Dark Crystal Figures - 1982 Hasbro

[Habidabad]

You can find more information as well as a pic of the Landstrider prototype and the casts for Jen, Kira, and the Pod Peasant on my website!

The Book of Habidabad - Items Never Released

 

[BlueFrackle]

Habidad,

Thanks for that better look at the figures !

I was wondering about the Skeksis, It says 'Palisades Toys', When and why did they sculpt this?

 

[Habidabad]

Thanks for that better look at the figures !

I was wondering about the Skeksis, It says 'Palisades Toys', When and why did they sculpt this?

I think they were planning on releasing a Skeksis figure recently, but decided not to!

 

[Aerosmith]

That Skeksis is a custom sculpt made by one of the members on the Palisades Board.

 

[Muppetsdownunder]

Hi Warrick,

Thank you for the suggestion. We appreciate the input.

We'll work on getting those pictures redone so that they are a little larger. It may take a little time getting that together, but I'll post to you on this thread once the page has been updated.

Larger image options would be great to have in the collectibles section, the higher resolution the better.

 

[beaker]

holy post revival batman!

That's actually not from Palisades(tho a great casteline sculpt nonetheless) but from a fan of Palisades I think.

It is definately a shame Skeksis figures never came out...with all the movie creatures out, you'd think...but nope. I'm pretty astonished no company has made these yet...I wonder why Palisades hasnt grabbed the licence, now that JHC has seen what they have done with the Muppets?

 

[Drtooth]

I'm pretty astonished no company has made these yet...I wonder why Palisades hasnt grabbed the licence, now that JHC has seen what they have done with the Muppets?

Palisades probably didn't get the licence, or passed, because the greedy &*^% Toy companies that no longer Carry Muppets (TRU, anyone) didn't think they would sell (same problem with Fraggle Rock).

Interrestingly enough, a local comic store chain got in shipments of Dark Crystal Trading cards. Been meaning to pick some up...

 

[Habidabad]

I moved the picture and have now posted it on the following page:

The Book of Habidabad - Fan Art

 

[Patty]

Habidabad: I posted this in the Crystal Corner group a few weeks ago, but the guy who made that Skeksis has a website with more pictures:

http://www.geocities.com/rufustein/portfolio

There was a thread at the Palisades board where Ken (I think?) said that Palisades was offered the Dark Crystal property and passed. Whoever it was said that the Sideshow Toy releases did so poorly that no other toy company wanted to touch the property ... at least not for toys.

Sad story: when I was a kid and a Dark Crystal nut, I saw pictures of the original Hasbro/Kenner figures (I think in Starlog). For a year, I went from toy store to toy store trying to find those figures, which of course, were never released.