Castle Grayskull Man... the Rant

The winner of the 2012 Create a Character Contest... Luckily unlike in the 80s contest, this figure IS coming out on the line it was intended to. He has grown on me, not only cause of his weapons, but cause of this!

Courtesy of http://www.castlegrayskullman.com/ That's the contest winner's site... He's a really nice guy... who LOVES MOTU as many of us...

Now unto Castle Grayskull Man. I must admit that I am so freaking jealous! But it's not so much about not being able to compete, but not thinking about an idea like that! It's so freaking obvious and so freaking MOTU!! Maybe that's why I love it, or maybe it's the freaking awesomeness of that Castle Grayskull Man vintage commercial talking...


Yes, the hair gives off a bit of a Hulk Hogan vibe to him, but it's very 80s... and from afar, the teeth on CGM kinda look like Hogan's mustache... and there is nothing wrong with that.

Now the only sad thing is that CGM is the closest we'll ever get to a MOTUC Grayskull... the Castle, not the King. But, his weapons ARE FROM Castle Grayskull itself... So, a crafty customizer could work on his/her own CG AND use CGM's stuff as reference!

Storywise, now this is the big issue. DOES he FIT in the storyline? I have to say that at first I was a bit unsure if he did, but now I feel that he does. The Spirit of Grayskull taking a physical form for the final battle... It does allow for a physical manifestation for Light Hope to happen (IF the line regains its vitality back) CGM also has this Secret videogame boss vibe to him. Kinda like the WEAPONS in final Fantasy games...

I have to say that he DOES fit a LOT better than Spector, Laser-Lot and Cy-chop!