I had to wait 25 years to get actual Thundarr action figures. I still would have rather have had them as a child.

Mattel made He-Man from the beginning. I think it was Filmation who added Prince Adam to make him more like Captain Marvel, and have "secret identity" hi-jinks for some lame-ass reason, specifically for the cartoon.

I'm pretty sure that's a myth.

Like Ancient Sparta. Wall to wall hanging dong.

She-Ra is his sister.

You have to dig a little deeper than Hamilton or Bullfinch to get into the various cults that existed, and the different forms the gods would take from location to location. Fascinating stuff, but hard to keep track of.

Yeah, exactly. I think our pan-galactic band of heroes even used a Fisher Price castle as a base. Fucking Hawkeye from M*A*S*H* even hung out with them. But when MotU came around, everything changed. Also, by then my brother was too old to play with action figures.

I liked that cartoon. It was wall to wall action. Just a silly excuse for elaborate fight scenes, which is all you really need from a 20 minute toy commercial.

Yes! My brother and I had to come up with an explanation for why Perseus (from Clash of the Titans), Luke Skywalker, Grunt, and the Lone Ranger now had to deal with giant half-naked people with swords. Dimensional portals, of course, of course.

It's basically John Carter, only based on toys from the 80s instead of a book from 1912. Half-naked dudes with swords and guns fighting weird monsters in some kind of bleak, alien wasteland where everyone has superpowers. It's the kind of movie Ray Harryhausen was born to make.

I'm glad this is a secret success. I like Rauch, who I think is one of the best things about The Big Bang Theory (which I realize around here will suggest I am damning her with faint praise, but I assure you, nothing is further from the truth), and even if the film wasn't financially successful, I'm gladdened to know…

But its retroactive, too. That doesn't make him more interesting within the narrative of The Hobbit.

Yeah, I thought it was unlikely.

No, you're right. I was trying to be humorous.

I think - is it possible that Nudeador is an alt of Rabin? The be-Viking'd one appears to be framing his exit from the site with this.

The amount of retconning and rebooting in Greek mythology would make Roy Thomas' head spin.

We're all gay for Bucky, Mr. Pryce. We all are.

Just one word: Faramir.

Oh Cutter, thanks for briefly confusing me at 13.

Not so! Oin and Gloin are quite good at getting fires started (although not in drizzly rain, which leads to trolls), and Fili and Kili are young, so their beards are short.