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10/22/2006: Scare Glow & Sally.

The Halloween Countdown welcomes Scare Glow, a rare Masters of the Universe action figure that arrived very late in the line, and subsequently had fans blowing gaskets because they didn’t know if he was meant to be Skeletor’s ghost or Skeletor’s…ghost. If you were wondering who that weird dude up there in the home button graphic was all season, now you know.

Saw the 3D release of The Nightmare Before Christmas last night. I’ve never been a devoted lover of the movie, which isn’t to say that it doesn’t deserve devoted love…it’s just that the film and I never really crossed paths much in the past. Still a terrific movie and worth seeing on the big screen one last time. As for the 3D upgrade…well, it works, but it’s definitely on the minor side considering that the film wasn’t made with 3D in mind. The few times when stuff actually felt like it was flying off the screen were incidental, and by and large, I kind of sat there thinking that I would’ve preferred seeing the film in its original state, because it was a lot harder to successfully dunk nachos into cheese with sunglasses on.

Then again, maybe I have to take that all back, because we sat in the worst seats possible — like three rows from the front and all the way to the right. We started off with better seats, but there was a row of little kids behind us making a ludicrous amount of noise, and by the time they began discussing which parts of the movie would make them yell the most during the previews (seriously), we zipped down to the front. Surely the effects play out better when you’re not twisting your neck up-and-left Exorcist-style to see the screen.

Sadly, the glasses given out were generic and not at all done up with NBC logos or little white pumpkin graphics. At least they let us take ‘em home.

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Scare-Glow is pretty awesome. I don’t think I had him, but I did have Extendor. Man, I can’t believe Halloween is almost here.

In other news:

Charlie Brown’s Great Pumpkin Halloween Special is coming on this Friday Night on ABC

YES!

Ghosted by Fox @ 10/23/2006 4:12 PM EDT

The first MOTU figures I got were the regular He-Man,Skeletor,Beast Man,and (maybe) Mer-Man,which my brother and got for Christmas,along with Castle Greyskull,in 1982. I can still remember the smell of new plastic Skeletor’s rubbery head gave off. My brother and I eventually got all the major MOTU playsets,even Eternia,over the years in the eighties.

It sucks that the recent MOTU revamp didn’t take with kids nowadays. I hope Mattel tries again in a few years,the toy aisle just isn’t the same without the techno-medievel goofy charm MOTU has.

Ghosted by Overlord @ 10/23/2006 5:09 PM EDT

My first MOTU was some crappy gray bird-man. His name was probably “Bird Man”. It was when they first came out and I traded something to a kid at school. I didn’t really care which one I got, I just wanted to play HeMan with the other kids.

I haven’t seen a movie in the theater since “attack of the Clones” and before that it was “Something About Mary”. It’s a hassle for me and too expensive.

Ghosted by klatubaradanikto @ 10/23/2006 5:19 PM EDT

“Crappy bird man”?

Sounds like Stratos.

Ghosted by Overlord @ 10/23/2006 5:56 PM EDT

I got Scare Glow, Ninjor, Mosquitor, King Randor, the Sorceress, and Clamp Champ for my birthday twenty years ago this November. It was frickin awesome, because I thought this was the coolest wave of figures yet. I remeber my mom asking my dad if I was too old for He-Man toys (I turned twelve in ‘86). Thinking back, that was a pretty bizarre question.

Ghosted by Bludge @ 10/23/2006 6:30 PM EDT

I feel exactly the same way. Honestly I think part of what turned me off from the movie was all the hype.

Ghosted by lalal @ 10/23/2006 6:43 PM EDT

wow that was one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time

Ghosted by vader time time time @ 10/23/2006 6:54 PM EDT

Squee, I feel exactly the same way about Corpse Bride. That movie had a plot and character development, NMC3D can’t say the same thing. I agree that you mostly don’t even notice it’s a 3D movie (and we were in great seats, right in the middle), but I guess the good part is it’s paving the way for digital theaters to show movies *made* for 3D. That’ll be cool.

The first MOTU figure I had was She-Ra, and one Christmas I got her castle. I was so impressed that she had her own REAL BED with a foam mattress and pillow and everything. At the time I loved her satin sheets, but now I think maybe they make her look a little slutty.

