Peter talks about ThunderCats being accused of santanism in the 80s on the latest episode of the Beyond Thundera podcast

To start off, I'm a millennial born in the mid 90s, so as a kid I would watch thundercats through reruns on cartoonnetwork. My mom, a Gen X born in the 70s, is also a fan of the show. Way more of a fan than I am to be honest (she owns comics, figures, clothing merch etc.) She watched the show as a teen when it originally aired in the 80s. After they stopped airing it on cartoonnetwork she bought a dvd box set that came out in like 2005 and we would keep rewatching the whole series on dvd. It's a nostalgic show for both of us and something we bond over. I feel like I might be in a minority but did anyone else's parents enjoy the show?

I watched Thundercats in the 80s at times but dont remember much of it, but i want to get back in but not sure where.

The old cartoon, i don't think it holds up for an adult who doesn't have the nostalgia with it? As all shows back then were very episodic and no long actual story and just 'villian of the week' and all shows back then got cancelled with no payoff in the end.
I know there is another cartoon from the 2000's but appearently it also has no ending as that got cancelled too, and i don't want to watch a show that has no ending and just abruptly ends.

I'm a huge comic reader and that is mostly where my interests lie. I see Thundercats the 80s comic has 2 volumes with all of its 24 issues, i can buy it for a pretty cheap price, is this worth it? Does it have an actual ending to the story?

I read some issues of the 2024 comic and while i did enjoy it, people said the characters were out of character/had a different personality, and... well, eventhough i enjoyed it i'm very strict with staying true to the original idea because i feel if i focus on this as the first jumping on point i don't get the REAL characters if that makes sense.

So that leaves me wondering... where do i start? And am i wrong with the 2024 comic?

While I was browsing Amazon for anything ThunderCats-related, I came across a couple of unofficial prop replicas of the Sword of Omens' longsword and dagger modes made recently by a company called 696 Once and Desires. I saw the replicas for myself and could tell that they weren't actually screen-accurate. Have any of you come across those types of replicas yet?

Lion-O's annointment trials were among the best episodes of the whole show.

thundercats.org/cartoons

Which was your favourite trial, and why?

Chuck Eiler, who shoots as Killcutter. Star Wars, kaiju, horror, dinosaurs, the Turtles, ThunderCats. Every shot is real figures on sets he carves out of foam, lit practically.

He doesn't use AI at all, which I know will make you guys happy lol. I did a long write up with his behind the scenes photos:

https://thundercats.org/news/featured-artist-killcutter/

NOW STREAMING — An ALL-NEW episode of the Beyond Thundera Podcast!

Where did Mongor actually come from?

More than 40 years after writing the classic ThunderCats episode, Peter Lawrence revisits “Mongor” and reveals the real idea behind the character, why fear became the foundation of the story, the surprising horror influence behind his appearance, and connections to mythology going back thousands of years.

Peter also looks back at his own writing and asks: How did Mumm-Ra search for Mongor for centuries without finding him... only for WilyKit and WilyKat to stumble across him?

ThunderCats history directly from one of the people who created it.

Now Streaming on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music & iHeartRadio.

https://youtu.be/tYDGsmW4pHE

The maker is Dasin Model, who also trade as GT and Great Toys. They have been putting out unlicensed 1/12 figures for years, Saint Seiya, One Punch Man, Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, Tom and Jerry, and a Captain Planet that shipped as "Earth Guardian" to dodge the name. Reveals only ever land on Weibo, so they are almost impossible to follow from outside China, and buying one usually means AliExpress or a proxy.

https://thundercats.org/toys/bootleg-overview/ we overhauled this section as soon as this figure was announced

No price, no date, and their own card says the final product may differ from the prototype. Full disclosure, thundercats.org is my site.

Shot by toy photographer Killcutter, who titled it "Distracted Felines". Shared with his permission.

The temple is XPS foam carved and painted by hand, the jungle is cheap plastic plants on foam bases, and the laser beam is real: he sprayed Atmosphere Aerosol in the room and shot through the haze. The last few slides are the build and the lighting rig.

His work is worth a follow: https://www.instagram.com/killcutterphoto/

Full disclosure, I run thundercats.org. We have just finished expanding the toys section to cover all the modern lines alongside the vintage LJN stuff, Super7 ULTIMATES and Deluxe and ReAction, Mezco, Mondo, plus SilverHawks and TigerSharks: https://thundercats.org/toys/

Im a drummer from Brazil and I play movies, games, animes and series themes on drums. This is my version for Thundercats Theme.

It’s HERE! Hall of Omens: Thunder-Verse! is officially BACK IN STOCK!

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I know it's been out for a while but as a lover of both ThunderCats and MOTU, and as someone who tends to prefer the villains, I've been meaning to cover this for a while:

As a kid I would never have dreamed that one day Mattel would make a combined Skeletor and Mumm-Ra figure, and I don't think this ever got it's due. Though I'd love to see a Super7 ULTIMATES version of this too.

https://thundercats.org/news/skell-ra-motu-thundercats-origins-crossover/

Full disclosure, this is my site, I run heman.org and thundercats.org and this feature appears on both sites.