Whew! I almost forgot to post this week’s mash-up! How calamitous would THAT have been? Oh well, crisis averted.
ThunderCats was a toy line from LJN based on the popular animated series. Kind of. The toys were produced based on the show that was created in 1983 but that did not air until 1985 (according to Wikipedia). The toys started coming out in 1984 before the show was released so the producers had no way of knowing it would be successful. Lucky for them it was (or so I’m told. I didn’t like it at all). I forewent the main action figure line because the figures were larger and therefore more expensive than the other lines at the time. Kidworks USA released a miniatures toy line that I did get into one Christmas. I had a lot of fun with those, particularly the Mumm-Ra’s Tomb playset. For some reason, I really liked that toy.
Here’s Red Rich as Lion-O. Now full disclosure, the original drawing was not of Red Rich. Somehow when I broke down the list of toy lines I wanted to feature, I assigned Todrick twice (first to Sectaurs then to ThunderCats) and completely forgot about Red Rich. I think I was about to draw the last mash-up for this theme when I realized my mistake. Now, fortunately, Red Rich and Todrick have similar body types and heads so I only had to redraw the tail and face and recolour the arms and legs for the piece to work for Red Rich. The only hint that’s left that this was originally a picture of Todrick is that the ears are a little pointier (Red Rich’s are rounder). Colour-wise I’m much happier with this being Red Rich because I didn’t really like Lion-O’s red mane on Todrick’s red head.
That’s all for this week. Next week’s piece will be more than just a vision. Find out how much more next Wednesday.