OMG! Scott Im amazed by this, I live in Somerset and never knew this! A little trip to see in person is now on the cards! Thank you! Shall try get a picture to add to the comments!
Love this video of our favorite castle. Keep up the good work. Now if somebody just did a 3d interior walk tour of it like some have done of the Millennium Falcon, here based on your classics map and with more Filmation isnpired elements, my life would be more complete. :)
Mr Neitlich thanks for these informative videos, keep'em coming!! As a life-long MOTU fan, I totally enjoy them! Will you ever tackle the issue of European lack of (proper) distribution for MOTU Classics? Thanks and keep up the awesome job!!!
Here's 42 year old me, finding out a castle 24 year old mestumbled upon during a trip to England (during a stopover from one place on our itinerary to the next) was the inspiration for a playset 8 (?) year old me got for his birthday. I recognised the castle immediately from the thumbnail.
Thanx for this video. Love this history. Makes our fantasy story even greater. Pls share more info like this if there is on some of the other iconic designs or where there inspirations draws from. All the best.
As a kid I summized that the features of the castle was due to them building the castle around the skull of a dragon or some other huge magical monster hence the powerful magic it contained.
NICE! That's in the next county over from where I was born. And for total accuracy, it should be pronounced "Zummerzet." 😉 For extra fun, look up some music videos from The Wurzels, a famous comedy band from Somerset. And, yes, we sound like pirates in the Westcountry. Or Hagrid. (Very appropriate video for Talk Like A Pirate Day!) Loved the use of the Python song, too!
decorate it up as Greyskull for Halloween or Christmas or....Arbor Day! come on man I'm disappointed you missed that, just imagine how spectacular it would look with the obligatory Arbor Day fireworks going off behind it
I was born and raised in Dorset, the county to the lower right of Somerset on your map, and had no idea this castle existed. Somerset is famous for Glastonbury and it's Tor as well. Wiltshire (to the right of Somerset, and pronounced Wilt-shure by the locals) is famous for Salisbury and it's Cathedral and Stonehenge. And sorry to nitpick but the war involving Oliver Cromwell wasn't between Protestants and Catholics, it was between Charles the first and his Royalist supporters, and the Parliamentarians, or Roundheads. Thanks for the info, now I gotta new place I gotta visit as soon as I can.
speaking of dragons, the same setup of their wings also being their forelimbs was also use in Rein of Fire. and the concept of their "fire breathing" was based on the Spitting Cobra. which to me would make more scence biologicly, then the "inhale and exhale" method.
Another great video! Thank you for history on the castle. Can you give your opinion on why Mattel puts exclusive figures on Mattel creations? Every time they do figures are limited and sold out in minutes.
Hey Scott, I have an off topic speculative question for you: What is the likelyhood of Mattell following up the MOTU Origins line with a Princess of Power Origins line (maybe something with brushable hair)? I ask because my nieces will steal my nephews Origins toys and ask me to get more girls for them to play with.
I think I am being given way to much credit and Retroblasting would benefit from watching my Spector Director's commentary video as well as the multiple videos I have done on why we created the MOTUC story line (to justify as many figures as possible). but I appreciate all the time he is taking to give me credit for so many things I did not work on or had anything to do with!
So I have an issue with Castle Grayskull . The jaw bridge crosses the most but the door is opened by putting the key in the door. Are you supposed to jump The chasm and stick in the sword then jump back before the door opens?
Wings on insects may be analogous to wings on birds/bats/pterosaurs in that those structures allow the creatures to fly, but they are not homologous as those structures arose from different embryonic development.
@@spectorcreative1872 If there were any new figures they were snagged before I got there. Pegs were full of Skeletor and he-man. There was 1 Moss man from the other line.
Guildford Castle is smaller and you will see that it's not unusual for the land surrounding our heritage sites to be park areas when they are structurally sound.
I went through your library of vids and may have missed it but if not. You should do a vid on how and why stores get exclusives and royally screw collecting up for people. Target being one of the 2 biggest offenders and walmart being the other. I have had about 90% success rate getting what I wanted but there are horror stories every day about it how they both suck. Lastly, what about retail arbitrage (scalpers)? Thanks. Keep up the good vids.
