I stopped by the AFX booth (picked up some ThunderCats Minimates for a friend and a Skeletor Power Sword for myself) and snapped some shots of the Icon Heroes Castle Grayskull. It’s beautiful in person – I can definitely see this in my collection. You can pre-order at the usual suspects:
In celebration of He-Man’s 30th Anniversary, Mattel is selling a “party pak” of He-Man and Battle Cat for $30. Considering Battle Cat on his own is priced at $33 on MattyCollector.com, this is a great deal. The figures will ship together but will be carded individually, with no packaging changes. It’s for one day only, so don’t miss out.
Joe Amaro has posted some great shots of a couple of the customs he revealed at Power-Con – Robobot, the Ralph McQuarrie designed character that was originally intended to replace Orko in the Masters of the Universe movie, and Ram Man, which is Joe’s second custom of him. For Robobot, Joe created a 3D model and then printed it out and painted it, while for Ram Man, he started with a Marvel Select Avengers Hulk and did a more traditional custom, using Magic Sculpt.
There’s lots of great shots of both figures, both in finished and WIP format, so be sure to click through!
Toy Tokyo and its Underground gallery have become a regular stop for me when I’m in NYC. The Four Horsemen have held their Toypocalypse events there the past two Toy Fairs, and now Mattel is using the venue to host a MOTU art show, with the benefits proceeding the Ronald McDonald House.
Toys, Masters of the Universe, and art? I’ll won’t miss it!
I’m a big fan of Axel Giménez‘s art. He recently posted on the AFP Facebook wall so I thought I’d share it with the rest of you. This is some of the artwork that Axel did for Power-Con.
Be sure to check out My Art – Masters of the Universe and Others – there’s a ton of Axel’s awesome illustrations.