Comments on: Bits/Bobs/Odds/Ends/Awards (and Boggly eyes)

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:30:58 +0000

It is Mantenna – one of Hordak’s Evil Horde. Mantenna is a legend in my family. Once holiday in Dublin we spent several afternoons endlessly shooting plastic darts at a row of Masters of the Universe on the window sill. Mantenna was freakishly stable, regardless of where his eyes were. A wobble or even a draught would knock the others, but Mantenna was left standing at the end many times. He had some kind of … power.

By: Niall

Niall — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:06:03 +0000

Or maybe it was Mer-Man.

By: Niall

Niall — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:25:55 +0000

Yer man with the eyes is, in a rare diversion from literal nomenclature in the Masters of the Universe…. universe, “Mantenna”. Fight man is certainly “Fisto”; his counterpart in Snake Castle was “Jitsu,” a slab of beefcake Yellow Peril with massive metal chopping hand. No sniggering in the back, please. The other guys sound like “Mekaneck”, who apparently stole Judge Dredd’s uniform while it dried on the line, and “Kobra Khan” – has the latter a spray-bottle for a neck?

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:07:10 +0000

Not Fistor? FISTOR!

Not even Thumpy Gay Beard Man?

By: fústar

fústar — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:54:25 +0000

One of the attic toys was actually the very same Fisto. I find it hard to believe that was his real name. I’d have gone for Thumpy Beard Man.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:32:28 +0000

Ha, He Man. Quality.

http://infantasia.blogspot.com/2009/01/fisty-heroes.html

By: fústar

fústar — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:36:03 +0000

Jesus. What’s wrong with me? I keep accidentally nuking comments.

There were 4 on here. All now gone forever. Damn.

As I recall…

1) Green Ink mentioned the Vonnegut style ass mouth above (and how you’d got to love it).

2) A Doubtful Egg suggested that “EyePops” was, possibly, more impressive in the cartoon. Perhaps using one prehensile eye to wrap his opponents up (anaconda-like) before using the other to batter the shit out of them.

I responded as follows…

3) I dimly recall him being part of some rival evil gang. Not part of Skeletor’s bumbling, pants-round-ankles team of dimwits. Doubtless, as you say, the cartoon version was rather more dynamic – leading to crest-fallen faces when young fellas first popped open the package and popped up (1/4 of an inch) his boogly eyes.

He could, I suppose, have used the eye stalks to peer intently over an advancing enemy’s shoulder – thus activating the “Look out behind you!” fear reflex. That’s best case scenario though. And even then all he could do was run away when said enemy was momentarily distracted. Poor crap bastard.