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 This specific post will be an aggregation of some cool facts, some that I have learnt first hand and some from all the cool stories during the nerd out sessions I have had with my fellow collectors. I will keep updating this frequently whenever my memory spits out something. What is ADLAR58? A recurring theme/decal in some hotwheels or matchbox models is ADLAR58. This is actually a signature of the legendary hot wheels designer Michael Heralda. ADLAR58 is Heralda written backwards with numbers for letters E and H, 5 and 8 respectively. Mike is a super cool guy who started his diecast designing career with Hot Wheels and then moved over to Matchbox. Even though he has designed  the decals for various models, he is best known for the famous National Parks/Forest Service theme in matchbox. Some of the rare models sell for over a 100 bucks on ebay.

Only very recently did I learn that Masters of the Universe Revelation also had a comic book series. This set of 4 books is considered as the Official Prequel to the "Masters of the Universe Revelation" animation series streaming on Netflix. If you're a fan of He Man (like who isn't?) I strongly recommend that you check out both these comic books and the Netflix series (2 season, 5 episodes each, 10 episodes in total roughly 27 mins each). The Comic Book Series - Quick facts:  No of books: 4 Curators listed: Kevin Smith, Rob David, Tim Sheridan, Mindy lee, Rico Renzi, Deron Bennett Official cover variations: 2 in each book, version A and version B Synopsis : The storyline is centralized on the journey of the extra-terrestrial creature called Orlax, which is carrying a super important message termed as the REVELATION across space and time, desperate that someone will hear it and heed to the warning and change course to thwart the horror that has set its sights on creat