Secrets of Optikk - MOTUC and a behind the scenes look at the Eyeball guy and first NA figure!

[@darkwoods1954]

I love the NA figures we got. Such a shame we didn't get the whole cast.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Agreed 100%

[@favoritemustard3542]

Mang, th@ P4P is L-I-T!!

[@Tim85-y2q]

Hoove was the big notable omission for me. (probably because he was my first NA figure as a kid.)

[@darkwoods1954]

@@Tim85-y2q He got a decent amount of screen time in the cartoon too.

[@BATBOMB82]

So as I’m binging these videos, I come to find you used a drawing of mine for Optic. So surprising to see. Thanks Scott!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@spectorcreative1872]

Glad you had it avail!

[@chrisashford3379]

Optikk was one of my favorites from the MOTUC line. It is one of my few complaints that they didn't finish NA, I especially would have liked the rest of the Galactic Protectors. Perhaps one day?

[@spectorcreative1872]

I'm glad we used him to kick off the NA faction!

[@Tim85-y2q]

Being born in '85 I inherited all my MOTU figures from friends/older cousins as they aged out of action figures, so the NA characters hold a special place in my heart as the first He-Man figures I could actually go to a toy store and buy new. (except for a Sorceress I got on close out at Kay-Bee once)

[@spectorcreative1872]

That is awesome! I’m glad the classics NA figs could bring back great memories

[@thegillmanedits]

I remember as a kid finding an Optikk out of sheer luck in a thrift shop (on card, no less) but, boy, till that point it haunted my young little mind that I could never find him on shelves.

[@spectorcreative1872]

New Adventures has an "odd" retail launch to say the least

[@Dented_Battle_Armor]

These videos are so awesome. I can't stop watching

[@spectorcreative1872]

So glad you like! Any reposts of videos you like is most appreciated!

[@jokerzwild00]

@@spectorcreative1872 Same here. I'm not even a toy collector, this stuff is just so fascinating and seeing toys from my childhood is fun.

[@WhateverHappenedToFun]

That's another great thing about Classics: logos for every faction, not only the Horde or the Snake Men but everybody got a new logo... it would really be cool to have a video about these logos! Thank you again.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I can certainly do that!

[@WhateverHappenedToFun]

@@spectorcreative1872 Thank you!

[@christopherelizalde6776]

I'm still incredibly impressed that Optikk is one of the two MOTU Classics figures that my father wasn't able to get his hands on out of the whole line.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Really? I didn't think he was that hard to get

[@christopherelizalde6776]

@@spectorcreative1872 not that it was difficult to get at the time of its release. My dad was just spotty with the line at the time

[@NickBondraA.K.A.Phraggle]

Hey cool. My Optikk drawing made your video. Didn't expect to see him staring back at me today. :D

[@spectorcreative1872]

Glad you posted it!!

[@NickBondraA.K.A.Phraggle]

@@spectorcreative1872 Glad you post these videos. :D

[@chrisl.9942]

I loved Optikk, it was a great first choice to dip into the New Adventures characters. Since I didn't collect any New Adventures figures these really were "new" to me. I never understood the complaints about the Trap Jaw leg re-use. I never had any issues with that. To be honest, I loved the Trap Jaw legs, even on the vintage figure. I loved that vintage Man-E-Faces and Roboto also shared the same legs.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well sounds like he was a real winner for you! Awesome

[@XFactorz17]

Optikk is a great figure that blends in well with the other MOTUC characters. I don't understand the "blinking" method of communication since he doesn't have any eyelids but it is a funny thought. I just assumed he communicated with sign language or that he spoke from his computerized armor like a droid.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Thank you! I loved that whole blinking thing. Glad it was appreciated

[@andrewgrant2990]

This was a sweet video- thanks! He was one of my favorites from back in the day. Recently I was able to find 2 (@ separate times) a broken 1 w/ a gun & the other working. Still a fun one to have! Did you have a favorite NA character to either own or work on?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Slushhead was my favorite to work on

[@swanofnutella4734]

I only got around to buying 3 classic figures before financial changes put the brakes on those types of purchases. After Skeletor and Trap Jaw, I had my eyes on a bunch of the classic baddies, as well as that killer Eternian guard set, but ultimately Optikk "caught my eye" (bu-dump-psh) and even though I was totally unfamiliar with him, I thought he was just such a fantastic 'archtype' in a line of characters that are so wonderfully archtypical, I just had to have him next, irrespective of said unfamiliarity. The gold, The eyeball thing (so 80s. Remember mad-balls?) such a fantastic work of art. To me, he just blends in perfectly as an early-series character.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Caught your eye...

[@cyrus649]

never wanted to watch this show until I saw Optikk

[@spectorcreative1872]

And now Optikk has brought you in!