And I was so right in the last post about kids/adults being strangely drawn to glowing things. You can buy glow-in-the-dark polymer clay if you ever want to make your own figures/jewelry… last Halloween I made black beads with GITD skulls in them, I’ll have to dig those out again. Take that, company dress code!

Ghosted by Welsh Rabbit @ 10/23/2006 7:17 PM EDT

I remember watching the He-Man cartoon and having the original figures of He-Man, the cats, Adam, Skeletor, Evil Lynne, and Teela but that was pre She-ra. Once there was her toys and the cartoon, I had no more interest in He-man being a girl and all.

I do remember there being a glow in the dark She-ra figure that I had though. Sweet-Bee. I wonder if she was released around the same time as this Skeletor’s Ghost because of that similar feature.

Ghosted by Angelcake @ 10/23/2006 7:45 PM EDT

Not only did I own Scare Glow, but my version came with a scythe that ALSO glowed in the dark! It is entirely possible that my brother has hime somewhere. I’ll have to dig around and see.

Ghosted by BDKMat @ 10/23/2006 7:54 PM EDT

Halloween 2 is on! AMC.

Ghosted by Billy @ 10/23/2006 8:01 PM EDT

As I have previously admitted: I have never seen NBC. Like a fair amount of people here, I have a friend who is hardcore about it.

I will admit that Halloweentown is my favorite world in Kingdom Hearts, though. End of the World was in the lead for about 30 seconds, and then I came to my senses

Oh and TOMORROW, TOMORROW, I’LL LOVE YA TOMORROW, IT’S ONLY 14 HOURS AWAAAAAAAY!!!! Obnoxious enough for ya? Good.

Ghosted by K- @ 10/23/2006 8:31 PM EDT

Matt,

Thanks for bringing back the fond memories. I had this guy, and ot him, Ninjor, the Sorceress and I think King Randor one Christmas. Guess who immediately stood out as the best of the bunch? Well, being too young to really read, we just assumed he was Skeletor returned after his fall to death in the MOTU movie.

Ghosted by Nemesis @ 10/23/2006 8:35 PM EDT

Skeletor’s goat headed staff thingie. The Havok Staff.

Ghosted by AoDfan @ 10/23/2006 8:37 PM EDT

I’ve been to the movies twice this year, but both time to see flicks at a theater in Vorhees (no, not the Jason variety) that specializes in small and independant films. I really have no interest whatsoever in “Nightmare Before Christmas” (other than agreeing that Halloweentown in “Kingdom Hearts” was one of the best rounds).

Let’s see. I THINK Prince Adam was my first MOTU figure. My sisters and I had Battle Armor Skeletor and He-Man, Adam, the bird version of the Sorceress, and Skeletor’s purple panther, but we’d pretty much switched our allegiance to She-Ra by the time these figures were released. I never even heard of Scare-Glow until this article, which is a shame, because he DOES look pretty damn cool. Mom eventually gave our He-Ma figures (except for the panther) to our cousin.

Ghosted by starwenn @ 10/23/2006 8:55 PM EDT

Speaking of TV showings, this saturday at 9pm, Comedy Central is showing Shaun of The Dead for the first time on network tv!

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 10/23/2006 10:48 PM EDT

If they’re not showing it again at 1AM for the “Secret Stash”, then it’s a total rip. I don’t even want to see the movie, but who wants to see it all hacked up for time and content? Lousy Puritans.

Ghosted by Welsh Rabbit @ 10/23/2006 11:21 PM EDT

The one great thing to come out of Shaun of the Dead showing on Comedy Central, edited as it most likely will be, is all the new people that will come to love that movie. Need proof? I’m sure Mallrats running for years on the same channel edited didn’t hurt Kevin Smith with ‘Jay and Bob’ and ‘Clerks 2′. I hope the SotD guys continue on; ‘Spaced’ was an awesome TV show and ‘Hot Fuzz’ already looks funny as hell. Imagine if they could go on and make all the different genre flicks they want to?…sorry, I ramble at times….

Ghosted by Shuanfu @ 10/23/2006 11:31 PM EDT

One of my fave actors is in Shaun of the Dead- Dylan Moran! Check out the British series Black Books, you wont be dissapointed! (at least not if you are into British humor!)

