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These imaginative designs often used minimalist imagery and sci-fi characters not even included in the films, yet helped establish a particular mood, tone, and emotion to entice fans into their seats.—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 May 2026 Subsequent toy lines added more sci-fi elements and introduced Evil-Lyn, Teela’s counterpart; Faker, He-Man’s villainous clone; and Tri-Klops and Trap-Jaw, Skeletor’s assistants, among others.—Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026 There’s a spacecraft and a robot and pirate references, all catnip for sci-fi and dystopia lovers and all very well done.—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 In the future of Ada Hoffman’s terrifyingly prescient sci-fi heist novel, humanity has settled Jupiter and AI owns all forms of storytelling, from information to entertainment.—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sci-fi