It appears that Deevil was released on the original Galaxy Warriors cardback, and not just on the later Swords & Sorcerers cardback. Deevil may have been only released this way in certain countries and in a limited amount before getting released on the S&S card. Special thanks to Drekkus for the information and image. This figure comes from his excellent personal collection.
The goal of this blog is to provide information, photographs, and analysis of the action figure toy-line called Galaxy Warriors, produced by Sungold in 1983. Though it is considered an immitation or "knock-off" line of Masters of the Universe, the quality and details of these figures allows them to stand on their own as cool and interesting action figures. I will try to continuously update pages with relevant images and information.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
The design of Ygg
While many of the Galaxy Warriors are inspired by the paintings of Frank Frazetta, it appears that one Warrior was inspired by a painting by Charles Moll. This painting (below) from 1976 was used as the cover to the book Visions of Tomorrow, a science fiction anthology.
Look at that horrific face and then look at the head of Ygg (below). For more images of Ygg to compare to the painting, go to his page HERE.
Look at that horrific face and then look at the head of Ygg (below). For more images of Ygg to compare to the painting, go to his page HERE.
It's the SAME head! The painting pre-dates the GW toy-line, so not only is it possible that it was the inspiration for Ygg, but I would say it is definitely probable. We know that other paintings were used as inspiration for other figures in the line, so it makes sense that they used a painting for Ygg as well. His look is so crazy and outlandish, even compared to the other Warriors, that it is hard to imagine someone coincidentally designing the same creepy head that Charles Moll painted a few years earlier.
Special thanks to Blazing Tornado for spotting the book cover and making the connection.
Special thanks to Blazing Tornado for spotting the book cover and making the connection.
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