News · 2026-07-23
Our Own Egmond Sits Down with Beyond Thundera
One of our own is in the guest chair this week. Egmond Du Plessis, the relentless flag-bearer behind We Want More ThunderCats and a member of the thundercats.org team, sits down with Sean “Buddha” McKeone and ThunderCats showrunner Peter Lawrence for a new episode of the Beyond Thundera podcast.
Watch the full episode
Press play to watch the full conversation right here, or open it on YouTube.
If you have spent any time in the ThunderCats community you already know Egmond’s voice. He has been shouting “we want more ThunderCats” into the void since long before Super7 said yes. This conversation is where that passion comes from.
What they get into
The episode is a reminder that ThunderCats fandom is global. Egmond talks about:
- Growing up in South Africa in the 1980s, watching ThunderCats and discovering the toys for the first time
- Losing collections over the years and rebuilding them from scratch
- The rise of the Super7 ThunderCats Ultimates line, and the Mattel ThunderCats Classics figures that never made it out the door
- Favorite characters like Cheetara and WilyKit, and why the female ThunderCats matter so much to the series
- How producer Lee Dannacher helped shape some of the strongest character dynamics in the show
It is a full, unhurried hour. Whether you collect, grew up on the 1985 series, or just love a good story about why this stuff sticks with us, there is something here for you.
More Egmond
Egmond was also recently featured on Peter Lawrence’s “ThunderCat of the Day” over on the showrunner’s official site. Worth a read alongside the episode.
Beyond Thundera is one of four active community shows we track on our [podcast hub](/community/pod
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