Olmec Sun-Man & Butterfly Women

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With the deal between Olmec and Mattel working on releasing modern Sun-Man and the Sun-People action figures, I got nostalgic and wanted to see what could be pulled up on the net.
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Now back in the day I played with MOTU, Remcos Warlord/Beast Men and even Mr T. I remember getting several of the Sun-People to add to the collection. Then came Princess Of Power and something in me wanted to collect them. I remember liking the cartoons better than MOTU so I had the whole collection (also was discovering I really liked boys). Now after saying this and doing the research about the Sun-People I was surprised to learn that Olmec did there own version of POP called Butterfly Women. I hope that at sometime Mattel rerelease them.
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So I know there are a few POP fans here and I would love to know if they heard of this line-up or even collected them?

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Here are the news clippings I was able to find. I never saw any of the Sun-Man or MOTU live growing up so to find this articles now its incredible.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Despite being a HUGE MOTU fan as a kid, I never saw any of the Sun-Man (or Butterfly Woman) figures. I didn't know they existed until I got the big Tomart's Guide to Action Figures hardcover book in the early 90s.

I live in Kentucky though, which hasn't always had the greatest representation for non-white folks, so, local stores may have not ordered any, either.

I did have a Machiste figure from Remco's Warlord line, so I at least had a black character in my MOTU play. I dropped out right before Clamp Champ showed up.

Chris

[Werewolf]

I don't remember seeing them as a kid. Only She-Ra knock offs I had were a few Golden Girl figures.