When Club Filmation was first announced earlier this year, I was instantly smitten over this character Shokoti. She looked familiar, but I couldn't place her. I didn't even know if she was good or evil, but I know she looked fantastic and she inspired me to purchase the subscription right away. I've since watched her episode a few times (I know she's officially in two episodes, but the first of the two-episode story only shows her in a brief cameo). What I especially love about Mattel's choice to include her is that, although her role is brief, she comes with a huge sense of Eternian history. The legend is that she was a powerful evil sorceress that ruled over the dark half of Eternia thousands of years ago. She was imprisoned in an ancient pyramid in the desert until she was unleashed in these episodes (the episodes are called The House of Shokoti - Part 1 & 2 - Season One). The toy is amazing. She just looks so Eternian. Let's check her out in detail below.
UNITING ALL WOMEN OF PLASTIC
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Masters of the Universe Classics SHOKOTI!
When Club Filmation was first announced earlier this year, I was instantly smitten over this character Shokoti. She looked familiar, but I couldn't place her. I didn't even know if she was good or evil, but I know she looked fantastic and she inspired me to purchase the subscription right away. I've since watched her episode a few times (I know she's officially in two episodes, but the first of the two-episode story only shows her in a brief cameo). What I especially love about Mattel's choice to include her is that, although her role is brief, she comes with a huge sense of Eternian history. The legend is that she was a powerful evil sorceress that ruled over the dark half of Eternia thousands of years ago. She was imprisoned in an ancient pyramid in the desert until she was unleashed in these episodes (the episodes are called The House of Shokoti - Part 1 & 2 - Season One). The toy is amazing. She just looks so Eternian. Let's check her out in detail below.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Women of Halloween Part 9 - SHAYA!
The Power Lords' Queen of Power, Shaya, from Revell 1982
The Power Lords are just about the creepiest toy line I can think of (Pulsar is a close second). I remember as a kid everytime my parents went into our local Rea & Derick drugstore, I would race my brothers to the meager toy section. There we would try peek in through the sides of the Power Lords' plastic packaging to see the characters' gross alter-egos (sculpted on their backs) . I know they are intended to look like alien forms, but to me they looks like raw exposed muscle. I was disgusted, I was appalled, but mostly I was intrigued. Looking back now, these toys are quite genius. Every single one has some kind of duality feature, whether it's as simple as a head that spins to expose a second face, or in the case of the two main characters, Adam Power and Shaya, an entire body transformation completed in a surprisingly simple way; by turning them around.
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