Quite frankly, I prefer my dragons with six limbs. It makes them look cool. Besides, they're not supposed to be natural animals, but unnatural abominations meant to be eliminated. Does anyone really believe that Morgoth would stick to the rules?
Even fantasy has a part of reality in it. Giants have existed throughout time. Some of them not as giant in some stories. And scientists and other fields are always discovering long lost species from our past.
The English Civil war...wasn't technically about Protestant vs Catholic. It was more... Extreme Protestants (Puritans) vs. The Church of England (Ruled by the King). Puritans thought the Church of England was still acting in Catholic ways, and wanted it to be purified, to become more simplistic and Protestant in structure. This led to a massive war, which did indeed involve Catholics in Ireland and other places being killed by the Puritan (Parliamentarian) forces. And later the King got his head cut off and England, Scotland and Ireland became a Republic for a while, under Oliver Cromwell's "Lord Protectorship". *Nasty stuff, religious conflict.*
The dragons in GOT using the wyvern body type was done to save money in animation. And there are several animals since prehistoric times that have 4 legs and wings. Google flying lizards.
Wings on insects may be analogous to wings on birds/bats/pterosaurs in that those structures allow the creatures to fly, but they are not homologous as those structures arose from different embryonic development.
Wings on insects may be analogous to wings on birds/bats/pterosaurs in that those structures allow the creatures to fly, but they are not homologous as those structures arose from different embryonic development.
Recently a mean spirited and agenda driven video was posted on another toy channel. Rather than engage I decided to unsubscribe and come over here and give your video an extra 👍and comment. Thanks for the good work
Most beautiful castle in the world? You obviously have never been to the Rhine, or Moselle. I recommend Castle Eltz, and a trip to Cochem…or the Marksburg…or…or…or…
Mark Taylor specifically said he sculpted the castle himself, BECAUSE Mattel came up with something that was too "Edwardian" and real world looking. It was too flat. He rejected tbe notes to make it look like a real castle from history. So no...there is no "real life inspiration for Castle Grayskull." Its a purely fantasy castle, with no specific constuction style from our real world. It is a hodge podge of differnt constuction styles from differnt eras. If you want to know specifly, which histirucal monuments it took inspiration from, just look at lrevious Mark Taylor interviews or ask him. He designed a Total fantasy and adds to the timelessness of Mark Taylors imagination. Scott, just read Battleram blog. Its all there.
@@spectorcreative1872 thats great. But you seam to forget the fine details when talking off the cuff. Respectfully, you could benefit from having someone help you reserch your videos better to get the fine detail corect that you forget and misrepresent so you can stop spreading missinformation unintentionally.
Wiltshire is unusual, like with Devon its not pronounced like the other 'shire' its 'Shuh'. (as an aside don't go round saying Devonshire or Dorsetshire, its a really archaic version of the name). Americans like to just add 'shire' to the end of every English county and its really irritating.
Not related but there's another channel currently accusing you of attacking them on a livestream righty now. Even uses your character in the thumbnail...
Funny, the talk of it has to be based on something real. That always made me uncomfortable, in terms of design it's limiting. Building x must look like building y. Most people would say OK, and copy the building and move on. When the clever designer, say OK. Then lays out a building with a variant of golden ratios. Then stays quiet when others say, hey looks like... He got paid and a building built. Who cares what people think later. A funny aside, many years ago when CAD use became widespread. A friend who worked at a reprographics shop. Observed, a number of architects are copying and pasting their stuff all over town.
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This is my favorite kind of Spector Creative video. I love learning about the inspirations and design process behind my favorite toys.
Good to know! Any topic suggestions so welcome
Love this. Actual history that inspired the toys we love. Keep that coming!
Will do! Topic suggestions welcome!
That would be so awesome if it becomes a series that scott does
I did not know this. This was interesting. Thanks. Keep them coming.
Will do! Pass it along if you can!