[@RetroActionUK]

“I’ll rip out your optics!” Play on Megatron’s line from 1986. I’ve noticed that the He-Man (1989-1992) line is hard to find even here.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Gréât point!

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Great video! Thank you! Optikk was one of only three NA figures I had, back in the day (the other two were He-Man and Slushhead from a 2-Pack). Mine had the green iris; I didn't know there was an orange version until I got the MOTUC figure. It was a nice surprise to see Nick "Phraggle" Bondra's rendering of Optikk at the 06:53 Mark. He does some amazing artwork of Star Wars and MOTU characters. Definitely worth looking up if you haven't seen them before. The MOTU ones are quite a way down his gallery, though; he hasn't done any in a while.

[@spectorcreative1872]

It was only orange on the cross sell art!

[@goldblade6729]

One of the sad parts of losing MattyCollector was the lost hope of getting any more NA figures or even an update on the NA power sword or Skeletor staff. Those roleplay items were great when they came out long ago, and updated versions scaled up for adults with modern technology would have been great. And Sagitar.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I know! I do wish Na could have been finished. The world needs Kayo

[@Tim85-y2q]

I had the roleplay Havok staff as a kid. It was awesome, and really had some weight on it when you conked your friends on the head LOL!

[@tonyjackson4078]

I think pretty much all the movie villains who were in heavy make up, Kargg, Saurod, Beast Man, and Skeletors troops, all fit the Space Mutant look really well put next to Optikk, Slush Head, and Karatti.

[@spectorcreative1872]

That would have been cool.

[@JurassicRod]

Part of me liked the uniform look of the Mutants all having the same legs. It was when the Rock People had Trapjaws legs and arms I really felt it cheapened them.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I get that

[@spitt0110]

thats hilarious, i remember new adventures, but only got the sword and havok staff, they light up and made sounds man. I think i was playing out side with friends so no figures were had, or I still had all the old ones,

[@spectorcreative1872]

It was truly an awesome role play item

[@lukebaldock4672]

I always loved new adventurers

[@spectorcreative1872]

It has its fans!

[@JosephFridley]

I wish I had gotten into this line back in the day. Hasbro should take some notes on Optikk and make an Orb figure. I did have the Molar and Skeletor 2-pack. I really wanted a good Skeletor figure and I thought the Molar 2-pack was hilarious.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Me too.

[@cesareonthemidway]

I honestly don't remember the He-Man line being in that many stores. I think even Hills, which was second only to TRU for toy selection, didn't carry them.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Few do. It was a flash in the pan

[@JurassicRod]

Optikk was the first NA figure I got as a kid so I liked that he was the first we got in Classics too. I still want the rest of NA in Classics. I can't imagine Mattel will ever include them in Origins so it would be nice if they allowed Super7 to have the rights to make NA characters still in Classics.

[@spectorcreative1872]

From what I know Super 7 had the rights to NA just as much as the rest of the motu world.

[@sofaking7045]

yea, 47 was pretty good. might try to find some floppies next time I head into town. 🙂

[@spectorcreative1872]

Coolness

[@sofaking7045]

@@spectorcreative1872 boards.4channel.org/toy/thread/8601615

[@spot138]

Do an episode on Icer. I love that figure - also he glows like crazy under a blacklight

[@spectorcreative1872]

He will be coming up. I am going in release order!

[@GarbenTheBerserker]

Do you plan to cover the other new Adventures figures like Karatti? Also what do you think of writing a new bio for some like Karatti with incorrect bios (Karatti has Crystoll's Bio)?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes! I will do each in the order they were released.

[@bobastu]

Thanks, seems like a fun figure to work on. The reutilization of parts kept money flowing. These were adults. It's not like you used Trap Jaw parts painted for Trap Jaw. Geez! Lol

[@spectorcreative1872]

It was!

[@willku9000]

I love this figure and wish i had him but he’s so expensive now. I saw him at my local comic book store like years ago but I was kinda in this Weird Headspace at the time that I think a lot of people get into as they get older where I was in highschool and kinda in denial about liking MOTU, also they were Expensive and while I was even then a toy collector I was more into other lines at the time. I regret not picking this up, i love the Giant Eye thing, it kinda reminds me of my Favorite Power Rangers Monster, Eye Guy.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I am blown away by the aftermarket of these

[@willku9000]

@@spectorcreative1872 same.

[@cinnamonbun1379]

Did Mattel do a lot of art shows? I know they did one for UB Funkeys (idk if you knew him, but Jeff whose last name I forgot from Radica mentioned it a while ago on a Discord server I'm in).

[@spectorcreative1872]

Nope. Just the one

[@Coffee_Haze]

At 10:07, is that supposed to be a Sontaran from Doctor Who?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Maybe

[@ryanjohnson8951]

Can you dump the pan effect on these images?

