Zorak's people face reminds me of someone, just can't think of whom.
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Zorak's people face reminds me of someone, just can't think of whom.
Planet Earth is Blue
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Yeah, a lot of Jim concepts found their way into MOTU. Mattel was good at that.
I think that Man-E-Faces had a much more stripped down concept because the Zorak face change gimmick was the work of an outside toy designer.
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David Niven?Zorak's people face reminds me of someone, just can't think of whom.
Chris
^^^ Yeah, maybe. I was thinking maybe Don Ameche, too.
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Mr. Marvel
Because of this thread I renewed my search for Zorak and found one, complete and in good condition, so I can now mark another childhood grail off the list.
And yes, his green face has that gradation we were talking about.
Master of Fowl Play
That is lovely. I won't lie, I'm zorak-green with envy.
This whole discussion, though, confuses me. My gut feeling is that these variances are due to paint apps and production runs. Nearly every Zorak I check on ebay a few days ago had a uniform green face. On one lacking a cowl, you could see that the upper forehead hadn't been fully sprayed green.
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Personally, I think he looks like a surly Robert Taylor.Originally Posted by thunderbolt
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Mr. Marvel
Funny, cuz as I mentioned, all the ones I saw had the gradation. And it's almost always drawn that way on the box art. Now it may have been born out of necessity, or just a happy coinkydink. Gonna throw up the Plaidstallions box image for reference. Without speaking to someone from Mattel I think it's all speculation on the hows and whys, but it's kinda cool that it makes for so many variants.
Or Bob Goulet.
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^Now we know why Robert Goulet didn't show up at Mr. Burn's Casino.
Chris
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