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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.

Posted by Matt on 10/22/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 97 comments

First! It’s been a long time coming. Woo Hoo!

Chestnuts roasted by Thorzul @ 10/22/2006 11:50 PM

Well, came here to download the X-E jukebox, and I find an article about MotU. Cool! Informal conversation starter: What was your first Masters of the Universe figure?
Mine was Battle Armor Skeletor, received almost 22 years ago to the day (Oct. 24, 1984, my 6th birthday).
Care to share?

Chestnuts roasted by Thorzul @ 10/22/2006 11:55 PM

I’ve always felt similarly about Nightmare Before Christmas. Not that it’s not a good or great movie, it just never captured me. I watched Corpse Bride last night, and decided that I actually like it better, which I’d guess is a minority opinion.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/23/2006 12:00 AM

damn. fourth.
I am hoping to catch TNBXmas3D, but worry about gooey-fingered vocally expressive children being there. Or better yet, parents with an infant.

Chestnuts roasted by the burro @ 10/23/2006 12:05 AM

Whoa, I actually *own* a Scare-Glow figure still. I believe he’s still in my box of old toys in my basement, so I don’t know if he’ll be a successful object on eBay. It’s worth checking out, though.

The weird thing about MotU for me was that I didn’t get into action figures until later than others, so my collection is full of the later-day weird MotU figures. I had Scare Glow, Extendor (2, actually), and the robot cowboy dude. I should check out how much these are going for.

Chestnuts roasted by S. Jerusalem @ 10/23/2006 12:07 AM

Hey! I also just saw Nightmare! Only our theatre gave us glasses that had bright green frames. I think I looked a little like Willy Wonka.

Our STUPID theatre had not one, not two, not three but FOUR technical glitches. The movie started and I was pumped; I missed this flick the first time in theatres, so I was very excited. Then the screen went totally green and a horrifying, ear-piercing buzzing noise filled the theatre. Very Halloweeny to scare the shit out of me, I guess. They said that the computer running the effects froze and that’s what happens when it does that. It took almost 20 minutes for them to get it back up and running. Multiply that by 4 and you’ve got a very cranky girl walking out of the fucking place, who, by the way, is damn well going to receive free tickets to this craptastic theatre.

Heads up to everyone going out to see the new 3-D version. It’s cool, but slightly dangerous experience. Good luck to the rest of you ghosts.

Chestnuts roasted by Jem @ 10/23/2006 12:13 AM

You know what Scare Glow reminds me of?

Does anyone here remember those crazy-rare Ecto-Glow Real Ghostbusters figures? They were the last figures ever in the original Real Ghostbusters line, and they had a similar cool glow-in-the-dark gimmick. I was suddenly reminded of those reading this article.

Chestnuts roasted by Timmy @ 10/23/2006 12:18 AM

Never saw the appeal of Nightmare Before Christmas.
Or any of Burton’s other movies at that.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 10/23/2006 12:35 AM

Hey Thorzul – Scare Glow wasn’t the first He-Man figure I ever had, but he was the first one I remember getiing STOLEN from me. Never recovered, either. *Sniff.*

Chestnuts roasted by Commander Awesome @ 10/23/2006 12:37 AM

My first MOTU figure was Skeletor, and I know this because I have a picture of me with it two seconds after my brother gave it to me on Christmas Eve the year it came out — when I was technically too young to really know what the hell it was. But I loved it. It got the ball rolling.

Also, on the topic of avoiding kids when seeing NBC 3D…see a 10 PM show or later. This was a 7 PM show, and it was saturated with youth. And not the kind of youth you can eat.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/23/2006 12:43 AM

My first MOTU figure was Ramm-Man. Every boy had a Ramm-Man, whether you were into MOTU or not. Like “Frampton Comes Alive” in Wayne’s World, if you were a boy in suburbs living in the mid 80′s/early 90′s, you were basically issued one. I’ll confess, I wasn’t really into MOTU, I liked it, I had some of the other figures like Roboto & Skeletor, and a sleeping bag that my mom gave away not too long ago.

