#519 Masters Of The Universe - Modulok Together With Multi-Bot (1985 Together With 1986)

In a way, nosotros could country these are the strangest figures inwards the whole MOTU toyline. They too accept warriors that transform inwards stones or animals that cover within an egg (well it is a meteorite), simply these ii figures are completely dissimilar from the rest.

Each moving ridge the designers from Mattel introduced or as well as thus novel casts, or or as well as thus novel movements, simply this time, they decided to innovate a "shape your ain figure" figure.

In 1985 they made a starting fourth dimension endeavour amongst Modulok, a scarlet skinny guy amongst ii pairs of arms, 3 pairs of legs, ii heads, as well as other body parts. Since it was something really different, many people bought it, as well as it was actually fun to play amongst it.

One yr later, inwards 1986, Mattel released a minute figure using the same concept. This fourth dimension it was a robot, as well as had or as well as thus corrections regarding Modulok, for example, in that place were ii torsos included, as well as thus you lot could brand ii "human" figures amongst the pieces, or the figure was non as well as thus skinny as well as legs as well as arms await to a greater extent than robust, every bit if the grapheme was stronger.

The figures tin hold upwardly combined to shape an fifty-fifty bigger robot, called Megabeast. With as well as thus many pieces, in that place are to a greater extent than chances to laid actually weird characters.

I include hither a motion-picture exhibit of the instructions to Modulok (German/Italian as well as English/French), which too depicts a few prissy examples of rare creatures. Also interesting is the cardback illustration, which shows the buyer how to "play" amongst the figure.

FACTS as well as FIGURES:

• Name: MODULOK (Ref. 9174) as well as MULTI-BOT (Ref. 2312)
• Toy Line: Masters of the Universe (Wave iv as well as 5)
• Year: 1985 as well as 1986
• Company: Mattel (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 5½’’ or xiv cm

#522 Dino Riders - Pterodactyl Alongside Llahd (1988)

The Pterodactyl is the smallest dinosaur inwards the laid about moving ridge of Dino-Riders, it is slightly smaller than the Ankylosaurus, together with non articulated, although both boxes were the same size. Maybe intentional, or not, is that the dinosaur comes amongst a figure that represents a kid instead of a man, to a greater extent than or less ane caput shorter together with amongst thinner extremities.

The flight sauria is made of the same plastic equally other dinosaurs, but beingness then sparse inwards the wingsm, neck, paws together with then on, the plastic is a chip flexible. This flexibility is lost amongst the fourth dimension if the dinosaur was conserved inwards harsh weather of oestrus or low-cal exposure. In many cases, the Pterodactyl is missing ane of its paws or some of its legs. They were only broken spell playing, perchance many children idea the plastic was momre flexible than it truly was.

The harness is quite simple: it consists of a delta fly harness gibe to the dinosaur amongst a peg that had to live inserted inwards the dinosaur´s belly. The peg is besides frail together with could live broken inwards used toys. But fifty-fifty to a greater extent than frail are the 2 tiny missiles that attach to the harness tubes together with that, inwards some cases are "stretched" together with their handgrip create non gibe whatever to a greater extent than the tubes rattling well, making the missiles somehow "loose".  In other cases, the missiles are only lost. So easily lost together with fragile, are quite hard to find, perchance ane of the most hard parts to detect inwards the entire laid about wave.

The harness create non attach rattling firmly to the dinosaur, perchance that´s why Tyco decided to include a smaller, lighter figure instead of the ordinary, big ones. Interesting, notwithstanding is that the 2 handles to gibe the figure to the handgrip bar are designed to live used past times a big figure.

There is a variant of this toy inwards which the figure included is non the child-Llahd, but an adult-Llahd, a figure amongst a unlike cast, but similar colours. The adult-Llahd version is considered to live rarer than the child-Llahd version. I convey both, bone yous tin compare both inwards the side past times side pictures.

We convey unintendedly used the discussion dinosaur for the Pterodactyl, but technically it is no dinosaur, but a flight sauria. I e'er similar to brand this clear when I write almost "dinosaurs" that are non "real dinosaurs".

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: PTERODACTYL amongst LLADH
• Toy Line: Dino Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Scale of the dinosaur: 1:24
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

#527 Masters Of The Universe – Gwildor, Blade In Addition To Saurod (1987)

I think the painting exhibit has been commented many times in addition to I couldn´t create whatever amend than what other people wrote earlier me. Just a duet of facts: the displace painting was a production of Golan-Globus Productions in addition to Cannon Films made inwards 1987, a fleck belatedly inwards most parts of the world, since the He-Man phenomenon was already disappearing. The painting exhibit is a live-action painting exhibit in addition to the ikon of He-Man, Skeletor in addition to other characters differ quite a lot from those of the figures or the animated series.

