My Alien Childhood

[moominmuppet]

The Other World (Arco) -- I found it! I finally found it!!! This is an action figure set I had when I was young, and still have several figures (and the interior backing of one of the boxes, which I used as a poster for years). I've been wondering for ages what they were! I still have several of the little purple and orange dudes, and the big orange centaur/cat whatever-it-is (Yurus The Terrible, apparently).

And just the other day I tracked down another set from childhood: Outer Terrestrial Creatures. I had all six of these, too. I took them everywhere in sixth grade (which was a particularly miserable year for me) and pretended in my head that I was really an alien. I came up with elaborate backstories about which planet each was from, and how their physical traits were adaptations to the various environments. (for example, the one with the sort of bubbly skin was from Jupiter, and those skin sacs absorbed and released different gasses to allow him to float up and down through the atmosphere)

In other moments of nostalgia, I've confirmed that
Blackstar is the cartoon I'd been trying to identify for ages.
John Blackstar, astronaut, is swept through a black hole, into an ancient alien universe. Trapped on the planet Sagar, Blackstar is rescued by the tiny Trobbit people. In turn he joins their fight for freedom against the cruel Overlord, who rules by the might of the Powerstar. The Powerstar is split into the Powersword and the Starsword. And so with Starsword in hand, Blackstar, together with his allies, sets out to save the planet Sagar. This is his destiny. "I am John Blackstar." -- Oh yeah.
(I still have an action figure or two from that, as well)

Also, why does no one else remember The Mighty Orbots?

Comments

[jajy1979.livejournal.com]

I remember the toys for the Outer Terrestrial Creatures and The Other World. In fact I was just thinking about looking this up the other day. There's another series I'm trying to recall as well, it's the one with the wizards which had really damned pointy fingers, as in put your eye out with the toy. I've still got one. Good articulation and unlike the Other World toys were much higher quality.

As for Blackstar, I don't recall it really though I think I recall you having one of the Trobbit's once upon a time. I don't recall The Mighty Orbots either, but then again, no one else seems to recall Tiger Sharks either.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

There's another series I'm trying to recall as well, it's the one with the wizards which had really damned pointy fingers, as in put your eye out with the toy. I've still got one. Good articulation and unlike the Other World toys were much higher quality.

Isn't ringing a bell right off the bat, but check the main site of the page I linked and you may find something to trigger your memory. That's how I figured it out for mine (searching action figure collection sites)

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

I also had luck searching this site: http://www.action-figures.ca/catalog/index.php

[tainry.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha oh gods, Blackstar... XD I have the DVD set. It's ...embarrassing. But I had such a crush on Klone. ^^;
I may have written a lot of fic...which was all burned long ago. Which is a good thing. Because oh Primus. XD

And I remember seeing a few eps of Mighty Orbots, but not much about it.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

It's on DVD?? Oh, you should not have told me this.

[tainry.livejournal.com]

Oops. XD Some interesting interviews in the extras. Blackstar was essentially the dry run for He-Man.