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Akunin

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Yeah, I don't care for most of the newer figures but some of the stuff they come with I can't get enough of. Take the Faceless One for example. He's the guy who Skeletor took the Havok staff from and he has a relic called the Ram Stone. When I get the castle many of these relics will adorn the walls. :)
 
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G.I.*EDDIE said:
I thought Adora was She-Ra's alter ego, her "Clark Kent"...no?
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I didn't follow the She-ra story until the classics came out. Guess she was taken by Hordak (and Skeletor) when she was a baby and taken to a different dimension where Hordak raised her as his own. She was brain washed by Shadow Weaver and served as Hordaks Force Captain (Captain of the Guard?). In the new DC comic she isn't as naïve as her Filmation counterpart and even slaughters rebels in the name of the Horde (see image a few posts back). Terrible story but as I understand it the She-ra cartoon was much better in plot than its He-man counterpart. Long story short Adam/He-man finds Adora (see youtube) and breaks the spell on her and she becomes She-ra.

http://youtu.be/2G3Ep_kZXvA

So yeah

Adora is Adams sister and she becomes She-ra much in the same manner as Adam becomes He-man. All this came out after I was done with He-man as a kid. Mattel is trying to make sense of all the back stories with the cartoons and various comics.

I don't care for the whole Adam story myself and mostly follow the original mini comics. I only picked up She-ra and company because they were pretty cheap and that damn horse looks cool as hell in person (colors suck but oh well)
 
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And why hasn't any He-Man figure came with a sweet sword sheath like in the toon?


 
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ugh, couldn't stand how they portrayed Hordak.

that said, I can't wait to see how they do with him in the new comic
 
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I just paid for my Castle of Power! So excited to get it! Gonna scratch build the inside and make the wood parts out of actual wood etc.
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I'm waiting to hear back from him. How much is that going for? I see his facebook page but I can't read anything about it being painted so I assume it comes fresh from the mold?
 
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I could only watch so much, I got through Part 4 and it was awful. I want to re-watch the Filmation series, but I kind of don't want to. I don't remember much of the storyline, but what I do remember I recall as being awesome. Obviously it wasn't, but my 4-year-old self thought so, so I kind of don't want to tarnish that.

Although I only watched He-Man, I think. I don't remember much if anything from She-Ra. A few of the borrowed characters seemed familiar, and I know I had Hordak's toy and quite a few of the Horde (Hell, I think I even owned She-Ra and some of her figures too, like "Bo"? What an awful, hick name!), but all the details of the story, and Shadow Weaver (tranny Orko?!) seem vague.

To this day, I don't remember ONE BIT about Jem and the Holograms from the '80s. Like it never happened.
 
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Akunin said:
as for the Conan and friends shelf



from left to right

Demo Man, the original design for Skeletor

Vikor, again the original design for He-man (sword doesn't come with the figure)

King Grayskull, according to Mattel the guy who built the Castle and He-man (Adam's) ancestor

The Faceless One, introduced in the 200x cartoon and Evil Lyn's father

Count Marzo, another character introduced in the 200x cartoon
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King Grayskull was intridocued in 200X. If you haven't seen the ep, you need to get on it. "The power of Grayskull" It's one of the best 200X eps, and that's saying something as the whole cartoon is fucking awesome.

Count Marzo was introduced in the Filmation toon, but he looked like a retarded William Shakespeare. He's fucking awesome in 200X as well.
 
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Dark Horse said:
$150 before shipping, an extra $50 for painting. Tell him I sent you ;)
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not bad.. :) I've seen pictures of this floating around for awhile, glad to see its being made! Thanks for the tip and if I order I'll be sure to tell him who directed me there. btw, any idea as to when you will be getting it? Did you get it painted or you doing it yourself?
 
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I ripped the dvd's so the kids could watch it on their kindle's. They love that show, its a shame it wasn't more popular.
 
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You don't realize how awesome that truly is until you scroll down and see the figure...WOW!...I like the pic of Mekaneck peeking his head up over the wall
 
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Akunin said:
not bad.. :) I've seen pictures of this floating around for awhile, glad to see its being made! Thanks for the tip and if I order I'll be sure to tell him who directed me there. btw, any idea as to when you will be getting it? Did you get it painted or you doing it yourself?
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I'm painting it myself. It's shipping on Friday. Gonna put it on a base and raise it by another inch, add the pawn on top, real material flag, sculpt and add real wood floors and accs. Already made the A-shape weapons rack. Almost finished the ladder. Then I'll make the torture rack and training dummy. :)
 
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I'm painting it myself. It's shipping on Friday. Gonna put it on a base and raise it by another inch, add the pawn on top, real material flag, sculpt and add real wood floors and accs. Already made the A-shape weapons rack. Almost finished the ladder. Then I'll make the torture rack and training dummy. :)
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this is plastic isn't it? I haven't had much time to look myself and he hasn't gotten back to me yet. For the floors, are there slots like the original castle or is it just bare inside?

I really need to google this thing myself...
 
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A shame it doesn't have the side wall or a back section. Is he planning to expand upon it with another section later? Are you?

It's a great sculpt, though. I like it much better than that other one that was posted earlier. (The brow on that one's skull looks off, plus the way the teeth hang in front, the door couldn't possibly swing open.)
 
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I haven't worked much with fiberglas, but I know a bunch of car guys who do bodywork who have... Isn't that shit a pain to work with?

Hopefully you're not doing much cutting or sanding! :D
 
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Mandingo Rex said:
I haven't worked much with fiberglas, but I know a bunch of car guys who do bodywork who have... Isn't that shit a pain to work with?

Hopefully you're not doing much cutting or sanding! :D
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It's messy if you're the one setting the molds or getting out the resin and fiber to fix something...but it's strong as heck!


I watched some of 200x today...it's pretty cool...the art is awesome (cept Battle Cats helmet...what's with that tiny thing?) the animation is miles better than the original and the stories seem much less goofy...but without the classic theme and background music, it just doesn't tug my nostalgic heart strings the same way...I love it, but at the same time, it makes me miss the filmation toon...
 
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Growing up my friends would watch the cartoon religiously but I only had a couple of the old mini comics. After seeing some on youtube I've come to realize the toon just hasn't aged well but those mini comics still aren't too shabby, well I still enjoy the art work.
 
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Dark Horse said:
$150 before shipping, an extra $50 for painting. Tell him I sent you ;)
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Yes, I emailed him as well.

He wants 40 for shipping.

So basically, 240 dollars for a better scaled castle.

I am seriously considering him, and will send a pleasant little FU email to Mattel once I commit to the Castle of Power (brilliant name for it, hahaha).
 
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