Clash of the Titans was released in 1981 to Big Screens across America. After the success of the movie, a toy line had to be produced ! Mattel was chosen to produce the Action Figure recreations of the characters of the movie. While the toy line was nice, for the era, I can only lament what would have happened with this line if it was produced by a better toymaker.
This is Perseus. The Hero of the movie and son of Zeus.
The figure is a pretty good likeness of Harry Hamlin. It's fairly well detailed considering it was produced in '81.
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Perseus comes with a Sword and Shield. Unfortunately no Bubo or the Helm he had in the movie. The sword is sculpted nicely with a good bit of detail. The shield incorporates two clamps on the back to attach to his arm and is sculpted well too. The eagle design is pretty intricate for a 3 3/4 scale figure of that era.
Looks like it's the battle of the "Daddy Issues".....
It's OK Luke, after all he is Progeny of a God ....
I had all the action figures of this line. I incorporated them into Dungeons and Dragons play easily but they were a lot of fun in their own right. Of course I wanted the Kraken......
My problem is the line should have been produced by a better toymaker. There are so many more figures and accessories that should have been incorporated. An Ammon with Bubo, the Stygian Witches and Medusa come to mind. A "Gods" set and maybe Calibos's lair.....
What could have been..... None the less, Perseus is a nice figure. I take into consideration that in 1981 there wasn't much emphasis on action figure quality so when looked at through that perspective, Perseus really stands out.
What I do not get with EVERYONE into retro today that WHY hasn't a toy company redone these? I mean heck you had TWO recent Clash movies out and nothing! The Alien figures are getting redone...Why not Clash?
ReplyDeleteThey went the 12" route on them but no 3 3/4. If the movies did better maybe....
DeleteNever had any of these but i remember drooling over and wanting a Kraken toy as a kid when i saw it ion the Sears Catalog and now a days i would be happy finding a figure of Charon sometime in the future.
ReplyDeleteCharon is one I'm tracking now, he made a good reaper back then. I still remember seeing the Kracken on the shelves but it was out of the price range....
DeleteI had Persus, Calibos and the pegasus. These were pretty good for the time, I don't think anyone was doing anything much better then. I bet the toy line didn't do so well otherwise they might have put out more stuff.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine it was sales cause they sold quick, I bet it was production cost. Either way the line was cut short, there were a lot of figures that could've been produced. My calibos scared the heck out of me,that figure always creeped me out until his tail broke......
DeleteOne of my first action figure interactions involved this line right here.I remember going over to a friend of the family's and seeing their kids collection of Clash figures!He had them all as well as a few Zorro figures.Gotta get some of these figs just for nostalgia's sake.
ReplyDeleteThe figures are out there but the weapons are getting scarce ! Now that you mention it....I have to get to some Zorro figs myself :)
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