{"id":74,"date":"2002-11-14T09:24:35","date_gmt":"2002-11-14T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2021-04-18T01:29:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T05:29:29","slug":"blue-with-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2002\/11\/blue-with-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue with evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ordered the ToyFare<\/i> exclusive Faker<\/a> yesterday. For those of you who don't recall, Faker is He-Man's \"evil twin.\" Mattel has thrown collectors complaining about the lack of villains a bone with this exclusive, which is essentially a repaint (except for the little mechanical sticker on his chest).<\/p>\n

Of course, it's difficult to be a convincing twin when your skin is blue and you're wearing an orange version of Skeletor's armor. I suspect Faker has a pretty simple real-life origin story. Mattel constantly reused molds for the original MOTU line, and by making an evil twin, they got to make a new figure at no extra cost (except for the sticker, of course). On the cartoon, Faker actually looked like He-Man, but Mattel couldn't simply repackage a He-Man figure and call it Faker - even kids still in the womb would have seen through that. So they colored him blue and gave him orange armor, which made him a very cool-looking villain, but sort of negated the \"Faker\" name.<\/p>\n

I admit I'm somewhat disappointed with the ToyFare<\/em> Faker. While it's exciting to get another villain figure, I'm wary of this reuse of a mold - Mattel is up to its old tricks once more. I was also looking forward to a Four Horsemen-style Faker, complete with Terminator-like battle damage. Mattel says they've reserved the right to make their own Faker in the future, so that could still happen.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I'll be satisfied with my Faker. After Skeletor and Trap Jaw, Faker was my favorite villain (I guess I found blue skin appealing when I was a little kid). I actually ordered two Fakers, because we at OAFE plan to hold a contest for it in March when it arrives.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>