Comments on: 1984 Galoob Blackstar Catalog

By: DarkAlex1978

DarkAlex1978 — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:14:57 +0000

As a matter of fact, the Spacecraft IS the Core Fighter from Gundam.

For many reasons, is near to impossible that they got the rights to use just that design, so it has been plagiarized.
My two cent about is that someone (maybe an animator) from Filmation had a trip in Japan, saw Gundam and decided to use the design without say anything to the top brass because “well, Japan is far away: who’d ever know?”

Filmation and Galoob risked a lot of legal shit

By: John Hildman

John Hildman — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:35:46 +0000

I had Blackstar and Klone. I usually pretended that Blackstar was Hercules with my Marvel Secret Wars toys. And the Blonde Warrior from the Dungeons and Dragons series was Thor.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:24:08 +0000

I remember Castle Grayskull being about $25 bucks when it first came out, so I wonder how much lower the Ice Castle was.

By: DON CHISHOLM

DON CHISHOLM — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:29:35 +0000

>The Blackstar spaceship is based I believe that astronaut John Blackstar came to this planet in

It looks like the one the other astronaut came in, looking for Blackstar. (I can’t remember how similar the ships were, but I don’t know if Filmation would have sprung for a whole new design.) I remember because it looks a LOT like the core fighter from the original Gundam show.

….and the Blackstar figures were pretty good, especially for the time.

Don C.