S-S-Slithe - cancelled

Sculpted by Paul Bennett

Produced by Rob Potts

Up for pre-oder Cancelled Fed 9th, 2012

Shipped Cancelled Feb 9th, 2012

Sold out Cancelled Feb 9th, 2012

Quantity Cancelled Feb 9th, 2012

Retail Price Cancelled Feb 9th, 2012

Inspiration for the pose Likely inspired from multiple references

The second evil character that was under development for the line was S-S-Slithe, the evil leader of the Mutants before Mumm-Ra took the reins.It’s hard to get a sense of what the finished sculpture would look like based on this rough “skulch” but you do get a sense that sculptor Paul Bennett had a very strong grasp of S-S-Slithe’s hideous nature and lumbering bulk. The dimensions perfectly capture the cartoon and the toy likeness.

With Mumm-Ra being first evil character there was speculation about whether the base of all the evil characters would be similar to Mumm-Ra’s so that the evil characters could fit together in a loose sort of diorama display. That was how the heroic statues were created so it’s likely that S-S-Slithe would have had a similar base.

What we know for certain is that this line was cancelled far too soon and that it is a great shame that we never got to buy one of these bad boys. S-S-Slithe was one of the early considerations for production, even ahead of Cheetara, but was moved to later in the run based on fan demands for their heroes first.

This early prototype was the closest any of the statue companies came to producing S-S-Slithe.