When I first Tweeterhead’s setup at San Diego Comic Con 2022, I honestly thought they were a part of Sideshow Collectibles’ display, it wasn’t until I took a closer look and saw signage saying that they were from Tweeterhead, and after looking them up so I could come up with stuff for this write up, I learned that they are tied up with Sideshow Collectibles, but I think it’s just for distribution, design and manufacturing is handled entirely on their side.

Looking up there history, Tweeterhead was started in 2012 by Chad Colebank as a model kit company. They would later go on to create a maquette titled Kimba the Witch which proved to be very successful and from there they started producing other pieces based on licensed characters and properties. According to their website Tweeterhead is currently focused on two main licensed product lines, one based on DC superheroes and the other based on Mattel’s Masters of the Universe franchise, and while not officially posted on their website, there is some buzz on a few forums there’s another line in the works called Myths and Monsters which will be based on Universal’s Classic Movie Monsters, or at the very least versions monsters that are similar but different enough that they won’t get slapped with cease and desist letters and a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

Looking back at this, I’m a bit glad Tweeterhead has pretty limited product lines instead of a crazy diverse catalog covering multiple properties. I’ve had some downtime at work so I’ve been brushing up on SEO tactics and strategies and I found down a bit of a rabbit hole trying to figure out how to create content that fits the format that SEO specialists have said search engines are favoring. While I’m still figuring out things like structured content I can at least use a few header tags in this post which I know search engines love.

Myths and Monsters

Here’s Gillman which is obviously based on Gill-Man aka the Creature from Creature from the Black Lagoon. I’m kind of curious if the 1 word name versus the name with a hyphen is enough to save them from being sued. Judging by the lack of color I’m assuming this is a prototype and not a final product.

Here’s Frankie Reborn which is based on Bride of Frankenstein from the movie of the same name. I’m bit curious if this is part of the Myths and Monsters line since it doesn’t have the Myths and Monsters signs that Gillman has. I’m thinking it won’t be because this piece is actually a product of a collaboration with pinup artist Olivia De Barardinis and is inspired by a portrait of Australian model Tiah Eckhardt. If you’re a seriously collector or just have too much money in your pocket, this statue also has a sister art print which is also by Olivia De Baradinis.

Masters of the Universe

Here’s a life-sized bust of He-Man’s nemesis Skeletor.

And to compliment the bust, here’s a prototype maquette of Skeletor.

Trap Jaw, one of Skeletor’s Evil Warriors. If you look at the various incarnations of Trap Jaw you can tell that this is obviously based on the 2002 version of Trap Jaw which is like the ’80s version on steroids and meth.

Mer-Man. Other than the fact that he’s a little more spiky, he looks a lot more like animated counterparts which haven’t really changed that much over the years.

Hordak, He-Man’s twin sister, She-Ra’s arch-nemesis. Like Mer-Man, he looks pretty similar to his cartoon counterparts, just a little more menacing. He also reminds me of like a Sith warrior from Star Wars’ expanded universe.

A very accurate representation of Teela, the Captain of the Royal Guard at the palace of Eternos.

He-Man, riding Battle Cat.

DC Superheroes

Here’s Krypto the Super Dog.

Superman.

The John Stewart Green Lantern. Is it just me, or does it look like this thing was modeled after Mike Colter who played Luke Cage on the Netflix series?

Here’s Bd’g, a H’lvenite Green Lantern who replaced Ch’p, another H’lvenite who in the comics was killed when he got run over by a yellow tractor trailer. From what I understand Bd’g comes with the John Stewart maquette.

The Flash. It’s a bit a weird seeing the Flash look this buff. I know there are some comics out there that show the Flash looking really buff, but most of the incarnations I’ve seen over the last 25 years or so always show him to be slim, kind of like an Olympic sprinter which would make sense given his powers. If anything I feel maybe this is based on the Flash from the 1990 TV show starring John Wesley Shipp.

An Aquaman maquette which I feel was inspired by the Super Friends version of Aquaman.

Another Superman maquette. I’m not going to lie, it took me a minute or so to notice that this one has Supes rocking his iconic kiss-curl hairstyle while the other one doesn’t.

Wonder Woman, like the Aquaman, I feel this was also inspired by the Super Friends-version. With most recent incarnations of Wonder Woman depicting her wearing a skirt, you almost forget that for awhile, they had her running around in a pair of star-spangled hot pants.

Batman’s archenemy the Joker. I’m not sure what version of the Joker inspired this piece. At first I thought it was the Arkham videogame version, but after looking it up I feel there are several noticeable differences between them.

Harley Quinn, without her hood/head-piece on. I’m wondering if they have a variant with her hood up. Spelling out “Mr. J” with the baby blocks in the stand is a good touch.

And I’ll close this out with what I’m guessing is a prototype of a Batman maquette. This I feel was inspired by the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel by Frank Miller.

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