Flashback Friday – Shepherd Book

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Feb 102017
 

Wow! Is it Friday already? This week just breezed by…not really, but the two days off at the end of it (including this one) sure do help. Anyway, let’s get to the flashbacking. As usual you can click on a picture to see a closeup of it.

I don’t know why, but I always liked Ron Glass (RIP). I didn’t even watch Barney Miller regularly back in the day, but I just thought he looked and sounded cool. So when I saw Glass was in Firefly, I thought it was extra cool. Shepherd Book is the moral compass with a mysterious past. There’s a comic book series that delves a little into that past, but I didn’t much care for it.

Here’s Cyran returning as Shepherd Book. Can you imagine, I actually forgot to draw the wrench in his paw? I had to go back and add it in a week later. Pretty embarrassing.

Here’s the comparison to the original. The original wasn’t too bad, though I felt at the time that it was one of my least-inspired pieces of the original set. Book’s costume was pretty bland compared to some of the other characters.

That’s all for this week. More Firefly next Friday! You know, Firefly was the night that the show used to air on Fox back in the day…when nobody was watching it (I did though!)

Flashback Friday – Malcolm Reynolds

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Feb 032017
 

Hello friends, it’s flashback time again. Enjoy!

I don’t really have anything more to write about Firefly, but it’s a set that really needed a revisiting. So here we go.

Todrick is back as Captain Malcolm Reynolds.

Here’s the comparison to the original mash-up. This was one of the better pieces of that set. The big thing is the face hadn’t quite been locked down yet.

That’s all for this week. Have a great weekend everybody!

Flashback Friday – Webstor

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Dec 302016
 

Hey there Top Men and Top Women. Glad to have you back for another flashback! Remember you can click on the pictures to see them enlarged.

Webstor had one of my favorite action features. He had a backpack that contained some kind of pulley system so when you pulled on the string from the bottom, he would climb up the length of the string. Really cool. He was a spider creature. I don’t remember that he ever got featured in the cartoon so his character was a little lacking other than just being the spider villain. Still, he was one of my favorite figures just because of the feature.

Zoë’s here as Webstor. She’s about to throw her grappling hook so she can scale a wall. Are the red eyes creepy? If she had more of a forehead, I would have more eyes to replicate the figure.

Here’s the comparison to the original mash-up. The original was my least favorite of the set. The idea behind the pose was good, but it just didn’t turn out the way I wanted. That’s why I went with a simpler pose this time around. It turned out SOOOOO much better.

That’s all for this week. It’s also the last Masters of the Universe mash-up. We have four all-new pieces coming up so Skitter and Chae can join in the fun. Any guesses as to which character’s they’ll be portraying? It’s two heroes and two villains.

Flashback Friday – Man-E-Faces

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Dec 232016
 

Hello and good Friday all. It’s time for a quick little Flashback.

I believe Man-E-Faces was my first Masters of the Universe action figures. He was definitely the first one to get broken when I lent him to a friend who managed to break the (THICK) elastic cord that held his legs together. His action feature was simple but neat. You could turn the little dial on his head and switch faces so he could take on different roles. Forget that the rest of his body remained the same, it was all about his faces. He didn’t appear much in the cartoon. The only thing I seem to remember was an episode where Man-E-Faces and Ram-Man got into a disagreement.

Here’s Red Rich as Man-E-Faces or as I’ve redubbed him, Fur-E-Faces (another great pun if I do say so myself). Of course, I drew three different faces for him just like the toy. The trickiest part was making sure the helmet looked like it fit.

Here’s the comparison to the original. All I can say is wow were the proportions off on the original.

That’s all for this week. One last Flashback and then the new pieces.

Flashback Friday – Whiplash

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Dec 162016
 

Good time period! It’s time to mash things up, flashback style! Click on pictures to enlarge them!

Whiplash had an interesting shade of green. Other than that, I didn’t really care for him. His gimmick was that like every other Masters of the Universe figure, you could twist his waist and it would snap back only he had a long tail so he could knock other figures down with it when you did so.

Here’s Deema as Whiplash. It’s weird seeing her act so angry, right? She really got into the role.

Here’s the comparison to the original piece. Other than my shaky hand, I’d say this was a case where the original turned out pretty well.

That’s it for this week. Believe it or else, there are more Masters of the Universe mash-ups coming up!

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