That's the real Grayskull castle I can feel the Magic And the power, Man.
Nostalgic Moments that are back
I love when fantasy meets history!
Awesome!! Such cool info. I'm obsessed with your channel 🤩
Well thank you! Any topic suggestions always welcome
This video was fascinating loved every moment of it!!
Glad to hear it! Any topics for future videos always appreciated
@@spectorcreative1872 honestly I would love to hear your fantasy casting of a 2021 Motu Movie :)
Awesome! Been to England twice and Scotland 3 times as a youth. Saw a lot of castles, but Nunney Castle has to be on my list for the next visit.
Nice! I’d love to go too
You had me at REAL Castle Greyskull
Nice
Really enjoyed this one. Bravo! lol. Seriously this was good.
The Bill and Ted reference did not go unnoticed. Most excellent.
Well duh
OMG! Scott Im amazed by this, I live in Somerset and never knew this! A little trip to see in person is now on the cards! Thank you! Shall try get a picture to add to the comments!
You should visit!
Love this video of our favorite castle. Keep up the good work. Now if somebody just did a 3d interior walk tour of it like some have done of the Millennium Falcon, here based on your classics map and with more Filmation isnpired elements, my life would be more complete. :)
That would be awesome!
@@spectorcreative1872 here’s the funds... £/$435,000!
super cool learning about the history of it - I need to visit that place!
Me too!
Extremely cool! 😎🥳
Glad you liked!
Very nice and informative history video and the inspiration of Castle Grayskull came from :) I like it :)
Glad to hear! Any help sharing is most appreciated
Mr Neitlich thanks for these informative videos, keep'em coming!! As a life-long MOTU fan, I totally enjoy them! Will you ever tackle the issue of European lack of (proper) distribution for MOTU Classics?
Thanks and keep up the awesome job!!!
So glad you like! Any help passing these around is great
As some one who likes to write fantasy. Having a base in reality helps your reader connect with the world your trying to get them to imagine.
Exactly!
As fantastic as always .🤘😜🤘⚔
Well thank you sir as always!
Here's 42 year old me, finding out a castle 24 year old mestumbled upon during a trip to England (during a stopover from one place on our itinerary to the next) was the inspiration for a playset 8 (?) year old me got for his birthday. I recognised the castle immediately from the thumbnail.
That is awesome
Damn dude. I had this topic in my head for 3 weeks and put it off. ;)
You can still make it! I mean how many TH-cam videos are their on similar topics! I’d love to see your take
Thanx for this video. Love this history. Makes our fantasy story even greater. Pls share more info like this if there is on some of the other iconic designs or where there inspirations draws from. All the best.
It does indeed!
Awesome video, thanks
#motu imagecomics omnibus
Make it happen Image
As a kid I summized that the features of the castle was due to them building the castle around the skull of a dragon or some other huge magical monster hence the powerful magic it contained.
Nice
That is a really cool idea.
Brilliant, I never knew that.
New info daily! Share if you can
5:40 plot twist when he went into battle he only wore furry underwear and fought a Prussian knight in a skull mask.
Facinating
Awesome! Now you've got me wondering what inspired the look of Snake Mountain. Sigh, me and my bad guy and evil fortress fixation.
Well that was a converted jungle play set
NICE! That's in the next county over from where I was born. And for total accuracy, it should be pronounced "Zummerzet." 😉
For extra fun, look up some music videos from The Wurzels, a famous comedy band from Somerset. And, yes, we sound like pirates in the Westcountry. Or Hagrid. (Very appropriate video for Talk Like A Pirate Day!)
Loved the use of the Python song, too!
I have a hard enough time with American English!
@@spectorcreative1872 'Tis a local thing. 😉
decorate it up as Greyskull for Halloween or Christmas or....Arbor Day! come on man I'm disappointed you missed that, just imagine how spectacular it would look with the obligatory Arbor Day fireworks going off behind it
So a missed opportunity
You should pitch that Greyskull tourism idea to Somerset council and Mattel! Some sort of projection would do it nicely without messing anything up.
I have enough in my plate!