Ghosted by Heather @ 10/24/2006 12:24 AM EDT

I didn’t know that Comedy Central used to air Mallrats all the time. Seems like they’re always playing Dogma nowadays.
Forget about Shaun (until Saturday, anyway). The real Comedy Central news is That’s My Bush FINALLY hits DVD tomorrow.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 10/24/2006 12:27 AM EDT

“He’s the president in residence, he’s kinda in charge,
He’s got the whole country singin’ That’s My Bush!
Life is hard, that’s the price of fame, when you’re president everyone knows your name.
Hey, what’s that thing?
It’s my Bush!
I can’t beleive he’s actually in the whitehouse,
That’s our mayyyyyyoooon!
That’s My Bush!

Ghosted by Cid @ 10/24/2006 1:23 AM EDT

I’ve missed enough reissues in my lifetime. I never re-saw the Star Wars trilogy in theaters, and TWO local places in town have shown 40MM prints of Raiders and I wasn’t there. Regardless if the 3D is that good or not, I feel kind of obligated to somehow find a way into a theater playing NBC sometime this weekend. Besides, Knick Knack in 3D seals the deal.

Some of the mini-comics introduced more than a single character, and in Scare Glow’s case, his comic was shared with six other then-new figures — Blast-Attak, Clamp Champ, Ninjor, The Sorceress, King Randor and a revamped Faker.

Now, I know the targeted audience of boys wouldn’t have much interest in purchasing a girl character, but did they really hold off on making a Sorceress figure until 1987? Wow, she really got the shaft.

Ghosted by Mars @ 10/24/2006 2:29 AM EDT

well if that’s true i hope comedy central starts showin harold and kumar hacked up, the world needs more harold and kumy sequels!

Ghosted by drbong @ 10/24/2006 3:35 AM EDT

“Randor”? Sexually repressed animators strike again?

If you like NBC *and* British humour, go get your hands on Terry Pratchett’s “Hogfather”, a completely different take on the Santa-displaced-by-Death. This time, Santa – um, “hogfather” – is put out of commission by a mad assassin named Mr Teatime, at the behest of the tiny ghostly accountants who audit everything in the universe (life is messy – get rid of it so we can finish the filing!!). So Death fills in to keep the hogfather alive while Death’s ‘grandaughter’, Susan, saves the (disc)world … again.

Honestly, being the relative of an undead anthropomorphic personification is, like, so tedious.

Ghosted by arete @ 10/24/2006 4:30 AM EDT

Sorry, link didn’t work. Try this one!

Ghosted by arete @ 10/24/2006 4:34 AM EDT

Did anyone else watch FUSE TV’s Chainsaw Awards Sunday night?

Ghosted by IT'S A ME @ 10/24/2006 7:50 AM EDT

It’s also worth noting that the mini-comic was drawn by Bruce Timm of Batman The Animated Series fame.

Ghosted by Goblin @ 10/24/2006 10:22 AM EDT

Hey everyone. Just came in to tell you that on the History Channel tonight is an “History of Zombies.” special.

I liked the short-lived CN He-Man cartoon from a couple of years ago. Too bad it didn’t last.

Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 10/24/2006 11:28 AM EDT

Conan O’Brien is going to have a special episode Hallowe’en Night. In the vein of the hilarious claymation episode, he will present another “recast”, this time with SKELETONS! Yes, an all-skeleton show. Taking the soundtrack from a show broadcast in May, we’ll be presented with the wonder of boney versions of Conan, The Max Weinberg 7, Omar Epps, and Skeleton Pole Dancing! I need to find a blank tape!

Ghosted by kingklash @ 10/24/2006 1:02 PM EDT

The first He-man toys I remember getting were he-man, that car that moved when you pulled a rip cord thorugh it, and castle greyskull for christmas in 1985. Best christams ever.

Ghosted by BrightNoah @ 10/24/2006 2:00 PM EDT

I hear that the “Stonie” awards are happening tonight, with Dave Chappelle, Tommy Chong, and Ethan Hawke as some of the presenters.

The gas station I was at today had free samples of Coke Blak, so I finally tried it….meh.

I got a new tattoo 2 weeks ago, and the tattoo artist had awesome NBC figures in his office- one really cool one of Jack in a coffin, and the girl character as well (I still haven’t seen the film). Also, he had Mulder and Scully figures from X-Files that really rocked.