And Matt’s explanation of “Leader Figures,” do you remember some figures that you promoted to this position as a kid? I certainly did. With my Power Rangers figures, the ungodly huge Megazord figures that the other Zords merged with were considered the Gods, and I had a MacFarlane figure of a robotic ostrich that was called “Iron Express” as a boss of the evil ones (I liked playing the villain more for some reason) at point for some reason. With my Transformers obession, I have most of the Megatrons made, and some time a few years back, I had a mega battle to see which Megatron reigned supreme. I think the Transmetal 2 Dragon Megatron from Beast Wars ended up winning.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/23/2006 12:57 AM

I have him and his comic, both stuffed in a chest in my parent’s home where he’s been chillin for about 20 years now.

And you’re right, he quickly became king of all figures, easily replacing Skeletor himself.

Chestnuts roasted by Bryan @ 10/23/2006 12:57 AM

Nothing better than a glow-in-the-dark skeleton. Glow-in-the-dark spiders are up there, though. I plan on catching NMBC later, once the crowds die down. If I hear anyone singing along during the movie it would totally ruin the experience forever, so the right time to go will be during school hours. I’m one of the fans who love the movie with a passion but hate the kids who trot around with tin NMBC lunchboxes and black sharpie fingernails, “identifying” with Jack :/

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 10/23/2006 1:06 AM

I’ll be seeing NBC 3D at a brand new futuristic mall called Metropolis that just opened up an hour or so from me. I feel the same way about the movie too, it was cool, but nothing to go to a convention over. At least it got stop-motion animation a little more popular.

Chestnuts roasted by Tommy @ 10/23/2006 1:09 AM

My first MOTU figure and love was Snout Spout.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 10/23/2006 1:29 AM

My first master of the universe was Mossman, Well that was the first one I opened anyway, I got a bunch of them for christmas one year, I completely reuined him like 20 minutes later, he fell into the “THE SLIME PIT!!!!!” I hear thats how a lot of the Mossman figures whent out

Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 10/23/2006 1:41 AM

My first MOTU figure was Evil-lyn. I remember going into my TRU and picking her out. Is it strange that I can still remember what my TRU smelled like when I was a kid?

Chestnuts roasted by MissJess @ 10/23/2006 4:16 AM

I had a friend who was obsessed with NBC, and would have decorated her house in it if she could have found more stuff back then. I never understood what was so great. But then again, she wasn’t really into anything I was, either, aside from animals.

Come to think of it, I have no clue why we were supposdly such great friends. *shrug*

Chestnuts roasted by Moony @ 10/23/2006 5:37 AM

I don’t remember who my first “He-Man figure” was. I assume it was He-Man.

Chestnuts roasted by jrh @ 10/23/2006 6:14 AM

STILL haven’t seen NBC ever, 3D or not. Hopefully it comes around to my theater here, but I doubt it will…

My first MOTU figure? Jeez, I am not really sure, but I think it was the He-Man with the scarred chest- you could flip a panel in his chest to change how much damage he received during battle. I got into MOTU figures later than my brother- he had tons of them that I played with all the time, then I started begging for my own figures.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 10/23/2006 6:18 AM

i picked up a mummy poster at our dollar tree, the only poster they had left! so looking online for more, i found the creepy classics website. not only they built a whole industry they also have a creepy house for sale (and hundreds of posters)!

http://www.creepyclassics.com

Chestnuts roasted by drbong @ 10/23/2006 6:22 AM

Matt- Thanks for including those panels from the Scare Glow MOTU comic! That was really great. Man, now that I have read the article, I think we may have owned Scare Glow…Damn, I will have to search at my parent’s house now.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 10/23/2006 6:29 AM

My first MotU fig was the first one they put out,standard vanilla He-Man.

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 10/23/2006 7:14 AM

Never had MOTU figures, but the sons of my babysitter did. When I was over there it was either He-Man time or Pro-wrestling figures. I had never heard of this guy, but glowing in the dark adds an unfair advantage to the coolness of any toy.
I only ever go to the shows filled with kids. But then again, I never go to movies not made for kids. I saw Open Season this weekend. It was as blah as most of the kid’s cartoons out there. I’m looking forward to going to the Holiday movies this year. But no matter how dissapointing a movie is, there’s still the popcorn, mmm.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 10/23/2006 8:24 AM

I never actually had any MOTU figures, but I did have Battle Cat and Castle Greyskull. That kinda thing could screw a guy up.

Chestnuts roasted by Daniel85 @ 10/23/2006 8:31 AM

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