Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 51 - 80's Toys - MOTU - RAM MAN

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 51

80’s TOYS - Masters of the Universe - Ram Man

In this episode Adam and Mark dive in to the Studio Obscenito toy box and dig out some nostalgic 1980's gold.

The Ram Man action figure was released as part of the line's second wave, and was one of the first figures of the line to break away from the construction design of the standard figures. Instead, the figure has a hollow body, allowing his legs to slide up inside his torso and clip in place. A latch on the back of his boot releases him, causing him to spring forward with a headbutting action.

The original prototype for the figure gave Ram Man an orange tunic and red legs. The final release had a red tunic and green legs, but his original prototype colour scheme was still used on back of box listings and in a number of appearances in the franchise's other media.

Ram Man's first appearance is in the early Mattel mini-comic "He Man meets Ram Man". In this comic Ram Man is portrayed as a loner who lives on a stretch of barren land. He will attack anyone who crosses his land, believing their intention is to fight him, and although his past is not delved into it is implied he had retreated to this stretch of land after being continuously victimised by others. The story began with He- Man crossing his land, and despite stating his peace, Ram Man disbelieves him and attacks him. Left with no choice but to fight Ram Man, He-Man fights back and quickly beats him.

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He Man Meets Ram Man Mini Comic

Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 46 - Mysteries of the Unknown

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 46

Mysteries of the Unknown

In this Episode, Adam and Mark discuss their mutual love and lifelong fascination for all things unknown, supernatural and unexplained and discover that they both owned a particular series of books from their childhood back in the late seventies/ early eighties - Mysteries of the Unknown by Usborne Books. Mark had it in separate issues, which have long disappeared, But, Adam dug into the studio archives and uncovered his copy which featured all issues in one book….. and as Mark said “the memories they came flooding back!!”

From flying saucers and Sasquatch, to alien encounters and famous fakes, these classic titles trace UFOs, Ghosts and Monsters throughout history. First published in 1977, these books are for anyone who has shivered at shadowy figures in the dark, heard strange sounds in the night or felt the presence of a mysterious 'something' from the unknown.

Revisiting the pages, Adam and Mark note that these children's books were actually quite gruesome and bloody with graphic artwork, full of detailed info, interesting facts and stories on Monsters, Ghosts and UFOs. and even finishes up with a section on monsters from movies, featuring Dracula, the Wolfman, Frankenstein’s Monster, Godzilla, and Jaws to name a few.

On reflection, they come to the conclusion that they had just rediscovered what could be best described as the original wastelands playbook. The collection that started them on their b grade, punk rock, street trash journey and whose influence is still evident today in who they are, what they do and what they create.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 45 - Were back!!!

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 45

Were Back!! Live from Studio Obscenito

Wastelands is back After a bit of a break over the down under summer where Mark made the trip up north to sunny Brisbane to join Adam in person at Studio Obscenito.

This episode kicks of 2021 with the first episode of a series of live recorded micro podcasts.

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