MOTU

[Bravo]

Some of a bunch of official photos or previously revealed stuff.

Mekaneck, I like he gets a new figure.


Rattlor, seems fun...still iffy about translucent anything.




Tri-Klops. I need a Tri-Klops, but will probably get reissued origins.


Man-E-Faces, I need one, too. I dunno. No accessory? Few-E-Parts?


Hordak, the head not being part of the collar is a win, I still need at least one Hordak. Of course, he'll be tall.

[Felix]

Translucent plastic...the staff that came with my Keldor broke very easily, right where the translucent part and the regular plastic meet...yeah...just seems like that stuff could disintegrate on a hot day.

I will always prefer Hordak toy version, but the Filmation one looks good!

Man-E-Faces needs an update, he just looks ridiculous.

Mekenek needs silver parts, not that dull gray plastic.
He was always a figure that popped with bright vibrant colors.

Rattlor looks pretty amazing, until you see he still has like the cheapest tail ever made.
This one has nothing on Vypor or Fang-Or.

Tri-Klops does have the left hand grip, could trade out with He-Man if you wanted.

A lot of the Filmation stuff...seems to me, is best for the females...
She-Ra
Frosta
Catra
Teela
Evil Lyn
Sorceress
Shadow Weaver

The Filmation He-Man is nowhere near as tan as the actual cartoon.

[Bravo]

The the purple paint on the Keldor accessories rubs right on figure hands, too. Or other parts, I had to clean Prince Adam's white arm that time.

[Felix]

ORIGINS Demo-Man goes up for preorder September 25th 12:00pm EDT for $20.

Looks like they reused one of the glow skeleton warrior heads and the Keldor skull...but maybe the eyes are painted black?

To me, would be cool to have...but does not seem essential. Not sure I would do anything with him other than stick him in the dungeon.

And I think I still prefer the original Keldor Skull with those glowing red eyes.

[Swindle]

I do like the green, gives the fig a proto-MotU vibe

[Bravo]

Glad he's $20 so I can army build and use the extra heads on $4 Ric Flair bodies. Maybe not. LOL. Just get two.
Why is he fighting skeletons?

[Felix]

I am guessing that the skeletons turn him into Skeletor?

[Felix]

Binge watching REVOLUTIONS finally...about to start the last episode.

So far, much much better than the Revelations series.

Fun Facts:

Rio Blasts very first animated appearance.

Same actress who voiced Evil Lyn in the 80's did the voice for Motherboard.

[Felix]

Thoughts on the series

Loved seeing the Horde; Grizzlor, Leech, Mantenna.

Major cringe moment when Adam goes to kiss Teela and calls her his "Man-At-Arms".

No more white male leaders, time for the black girl with no political experience to be in charge of everyone.

Eternia, is actually Preternia, AKA Heaven...what a way to compare that playset Mattel

I liked Teela as the Green Goddess, her final outfit and merging all the staffs...not a big fan of.

Granamyr dies :-(

Evil Lyn becomes one of the cosmic warriors...did not see that coming.

Wind Raiders are still cool.

I liked Orko and Gwildor...not too much comic relief with Cringer, so these two picked up the slack.

Looks like She-Ra will be here for a third series.

He-Man finally seems like he doesn't need to change from Adam anymore. This is a good thing IMHO.

[Bravo]

Sept 18, 2024 17:51:36 GMT -8 Felix said:

Same actress who voiced Evil Lyn in the 80's did the voice for Motherboard.

Meg Foster who played Evil-Lyn in the 80's live action movie voiced Motherboard.
People act like she's a Kirstie Alley knock-off, but Foster's career goes back to the early 1970's. Alley started in the late 70's after a game show appearance.

No more white male leaders, time for the black girl with no political experience to be in charge of everyone.

People who've never voted before and don't know what representative government is. It's like the real world. That happens and you soon get a "president for life".

[Swindle]

Yeah, overall I found it much more enjoyable than the first go around, but I think replacing the Buffy voice actress with Supergirl actress, her voice is much better for this, Not as high pitched off putting. And Its good to see the heroes acting as a team.

Yeah, I thought the queen and man-at-arms should front a intern gov til things could be set up and I promise you the people would turn to them anyway. They have the most experience and crebility, Not the black gal or other randos.

[Felix]

Meg Foster was the double-crossing woman in the movie, "They Live".

I also did really like how they had Hordak and Keldor/Skeletor at the old Fright Zone tree in the flashback sequences.

[Felix]

Turtles of Grayskull

Leonardo looks good!




Mattel heard my complaint about the wimpy chucks...but then gave him weird chucks.

It's almost like A.I. is designing these things ;-)

At least it gave him orange leg wraps this time.

Easiest Michelangelo switch would be Man-At-Arms. Give him mace nunchucks.




Ninjor is a dragon now. Mattel's plan, make every character a translucent snake-man.
Not bad Mattel...not bad.



Clamp Champ.... His lower half always looks too small and/or his head is too big...it's always been weird to see new figures of dead characters.

Like, is this before he died?

Does Mattel ignore or unaware of existing MOTU lore?

Do they care?

[Swindle]

They all look visually interesting, but again, can't afford this line for the most part (Will get special figs here and there)

[Bravo]

There's potential for some custom snake men parts from Clamp Champ's torso and legs and Mikey's armor. They coulda made a new head for Clamp Champ, more expressionless like the original toy.

I don't think the toys follow Revelations/Revolutions.

Ninjor is neat, but more translucent stuff. Another hero-heavy wave. I guess maybe because the two deluxes are villains.

Everyone ready to buy DEMO-MAN tomorrow? 12 noon EST.