It Figures: Standor

Kind of an unintentional continuation of a theme here today on It Figures, though you wouldn't know it from the name. Today's featured toy is definitely going to require a little bit more backstory than the last. So take a look left and see if you can figure who this is before I have it out. There's a good old No-Prize if you do!

In 2008, Mattel brought back the long-dormant Masters of the Universe line of action figures- but not to store shelves. They started the line on a very provisional basis, released online only, and largely supported by a subscription service model. The line and the model were a success, becoming a premier collectors' toyline and spawning several other lower-than-retail-demand toylines on the same financial model. Six years and one hundred and forty one figures later, the line is still going strong. So strong that Comikaze New York wants an exclusive figure. Racking their brains, Mattel's braintrust gets in contact with the man behind the con, and a figure is born- enter, Standor!


Much easier of a guess unmasked, Standor is none other than an alter-ego of Marvel superhero creator, Stan Lee! Yes, Standor is an action figure of Stan Lee as a blue space muscleman. Comikaze is created and run by Stan, and the idea behind Standor was to have fun with applying Stan's creativity and authority to the figure's backstory. Within the Masters of the  Universe canon, every figure has a place, even a novelty like Standor. Standor was granted a place among the Eternian pantheon in the canon of the line, a "cosmic being of unlimited imagination" whose magic caused the universe to form life! Quite the way to pay homage to the man who wrote a large part of one of the biggest fictitious universes in existance. Standor was a very good idea for an exclusive- a character who isn't exactly essential to the story, but is a very fun novelty for those who were lucky enough to get their hands on him.

"Look, kid, if you want pecs like these, you gotta work at 'em!"