Gorpo speculation thread

[Neutro]

That's awesome!

I hope someone can post pictures of him in my picture request thread:

http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...d.php?t=188576

It also might help Mattel.

Here's one to start.



I'm having trouble uploading the images to the org, but I'll try to scan the whole annual, and figure it out.

[Uki]

I would love FakerII's version of Gorpo!

[FAKER II]

...I must commend FAKER Jr. on his photoshop mock-ups (they're awesome, F-Deuce!) but they don't convince me to want to purchase a Gorpo figure...And F-Deuce, I would give Uncle Montork a crystal/diamond staff to further differentiate him from Orko and Gorpo. Plus it would give them some sort of hierarchy (Gorpo-silver, Orko-gold, Montork-diamond). Just a thought.

I appreciate the compliment. And we each have our own tastes so no offense taken if I couldn't sway you into liking Gorpo.

We'd be lucky to get Uncle Montork at all so I doubt we'd get a new staff. With that in mind, I took your suggestion and made the staff transparent. Well, as best as I could anyway. It's not easy to make an object look transparent in front of a white background but I did my best.

[Neutro]

And this is actually the only other full color picture with Gorpo in the annual.
He's just... blue. And he's never shown with any letter, no "o" no "g."

[Firefly]

Thanks for posting those pics. I'd be all for Gorpo and other Trollans.

[He-Boy]

I was thinking NO to Gorpo, but what if they made Gorpo a clone of Orko, that maybe even turned evil? The plain blue hat is much better than the stars one. The stars are tacky.

I would prefer Montork over a Gorpo - though I'd be happy for neither to be made.

I am getting a lil worried that anything that almost kinda had a concept drawn now has a movement to have it made into a MOTUC figure; "Why don't we make a figure of the old man in the third panel of that mini comic?"

The truth is, Orko IS Gorpo, just with his final name. Gorpo was never meant to be. Are we going to request a character called Tornado because Sy-Klone had a naming error in his mini-comic?

[Darkspecter]

I was thinking NO to Gorpo, but what if they made Gorpo a clone of Orko, that maybe even turned evil? The plain blue hat is much better than the stars one. The stars are tacky.

I would prefer Montork over a Gorpo - though I'd be happy for neither to be made.

I am getting a lil worried that anything that almost kinda had a concept drawn now has a movement to have it made into a MOTUC figure; "Why don't we make a figure of the old man in the third panel of that mini comic?"

The truth is, Orko IS Gorpo, just with his final name. Gorpo was never meant to be. Are we going to request a character called Tornado because Sy-Klone had a naming error in his mini-comic?

- Demo-Man was Skeletor's concepted name. Now he's a demon that was mixed with Skeletor, put in his bio and will probably get a figure.
- Gygor was a Big Jim Gorilla repaint concept that was canned...but we're going to get him now too.
- "Wonder Bread He-Man" may have just been a knock off made by some other company, but now he's the 2010 subscription exclusive!
- The Green Goddess appeared in the first MOTU mini-comic ever, and then her colour was different (Teela), but we got her in December!

This line is for the adult collector and Mattel, TG and the FourHorsemen listen to fans and are making what is possible...which is crazy awesome!

As for Gorpo's stars being tacky, I don't think so...I LOVE them! Lots of awesome super heros have stars like Wonder Woman, Captain America, Starman, Stargirl, etc.

PLUS....wizards do:







I wouldn't want Gorpo to be a clone. There's already WAY too much clone business in MOTUC as it is. Younger brother accidentally sent to Preternia would be cool.

[Maestro]

I'm actually preferring the Gorpo mock-up to the original Orko now.

Me too! That purple robe with the stars really looks nice, and I love the Grayskull G. This isn't a character that I have ever cared about, but if they made one that looked like this I would probably buy it.

[Azrael]

"The truth is, Orko IS Gorpo, just with his final name. Gorpo was never meant to be. Are we going to request a character called Tornado because Sy-Klone had a naming error in his mini-comic?

There were many concepts that never originally came to fruition, now
with Classics its actually a possibility Gygor, He-Ro, Goddess etc. No
need to be dogmatic especially since Gorpo would be nothing more than
an Orko repaint which would allow fans to obtain a unique variant and
concept will allowing Mattel to get more use out of the overall sculpt.

- Demo-Man was Skeletor's concepted name. Now he's a demon that was mixed with Skeletor, put in his bio and will probably get a figure.
- Gygor was a Big Jim Gorilla repaint concept that was canned...but we're going to get him now too.
- "Wonder Bread He-Man" may have just been a knock off made by some other company, but now he's the 2010 subscription exclusive!
- The Green Goddess appeared in the first MOTU mini-comic ever, and then her colour was different (Teela), but we got her in December!

This line is for the adult collector and Mattel, TG and the FourHorsemen listen to fans and are making what is possible...which is crazy awesome!

Precisely my point. I'm all for expansion. Many toylines have gone into
making concepts into actual figures MOTUC shouldn't be any different.
Sadly, I believe that many have tunnel vision when it comes to various
aspects of this line.

[FAKER II]

And this is actually the only other full color picture with Gorpo in the annual.
He's just... blue. And he's never shown with any letter, no "o" no "g."

http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/...1&d=1271638310

From the pics you posted, we don't get a clear look at his chest at all. So he really could have anything printed on that cloak.

[Toymaker]

From the pics you posted, we don't get a clear look at his chest at all. So he really could have anything printed on that cloak.

There are ther pictures on red coloured pages which shows the front of him, I'll try to scan them later, but trust me, it's clear!

