Hello and good Wednesday to you all. It is time for the Wednesday Mash-up. Let us get right to it.

Golden Girl (not to be confused with the pluralized sitcom) was a toy line from Galoob aimed at girls, similar in theme to She-Ra. I believe the figures were even in the same scale. It was a sword and sorcery style story. Most of the characters were female warriors (there were token males on either side of the conflict) and as was common in these toy lines, each of the characters had punny names based on the theme of their faction. The good girls were named after gemstones (Rubee, Onyx, Jade), while the bad girls had animal/monster names (Vultura, Moth Lady,  Dragon Queen). To be honest, I don’t remember ever having heard of these toys before. I only found out about them when I was doing some research for this mash-up theme. The line was surprisingly robust with a dozen or so figures, a LOT of different costumes for the characters to wear, mounts for them to ride and even a castle. There were even ancillary products like board games, colouring books and lunch boxes so it was a pretty big deal. It just had the misfortune of coming out at the same time as She-Ra which I’m guessing just overshadowed it. The figures look good for the most part (some of the heads are kinda scary-looking and not in the intended way).

Here’s Chae as the titular Golden Girl. I find that I really like colouring shiny metallic pieces. While the protection her armor gives is questionable, it’s nicely detailed. Click on the picture for a closer look.

That’s all for this week. Next week, it’s time to bring the thunder. See you next Wednesday for the reveal.