Very cool. As someone with a beard and glasses, I really would like to be appointed high sherif of something.
You clearly have the qualifications!
Very interesting.
Glad you liked!
I was born and raised in Dorset, the county to the lower right of Somerset on your map, and had no idea this castle existed. Somerset is famous for Glastonbury and it's Tor as well. Wiltshire (to the right of Somerset, and pronounced Wilt-shure by the locals) is famous for Salisbury and it's Cathedral and Stonehenge.
And sorry to nitpick but the war involving Oliver Cromwell wasn't between Protestants and Catholics, it was between Charles the first and his Royalist supporters, and the Parliamentarians, or Roundheads.
Thanks for the info, now I gotta new place I gotta visit as soon as I can.
Oh my English history is not the greatest! Appreciate the corrections very much
@@spectorcreative1872Dude, there's still stuff about my country I don't have a clue about!
speaking of dragons, the same setup of their wings also being their forelimbs was also use in Rein of Fire. and the concept of their "fire breathing" was based on the Spitting Cobra. which to me would make more scence biologicly, then the "inhale and exhale" method.
I still think they are mislabeled dinosaurs
Another great video! Thank you for history on the castle. Can you give your opinion on why Mattel puts exclusive figures on Mattel creations? Every time they do figures are limited and sold out in minutes.
As oppose to selling at retail? Prob to try and build an online brand
There lots of castles with water and moat I have one 400 meters from me.
But not with the configuration of Castle Grayskull!
That’s my house peasant. Where my tillage?
Hey Scott, I have an off topic speculative question for you: What is the likelyhood of Mattell following up the MOTU Origins line with a Princess of Power Origins line (maybe something with brushable hair)? I ask because my nieces will steal my nephews Origins toys and ask me to get more girls for them to play with.
Slim to none
They should just project an image of Castle Grayskull on the castle at night. It'd be awesome and wouldn't cost much.
Make it happen tourist agency!
Im very interested to see your response to retroblasting. Love both your channels and think you both make good points.
I think I am being given way to much credit and Retroblasting would benefit from watching my Spector Director's commentary video as well as the multiple videos I have done on why we created the MOTUC story line (to justify as many figures as possible).
but I appreciate all the time he is taking to give me credit for so many things I did not work on or had anything to do with!
@@spectorcreative1872 I genuinely enjoy your views and videos and his. I feel he is off on a multiverse, which I think is great.
Great info, makes me want to link Snake Mountain to Tiffauges castle in France due to its links to both the sinister and Joan of Arc.
Ha!
Like the "Golden Gate" is red, "Castle Greyskull" is green
Ha
That is some cryptic wisdom that the Reverend Mother of the Bene Geserit gave to me personally.
So I have an issue with Castle Grayskull . The jaw bridge crosses the most but the door is opened by putting the key in the door. Are you supposed to jump The chasm and stick in the sword then jump back before the door opens?
I don't know, the Force?
That's the point; it's an entirely paradoxical castle. Unless you are a bird-sorceress!
Wings on insects may be analogous to wings on birds/bats/pterosaurs in that those structures allow the creatures to fly, but they are not homologous as those structures arose from different embryonic development.
Very much so
Do a topics video on why toys have varents I would love to see that.
Already done!
Looking forward to your response to Retroblastings video.
I would love to be on his channel sometime to answer his questions. I think I can help clarify a lot of misconceptions!
My local Walmart just got a big shipment of motu origins...you guessed it battle cat, He-man, and Skeletor. 🤦🏻♂️
No new figures?
@@spectorcreative1872 If there were any new figures they were snagged before I got there. Pegs were full of Skeletor and he-man. There was 1 Moss man from the other line.
Ive been there, unusually for British castles its just a park that you can walk around, you dont have to pay to enter. Its also really tiny....
Guildford Castle is smaller and you will see that it's not unusual for the land surrounding our heritage sites to be park areas when they are structurally sound.
That is so awesome!
I am thoroughly upset that you didn't find a picture of someone standing in front of it with their selfie stick held aloft.
I looked trust me
I went through your library of vids and may have missed it but if not. You should do a vid on how and why stores get exclusives and royally screw collecting up for people. Target being one of the 2 biggest offenders and walmart being the other. I have had about 90% success rate getting what I wanted but there are horror stories every day about it how they both suck. Lastly, what about retail arbitrage (scalpers)? Thanks. Keep up the good vids.
See here: th-cam.com/video/BawOo8lgyjE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you. Watching it now.
We [England] partly inspired Masters Of The Universe!
Next time you use Castle Grayskull give it a Medieval army and array of weapons inside.
Ha!!!
No you didn't you copied them
@@adamofgrayskull7735 if Eternia existed before, yes.
Quite frankly, I prefer my dragons with six limbs. It makes them look cool. Besides, they're not supposed to be natural animals, but unnatural abominations meant to be eliminated. Does anyone really believe that Morgoth would stick to the rules?
Ha!
Even fantasy has a part of reality in it. Giants have existed throughout time. Some of them not as giant in some stories. And scientists and other fields are always discovering long lost species from our past.
Very much so
was Blackstar ever thought of as a wildcard figure?
Not for motuc. Mattel did not own the brand
My Grayskull got more mileage as Destro's lair / arms factory than it ever did with my He-man stuff
That is toy cool!
Conway castle is always been to me like grayskull
Nice
Now we know where Castle Grayskull is 😈
Let’s take it!
Giants on mammoths word make a great toy!
Yes. Yes they would
There are DnD minis of frost giants on mammoths, the pre-painted plastic ones.
Okay now I have to get one somewhere somehow.
Let’s have a MOTU Convention at The Real Castle Grayskull #therealcastlegrayskull 😆
Heck yeah!
I've always hated the two legged Dragon or Wyvern. Four legs or Drake dragon for the win.
Did you know you don't have to choose?
@@kiltedcripple That's the problem, these movies/shows keep choosing for me.
@@VexNToys stop watching them. Only ever watch the things that fulfill your already existing desires, that's the key to a healthy life.
@@kiltedcripple I can only watch Dragonheart so many times dude. Everything uses the Wyvern anymore.
Me too. Thier breath stinks
3:03 200X REPRESENT!!! ... wait, you were saying something about castles?
I think so…
The English Civil war...wasn't technically about Protestant vs Catholic. It was more... Extreme Protestants (Puritans) vs. The Church of England (Ruled by the King). Puritans thought the Church of England was still acting in Catholic ways, and wanted it to be purified, to become more simplistic and Protestant in structure. This led to a massive war, which did indeed involve Catholics in Ireland and other places being killed by the Puritan (Parliamentarian) forces. And later the King got his head cut off and England, Scotland and Ireland became a Republic for a while, under Oliver Cromwell's "Lord Protectorship". *Nasty stuff, religious conflict.*
Point taken! Thanks for noting
The dragons in GOT using the wyvern body type was done to save money in animation. And there are several animals since prehistoric times that have 4 legs and wings. Google flying lizards.
If I Google flying lizards do you promise they won’t come after me?
@@spectorcreative1872 their range is in Asia.
Im suprised this video wasnt sponsored by bricks, when u need to build a castle... bricks
Damn. Missed opportunity on my part
Pretty impressive but aren’t there better looking castles out there like in Germany or so? This one looks pretty simple
Yes, but not in the exact style like Grayskull
Animal that has 4 legs and wings = Genus - Draco, flying lizards 🦎
There are also a lot of insects 🦟🦋🦗🐜🐝🐞
Wings on insects may be analogous to wings on birds/bats/pterosaurs in that those structures allow the creatures to fly, but they are not homologous as those structures arose from different embryonic development.
Insects are not animals. They are bugs which are aliens
Watch this castle become a place of pilgrimage for the MOTU fandom after this video lol
That would be awesome
Yeeessss
Now hold on insects have wings and legs
I should have specified mammels
1:24 But there are animals with six legs and wings.
I should have said mammals
Come on big lad, what did you think of MOTU2021?
The CGI show? I am only on episode 5 but so far I love it!
@@spectorcreative1872 Ah, good man.
Insects have six legs and some have wings.
Wings on insects may be analogous to wings on birds/bats/pterosaurs in that those structures allow the creatures to fly, but they are not homologous as those structures arose from different embryonic development.
Insects are not animals
Recently a mean spirited and agenda driven video was posted on another toy channel. Rather than engage I decided to unsubscribe and come over here and give your video an extra 👍and comment. Thanks for the good work
Well I appreciate the support!
Most beautiful castle in the world? You obviously have never been to the Rhine, or Moselle. I recommend Castle Eltz, and a trip to Cochem…or the Marksburg…or…or…or…
6:12 How does this relate to Noah’s wife again?!
Have you seen Bill and Ted?
Mark Taylor specifically said he sculpted the castle himself, BECAUSE Mattel came up with something that was too "Edwardian" and real world looking. It was too flat. He rejected tbe notes to make it look like a real castle from history. So no...there is no "real life inspiration for Castle Grayskull." Its a purely fantasy castle, with no specific constuction style from our real world. It is a hodge podge of differnt constuction styles from differnt eras. If you want to know specifly, which histirucal monuments it took inspiration from, just look at lrevious Mark Taylor interviews or ask him. He designed a Total fantasy and adds to the timelessness of Mark Taylors imagination.
Scott, just read Battleram blog. Its all there.
I have! And I have had some great conversations with Mark too!
@@spectorcreative1872 thats great. But you seam to forget the fine details when talking off the cuff. Respectfully, you could benefit from having someone help you reserch your videos better to get the fine detail corect that you forget and misrepresent so you can stop spreading missinformation unintentionally.
Game of Thrones doesn't have dragons. It has wyverns.
They seem to call them Dragons a lot?
@@spectorcreative1872 People used to call pandas "bears", too.
I think you pissed retro blasting off lol
Apparently I did. I would be happy to be a guest on their channel any time and answer any questions they have. Not hiding behind anything!
@@spectorcreative1872 he seemed a bit too venomous imo. It was a lot of personal attacks which I dont think is cool.
Where is Shadiversity when you need him.
Prob with the dragons
Wiltshire is unusual, like with Devon its not pronounced like the other 'shire' its 'Shuh'. (as an aside don't go round saying Devonshire or Dorsetshire, its a really archaic version of the name). Americans like to just add 'shire' to the end of every English county and its really irritating.
I appreciate that. My ability to pronounce American English is hard enough
Castle Grayskull was built by the great old ones at the dawn of time. Everything else is fake news.
Just like covid
Fake toy news
Not related but there's another channel currently accusing you of attacking them on a livestream righty now. Even uses your character in the thumbnail...
Well I would be happy to be on this channel ANY TIME to help answer their questions and clear up any misconceptions!
@@spectorcreative1872 It's initials are RB & they outright attack you & call you out by name. It's a mean video
Funny, the talk of it has to be based on something real. That always made me uncomfortable, in terms of design it's limiting. Building x must look like building y. Most people would say OK, and copy the building and move on. When the clever designer, say OK. Then lays out a building with a variant of golden ratios. Then stays quiet when others say, hey looks like...
He got paid and a building built. Who cares what people think later.
A funny aside, many years ago when CAD use became widespread. A friend who worked at a reprographics shop. Observed, a number of architects are copying and pasting their stuff all over town.
Imitation is the best form of copyright infringement
I don't like the outcome of the hundred years war, perhaps because I am a Catholic or perhaps because I am a monarchist
For me it is because I am against all wars that last over 63 years
I don't know how I messed it up. I was thinking on the British Cilvil War but wrote the other one
To bad th 88988889899899998998lloi wouldn't make a playset of that castle. Make !
Very much so
Uh oh, looks like Retroblasting is attacking you.
Anytime they would like me on their channel I would be happy to do so to try and clear up any misconceptions and provide information that could help!
@@spectorcreative1872 I understand. I see things from both sides.
Now you have just sent all the cosplayers to invade the castle. :P
How epic that would be