[Emiliano]

Before we get too excited, I'd like to ask 2 simple questions :

1) Who created Gorpo ?

2) Who has the rights to this character ?

1) Gorpo is not a separate character. It was a working name for Orko it was changed by Filmation to simplify animation. So the question "who created gorpo" doens't really make sense

2) No one has the rights to such character because he isn't a real character.
He-Man.org kinda contributed to make him so famous by making him a sort of unofficial mascotte of the site in the early years.

[He-Boy]

- Demo-Man was Skeletor's concepted name. Now he's a demon that was mixed with Skeletor, put in his bio and will probably get a figure.
- Gygor was a Big Jim Gorilla repaint concept that was canned...but we're going to get him now too.
- "Wonder Bread He-Man" may have just been a knock off made by some other company, but now he's the 2010 subscription exclusive!
- The Green Goddess appeared in the first MOTU mini-comic ever, and then her colour was different (Teela), but we got her in December!

This line is for the adult collector and Mattel, TG and the FourHorsemen listen to fans and are making what is possible...which is crazy awesome!

As for Gorpo's stars being tacky, I don't think so...I LOVE them! Lots of awesome super heros have stars like Wonder Woman, Captain America, Starman, Stargirl, etc.

PLUS....wizards do:


I wouldn't want Gorpo to be a clone. There's already WAY too much clone business in MOTUC as it is. Younger brother accidentally sent to Preternia would be cool.

The examples you gave are the kind of thing that I'm a little worried about. I'm all for expanding MOTU, but I think these examples are changing the MOTU that I know a little bit too much. Let's have new characters, not somehow squeeze variants/concepts into the stroy.

Demo Man I can handle - it's not my prefernce (it should have stopped with Keldor) but I can live with this addittion. Gy-Gor is different because we are adding a brand new character (not necessarily altering the story of an existing character). The Green Goddess (and the concept of multiple He-Men) has cheapend the uniqueness of the He-Man we know (the one Adam turns into). Introducing King Grayskull made He-man a little bit less special, but having multiple He-men has almost turned the character into a generic trooper. And he is the star of the show!

I was glad they created Zodak, cos he was a tool in MYP MoTU, so that salvaged the coolness of the original Zodac.

I dunno, maybe I'm just taking a while to adjust to the change. Maybe I just need new storylines to flesh out these characters.

[RocketPunch]

No one has the rights to such character because he isn't a real character.

Which means Mattel could make him, right? After all, "Wonder Bread He-Man" wasn't a real character either, and now we're getting Wun-Dar.

[Snake Hunter]

1) Gorpo is not a separate character.

So Gorpo is just Orko in a different outfit... I still prefer using the name Gorpo for the real name of Oracle...

[Teacher of Madness]

The Gorpo mock-up looks amazing, and I appreciate the scans to see the original Gorpo content.

Can anyone put up a screen capture of Oracle? I have no idea who he is as I'm only like 4 episodes into MYP, and there doesn't seem to be any mention of him in the encyclopedia on he-man.org.

[LostIt2Bostik]

I'd like The Oracle as well, especially because I firmly believe he and Orko are the same person...

Orko is the key to the cyclical nature of the Powers of Grayskull I suppose.

So, Orko is the linchpin? Sorta like the Droids from Star Wars? OK, I guess I could see that... whether I'm OK with it is another story. However, it would only add to Orko's otherworldly magical backwardness... He's an accomplished wizard in Eternia's past rather than in its future.

[Azrael]

The examples you gave are the kind of thing that I'm a little worried about. I'm all for expanding MOTU, but I think these examples are changing the MOTU that I know a little bit too much. Let's have new characters, not somehow squeeze variants/concepts into the stroy.

Demo Man I can handle - it's not my prefernce (it should have stopped with Keldor) but I can live with this addittion. Gy-Gor is different because we are adding a brand new character (not necessarily altering the story of an existing character). The Green Goddess (and the concept of multiple He-Men) has cheapend the uniqueness of the He-Man we know (the one Adam turns into). Introducing King Grayskull made He-man a little bit less special, but having multiple He-men has almost turned the character into a generic trooper. And he is the star of the show!

To be honest, King Grayskull doesn't make He-Man any less special, since
King Greyskull doesn't have an alter-ego, Adam intrinsically stands out
from him. Also IMHO the existence of other He-Man's doesn't negate
Adams importance either, especially if Adam turns out to be the greatest
He-Man. Having an entire Corps of Green Lanterns surely doesn't negates
Hal Jordan's rep as the greatest Lantern among them.

[baronterror]

regardless, I"m sold. I"d have him hanging with one of the preternians, or Wun-Dar.

[Novelty]

I'd like an army of Trollans as well, especially if some of them could turn invisible when hot

[Lewd_Squirrel]

Do you think it'll ever happen, as an exclusive for this site? {sorry if this has been asked already}

[bamf1980]

I would like to see it, and it would certainly be easy money for Mattel.

Sell it as a .org exclusive. Throw it in a baggie. All it would require is a new paint app.

[Neutro]

I'd definitely buy a Gorpo figure, and I'm sure Mattel can and will make one, eventually!

I doubt it would be an .org exclusive however. I'd much rather Illumina be reserved for that spot anyway.

[Adam_Portugal]

Actually "Gorpo" is the brazilian translation to "Orko" in the 80's cartoon...

I don't know why, but it is!
Check it at 4:18 minutes.

[AuraBoyX]

Logic has it that each keeper of the sword would have had a Trollan guide... I'd like Gorpo to be assigned to He-Ro.