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 10/24/2006 2:33 PM EDT

Funny, I watched Shaun of the Dead last night. I bought the Region 2 DVD before it reached American cinemas because I heard so many good things about it. I catch something new each time I watch it, the humor is so subtle yet hilarious (if you like British humor). As for the NBC 3D, no one near me is showing it so I’ll just have to go without. We have already watched the NBC DVD twice this season and listened to the soundtrack numerous times on haunted house/forest road trips. I’ll live.

Hmm, I totally missed the He-Man craze. I was growing out of action figures when these arrived, didn’t even buy and Return of the Jedi toys even though I was a Star Wars freak. Now Mego figures, I LOVED those and would love to have mine back.

Ghosted by freudguy @ 10/24/2006 3:51 PM EDT

Scare-glow is cool albeit after my He-man days- Hordak (of the Evil Horde) knocked Skeletor off the perch for me.

Ghosted by porchlight @ 10/24/2006 4:32 PM EDT

Did anyone else almost get high when smelling Moss Man’s fur? It stunk soo good.

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/24/2006 5:44 PM EDT

Scare Glow is AWESOME. I’m lucky enough to have one (still form my childhood. He sits on my desk with a working Mosquitor….

Scare Glow’s “Scythe of Doom” looks a lot more like a Halberd than a Scythe……..

Ghosted by michael @ 10/24/2006 7:47 PM EDT

Funny… the back packaging includes a picture of Extendar. I swear I have an Extendar toy lying around. Holy Recycling Center! 0_0

Ghosted by Chris @ 10/24/2006 8:06 PM EDT

For some reason I could not post this earlier…but did anyone else practically get high from smelling Moss Man’s furry green moss? He stunk so good.

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/24/2006 8:41 PM EDT

Woo hoo! Monster House is out. Love that movie!

Ghosted by Tommy @ 10/24/2006 8:49 PM EDT

Moss man stinks so good, he sits on my windowsill at work next to Stinkor, Snarf, and Leonardo; while Mr.T guards my computer from a stelthy Storm Shadow. So it’s pretty clear that my desk is an awesome battle ground/arena/thunder dome.

Anyone else turn their desks into playsets?

Ghosted by Fox @ 10/24/2006 10:10 PM EDT

Wow, I completely remember sharing your confusion about what being the “Ghost of Skeletor” meant.
I’m pretty sure that when playing with my action figures, skeletor would get his ass kicked around a little by he-man, and then Scare Glow would rise from his remains.
I spent waayy to much money for the re-releases of the MOTU figures at Toys R Us just to smell Moss Man again…

Ghosted by mowntandew @ 10/25/2006 10:39 AM EDT

I really liked this article. I had thunder punch heman – but I liked my A-Team figures and my Rocky figures better.

Ghosted by Mr. T @ 10/26/2006 11:23 AM EDT

wow thanks so much for this article, earlier this year a friend and I were talkin about MOTu and i brought up this figure but couldnt for the life of me remember the name, same with Extendar who i strangely always called Tower of Power for years now, lol. Scare Glow was def an awesome figure tho, i remember holding him out the car window and watchin his cape blow, lol. Sadly all i have left of him is his cape which has been used for countless generations of action figures. No idea what actually happened to him. Sad how few MOTU figured are left in my collection. Still got the bases tho

Ghosted by Jay @ 10/26/2006 2:02 PM EDT

I swear posts just get deleted on here for no reason.

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/26/2006 6:42 PM EDT

Matt! I just read your Modulok article, and must say, I’m impressed. It invoked some pretty classic feelings… So much so, that I decided to bust out my old Moduloks and MultiBot, and create a gigantic beast for you .

It took a long goddamned time to sort through all my parts to create the best beast. But, it was an effort I undertook to perhaps caress your woes on not ever owning multiple figures….

Ghosted by Michael @ 10/26/2006 10:18 PM EDT

Wow, ScareGlow is a pretty cool action figure. I smells a bit of hypocricy in him when he refers to Skeletor as “Skullface” though. T’would be like Donatello calling Leatherhead “Reptileface.”
I was also surprised to see they made a Sorceress figure. I never knew. I would’ve loved to have her as wee one. Methinks she’s got some hotness Teela and She-Ra lacked.

Ghosted by Jinx Mesmer @ 10/26/2006 11:43 PM EDT

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