Masters of the Universe x Appetite for Destruction

Appetite For Eternia by Joe Spiotto on sale at Etsy. (The album was the best gift I got for my 13th birthday.)

*Buy the Lowbrow Art of Robert Williams at Amazon.

Superman and He-Man

Superman, He-Man, and Battlecat by Andy Poon. Via.

*Buy Battle Cats at eBay.

Calvin and Hobbes art contest

More entries for this month's art contest, which has a huge prize courtesy of Costumes, Inc. and Out of Print Clothing:



Tyrannosaurs in F-14s by Eric Chima, who was inspired by the classic strip:



And check out his Helm's Deep sandcastle.





Calvin and Hobbes by James Hance, who has lots of t-shirts on sale here, including this Masters of the Universe/Muppets mashup:



*Buy Battle Cats at eBay.

Calvin and Hobbes art contest

Two more entries for this month's art contest, which has a huge prize:


Calvin and Hobbes meets Masters of the Universe by Steven Anderson. (Someone should start writing this comic strip now.) It and several other clever designs are available in Steven's webstore.



Spaceman Spiff by M.S. Corley. (He also recently posted a series of historical figures as b-movie monsters.)

*Buy Battle Cat toys at eBay.

Masters of the Universe by Jason Hernandez

Masters of the Universe religious painting by Jason Hernandez, who has art on sale here. Via.

*Buy Masters of the Universe toys at Amazon.

He-Man faces a hostage situation (link roundup)

He-Man faces a hostage situation in this image by Stjepan Šejić. High-res at the link. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Remind me again why we need to save old newspapers? The Seattle Post-Intelligencer just wants to fill its website with pet and fashion photos. (Worth clicking through to see a reporter dressed as the Seattle P-I mascot.) Via.

2. Disturbing scarecrow, perhaps?

3. Melissa Sue Stanley does a good job summing up my feeling about Twitter, "i dunno about twitter. but i'll try anything i suppose. i do like deleting online social networking profiles, so at least i have that to look forward to soon."

4. Concept art for Michael Lau x MINDstyle's The Godfather "Marionette" vinyl toy.

*Previously: He-Man paper toy.

*Buy Masters of the Universe Toys at eBay.

He-Man paper toy (link roundup)

Download the He-Man paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. Animated-style Zero Suit Samus.

2. You might as well not even bother linking if you're going to say this: "Voting is easy. Just create a free profile."

3. Cute Spider-Man drawing.

4. Funny Bizarro strip about an investment banker feeling guilty.

*Previously: Reimagined Trap-Jaw.

*Buy Masters of the Universe Toys at eBay.

Masters of the Universe Attack Squid

Clearly I did not adequately appreciate the genius of the Masters of the Universe toys when they were new to stores. I present the Masters of the Universe Attack Squid, Spitbull, and War Whale.




Attack Squid available at eBay.




Spitbull available at eBay.




War Whale available at eBay.

Some photos via He-Man.org and Virtual Toychest.

*Previously: The worst (best!) Masters of the Universe toy ever.

Trap-Jaw reimagined (Masters of the Universe)

Trap-Jaw by Max-Cant. High-res image at the link. Via.

*Previously: Redesigned MOTU figures.

*Buy Masters of the Universe Toys at eBay.

Big Jim - - the toy line that was recycled by Mattel for Masters of the Universe figures

Here's Trap Jaw, a Masters of the Universe action figure every child of the 80's should be familiar with:



And here's Big Jim character Iron Jaw, from a toy line that came out in 1971:



Man-E-Faces, who I thought was so cool - - what the hell was I thinking?



Big Jim figures Zorak and Vektor



Many more examples here. Via.

There's actually a bunch of Big Jim figures on sale at eBay, including the evil Zorak.

Funny Masters of the Universe nostalgia

Part of a comic strip by Ed Piskor. Via.

Masters of the Universe Sprites

By Jean-Sébastien