It wouldn't be an apocalypse day without the Four Horsemen. No, not the biblical quartet or the wrestling clique, but the fearsome foursome of toy sculpting who've brought you Spawn figures, DC Universe, Masters of the Universe Classics and FANtastic exclusives. It's been clear throughout their careers that one of their hobbies is recreating some of their childhood action-figure faves with updated sculpts - witness the updated Super Powers characters in the DC line, or the two He-Man revivals they've been part of. Now, they're updating what was arguably the weirdest line of the entire '80s - Revell's Power Lords. Based on the surreal alien and fantasy art of Wayne Douglas Barlowe, the series never had a tie-in cartoon to explain why the lead female character transformed into what looked like a flayed piece of meat, or how these bizarre and wholly different-from-each-other-looking creatures related to each other. But they had a ton of articulation, and lots of sharp, pointy bits that would never pass safety muster today.
The good news is that the Four Horsemen ought to do the sculpts justice. The bad news? It's going to be a 3-3/4" scaled line, with interchangeable parts (the Glyos system). Now, part of the whole appeal of the original line is that they didn't remotely look like you could ever mix and match parts, plus they were around a 6" scale originally to fit in with other sci-fi/fantasy hybrid lines like MOTU, Sectaurs and Thundercats.
Too little, too late? If they can successfully translate evil purple butterfly dude Arkuss into that scale and not have him instantly fall to pieces, I will accept that they have the Power, Lord.
Up next, can somebody please revive Dino-Riders? Aliens riding dinosaurs never gets old.
h/t @JohnDoctorKent
Ah, Power Lords. Every time my grandma would make her semi-annual visit, we'd stop by Kaybee Toys so that she could buy me a present and she invariably picked out a Power Lords figure, due to them being on perpetual clearance. I thought that they looked cool, but the plastic that they were made from was so brittle that an arm or leg would always break off before we even got home.
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never thought given all the reveal of properties that i would ever see power lords return let alone by the four horsemen at mattel. proving no old toy property is truely dead for good. though wonder if this means things like Sectaurs or maybe finaly m.a.s.k could finaly get the reviel now
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@demoncat_4 Could definitely go for a Sectaurs revival, or even better Inhumanoids.
@donnaryoko @demoncat_4 i would love the Inhumanoids to get another shot at toy glory. or better the centurions , also. though still hoping with each old new eighties property even obscure ones like power lords getting revived . keep hoping for M.a.s.k. coming back to toy shelves and lasting long enough for the shark to be made.
@donnaryoko @demoncat_4 spiral zone with special effects being what they are now could be cool though sadly think the thing is to obscure with its fan base. galaxy high same way not enough fan base for some one to go through the effort of reviving it. though would be cool to see some of the characters like big the giant chicken bully and the principal done cgi
@demoncat_4 @donnaryoko Inhumanoids probably planted the seeds that would blossom into the me that's a Lovecraft fan. MASK had it's moments and could work with some good talent behind it. And the 80's property I'd give an eye for to get revived is Spiral Zone (in terms of action toons - I'd also like a Galaxy High revival)..
Glyos seems to be the trend, but I would have preferred something with a little more heft. Better than nothing, I guess.
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Actually, they've been doing Dino-Riders (not by name, sadly) as part of the preschool Imaginex line for a couple years now:
http://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/imaginext/Products/index.html?cat=IMX_Dino_Tech
Huh. Glyos System joints, eh?
Given I know a few people into that line, they should be loving this. Means more things for them to mix and match.
I had that Adam Power figure...I remember it because of the way it flipped around and the blue side. Freaky...
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@Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird Ditto. I pride myself on at least having a passing familiarity with even the most obscure elements of pop-culture, but I had never heard of them until the internet.
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@donnaryoko @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird I've never heard of them until now. I remember most of the obscure action figures, but these just missed me.
@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird @donnaryoko
That's the one. I heart Seanbaby's stuff. It's basically a Dick Whiskey comic with the Power Lords on the "cover," but it still shows how messed up the concept was.
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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird @donnaryoko Ah, new Cracked.
This is the original Cracked: http://langtath.blogspot.com/2012/05/cracked-magazine-254.html
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@Timely-Tardis-Lego @Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird @donnaryoko New Cracked or old Cracked?
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@Ford_Thundercougarfalconbird @donnaryoko I only know that these guys once appeared in a cracked article once, that's pretty much it.
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