12/16/24

 

NOTES: 

1. I was only just able to keep this bit from the original Christmas Special by the good fortune of Super7 releasing figures of Randy and Billy Baloney as a two-pack. 

He came into it at the last draft right before photography started. It proved very lucky, because I was able to greatly expand Randy’s part. And—and this is the best part—he’s actually in scale with the 6” figures with what he would be in real life.

2. She-Ra and Bow. From the brainstorming stage, I had He-Man and She-Ra in mind for Frankie and Annette, mainly thanks to The He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special. With that said, the original Prince Adam was a little too rugged for my needs—I simply couldn’t picture him fiddling around with a potato and dipping it into red paint and all that. Bow turned out to be the “camp superhero” I needed. 

3. No idea where the “Pia Zadora/Princess Adora” flub came from. But. Pia Zadora was in, I believe, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Um...Being not entirely familiar with the canon and lore of Masters of the Universe, I wasn't sure what to make of Eternia/Etheria celebrating Christmas, so I made something up along the lines of Life Day from Star Wars. At some point, some irate MOTU fan is going to come and throw at me a heavy tome of Eternia's lore and holidays, and to them I say, "This is Pee-Wee's Playhouse."