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 Out of a desire for more mane creatures, the Dark Crystal prequel series ended up on the hard drive.   The head mane creature didn't arrive until episode 4,  19:36.  Mane creatures now have the power to teleport.  They look more assertive.  Skimming though it, it seems to be highly millennialized.  The edginess of the 80's version is gone.  Dialog is canned & recycled.   The muppet show style flapping motion is gone, probably because they had better robotics.  Facial expressions were richer than the movie.       Mane creature came back in episode 6.        Then another mane creature shows up in episode 7, 7:32.  They're in every episode from then on, but only 2 are in this series.  They now coexist with the vulture creatures in different hideouts instead of a mane creature congregation.  It seems a mane creature must die in every story arc, in order to save someone from a vultur...