Friday, June 29

Three Years to go and Mattel releases Hoverboard!

 In 2006, I mentioned how the hoverboard from Back to the Future II was nine years away and now oh my god, it is only three years away. Main character Marty McFly travels to 2015 and borrows a girl's hover board from Mattel. So now Mattel really is creating one for 2012 but it doesn't really hover. But some guys did make a project to make an actual hoverboard, it does hover but like an inch off the ground and doesn't take any passengers. Well, that is an accomplishment as we still don't have colonies on the moon, flying cars, or teleportation watches.

"Likely hoping to capture the same frenzied, nostalgic excitement that was created by the release of the Nike Mags, Mattel has just announced that the company will be creating a 1:1 replica of the hover board used by Michael J. Fox’s character in both Back to the Future II and Back to the Future III. The board will make “whooshing” sounds similar to the films and Mattel mentioned that the board will “glide over most surfaces,” but not actually hover. Mattel is targeting a November or December 2012 release window"

Friday, June 22

Star Fairies: I thought it was a dream


 Star Fairies was a doll toy series in 1985 made by the Tonka company. Star Fairies was adapted into a televised cartoon movie, made by Hanna-Barbera in 1985. Family Home Entertainment released this TV movie on VHS in 1986 and Warner Home Video has yet made plans to release this film on DVD.

 I was born in 1982 and I was 3 in 1985, I remember the tv special vaguely and I thought it was a dream. The other day I stumbled upon this series on Wikipedia when looking at old toy lines like Tonka and Galoob and Kenner. I was pleasantly surprised I remember this as I never had the VHS cassette.

 The movie is about a princess star fairy named Sparkle who lives up in the clouds in Castle WishStar. Sparkle's job is to grant wishes to children who wish upon a star, but lately she has been overwhelmed by the increasing number of wishes being made. So she asks for help and receives not one, but five new star fairy helpers named: True Love, Whisper, Jazz, Spice, and Nightsong. As the story goes on, fairies meet a little girl named Hillary (Drew Barrymore), who is upset but cannot think of a wish to make her happy. Hillary and other star fairies then seek help from Princess Sparkle. When Hillary and the Star Fairies return to Castle WishStar, they discover Princess Sparkle's Wand has been stolen by a group of short, hairy elves, who have also made off with the WishingWell. This sends them on a journey to recover the wand.

This toy line didn't have villains but in the cartoon, they had little elves that stole their wand.

More Info:
http://www.dagoriginaldesigns.com/index_files/Page496.htm

Golden Girl and the Gaurdians of the Gemstone


 We all know She-Ra and He-Man, but this toy line from Galoob (Before it was purchased by Hasbro in 1999, it was the third largest toymaker in the United States) pre-dates She-Ra. It came out in 1983 and only lasted one year. It was an ambitious toy line of 5 heronie figures, one 'token male,' 4 villainesses, one male villain, 2 horses, and fashions (like Jem). It did not have an animated series but there was lunch boxes, colorform pack, series of books, coloring books and a board game. Some might remember a cartoon series but what they might be thinking of is cartoon-ish looking artwork for the lunch box, t-shirt and Colorforms. The artwork for the doll boxes and books remind me of Jem and She-Ra.

 The plot was: heroine Golden Girl, and her consort of female warriors known as The Guardians of the Gemstone. The group's main aim is to protect the citizens of Argonia from the evil Dragon Queen.

* Golden Girl - The leader of the Guardians. She travels on her unicorn, Olympia.     
* Saphire - Golden Girl's best friend and fighter.     
* Rubee - A red-headed warrior from the Fire Isle. Her weapon is a flare-tipped arrow.     
* Onyx - From the Isle of Dunes. Her weapons are throwing stones and a saber.    
 * Jade - From the Ermaline Island. She uses a broadsword.     
* Prince Kroma - Occasionally joining the Guardians is Prince Kroma, whose arch nemesis is Ogra.

 The toy collectors find that the dolls don't last long, their lamine capes start flaking, their knees start getting green, the limbs keep falling apart and other problems. And people who might have the dolls, they might not know what they have and think it is She-Ra.

I would love if they brought this back. I think the reasons why this toy line did not succeed was because it was aims towards girls but had weapons and different things. It was too 'girly' for boys and too 'violent' for girls at the time. Even with She-Ra, they didn't have that many weapons. And villains in girl toy lines is rare but it has happened: She-Ra, Jem, Sailor Moon, Princess Gwenviere, W.I.T.C.H., Winx Club, Monster High, etc.

 
Villains
    * Dragon Queen - Lives on Storm Isle after being banished from Argonia. She uses dark magic and carries a samurai sword. She rides a black horse called Shadow.     
* Vultura - Practices witchcraft and is armed with long, sharp claws.     
* Moth Lady - Born from a cocoon, she now has wings and carries a trident.     
* Wild One - Armed with knowledge of the wild, she carries a battle-axe     
* Ogra - The man, Leader of another group known as the Barbarian Horses, Ogra occasionally joins Dragon Queen in fighting the Guardians.

