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Welcome to Visionaries Online: Prysmos.com
The Age of Science has ended, and the Second Age of Magic has begun. The world of Prysmos is now inhabited by magical creatures and wizards. This new dark age for civilization has resulted in feudal societies being formed from the ashes of a technological utopia. Now new city states wage war upon one another for land and power, using the sword rather than the court room. Thanks to the great wizard Merklynn, 14 Knights have gained magical powers of transformation. The group is divided between the good Spectral Knights and the evil Darkling Lords. Now they battle for supremacy and Merklynn's favor.
The Visionaries was a 4-inch action figure toyline that was released by Hasbro, Inc. in 1987. The toy line was known as "Visionaries, Knights of the Magical Light" and had spin-offs in the form of both an animated television show and comics.
The Knights' holographic chest plates with the symbols of their totem animals, along with their holographic power staffs, gave the action figures and the animated series a great gimmick to work with.
Neil Ross voices Leoric (Lion Totem), leader of the heroic Spectral Knights, consisting of: Feryl (Wolf), Ectar (Fox), Cryotek (Bear), Galadria (Dolphin), Witterquick (Cheetah) and Arzon (Eagle). Chris Latta voices Darkstorm (Swamp Mollusk), leader of the Darkling Lords, consisting of: Cindarr (Gorilla), Lexor (Armadillo), Virulina (Shark), Mortdred (Beetle) and short-tempered Cravex (Winged Phylot).
We hope you will enjoy looking around our website where you will be able to find the latest Visionaries-related news, as well as Visionaries-related information, photos, downloads, etc. We're adding further content all the time, so keep checking back to see what's new.
We have guides to the Action Figures, the Animated Series, the Comics, and general Merchandise. You'll also find a growing collection of media, such as screen grabs, sound clips, scripts, transcripts, comic scans, fan artwork and fan fiction.
Please consider registering - registration is free, and allows you to participate in the forum; vote in our polls; download scripts, transcripts and video clips; view our photo galleries; submit articles, fiction, art and comments to the site; and to access various members-only sections. You can chat with fellow fans from all over the world in our forum. If you wish you can also take part in the longest running Visionaries Roleplaying Game. Please send us your feedback because that's the currency that keeps this site alive!
Rod, Visionaries Online: Prysmos.com Coordinator
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| Set of 7 Mint MOC Canadian Visionaries Figures For Sale! |
Wayne Thompson is selling his collection of Canadian carded Visionaries action figures. He has 7 mint carded figures on Bi-lingual English/French packaging.
"These are awesone condition probably 80-90 Grade with clean clear bubbles etc."
All figures except Cindar are availble.
Click the image on the left to see a large version. Individual photos are available from Wayne who is happy to email them to those who are interested.
Email Wayne. |
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| Cereal:Geek #2 now on sale! |
 The second issue of Cereal:Geek is now on sale and features an article and artwork on Visionaries! Be sure to check out the issue for great articles and artwork about other popular animated shows of the 1980s. Issues #1 and #2 are now available in North America through Graham Crackers Comics.
cereal:geek is the new magazine from Busta Toons Productions that focuses strictly on animation from the eighties. On a quarterly basis, this 100 PAGE glossy publication with NO ADVERTS features refreshing and enlightening articles, illustrations, scripts, storyboards, a wealth of unseen production materials from your favorite shows, and interviews with those individuals that helped shape this particular decade of animation history! Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe, Galaxy High School, He-Man, Jem, M.A.S.K., The Real Ghostbusters, She-Ra, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ThunderCats and The Transformers are just some of the shows that appear in the first issue!
Click here to visit the site and get a copy and support Busta Toons-- a good friend and '80s 'toon ally of Prysmos.com! |
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| Unproduced Visionaries Art |
 New art from the unproduced 1988 line of Visionaries is now available for viewing in the photo gallery. Please leave your thoughts and comments on the characters and vehicles that might have been. More to come soon...
Wayne Thompson, a collector based in Canada, has acquired several pieces of unproduced Visionaries art. The art illustrates characters, vehicles and the playset planned for 1988 that never saw the light of day, likely due to the high costs of producing the holograms and a mini-stock market crash in 1987.
Wayne promises to share more as soon as he can scan and upload them. Thanks Wayne. Enjoy! |
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| Roscoe Lee Browne Dies at 81 |
 Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, who appeared on the New York stage for nearly 40 years, died on April 11 in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He was 81.
The voice of the mercenary and thief, Reekon, Mr. Browne's gruff characterization brought the villain to life almost as vibrantly as his performance of the sagely wizard Merklynn. His presence was undeniable and the transformation of Merklynn from a crotchety selfish old man into a crotchety but friendly ally is one of the most endearing things about the character. Roscoe Lee Browne's history as an actor both on the screen, on stage and as a voice can be read in the biography on this site located here. He will be greatly missed.
