Heroes in Action announces Cosmic Raiders

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One of the more pleasant surprises from this past weekend’s Mego Meet 2014 was Heroes in Action Toys announcement of the new Cosmic Raiders line of action figures.



Based on the classic 1970s toy line by Tomland toys that went under such names as Star Raiders, Star Command and Creatures from other worlds.

Mego Meet attendees were able to get an up close view of Zhor from the line, based on the 70s figure he has been updated and made with a higher standard of quality than he was in 1979.



The first wave of Cosmic Raiders will launch in Spring 2015 and consist of three figures:

-Grand Vicious (based on Tomland’s Grand)
-Zhor
-ROT (Robotic Obedience Troopers) (based on Tomland’s ROT figure)
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Stay tuned to the MM this week for more Heroes in Action updates.

[cjefferys]

Wow, that's really cool, I like them! Great card on these too!

[Gorn Captain]

Yep, would love to have some of those!
They're just the right combination of 70s retro and a more modern quality finish.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

I am so excited about this line. Been hoping Doc was going to do updated versions of these guys. I am hoping for variants, too! Card art looks great, and Zhor, well, just awesome.

[Neutron X]

Yeah! I like the modern retro feel! Looking forward to these, if we could get them molded in Day Glow Color it would be even sweeter. Variation maybe?

[dumbldor]

Been looking forward to these! Awesome!

[spacecaps]

I don't know how I feel about this. I love the Tomlands but I kind of love them because of their obscurity and clunky 70's design. Does everything have to get a redeux?

[monitor_ep]

You had to know this was coming. I for one will be getting these, and since I have a nephew on the way that means I will be upping my order to 2-3 figures.

[Iron Mego]

I gotta have the Cyclops guy. My best friend in elementary school had him (not sure which version) and I really took a liking to him. I remember he took it to school and our 2nd grade teacher confiscated him. I actually got up the nerve to search her desk to try and find him. Now mind you this was not an altruistic endeavor as I had no intention of giving him back to my best friend! Thankfully, I didn't find him, as that could have sent me down a rabbit hole of toy theft I might never have recovered from.

Anyway, I like the Tomland stuff, but it's generally out of my $$ range, so I for one am happy to see a redux of these.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

I just assumed by looking at Zhor, but are these going to be utilizing Doc' new body?
So here are the 3 announced for the first wave..
-Grand Vicious (based on Tomland’s Grand)
-Zhor
-ROT (Robotic Obedience Troopers) (based on Tomland’s ROT figure)
and here are the originals from which the new figures will be based on (thanks to Plaidstallions for the images of Zhor/ Yellow guy and Grand/ Blue triangle head, and to Devlin Thompson for his ROT/ black robot picture. All are used without permission but I didn't want to hotlink the images)....
Grand.JPGROT.JPGZhor.JPG

[alex]

I don't know how I feel about this. I love the Tomlands but I kind of love them because of their obscurity and clunky 70's design. Does everything have to get a redeux?

Thats the way I feel, they are a quirky figure from back then, do I think they should be redone, not really.

[4NDR01D]

I'm excited about it. Zhor looks like a great figure for people to customize. You could go a hundred different ways with those bulgy eyes. I think that card must still be prototype stage as theres 3 pics of yog (two the same and one inverted colour) and 2 the same for Grand and two for Coth (one inverted colour), cyclops and morlock are on there but not announced for production yet, and no Rot.
That card art is incredible, I kinda wish the front and back were switched up a bit tho, with the larger pic on the front. Very ken Kelly Micronauts inspired I'd say, and thats always a good thing.

[palitoy]

Very ken Kelly Micronauts inspired I'd say, and thats always a good thing.

Ken Kelly is working on the packaging for this line.

I honestly don't understand how anyone can complain about this line, they're not direct copies of the originals so it removes nothing from vintage collecting. If they're not your cup of tea, you just don't buy them, that seems painless.

[madmarva]

I never had these as a kid, so I'm excited about them. To me they look like the aliens Superman, Batman and the Justice League fought almost monthly in the late 50s and early 60s. They will be welcomed to my collection.

[GlobalObserver]

I never had any interest in the originals, but I definitely want these!