SKELETOR SHOGUN MASTERS from Mattel Creations (for April 23-Drop)
Mattel Creations has mashed-up two distinct pop and toy-culture icons, into a single piece of awesome-toyness! Revitalizing a classic American fav-form, with the infamous villain of a cartoon juggernaut = Introducing the SKELETOR SHOGUN MASTERS!
This killer collectable (and apparel) will drop April 23rd at 9am PST on creations.mattel.com. Further product info forthcoming
"Something evil this way comes ... To celebrate our passion for our legendary brand, #ShogunWarriors, we resurrected the nearly two-foot-tall chassis from our favorite giant fighting mechs of the ‘80s and combined it with the most-evil, yet beloved villain of Eternia."
"It’s a dream to see these two worlds collide," says senior designer, Ruben MartinezUPDATED: @scottzillner reviews the figure for Toy Wizards!
(Read more on creations.mattel.com).
I am alas, sadly not of the SHOGUN WARRIORS-affliction, having zero connection to it until I was a grownasskidult but with zero-access to said figures, even if I had in oft times past blogged about and featured them - quite the "irony" as I'd literally grown yup with "giant robot" animes which I'd rush home and plonk myself down in front of the TV every evening to watch (only on Malaysian channels?) ... BUT I am very familiar with MOTU, and having SKELETOR be the first character adapted into this form - for which I have zero doubt there will be MORE characters to be adapted, and "VILLAINS", please - this looks pretty darn amazing and 1quite frankly has stirred up my toy-desire!