Wednesday, June 6

Did I just hear 'Pussy Motherfuckers' in Daily Show?

Samantha Bee's 'Asshole' got bleeped but when they showed news footage of Wisconsin protesters and he said 'Pussy Motherfuckers' and it did not get bleeped. Wisconsin is upset about a recall that the vote stayed with the same guy.

Thursday, May 17

Avengers 2 Costume Ideas for possible new heroes


This is all speculation. These are all hypothetical. Here I put some Avengers characters from the comics and saying how their costumes would look if they were in live-action for a Marvel movie.

 
Ant Man
Biophysicist and Security Operations Center expert Dr. Henry 'Hank' Pym decided to become a superhero after discovering a chemical substance that would allow the user to alter his size.
 Left is a hypothetical costume I found online and right is a cosplay costume of the most well-known comic book costume. Since he is getting his own movie, I imagine the costume will be suped-up and more or less look like the one to the left but not be so full of silver. I think it will be red and blue but a darker hue. Also the mask might look tighter than the left one.


The Wasp
Janet Van Dyne initially a shallow, self-centered, flighty daughter of wealthy scientist. During an experiment, an alien monster was unleashed from an alternate dimension and killed her dad. Her father's associate, Antman convinced Pym to help her.
 Left side is a live-action-looking costume and right is a comic book cosplay. I like the use of yellow and black, I think her hair should be short. I think her wings should be shorter and come out later but not always. I like the idea of her costume being all black and tight but I do think she should have yellow gloves and yellow trim on her legs and rest of the suit.


Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel initially possessed superhuman strength, endurance, stamina, flight, physical durability, a limited precognitive "seventh sense", and a perfectly amalgamated human/Kree physiology that rendered her resistant to most toxins and poisons, with the added effect of making her body virtually indestructible. Carol Danvers used to be a reporter and editor of the same newspaper James Jamensson and Peter Parker worked at.
 Left is one version of her costume and right is her most-known. I think her costume needs to change for the live-action movie version. I love it in cosplay and in comics, but I think it might look like the live-action X-Men costumes. Look at Jean Grey and Storm that received jumpsuits. Maybe she should have a red belt with the big black jumpsuit, yellow outline bolt on their chest and dark navy elbow-high gloves and knee-high boots.

Scarlet Witch
She is the daughter of Magneto, the twin sister of Quicksilver, The Scarlet Witch is a mutant who had the ability to manipulate probability via her "hexes".
Both costumes look similar, but I like the take of the left one that is a corset. I think it should be all red instead of too much pink, maybe light pink. Some people might add black, but Thor doesn't have a lot of black and neither does Captain America or Thor. Well if Captain America can have blue, scarlet and white. Scarlet Witch can have scarlet and red.


  
Quicksilver
 Quicksilver is a mutant capable of moving and thinking at superhuman speeds.
I can't find any good costumes for Quick Silver. I like the drawn one above from the comics. I would like to see him in a dark blue jumpsuit similar to the X-Men First Class costumes but with silver in it of course.

 Namor
 The mutant son of a human sea captain and of a princess of the mythical undersea kingdom of Atlantis, Namor possesses the super-strength and aquatic abilities of the "Homo mermanus" race, as well as the mutant ability of flight. Through the years, he has been alternately portrayed as a good-natured but short-fused superhero, or a hostile invader seeking vengeance for perceived wrongs that misguided surface-dwellers committed against his kingdom.
Most cosplays are just nude men with green briefs, a trident and pointy ears. One costume had him with black pants and black open-shirt. I think mos tlikely he won't be shirtless all the time, maybe in one scene or two. I think his ears should be like the recent Spock ears in Star Trek. I think he should have a black and dark green scuba-suit-type suit with a gold belt.

The Vision
The robot Ultron is the creator of the Vision, a type of android he calls a "synthezoid", for use against Ultron's own creator, Dr. Henry Pym. he can fire beams of infrared and microwave radiation.
 I like the cosplays, but I see him more in a dark green and instead of yellow, a gold. I like to see a golden metal chest plate with the red gem small. Also green boots and small gold gloves. Also his face to be a dark red, a bit like Iron man and Dr. Doom.


 
Black Panther
The Black Panther is the ceremonial title given to the chief of the Panther Tribe of the advanced African nation of Wakanda. He eats a heart-shaped herb which grants him superhuman senses and increases his strength, speed, and agility to the peak of human development.
 I think he should look all armor-like like Batman but not to get mistaken for Batman- have gold trims and the big honky-necklace and big gold buckle and nothing on his chest. Also a big panther-like face.


She-Hulk
Jennifer got exposed to her cousin's gamma-ray Hulk stuff when she had a blood transfusion.
 Her most iconic costume is the one to the left with white and purple. For sure, fans would her green skin to show off. Maybe her suit won't be so white and maybe silver with purple trum. I would like a bikini-like costume or maybe an open back.

http://spanengrish.blogspot.com/2012/05/possible-new-heroes-to-join-for.html