Thundercon and Powercon are teaming up for a mega-sized toy show dedicated to all things Thundercats, Masters of the Universe and She-Ra. The dual show is being held September 24th and 25th in Los Angeles, California. The shows will be located at the Four Points at LAX airport. There is a slew of MOTU talent already announced, and they have just announced that Larry Kenney, the original voice of Lion-O and the new voice of King Claudus, will be a guest.
For our Featured Custom, we have two Sword of Omens replicas. They come to us via Thundercats.ws forum member RoftheHood. there are two different swords; One based on the original cartoon and one based slightly off the original Thundercats 2011 teaser poster. Click the DISCUSS button to check out all of the images.
If you have customs you would like to share, or just want to see what our members are doing, check out our Thundercats Customs Projects Forum.
The 2011 Canadian 80s Toy Expo will be Sunday, July 31st, 2011 at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre – 6750 Mississauga Road, in Mississauga, Ontario. With this new location comes free parking for all attendees!
The show features a huge selection of vintage 80s toys and all the latest toy releases from today; Canada’s largest dealer room for 80s toy related merchandise consisting of dealers selling Super Heroes (Marvel, DC etc), Star Wars (new and vintage), Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), G.I. Joe (vintage and modern), Masters of the Universe (vintage and classics), Wrestling, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles.
Plus question and answer panels and autograph sessions with many special guests (TBA), a costume contest and fan discussion panels. For more details go to the Canadian 80s Toy Expo website, follow 80s Toy Expo on Twitter or find 80s Toy Expo on Facebook.
If you are staying at the hotel you can book your hotel room via the TFcon block hotel reservation website.
Licensing.biz is reporting that Warner Bros. Consumer Products UK has announced some new Thundercats Licensees. The new licensees for the Thundercats brand include MV Sports, Rubies, Character World and Panini. These included new scooters, a magazine (likely a comic), branded bedding and costumes. Currently, various reports seem to peg these as UK, but don’t be surprised if many of these make their way stateside.
“MV Sports, Rubies, Character World and Panini all join programme for rejuvenated 80s brand.
With the new-look animated series due to hit TV screens in Q3, Warner Bros Consumer Products has added a further four partners to its Thundercats licensing programme.
First up, MV Sports is developing a line of wheeled toys, including scooters, while Rubies is producing a dress-up range for adults and children based on the characters, Lion-o and Panthro.
In addition, Character World is planning a collection of branded bedding and Panini will be publishing the first Thundercats magazine.
The new additions join Bandai, which has a toy range including four-inch basic action figures, eight-inch classic collector figures, a Deluxe ThunderTank Vehicle with figure, a deluxe role-play sword, Staction PVC figurines and collectable limited edition porcelain statues.
The new animated series will launch on Cartoon Network in August.
“We’re all incredibly excited about the return of Thundercats and we are looking forward to reinventing though carefully respecting the heritage of this classic 80s brand,” said Paul Bufton, general manager of WBCP UK. “With our licensee partnerships shaping up and amazing retailer feedback there is every reason to believe that Thundercats could return to become one of the hottest boy brands of recent times.””
Comic Book Resources has posted a video interview with Larry Kenney, who voices King Claudus in Thundercats 2011 and Lion-O in the original series, and writer/producer Michael Jelenic. The interview is long, but definitely worth a look. The duo talk about their approach to the Thundercats 2011 cartoon. they go into good detail about why fans of the original Thundercats will be pleased, as well as what’s at the heart of the new cartoon. Check it out below…
Warner Bros. has put up a short video detailing some of their plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2011. Unsurprisingly, Thundercats is confirmed to be there. Not much info was given. However, it looks like the folks at WB will have an exclusive Thundercats T-shirt for fans. Hopefully, we will find out more in the coming days and weeks leading up to San Diego Comic-Con 2011.
Today’s Featured Thundercats Custom comes from forum member jimsloth. He created a custom Lion-O that fits right in with the 3.75″ G.I. Joe figures.
“This was made with parts from Slayer Design Studios (the head and torso).
Right forearm was from Tigerforce Duke
Left glove was from W.O. Sabertooth (unfortunately it has an extra finger)
All other parts were from Serpentor. The knees were carved away, and the boots have a sculpted upper edge.”
Check out a couple of photos by clicking the headline of the story. If you have a custom you would like to share, simply join in and post in our Thundercats Customs Projects Forum.
Check out all new official images of upcoming Thundercats 2011 Vehicle Assortment toys. Included are:
Check out all new official images of upcoming Thundercats 2011 Role Play toys. Included are:
