Boa noite Mestres do Universo!
Após
uma longa pausa decidi que tenho de arranjar um tempinho livre para
revelar mais sobre esta minha paixão dos Masters Of The Universe!
A
origem destas figuras fantásticas e as histórias dos mundos de Eternia
são objecto de fascínio para mim que quebra qualquer barreira imposta
para colecionar qualquer elemento do franchise, seja Vintage ou
Classics.
Sim
não sou o maior fã do look "Anime" das figuras 200x, mas como indiquei a
origem destas figuras desde o prototipo é algo que me capta a atenção,
normalmente pelas suas imperfeições e pinturas com falhas. Hoje partilho
convosco esta estranha figura 200x do Man-e-Faces:
Para a conseguir posar a figura foi necessário firmar as ancas com um elástico.
Esta figura curiosa foi alegadamente adquirida num leilão de "movie props" juntamente com mais dois ou três alegados protótipos.
Mas porque alegados? Parece óbvio que a figura é feita de um material diferente e mais pesado que o normal.
Parece que os contornos têm mais definição?
Uma resina diferente? E branca?
Mesmo a arma parece ligeiramente maior e diferente em alguns detalhes.
A verdade é que os protótipos 200x esculpidos pelos 4 Horse Men tinham o dobro do tamanho das figuras finais, e este tem apenas metade disso, numa citação directa de um dos 4 Horse men sobre esta figura:
It looks like it could be a painted test shot and not an actual prototype.
It's definitely not what we would consider a "hard copy prototype". We sculpted all of the 200X MotU stuff at 2:1, meaning that the prototypes are twice the size that the final product would be. They're also cast in solid urethane plastic and pinned together with stainless steel dowel pins. Usually only two of these are ever made. One to create the steel production molds with and the other to be used as a "paint-master". That's definitely not what he guy has there.
It looks like he may have what we refer to as a test shot. This is when the factory tests the molds by running any scrap plastic that they have available to them through the molds and making sure there are no problems with the molds. Often they run about a dozen or so of those. Some are used to send to the company who's having them manufactured so they can approve the molds, while others are sometimes used to create paint samples - which, since it looks like this figure is pretty much the same size as a production figure, is what we think this guy might have.
It's still possibly somewhat rare if it's authentic, but it's definitely not as rare as the original 2:1 prototype hard copies that were made. Whatever it is, it's still pretty cool to see. Hope that helps somewhat.
Take care.
-FOUR HORSEMEN-
It's definitely not what we would consider a "hard copy prototype". We sculpted all of the 200X MotU stuff at 2:1, meaning that the prototypes are twice the size that the final product would be. They're also cast in solid urethane plastic and pinned together with stainless steel dowel pins. Usually only two of these are ever made. One to create the steel production molds with and the other to be used as a "paint-master". That's definitely not what he guy has there.
It looks like he may have what we refer to as a test shot. This is when the factory tests the molds by running any scrap plastic that they have available to them through the molds and making sure there are no problems with the molds. Often they run about a dozen or so of those. Some are used to send to the company who's having them manufactured so they can approve the molds, while others are sometimes used to create paint samples - which, since it looks like this figure is pretty much the same size as a production figure, is what we think this guy might have.
It's still possibly somewhat rare if it's authentic, but it's definitely not as rare as the original 2:1 prototype hard copies that were made. Whatever it is, it's still pretty cool to see. Hope that helps somewhat.
Take care.
-FOUR HORSEMEN-
Outra sugestão vem dos forums do He-Man.ORG na qual me indicaram que a figura seria provavelmente um teste piloto, mais ou menos como o testshot que tenho do Brakk.
Sendo esse o caso, é feita uma copia piloto da figura a pedido do fabricante para apresentação em feiras e show rooms.
No fim do dia sei que não há certezas absolutas sobre o que realmente é esta figura, apenas sei que adoro este tipo de curiosidades e histórias neles embutidas que fazem com que nunca me canse de admirar peças deste calibre na minha colecção.