"Roscoe Lee Browne Dies at 81" article at Theatre Mania.com |
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| cereal:geek #1 now on sale! |
 cereal:geek is the new magazine from Busta Toons Productions that focuses strictly on animation from the eighties. On a quarterly basis, this 100 PAGE glossy publication with NO ADVERTS features refreshing and enlightening articles, illustrations, scripts, storyboards, a wealth of unseen production materials from your favorite shows, and interviews with those individuals that helped shape this particular decade of animation history! Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe, Galaxy High School, He-Man, Jem, M.A.S.K., The Real Ghostbusters, She-Ra, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ThunderCats and The Transformers are just some of the shows that appear in the first issue!
A reliable source has whispered that Visionaries will be featured in issue #2 with brand new artwork!
Click here to visit the site and get a copy and support Busta Toons-- a good friend and '80s 'toon ally of Prysmos.com! |
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| Winner of the Visionaries Toyline Giveaway |
Leoric, Cryotek, Arzon, Witterquick, Ectar (with Lancer Cycle), Feryl (with Capture Chariot), Darkstorm, Cravex, Lexor, Cindarr, Reekon (with Dagger Assault) and Mortdredd (with Skyclaw) in loose but great condition now have a new home...
The winner of the 2007 Visionaries Toyline Giveaway is Kestrel!
Congratulations! Kestrel has won our Visionaries Toyline giveaway, which celebrated the website's relaunch and brand new forum. While only 50 members of our 220 member mailing list have thus far made the transition, we hope that more will come, both from the list and from surfing the web to join us and share our memories of an excellent toyline, animated show and comic book. |
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| Interview with Neil Ross |
 Neil Ross was the voice actor for the character of Leoric, leader of the Spectral Knights. Visionaries might be an obscurity today, but Neil Ross' voice isn't. Most people on the street will have heard Neil Ross' voice at some point either on radio, television or movies. He is one of the friendliest and most talented voice actors in the business. I had the pleasure to interview Mr. Ross, and later I'll be talking to him about Visionaries and the other animated shows he worked on. But for now, I hope you enjoy Neil's thoughts and memories on voice acting and the industry.
Click here to read part one! |
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| Fiesel’s Doomsday Bomb |
 In Visionaries issue #3, it is revealed that thousands of years ago a meteor crashed near Gravestone Bay, which had strange properties that made machinery and principles of science impotent when in close proximity. The scientists at the time reasoned that if it was turned into a bomb and exploded into the atmosphere, all of Prysmos would be thrown backwards as technology was rendered useless.
However, a government coup and several thousand years later, an ancient scroll is the only proof of the bomb's existence. Arzon is excited, believing that the Spectral Knights can use the bomb to reverse the Age of Magic's principles and bring back science, thus putting an end to people's suffering... So would the bomb have worked, or was it just a load of hokum? For this month's article, Rod Hannah asks the question: "Could Fiesel’s Doomsday Bomb actually shift Prysmos back into the Age of Science?"
Click here to read the article.
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Metrodome, Ltd. released Visionaries on DVD on May 17, 2004 in the UK only. The DVD collects all 13 episodes of the series across two discs and includes the dialogue scripts used by the actors, provided in PDF document format. The DVD is region 2 encoded, which means it will only work in Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East (including Egypt). However, some DVD players can be hacked very easily to make them Region 0, which allows you to view DVDs encoded in any region. Click here to visit "DVD Hacks" to learn more. Other DVD players already come set to multi-region.
The Visionaries DVD originally retailed in the UK for £12.99, but you can get it on Amazon.co.uk for less then £9.99... now as low as £4.99. Buy Visionaries on DVD (Region 2) from Amazon.co.uk by clicking on the link through this site, and you will also be helping to support the site itself.
In order to find a wider appeal, the Marketplace has been created as a subpage which links to items in both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. The Marketplace is for shows, music and books that have some relation to Visionaries as well as for products that Visionaries fans recommend and enjoy. Sales made in the marketplace help to keep this site alive. You can recommend new items to be added into the Marketplace by contacting the site coordinator and making your suggestion.
Visit VisionariesOnline.org's Marketplace
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| Villain Character Analysis |
 Chimeradave presents an in-depth look at three of the Visionaries' villains-- Darkstorm, Cravex and Virulina-- in what will be an ongoing series examining the characters that we thought we knew. As you will find, each character has a very different personality and each was shaped by different environments. Each article is a personal analysis based upon the interpretation of the author.
Head over to the Articles section to view the first set of character studies. |
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| Interview with Flint Dille |
 Visionaries Online conducted an interview with Flint Dille back in 1999. Flint has worked on many of the great animated shows of the '80s, including: G.I. Joe and Transformers, as well as the lesser known Inhumanoids and Visionaries. He also wrote the screenplay for the animated film An American Tale: Fievel Goes West. Fans of these shows may not realise just how much Flint's writing helped flesh out the characters. He added wit and humor which would flew over the heads of most kids of the target audience and kept us amused as adults today. Our interview focuses on Flint's interests and hobbies, along with-- of course-- the Visionaries animated show, of which he was Script Editor and writer.
Click HERE to read the interview. Enjoy! |
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