o.supreme wrote:Just curious, I know origins release order doesn't exactly follow the same schedule as the original series, and they even have some variants the original series didn't have.
However... I know they have done original & Battle-Armor for both He-Man & Skeletor.
Now that Flying Fists He-Man & and Terror Claw Skeletor are coming out, did they already do Thunder-Punch He-Man & Dragon Blaster Skeletor? I also saw they did Buzzsaw Hordak (a shame the busszaw mechanism is so lame on the new release) Did they do Hurricane Hordak yet?
T Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, has died of heart failure at his home in southern California. He was 80.
He-Man was the muscled frontman for toy manufacturer Mattel’s Masters of the Universe franchise, which would later spawn an animated series that became a staple for children.
As in the case of many creative endeavours, many hands shaped the franchise. Taylor has said the prototypes date back to his own childhood as he fantasised about being “the next hero”. He said he based the concept of He-Man on his vision of Cro-Magnon men, as well as Vikings.
Mattel sold more than 70m action figures from its Masters of the Universe collection within 30 months of it hitting stores nearly 40 years ago, according to The New York Times.
Taylor began his career with California-based Mattel in 1976 as a packaging designer, his family said.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise – featuring pizza-loving Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo – launched a long-running animated series, live-action movies and a catchphrase: cowabunga!
While Taylor did not create any of the characters, his work as a designer helped propel them into famous childhood images for many around the world, including action figures and costumes that flew off stores’ shelves.
Terrell Mark Taylor – who went by his middle name, Mark – was born on 5 June 1941, according to California voter registration records. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, designer Rebecca Salari-Taylor of Ranchos Palos Verdes.
“I felt him say goodbye to this world as I held him in my arms for one final loving kiss,” Salari-Taylor wrote in a Facebook post.
Taylor’s family said his father-in-law, Tony Salari, told the artist: “If you can draw well, everything will be OK.”
Taylor took pinstriping commissions for “hot rod” cars as a teen in Redondo Beach in the early 1950s, his family said. He later attended the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.
Taylor went on to work for the US defence department in Pasadena and contributed to projects for submarines, biological and technical sonar technology and seafloor mapping, his family said.
“If I was going to do a hero for today, it would be a female hero – because it’s the time, because the heroes of our time are women … Us men had our day,” Taylor told fans during an appearance at a He-Man festival in 2015.
blackeyedprime wrote:Weird, I got wave 8 as a set on Bbts as Chyna was sold out on her own.
blackeyedprime wrote:Skeletor is especially nice with it kind of semi being new adventures (they can't seem to make their mind up on his eye colors over the first six episodes I've watched).
I'm finding new adventures okay, skeletor cool even if he doesn't seem to be anything like OG and my only problem is optimus primal shouting I have the poweerrr. One of the scientists is the guy who voices everything included the slightly homophobic dragon in original Shera hahaha
blackeyedprime wrote: I spent the time searching Marvel Legends figures for a black costume symbiote spidey but to no avail as they have the new wave in.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
The figures you posted look good. But I've never been a fan of those with electronics built in. Too many Cyclops' and those like him, as a kid. That give up a lot of articulation for a short lived gimmick.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Never thought I'd see the day when Maggott would get an official release.
blackeyedprime wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
The figures you posted look good. But I've never been a fan of those with electronics built in. Too many Cyclops' and those like him, as a kid. That give up a lot of articulation for a short lived gimmick.
Yeagh, they remind me of another 90s figure that had a big battery pack but I cant remember what it was. Strange when they could have changed the classics to watch batteries or even usb. Also strange is that lazer he-man doesn't come with an arm gauntlet to look like the original figure.
blackeyedprime wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Never thought I'd see the day when Maggott would get an official release.
Advantages of using generic bodies for X character having said that he looks to be pinless and a lot of other characters with arm detailing (including power rangers) should really use the pinless body type. I just can't buy into them (ML) for storage or sanity reasons with having the toybiz stuff but it is nice when effort is being put into them.
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