas on how a future bio could retcon the whole Demo-Man/Keldor merger without obviously contradicting the Skeletor bio?

A PGPoA Exclusive! > The Dread Axe of Darkness

July 6, 2010 | Poe

The following is a tale I wrote for the occasion. If you prefer, you can skip past it to the big news.

The boy slammed the heavy trapdoor above him, smacking his head with the metal chain in his haste. His vision, already blurred by tears,  swam from the self-inflicted blow and he stumbled down the stairs onto the stone floor of the cellar. (more…)