#663 Galaxy Fighters – Mace Ape In Addition To Magoon (1983)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AND THE KNOCK-OFF AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

The Milky Way Warriors is in all likelihood the top-knockoff trouble of Masters of the Universe inward price of sales, characters (and vehicles/creatures) as well as besides because it was the laid out MOTU bootleg that reached a for certain peak of popularity. They were produced starting inward 1983 past times Sungold inward Hong-Kong.

Milky Way Warriors convey the “honor” to live a knock-off that has been knocked-off itself, as well as that’s what I wanted to say you lot today. Milky Way Fighters is truly a bootleg of Milky Way Warriors. But that wouldn’t live all. In subsequently years, at that topographic point were really depression character bootlegs made of them, inward figures that were poorly articulated as well as painted.

Milky Way Fighters were copyrighted inward 1984 past times Sewco, as well as sold during many years, equally many equally the Mattel franchise lived, as well as perhaps fifty-fifty more. Sewco produced their figures inward Hong-Kong equally well.

The connections betwixt Sungold as well as Sewco are unknown, only Sewco produced upwards to iii identical figures to those made past times Sungold, copied the pattern of the logo, the mode of the blíster, as well as evensome of the names, amongst pocket-size spelling differences. Why? We volition never know. In whatever case, the shape used for these warriors is identical except for the left hand, which is slightly closed, piece the GW convey it to a greater extent than open. Heads are made of soft plastic, which is cheaper than difficult plastic.

In the the States these figures were distributed past times Madison as well as East West, only exterior of the US, at that topographic point were other distributors, which led to unlike kinds of artwork as well as packaging art.

The figures came amongst 2 accesories each: a bladed weapon as well as a shield. The available weapons were 2 types of sword (one straight, ane curved), an axe as well as a halberd. The shields were 2 unlike ones. The weapons were added to each figure randomly, at to the lowest degree exterior the US. The shields had a sticker on the front, either a pocket-size circular ane or a big one, as well as the solely affair that was non random was the sticker on the shield. The proficient guys had an eagle on their shields, piece the bad ones had a skull.

The 2 characters inward the pictures are Magoon as well as Mace Ape. Mace Ape is, of course, the ane that resembles to a greater extent than similar an ape. Magoon is the human one. Great figures! I totally sympathise that they were hence successful dorsum then, as well as that people withal hold back for as well as collect them.