I saw it at the painting exhibit home a long fourth dimension ago, but I cannot cry upward if I liked the painting exhibit or not. What I cry upward is that the adjacent figure I purchased subsequently the painting exhibit was Gwildor, thus at to the lowest degree I powerfulness have got constitute Gwildor funny.

I haven´t seen the painting exhibit since then, I perchance sentinel it ane time to a greater extent than sometime over the adjacent months. I heard a podcast talking simply nigh this painting exhibit in addition to the guys in that location convinced me that the painting exhibit is truly a bully movie, worth watching. Unfortunately, non everybody thinks similar this, in addition to the painting exhibit received really bad comments in addition to critics from 1987 on. The podcast is inwards Spanish, in addition to it is quite funny, I would laissez passer on it a try...

Back to the toys, Mattel patently wanted to net turn a profit from the painting exhibit in addition to released iii figures amongst the novel characters created for the movie.

The start figure is Gwildor, unopen to variety of comic relief (I read somewhere that Orko would have got been equally good expensive to animate or create using particular effects). He is a foreign animate beingness amongst human form, in addition to is the guardian of a Cosmic Key that tin laissez passer on the sack live used to move from ane dimension to unopen to other one. The figure is completely different to whatever other MOTU figure, has no waist or legs, in addition to has no activeness feature. It came amongst the Cosmic Key that was promoted equally its “action feature”. The figure has dot of articulations on neck, shoulders, wrists in addition to ankles, in addition to its trunk is similar a big plastic bubble.

The instant graphic symbol is Blade which is ane of the bad guys who create create He-Man. He is the main of swords, in addition to has a really expert create create yesteryear the goal of the movie. It is interesting to cry that the histrion is also the choreographer. The figure has the “twist waist” activeness feature, in addition to the same machinery inwards both arms, thus it is a bully figure. Also the accessories are great, amongst 2 long sparse swords in addition to a slice of textile (made of plastic, of course) that tin laissez passer on the sack live attached to his waist, in addition to tin laissez passer on the sack also agree ane of the swords. This figure has no gum strap belongings its legs, but the to a greater extent than advanced mechanism. In comparing to other figures, Blade is slightly taller than the rest, because of the direct legs. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 rather impressive figure.

The tertiary graphic symbol is Saurod a reptilian-being in addition to a bounty hunter. The figure is made of brownish plastic in addition to has an oxidized look, which is non uniform. The activeness characteristic are mutual coldness sparks beingness launched from its mouth, when pressing a lever on the dorsum of the figure. This characteristic is shared amongst unopen to transformers, in addition to other toys. The figure came amongst a small-scale dark pistol, which is rather small-scale in addition to also difficult to find. The figure has unopen to variety of helmet that cannot live removed: it is glued to the head, but it is also a fleck fragile. If the figure falls to the soil inwards the incorrect position, the helmet may split from the head. It is also ane of the few figures amongst a tail, but dissimilar Whiplash, Saurod’s tail is made of difficult plastic, similar the arms or the legs.

The figures were sold inwards normal cardbacks, but inwards the bubble they carried a small-scale yellowish sticker to dot they are the novel characters from the cinema (at to the lowest degree inwards Spain). I think this variety of stickers are intended to inform parents rather tan children.

I’d similar to exhibit this advertising to goal my article. It is taken from a Castilian comic in addition to it is an official advertising from Mattel Kingdom of Spain for these iii figures. The squeamish matter are that the names of Gwildor in addition to Saurod are changed. Note that the names are written correcty. Blade in addition to Gwildor were pronounced inwards the Castilian dubbing of the cinema equally they were pronounced inwards English, thus the writing had to live adapted non to error children, thus Blade became Bleit, in addition to Gwildor became Guildor, which sounds slightly different, but it is all the same readable inwards Spanish.

UPDATE: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 instant figure of Gwildor amongst a slightly different pare colouring in addition to a silvery Cosmic Key instead of acre grey. Both are Made inwards Mexico.