[@spectorcreative1872]

I’ll look at cutting back!

[@dantonio2121]

I still wish yall would have done an add on sub for NA, or a made to order box set with maybe 6-10 figures :(

[@spectorcreative1872]

We totally would have had they sold better!

[@ToolswithSoAlz]

My theory is that he is what Mike Wazowski, from Monsters Inc, would look like on Eternia

[@spectorcreative1872]

Nice.

[@inthetoyroom4life]

Would've loved to see a classics Artilla

[@spectorcreative1872]

How cool would that be!

[@juagguproductions9713]

Optikk was my first motuc figure, unfortunately I had to get rid of him, because he stunk the place out! Like really smelled bad, even after cleaning him several times, even though he was brand new, quite sad, I’ll have to track another down at some point!

[@spectorcreative1872]

He actually smelled?

[@juagguproductions9713]

@@spectorcreative1872 yeah, you know sometimes how you get that new plastic smell off a figure? Well, it was like that, but way worse! Even washing him several times with disinfectant didn't shift it! Twas very weird!

[@favoritemustard3542]

​ @Spector Creative , dude, am loving yer vids! Enjoyed as much as I hope you enjoyed ye sup pre-narrating this 1, lol... Also, make a point ta read every comment so's I can get to ya replies! (ØH Ÿeah. Why am Î here? Love all eye -ball- guys!) [wish u could include the He-Man outro music to the end o'th' videos!¡!]

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well thanks for the comment and glad you are enjoying the channel. Any reposts of videos is most appreciated!

[@westcoastgio6328]

Favorite mustard, I take it you read Shlock Mercenary?

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@westcoastgio6328 Eye eye. 1 could say I'm a bit _"touch-and-go"_ w/that 1... ¿To which what are you implying, OG Gio?

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

Who is the giant eyeball guy with arms and legs? I assume that guy is not Optic. Err... Optikk

[@spectorcreative1872]

I think it is a madd ball figure

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

@@spectorcreative1872 I think it was a mini comic character who never got a figure or name. It litterly looked like a eye-ball body, no head, two arms and two legs. Humm...since it was just a background character of no importance and is probably a member of the Evil Warriors (no giant bat symbol stating he was a Evil Horde member), Eyebite sounds like a good name for him. Or... Eye Guy Look Kor Spy Eye Gaz-zor Blink-kor He is probably an agent of Tri Clops, and might be able to teleport to anywhere he has seen by "blinking". Of course, I just pulled all of this out of my ass after just thinking about it.

[@dannycruz5446]

That eyeball guy was one of the finalists in Mattel's create a character contest during the vintage line. As a kid, I always wondered if Optikk was inspired by that design.

[@inazumanfrash]

I want Optikk in origins.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Make it happen Mattel!

[@jimgillespie6109]

"We had to pull MoLarr." Seriously?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh the pun!

[@gobucs3146]

Somebody washing dishes?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Probably. I have a better mic now

[@culeroconnor1686]

Very interesting as always but.... I always wanted to know why STANDOR? I love the figure I have it But I always thought that it makes no sense not only because stan Lee have nothing to do with MOTU but also he is MARVEL and MOTU is DC. I hope you make a video about it some day on the mean time I am hype for The next one about tytus 😁

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Marvel did a run of MOTU comics back in the 1980s, around the time the movie came out.

[@omegator6893]

Stan Lee had his own brand outside of Marvel and was going to team up with Mattle.

[@wayneepoo]

Scott has explained this before. That year Mattel had some kind of thing going on with Stan Lee, and they had a budget to make some kind of toy celebrating Stan, and Scott decided to make a Classics figure of him. Some fans thought this took away a slot from a Classics character, but he's said this was a completely separate budget and it would have gone to making some other Stan Lee toy thing if he hadn't been made into a Classics figure.

[@Rocket1377]

MOTU comics haven't always been created by DC. Several other publishers have held the licence over the years, including Marvel, under the STAR comics branding. So technically, as a former Marvel editor-in-chief, Stan Lee does have a very tenuous connection to MOTU.

[@cinnamonbun1379]

It was a thing to announce Mattel's partnership with Stan Lee's like company. Also, Marvel did MOTU comics in the UK.

[@LanceHirdler]

U had to pull molar 😆😆😆😆

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well...

[@AwareWolfOnWheels]

Who's doing the dishes?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Clean-or

[@aximusprime]

Real Name: Pronounced through a series of blinks.... ....has no eyelids.

[@spectorcreative1872]

The eyelid comes up and retracts. You just can’t see it in the figure

[@aximusprime]

@@spectorcreative1872 nah, you tried though.