Fantastic Stars - MOTU Knockoff Line

[daltron]

Seeing countzackula's great mini MOTU threads made me think these little guys deserved one as well.
A great line of poseable rubber MOTU Knock-Offs from Spain. They are not quite 4 inches tall, and come with mini Blackstar style weapons.

Figurasdeaccion did a great post about them on his blog a few years back. figurasdeaccion.blogspot.com/2009/07/fantastic-stars-figuras-venezolanas.html

Here's some pics of what I've been able to find. I also have another rare item from this line I'll post photos of later.

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[skullbooska]

Amazing collection man! I'm the proud owner of a few of these guys and I really dig them. Did they ever make a Galactor figure? Also I could swore somewhere I seen an image of a Mr.T looking one and maybe a robot? Was I dreaming that or do those exist? Regardless, I love your collection. Makes me yearn for these guys all over again.

Edit. Just checked out the link you posted. Question about robot and mr. t answered.

[funkyterrance]

Those are shamelessly close to motu characters lol.

[countzackula]

Yeah, great line. I have a few too...emphasis on the "few"...I need more!

Too bad the limbs tend to be a bit sticky. I guess it's the rubber on plastic. Sometimes you gotta be careful when you move 'em. It's pretty easy to see what MOTU guy got ripped off, except Galactor. He looks like Judge Dredd!

I also saw a Ziman (I think it was supposed to be Ziman) with a slightly different color scheme and a head sculpt that looks closer to the true He-Man. A bootleg of a knock off, or a variation?

[funkyterrance]

Hmm, I'm thinking they may all be accounted for but I do see the Judge Dredd resemblance lol. Here's my take, left to right, respectively:

1.He-Man
2.Teela
3.Man-at-Arms
4.Roboto
5.Stratos
6.Man-E-Faces
7.Extendor
8.Trap-Jaw
9.Triclops
10.Skeletor
11.Mer-Man
12.Beastman

You've got to hand it to them though, pretty ballsy to so blatantly copy like that. I imagine that the sculptors were allowed to come as closely as they could and were limited only by their own skills or lack thereof. Combine all this with some artistic license and you've got a delightfully perverted miniature MOTU line!

[daltron]

True they are very shameless rip-offs. That's probably why I like them so much.
Yes Skull, they did make a Galactor. Check the pics below.
The limbs are sticky, It's a little scary to try to pose them, especially the legs. Feels like the rubber wants to break.

Anyway here's the other pics I promised, a rare 12 pack. I put a couple of carded ones next to the multipack versions so you can see the variation. Some of the faces look like they were drawn on with pen.

[funkyterrance]

These are really fascinating lol. That 12 pack is like the bratty rich kid special: "I want them all! Now!!!".
I must admit, the purple guy doesn't match any MOTU figure. I don't remember any He-Man characters who were cosmonauts wearing lipstick. It's really funny that a lot of these are based on characters who had special features like man-e-faces and tri-clops but on these guys the features don't have any action. I can see the attraction, they are so homely they are cute!
Thanks for sharing these exceptionally good pics, it's been really fun pondering them .

[skullbooska]

Wow. That 12 pack is amazing! So bizarre to have a judge dred rip off amongst he-man KOs. I wonder what the rationality was behind that?

[countzackula]

The Spanish do love those big cards of multiple figures, don't they? Too bad you don't get any accessories with the twelve pack.

You kinda almost wonder if some crappy vehicles might have gotten made, just not shown on the card backs...you never know!

One thing you gotta admire about the company that made these: they really coulda been cheap-o and reused alot of the parts moreso than they did.

[else3573]

funkyterrance, the one you listed as Extendar looks more like Mekaneck IMO.

lol, they even went as far as to copy Beast Mans name, lol "Bestial Man"..

[funkyterrance]

You may be right, else3573. Funny though, Bestial man looks a lot more like a baboon than Beast man. The sculptor must have visited the zoo earlier that day and was inspired!

[rihia2k]

Blackstar weapons in funky colours too, which is always exciting. I notice Harrow isn't sporting the very awesome looking bow he gets shown with on the card back...

[countzackula]

Because I just so happen to have a loose sample of both the single and twelve pack Strong figures...here's a comparison shot of one big non-color variation...the ARM!



Yep, the twelve pack version does not have the Man-at-Arms style armor on his left arm like the single carded one does. Uh...don't mind the awkward posing, though. Deal with it!