FACTS in addition to FIGURES:

• Name: GWILDOR (Ref. 3294), BLADE (Ref. 3295) in addition to SAUROD (Ref. 3670)
• Toy Line: Masters of the Universe (Wave 6)
• Year: 1987
• Company: Mattel (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 5½’’ or xiv cm (Gwildor a fleck less)

#532 Mc Toy – Motorized Robot – Dump Truck In Addition To Jeep (Around 1988)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

We convey talked several times most MC Toys inward this blog. I fifty-fifty wrote a brusk history of the fellowship inward 2 entries (#390 in addition to #391), although this history focused almost entirely inward die-cast cars. This fourth dimension I wan to introduced some other type of toy yesteryear the May Cheong Group: transformable robots.

The information for this article has been retrieved from our friend-blog hisparobot.

MC Toys´ transformers are called Motorized Robots, at that spot were several robots made, most of them real similar to each other. All robots are transformable inward vehicles amongst a pull-back motor ("dyno-drive"). Other features of these robots are that they include plastic in addition to metallic element parts, soft plastic tyres in addition to unproblematic transformations. The pull-back motor is a removable slice that tin live inserted inward either means depending if the toy is inward robot means or inward vehicle mode. The motor industrial plant inward both modes!

Each robot is merely about 9-10 cm tall, in addition to was sold inward private blisters. There seems to live too gift sets including to a greater extent than than 1 robot. There were too a serial of bigger transformable robots, called the Mega Motobots (around xiii cm tall).

Among the Mega Motobots at that spot are trucks in addition to off-road vehicles. As their smaller brothers, these were too made of plastic in addition to metal, in addition to they were all real similar to each other. New in addition to distinctive features are chromed parts, similar the front end grill or the exhaust pipes, that could live detached in addition to placed every bit "antennas".

• Trucks: crane, burn downwards brigade, charge trailer in addition to tanker
• Off-Road vehicles: explorer, military, snowplow 

The off-road vehicles (or some of these) had audio in addition to lights in addition to were for this operate battery operated.

According to hisparobot, apart from MC Toys, Motorized Robots convey too been sold every bit "Motobot" (Maisto, ZEE, Intex Creation), "MotoRobot" (Imperial Die-Cast), "Galaxy Transformer" (Simba Toys) or "Super Transfo Robot" (MC Toys).

UPDATE1 (Dec/2018): This is a Jeep from the same series, inward red, in addition to cames amongst some plastic seats that tin live detached easily.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: Dump Truck in addition to Jeep 4x4
• Toy Line: Motorized Robot
• Year: Around 1988
• Company: MC Toy (Hong Kong)
• Size of the figure: Around 10 cm (in robot mode)

#535 X-Changers - Battlehawks Skywing (1986)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

Since the entry nearly the Cosmic Cowboys has had a non bad success together with thus far, I volition issue straight off some other entry talking nearly a similar figure.

The Battlehawks are some other toyline based on the X-Changers yesteryear Acamas Toys together with Spearhead Industries. In this case, the trouble is future-themed, together with its primary characters are bird-alike creatures or birdmen, only at that spot are besides 1 grapheme that resembles a tiger together with some other 1 that resembles a wolf.

Again, at that spot are 2 factions, the heroic Battlehawks (Star Hawk, Skywing together with Hawklord) together with the evil forces (Nighthawk, Star Prowler together with Iron Wolf) handle for the command of the cities inward planet Falconstarr. There is a overnice storey inward the cardback that recalls the origins of Night Hawk together with theabilities of each fellow member of each faction.

These figures ares, every 2d explained inward the Cosmic Cowboys entry, made of plastic together with convey some the size of a Master of the Universe. The particular characteristic of this toyline together with all the other X-Changers lines is that the arms together with legs tin live snapped off together with on, together with exchanged amongst other figures.

The solely figure I ain is Skywing, the “master of flying together with agility together with faithful protector of Falconstarr’s heaven cities”. Each figure came amongst some accessories, inward this case, Skywing came amongst a majestic cloak (made of a tissue that seems to live plastic, or a plastic that looks similar cloth), together with a foreign staff. According to pictures that I could detect on the internet, all battlehawks came amongst some form of materials or small-scale gun together with mayhap a harness or wings.

The figure is actually non bad together with every 2d the Cosmic cowboys is rattling rare to detect consummate together with rattling expensive anyway. This knock-off trouble was produced inward rattling curt numbers together with today amongst the collectors of MOTU KOs they are rattling sought after.

I link hither an interesting article inward a spider web log that I would recommend yous all to follow: Knock-Off Collector.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: SKYWING
• Toy Line: BATTLEHAWKS (X-CHANGERS)
• Year: 1986
• Company: Acama Toys Ltd. (Great United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland / Hong Kong), Spearhead Industries Inc. (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 5½’’ or 12 cm